I think about a world to come where the books were found by the golden ones, written in pain, written in awe by a puzzled man who questioned, "What are we here for?" All the strangers came today and it looks as though they're here to stay.

-David Bowie "Oh! You Pretty Things"

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Friday, October 21, 2011

The Guild Index: Season Five

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=b6705281-0625-41ed-b45d-c38f4ed3c2e2&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 1 - Road Trip!">Video: Season 5 - Episode 1 - Road Trip!</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=dca75875-9924-4215-bfdd-cd526cf5cc9f&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 2 - Crash Pad">Video: Season 5 - Episode 2 - Crash Pad</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=277ebba3-3634-4c94-915e-a5295d261851&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 3 - Megagame-o-ramacon!">Video: Season 5 - Episode 3 - Megagame-o-ramacon!</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=201abf36-e2ca-4206-9ae9-ffe97737e21c&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 4 - Ends and Begins">Video: Season 5 - Episode 4 - Ends and Begins</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=fad91ee7-47a4-45df-8f80-d70d79232a12&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 5 - Focus Problems">Video: Season 5 - Episode 5 - Focus Problems</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=bfd009b3-2db3-4825-ba1b-3cc546a7044a&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 6 - Revolving Doors">Video: Season 5 - Episode 6 - Revolving Doors</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=b9d69b75-6b41-47ed-ae9a-dd4c0fc812c9&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 7 - Downturn">Video: Season 5 - Episode 7 - Downturn</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=41791843-cfd2-48f9-ad5d-3b935336822a&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 8 - Social Traumas">Video: Season 5 - Episode 8 - Social Traumas</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=6cbea512-0d90-43df-adab-b7b083f4702c&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 9 - Invite Accepted">Video: Season 5 - Episode 9 - Invite Accepted</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=e638a5ab-20e1-4bb1-a1a7-efaca7ecf491&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 10 - Strategy Timez">Video: Season 5 - Episode 10 - Strategy Timez</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=69723af4-7503-4078-9551-5bd4bebb66be&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 11 - Costume Contest">Video: Season 5 - Episode 11 - Costume Contest</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=d2db480a-7d46-4770-bc68-2bee14dd8756&amp;src=CPSmall:embed::tag_recent" target="_new" title="Season 5 - Episode 12 - Grand Finale">Video: Season 5 - Episode 12 - Grand Finale</a>

Friday, October 14, 2011

The Guild


The really interesting thing about The Guild is the story behind The Guild. During the writer's strike, Felicia Day had a lot of down time. As a result, she was playing a whole lot of World of Warcraft. There came a point, however, when she needed to force herself to stop playing and do something worthwhile. So, she created a web series called The Guild that was essentially about trying to have a normal life while being devoted to WoW. Of course, since then it has been revealed that the characters are not playing Wow, but a game called The Game that is ridiculously similar to WoW.

Maybe we can learn something from the example of Felicia Day and The Guild. I know that I'm struggling to make something worthwhile come out of my free time right now. Maybe some people might think this blog is an example of succeeding in creating something beyond myself. But I know that there's something bigger out there that I could be doing. I just have to have the kind of vision that Felicia Day had during the writer's strike. I just have to make something great.

Monday, October 10, 2011

The Guild Index: Season Four

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=9c194351-975c-4b54-9462-e85b3e87af8e" target="_new" title="Season 4 - &#160;Episode 1 - Epic Guilt">Video: Season 4 - &nbsp;Episode 1 - Epic Guilt</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=d0fa6983-84d4-4ab0-9bbd-933e400be67b" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 2 - Strange Allies">Video: Season 4 - Episode 2 - Strange Allies</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=8b02bc4f-0dc6-4a75-9317-80fe7809e59c" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 3 - Oversupportive&#39;d">Video: Season 4 - Episode 3 - Oversupportive&#39;d</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=b6bdd68e-c989-4b96-a9c2-a30069e27ba3" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 4 - Moving On">Video: Season 4 - Episode 4 - Moving On</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=4fa00bc9-dee9-4994-9db5-b42f0d46a8d7" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 5 - Loot Envy">Video: Season 4 - Episode 5 - Loot Envy</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=f60dc2c6-db30-497f-8186-3453e05f4f8f" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 6 - Weird Respawn">Video: Season 4 - Episode 6 - Weird Respawn</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=e48c3602-79f4-4de5-a95d-daff4afe1d6f" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 7 - Awkward Birthday!">Video: Season 4 - Episode 7 - Awkward Birthday!</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=f92ff3f2-d335-44a2-8505-db9de5e529e4" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 8 - Busted">Video: Season 4 - Episode 8 - Busted</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=8cd490ba-c57d-4e57-a552-f8f6624f58b2" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 9 - Pirate Paddy">Video: Season 4 - Episode 9 - Pirate Paddy</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=84a5514c-2825-4ea9-865d-5212466f48ae" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 10 - Festival of the Sea">Video: Season 4 - Episode 10 - Festival of the Sea</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=bc83c4e0-f9e4-49ca-a66e-6c3ce4c5753f" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 11 - Hostile Takeovers">Video: Season 4 - Episode 11 - Hostile Takeovers</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=e4d40299-248c-4a26-815b-7bbc06237e3d" target="_new" title="Season 4 - Episode 12 - Guild Hall">Video: Season 4 - Episode 12 - Guild Hall</a>

Thursday, October 6, 2011

The Guild Index: Season Three

For The Guild Index: Season One, click here.
For The Guild Index: Season Two, click here.

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=6f31eb66-4360-439a-ad62-f2bdf28f550e" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 1: Expansion Time">Video: Season 3 - Episode 1: Expansion Time</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=bdab0fe5-ecc7-4f5e-a946-feefa45d531b" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 2: Anarchy!">Video: Season 3 - Episode 2: Anarchy!</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=80a029bc-7a7a-4f6e-b63c-8c4e73975e20" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 3: Player Down">Video: Season 3 - Episode 3: Player Down</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=2db36212-baaf-4fe6-9cc5-cdefe4b27f40" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 4: Get it back!">Video: Season 3 - Episode 4: Get it back!</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=d492d422-9f08-481f-a6c7-e0f096cf614e" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 5: Application&#39;d">Video: Season 3 - Episode 5: Application&#39;d</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=09ca7e47-a094-46b3-ace4-d28658ee76a1" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 6: Newbtastic">Video: Season 3 - Episode 6: Newbtastic</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=ad9da3c0-f956-4a84-91a0-29281cc13c51" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 7: Coping and Stuff">Video: Season 3 - Episode 7: Coping and Stuff</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=f5adff20-445c-474f-89cf-8ed22d2ddb22" target="_new" title="Season 3 Episode 8: +10 to Bravery">Video: Season 3 Episode 8: +10 to Bravery</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=c53b6435-06bc-4b28-ad6e-2f9dc8e51364" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Episode 9: Wit&#39;s End">Video: Season 3 - Episode 9: Wit&#39;s End</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=4995fdbf-3463-4810-a2f4-b8853c006fb1" target="_new" title="&#39;The Guild&#39; Episode 10: The Return!">Video: &#39;The Guild&#39; Episode 10: The Return!</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=7f00df00-3871-495f-86f0-6f412fb25ad0" target="_new" title="&#39;The Guild&#39; Episode 11: Battle Royale">Video: &#39;The Guild&#39; Episode 11: Battle Royale</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=2090d74c-bc07-4300-916c-4c15520ba718" target="_new" title="&#39;The Guild&#39; season 3 finale">Video: &#39;The Guild&#39; season 3 finale</a>

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Guild Index: Season Two

For The Guild Index: Season One, click here.
For The Guild Index: Season Three, click here.

When I watched through The Guild for the first time, I sometimes found it hard to find all of the individual episodes. Maybe I was just an idiot. But if there's any chance that someone else has had the same problem, I've set up "The Guild Index," a season by season collection of all of the episodes of The Guild. This is season two.

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=0184e453-8782-4412-a0a0-8899325f629d" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 1: Link the Loot">Video: Season 2 - Episode 1: Link the Loot</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=75cdf29e-baec-4bd7-af48-9fbf79e2ad17" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 2: Block&#39;d">Video: Season 2 - Episode 2: Block&#39;d</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=034e3735-9a17-4a1d-8f9f-8d24ea052922" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 3: Quest Accepted!">Video: Season 2 - Episode 3: Quest Accepted!</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=f7845621-d7c1-4977-a614-2e62696b02fd" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 4: Heroic Encounter">Video: Season 2 - Episode 4: Heroic Encounter</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=174c5c5d-9f19-417e-851d-4dfc02fe1cba" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 5: Sacking Up">Video: Season 2 - Episode 5: Sacking Up</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=8cf3f3f9-9531-4056-80ac-a5b5a1bf2e82" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 6: Blow Out">Video: Season 2 - Episode 6: Blow Out</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=6d50979d-7956-4ee5-ab1d-d4db5c72aa72" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 7: Panic Attack">Video: Season 2 - Episode 7: Panic Attack</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=6d50979d-7956-4ee5-ab1d-d4db5c72aa72" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 7: Panic Attack">Video: Season 2 - Episode 7: Panic Attack</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=82fedaaf-bea7-47ce-855d-fac90ac74148" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 8: Emergency!">Video: Season 2 - Episode 8: Emergency!</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=fcf9f3ce-ba82-461c-8bd9-663967e31f31" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 9: Grouping Up">Video: Season 2 - Episode 9: Grouping Up</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=25222875-8ae6-468a-a1f9-58801cd62bb1" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 10: Socializing Sucks">Video: Season 2 - Episode 10: Socializing Sucks</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=f2deb3fa-5c4a-43a6-942d-0637b8f75912" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 11: Collision Course">Video: Season 2 - Episode 11: Collision Course</a>

<a href="http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/the-guild/?g=a543b375-8c84-4c9c-843f-eeaaa07917f9" target="_new" title="Season 2 - Episode 12: Fight!">Video: Season 2 - Episode 12: Fight!</a>

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Guild Index: Season One

For The Guild Index: Season Two, click here.
For The Guild Index: Season Three, click here.

I've noticed that a lot of new people are getting into Felicia Day's web series, The Guild. I remember when I first watched the series it was occasionally difficult to find the new episodes. I don't own a X-Box 360. I don't understand the Zune Marketplace. And to be honest, the MSN site has never been as organized as any of us would like. As a result, I thought I would post The Guild season by season here on Cavemen Go. This is season one.

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=69704ce9-eef1-4f98-8ea4-ecbf68e23192&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 1: Wake-Up Call">Video: Season 1 - Episode 1: Wake-Up Call</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=d36afde0-3260-4870-8f69-a1cb6c5d4f73&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 2: Zaboo&#39;d">Video: Season 1 - Episode 2: Zaboo&#39;d</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=a1a625be-ac4d-42f6-874a-3415aa021dd4&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 3: The Macro Problem">Video: Season 1 - Episode 3: The Macro Problem</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=1ef22779-2816-4b37-8ece-4662750e0110&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 4: Cheeseybeards">Video: Season 1 - Episode 4: Cheeseybeards</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=6de108f7-a1c6-4271-90fd-4f5c7a13add7&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 5: Rather Be Raiding">Video: Season 1 - Episode 5: Rather Be Raiding</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=237dfa96-cdc0-4836-b510-468618ab318a&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 6: Total Wipe">Video: Season 1 - Episode 6: Total Wipe</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=8435c9f5-8fc0-45a8-92b8-a0bcf1402c74&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 7: Home Invasion">Video: Season 1 - Episode 7: Home Invasion</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=23aa7f77-e845-491d-865b-e84b0929445b&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 8: Tipping Point">Video: Season 1 - Episode 8: Tipping Point</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=abed8892-f30f-4051-8b9b-ff0ed534a4a9&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 9: Owning Bladezz">Video: Season 1 - Episode 9: Owning Bladezz</a>

<a href="http://video.msn.com?vid=d5063c1b-ec0e-42e5-98bb-0ee5ba814153&amp;mkt=en-us&amp;src=FLPl:embed::uuids" target="_new" title="Season 1 - Episode 10: Boss Fight">Video: Season 1 - Episode 10: Boss Fight</a>

Saturday, November 20, 2010

My Eight True Loves of the '00s

1. Zooey Deschanel


I first encountered Zooey Deschanel as the neurotic older sister Anita Miller in the 2000 film Almost Famous. I think I really fell in love with her though in Elf (2003), one of the only Will Ferrell comedies that doesn't annoy me more than it entertains me. What can I say? I'm a sucker for big, beautiful eyes.


2. Naomi Watts


If steamy lesbian scenes like the one between Naomi Watts and Laura Harring in Mulholland Drive (2001) were a requirement for my love, I can think of a whole lot of other women who would be on this list. But yet, only Naomi Watts made it. Why? Because she has one of the prettiest faces I've ever seen, she's a brilliant actress, and at the age of 42 she has proven that it is possible to age with grace and beauty.

3. Rachel McAdams


After The Notebook (2004), Rachel McAdams was that actress who you were pretty much required to love. If you'd been watching your popular movies, however, you would have seen her coming on the scene in the ridiculous Rob Schneider film The Hot Chick (2002) or in the surprisingly poignant film Mean Girls (2004). She may not have been taking roles as that girl you have to love yet, but she was certainly flexing her acting muscles in places where you wouldn't expect an actress to shine.

4. Scarlett Johansson


The first movie I remember seeing Scarlett Johansson in was either Eight Legged Freaks (2002) or Lost in Translation (2003), whichever one I watched first. The first time I saw her it was an accident, but every subsequent time was on purpose. I have since realized that I can be thoroughly entertained if I cater my movie watching to movies that Scarlett Johansson is in. I was even able to sit through He's Just Not That Into You several times, and inflict this movie like a Korean grudge film on those around me, simply because Johansson was in it. She's a great actress, and she's wonderful to look at.

5. Evangeline Lilly


While she wasn't the sole reason for my obsession with the television program LOST, Evangeline Lilly certainly added her share to this addiction. I am bowled over by the fact that she is so talented and yet this was her first significant acting role ever.


6. Kristen Bell


Kristen Bell is smart, sassy and she has a sense of humor. She's also beautiful. The thing that puts Bell above all the rest is the fact that she caters to her geek audience. On Veronica Mars, Bell commonly used the word "frack" instead of other forms of foul language as a shout out to the Battlestar Galactica fans. Furthermore, she was the lead female in the movie Fanboys (2008), which tells the story of a group of people who are really excited for Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999). She's the kind of girl who you could go on a romantic date with and she'd probably want to play D&D with your friends the next day.


7. Felicia Day


Felicia Day is another champion of the geeks. I first saw her in the internet sensation Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), only to find out that it was based on another internet sensation called The Guild that Day had been doing since the writer's strike in order to be productive instead of just playing World of Warcraft all day. She can sing. She can dance. She can write. She can direct. She can produce. She can create. She can act. She's understated and a natural beauty.

8. Alison Brie


The last addition to the list, but certainly not the least, Alison Brie caught my eye near the decline of the decade when the hit comedy program Community premiered in 2009. I found it interesting how she developed from a cute school girl to a sex icon during the first season. On interviews she's charming and flawless. She makes me excited for what this coming decade has in store.