I assume the worm itself is coded to check for commands on the 1st.
As I understand it, a large portion of the email spam on the interwebs comes from botnets. Wikipedia says the estimated size of the Konficker botnet is about 9 million computers, capable of sending out billions of spam...
"Largest single collapse in history since Black Mesa" scrolls across a few times in the ticker. Still, it looks more like a fan project than anything official from Valve.
The guy who made it is from the Netherlands, Tim Smit I think. Some people think it's just a demo reel, made to show off...
Downloaded the flash file from the website, http://www.whatsinthebox.nl/, and decompiled it. The text that flashes below the cube: (doubt there's any importance in it)
Products targeting gamers like this bug me. They're not even trying anymore, they're just taking preexisting products and slapping some gamer slang and imagery on it.
Xenogears, Unlimited Saga, Einh?nder, Brave Fencer Musashi, Secret of Mana, Dawn of Mana, Front Mission series, Kingdom Hearts 1/2/etc, Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger, The World Ends with You, and a number of others.
They also publish games developed by other companies...
Been a while since I posted anything. Haven't gotten much better.
Some of the proportions seem off to me, particularly the head. Didn't spend much time on it.
According to the blog posted earlier, Winter Is Coming, HBO has picked up 3 new series: How to Make It in America, Bored to Death, and Hung. People seem to believe HBO is planning to pick up a total of 6 new series, and all 3 of these are comedies which wouldn't put them in direct competition...
A fairly large number of famous people play WoW, oddly enough. Off the top of my head, at least one member of Korn, and I think Dave Chappelle mentioned playing.