One day, when Marco and I were playing against two computer opponents, we forced one of the AI cycles to trap itself between its own walls and the bottom game border. Sensing an impending crash, it fired a missile, just like it always did whenever it was trapped. But this time was different – instead of firing at another trail, it fired at the game border, which looked like any other light cycle trail as far as the computer was concerned. The missile impacted with the border, leaving a cycle-sized hole, and the computer promptly took the exit and left the main playing field. Puzzled, we watched as the cycle drove through the scoring display at the bottom of the screen. It easily avoided the score digits and then drove off the screen altogether.

Shortly after, the system crashed.

Our minds reeled as we tried to understand what we had just seen. The computer had found a way to get out of the game. When a cycle left the game screen, it escaped into computer memory – just like in the movie.

Daniel Wellman reminisces about the day his program went awol and life started imitating art.

One thing I definitely want to say is that, from the start, we've surrounded ourselves with people who believe in us. Even when we've had no money, the same people have been behind us and worked on our behalf over the years. It's not about being lucky with record companies – it's about the people who've stuck with us through thick and thin. So this is a celebration for about three dozen people, and we're going to throw ourselves into their arms and have a massive party. And I have to say, on a final note, we're all very, very accomplished drinkers.

- Guy Garvey from Elbow on winning the 2008 Mercury Music Prize

In a Metafilter discussion about video nasties in 80s Britain, Wolfdog innocently comments:

This is a pretty awesome plot summary

“Waldemar Daninsky goes to Tibet to look for proof that the yeti exists. He gets captured by two vampire women who turn him into a werewolf. Waldemar's friends are then kidnapped by a witch, and later, he fights a yeti.”

I think what catches my eye there is that “later, he fights a yeti” could be appended to many films' descriptions, entirely to their benefit.

…and then the fun begins (that last one is my particular favourite).

I have a feeling that this is a search term worth keeping an eye on over the next few days.

This has to be some kind of joke?

Right?

It's all an elaborate ruse and in a couple of days, after we've all blogged about it, they'll turn round and say “You didn't seriously think we were this out of touch did you? Suckers!”

Please tell me that's what's going to happen.

Wordpress, it's the CMS which Matt's Script Archive would have been proud of.

- genghis in the #evolt IRC room.