Pictures are worth a thousand words or one LA Times article. I wonder when this exhibit will come to Baltimore?

I’ve blogged about TF2 before and I continue to extol the virtues of Team Fortress 2. This game that you can now pick up for dirt cheap continues to amuse and the devs continue to expand on it.

The latest update is a week-long war between the demoman and soldier to see who gets the special weapon update. While that’s great on the gaming side, it’s the art for all the promotions that make this really stand out.

To see what I’m talking about, start here and keep on clicking the next button.

They are even running a classic propaganda-style poster contest. Really how many games do that? Sure, many do fan-art contests, but this is something beyond that.

If you’ve never played the game before then you’ll lose some of the inside jokes. However, it’s still worth checking out.

Really, this stuff is priceless (in-game hats are a thing of prestige)!

The Year of Astronomy 2009 has continued to dish out awesome things (my Galileoscopes showed up last week).

This latest addition is pure eye candy! Behold amazing artist renditions of the planets – check it out here.