<![CDATA[Kotaku: 30 rock]]> http://tags.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: 30 rock]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/30rock http://kotaku.com/tag/30rock <![CDATA[30 Rock Offers Parenting Tips From The Sims]]> 30 Rock is a fantastic television show. But 30 Rock's Liz Lemon is a developmentally stunted mess of a person, in some respects. Take, for example, her knowledge of child-rearing, as learned from The Sims.

The Maxis/Electronic Arts life simulation was name-checked on the most recent episode of the NBC comedy, one of the better video game-related cameos in recent memory. Certainly better than recent video game allusions from Ghost Whisperer and The Simpsons.

And they may have even worked in a little Donkey Kong joke, a warm up to let you know that video game jokes are incoming. Or do Italians smash barrels outside of the Mario universe in situations that I'm not aware of?

30 Rock "Mama Mia" [Hulu - thanks, Haroon!]

]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5250888&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Uncanny Valley Explained (In Terms of Porn And Star Wars)]]> The uncanny valley is that strange place in digital graphics where a human looks so almost real that the figure is actually more upsetting to the viewer than if they were playing, say, Rainbow Six Vegas 2 with two white sticks and a ball. For anyone who may have missed 30 Rock last week, here's the uncanny valley better articulated with the kind of references we can all understand (porn and Star Wars).

As for those who would like to continue the episode's debate as to whether or not porn and videogames could one day fuse into a quite literal nerdgasm, hit the comments and wear gloves.

"The Uncanny Valley": Why Porn Video Games Suck [NSFW Fleshbot NSFW]

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