September 30th, 2009

Operation: Stayin’ Alive

This week’s LRR video is all about apocalypse. What, exactly, is going to kill us all in the year 2012? It could be any number of things. Watch and find out!

But it doesn’t really matter what kind of apocalypse we’re going to be hit with. What matters is what you’re going to do about it.

So, assuming that you know you’re going to be one of the very few humans left alive after the apocalypse, how would you prepare for that?

Specifically, if you were able to take three items with you into the underground government bunker, what would they be? For this operation, we want you to take a picture of those three items. (You don’t have to appear in the picture yourself, but you can if you want.)

Send your pictures to operations@loadingreadyrunners.com by Friday, October 9, 2009.


September 22nd, 2009

RUNNERS EXCLUSIVE – September 19, 2009


September 21st, 2009

Operation: Bad Shepherd Results

What can you do with a severed sheep’s head?

A lot of things, apparently. Some common suggestions included soup or cereal bowls, lawn decorations, stew ingredients, ammunition for trebuchets or catapults, or stylish helmets.

A few people came up with truly unique suggestions and went beyond the requirements of the challenge. Our winner even went so far as to mutilate adorable stuffed animals!

Yaxley's winning entry!

Yaxley's winning entry!

Congratulations, Yaxley, you sick, sick man.

This is what Yaxley did with the remnants of the sheep he mutilated.

This is what Yaxley did with the remnants of the sheep he mutilated.

We also got some interesting suggestions from a couple of Runners Up.

Gordon Fearman suggests planting the sheep’s head in the ground (within 6 hours of removal!) in order to grow a sheep bush. Where did you think sheep came from?

Jackrabbit provided an elaborate plot by which you could use a sheep’s head to bluff your way through customs and smuggle things into New Zealand. Apparently if you wear a sheep’s head and say “Baaa” a lot, New Zealand customs won’t know what to do with you and will just let you through. (If anyone tries this, we want video proof!)

Mad Madam Mimm provided this illustration (along with a few others) to accompany her idea:

Some ideas from Mad Madam Mimm.

An idea from Mad Madam Mimm.

Finally, Gamefanatic offered some art, as well.

Some suggestions from Gamefanatic.

Some suggestions from Gamefanatic.

Thanks for the entries, everyone! Now it’s time to put them into practice!


September 20th, 2009

commodoreHUSTLE Sims 3 Intro by Cade Antilles

This is a Sims 3 machinima version of the commodoreHUSTLE intro sequence made by Runner Cade Antilles.


September 17th, 2009

RUNNERS EXCLUSIVE – August 30, 2009

Watch on  YouTube here.


September 5th, 2009

Operation: Fill in the Lobster Results

We asked you to Fill in the Lobster, and man is that lobster stuffed. There were a ton of entries, many of which were very clever, some of which made reference to other areas of the LRR universe, and some of which disturbed us a little. (It was the rose–so many unconsidered implications…)

Operation: Fill in the Lobster

Operation: Fill in the Lobster

In the end, one caption really made us chuckle, and so we’d like to award the victory in this operation to The Stolker. Here is his entry:

PAUL: What do you mean you can’t finish your mission?
LOBSTER: It’s because I’m in love!
PAUL: Then the communists have won…

We’re also offering Runners Up status to baggins_of_41, King Kool, and sk8sheep24.

sk8sheep24’s Runner Up Entry:

Paul: Ahhh! A talking lobster!
Lobster: Ahhh! A talking human!
Paul: Ahhh! Where?!?!

King Kool’s Runner Up Entry:

Paul: I hope my date isn’t allergic to seafood.
Lobster: So you’re Paul! What are you making?
Paul: Sssssssalads?

Here are some of the other entries that were sent in, including baggins_of_41’s Runner Up entry:

Edit: Thanks to Vigafre and King Kool for whipping up graphical versions of the winning and Runner Up entries which were just text-based! I’ve added those to the gallery.