By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001
Hello Kotaku friends, and welcome to a new week. Did you have a good Super Bowl Sunday? I did. I thought that the game was pretty good if you were a fan of either of the teams (I n98 wasn’t), and the ads were pretty much totally sub-par. Other than the one above.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Welcome to the open thread! Here, as always, are some links from around the web for your conversation-starting pleasure. 
“The Ten Best Commercials of the 2012 Super Bowl” – Can’t say I disagree 
with any of these, though I thought that Clint Eastwood trailer was z16 ทางเข้า kind of nonsensical. My favorite was the workout dog.
“Zygote,” a very cool-looking upcoming graphic novel z16 by Harvey James – Groovy. “Perhaps the most well-researched map ever of The Hunger Games‘ Panem” – [Daily 
thing related to The Hunger Games The British government rejects a pardon request for Alan Turing – Sigh. Michelle Rodriguez doesn’t give a shit about being typecast – “I did that to myself.”
Oscar Peterson with Clark Terry playing “Brotherhood of Man” – This video is a neat way of sharing music on vinyl, and dear god is it swinging. And that’s that! Have good chatting.