Illuminated Site of the Week

Every day we post new news to the Daily Illuminator. Usually this is SJ Games news, but occasionally we like to spotlight some of the more interesting, weird, or otherwise Illuminated sites elsewhere on the web. So we've started the Illuminated Site of the Week listing, to showcase those other sites. We even have a little logo for the winners, if they feel like adding it to their page.... but unlike other Cool-this or Top-that sites, we're stingy with our awards.... we don't give them out to every site under the sun, and if you steal the logo and you didn't properly win it, we'll send the men in black after you...

Suggesting a Site

Anything is fair game . . . if you know of a truly Illuminated site, use this form to tell us about it.

Illuminated SiteKeeper

Our current Illuminated SiteKeeper is Andy Vetromile (fnordy1@yahoo.com)

Recent Winners

May 9, 2008: Illuminated Site of the Week: Early To Bed, Early To Die

It's not enough the world has things keeping you awake at night and a plethora of items to plague your dreams, now they're getting you in that space between waking and sleeping. The Sleep Invaders are, according to this site, malevolent entities that want . . . uh, well the site isn't really clear on what they want. That must be why they offer you the book; it has all the answers. Could be another fly-by-night operation, assigning all the woes of life to otherworldly critters, but that's one spooky - and surprisingly well-produced - video.

-- Suggested by Kim Bernard

May 4, 2008: Illuminated Site of the Week: Because No One Knows What A Foon Is

A spork, if you've ever been to a greasy fast-food joint for lunch, is a combination fork and spoon. Not just useful for eating fried meals, the revolutionary Battlespork helps with dental hygiene. It stops diseases in their tracks. It's a utensil and a razor and . . . okay, that's enough now.

-- Suggested by Tony Hitchens

April 25, 2008: Illuminated Site of the Week: Never Infringe On Someone Who Has Nukes

It is not recommended you attempt to recreate any part of the country's nuclear arsenal. Why? Because you'll bring down the full wrath of the patent office. Alex Wellerstein points out that the United States tried for a lot of Atomic Patents while working on the Manahattan Project. Bad enough to be tagged for stealing state secrets, but pirating the technology is just uncalled for. Remember, those before you have already built these things.

-- Suggested by Ed Elder

April 18, 2008: Illuminated Site of the Week: Old Books Best To Read, Old Wine Best To Drink

The Secret Masters really have it in for you. Mind-altering drugs have undisciplined effects, torture is inefficient, and the orbital mind-control lasers sport a power bill that will make your head swim. (Ahem.) The solution? Nostalgia by the bucket. Retro Thing is one of those sites that grabs hold of you, fires your imagination, and refuses to let you go. Days later, you realize you forgot about the wedding and have in all likelihood been unemployed for over a week. Board games, computer consoles, books, movies, comics, fashions . . . they're not old, they're retro.

Ooo, Micronauts.
-- Suggested by Michael Kerney

Illuminated Archives

While the Illuminated Site of the Week is archived with the Daily Illuminator archives, we also have an archive of ALL past winners.