Yesterday, after twelve years of waiting, fans of the Diablo series of clicky, bloody, magic-y, hack and slash video games were finally able to get their fingers and eyeballs on the retail release of the latest game in the series: Diablo III. Diablo… well, it’s just one of those games. Superlatively popular, addictive and memorable to a generation of players. Our own Becky Chambers has said that while the restrictions of the previous two games on gender (each class had only one accompanying avatar, rather than giving players a choice of gender) were the some of the first times she felt pressured into a mode of gameplay because of her gender, as games the Diablo series was still a huge and treasured milestone in her hobby experience. And while at this point we can’t tell you much about the game’s plot or themes, what we can say is that 1) for the first time, choosing a class in Diablo and choosing your character’s gender aren’t the same decision, and 2) the character models for the women of those classes are really pretty great.

So great, in fact, that there’s already been a ton of cosplay for them in the four years that Diablo III has been in official development. We’d like to pay tribute to some of those cosplayers in this post. And lets face it, even if you managed to get yesterday off to play the game, now you’re probably back at work and need that sweet, sweet Diablo III fix.

Animals have weird sex, you guys. But if putting the weird, wild mating habits of the animal kingdom has always been hard for you to put into human context, then you are in luck this afternoon! DeviantARTist Humon has created an illustrated guide to the many varieties of copulation in which God’s numerous creatures and beasts take part, featuring adorable humanoid cartoons showing us where on the human body all this stuff would happen. No, seriously — this is super educational!

This should be on television, they should make a movie out of it, it should be an app, it belongs everywhere: John Cleese responding to YouTube comments in a video posted by the Monty Python account. In this video, hear what elderberries taste like, Cleese’s take on religion, and what, exactly, constitutes true stupidity.

And yes, he does start this off by saying he’s Michael Palin. That is not just you.

(via http://laughingsquid.com/john-cleese-responds-to-monty-python-youtube-channel-comments/)

Previously in Monty Python

Look, there are some things we think need mentioning. Dogtor Buttons is here to help.

First, a House Committee held a hearing today to oppose President Obama’s initiative to require employers to provide contraception free of copay to their female employes through their employee insurance providers, even though it has been expanded to allow religious institutions that proscribe contraception to leave it up to their employees to ask their insurance companies directly instead of involving them, a provision supported by not a few religious health organizations. The panel of experts brought together to debate whether the provision was a war on religious freedom or a welcome benefit to the lives of millions of women engaging in family planning was overwhelmingly male, and contained no one in favor of enacting the provision. The hearing’s chairman refused to allow a female law student in attendance to testify on the importance of birth control. Two Democratic senators, Eleanor Holmes Norton and Carolyn Maloney walked out in protest.

Quick! Look at this guinea pig!

Every February 1st, lots of artists (and even some not-so artsy people who just like comics) get together and pledge to draw one comic every hour that they are awake, about something that happened to them in that hour. It’s Hourly Comics Day, and it was yesterday! So here are some selections from our favorite participating artists:

Yup. That’s unicorn poop alright.

This is a story (by Slothvision) about a scientist. He loves his sloth, but then his sloth died. So, that scientist decided to take matters into his own hands, play God, and do whatever he could to continue his happy-go-lucky sloth fun times. And he did! Yay!

(via Geeks Are Sexy)

Aside from its 2000 animated film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney has never really ventured into the world of steampunk. So DeviantARTist MecaniqueFairy was kind enough to imagine it and execute it in this collection, which includes heroines, heroes, and villains alike. The results are just as cool as you’d think!

This happened: At the panel for Robot Chicken Season 5.5, someone asked if show creator Seth Green and occasional show talent Macaulay Culkin could do a sexy pose. So, they did, because Seth Green and Macaulay Culkin would never disappoint you. (And as far as I know, because I haven’t seen it, this is not a scene from Party Monster.)

(via BuzzFeed)

Police in Christchurch, New Zealand were recently visited by a “scrawny” caped crusader who stepped into the their central station and demanded to speak to the Commissioner, so he could ask him why he’d been called by the signal lights in the sky, and what the problem was.

Do we need to mention that he was accompanied by a guy with a camera? Or have you guessed that already? From World News Australia:

Sgt Jones, who was just clocking on when the hero arrived on Sunday, said he was too “scrawny” to make a convincing Batman, adding Robin would have to be “6 foot 4 and built like a tank to help him out”.