The MirrorARCHIVES: Feb 19 - Feb 25 2009 Vol. 24 No. 35  
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Face off: Hawhawjames is a face painter. But unlike Puddy from Seinfeld, he doesn’t just do it for hockey games. Nope, this is face-painting elevated to art. Scary, creepy, don’t-show-it-to-kids-or-they’ll-need-30-years-of-expensive-therapy art. James uses his own face as a canvas and turns himself into cartoon characters, skeletons, yetis, one-eyed lizard monsters and, for some reason, H.R. Puff N Stuff. The photos are really something but the videos—well, they may haunt your dreams (especially Spiderface) at flickr.com/photos/hawhawjames/.

Out of control! The addictive Flash game Shopping Cart Hero finally bridges the gulf between math nerd-dom and Jackass-style idiocy. Push your shopping cart down a hillside to gain momentum. Then jump in to accelerate. Jump upward when you hit the half-pipe and soar, soar through the air like a majestic steel-basket bird. But steady yourself so you land on your wheels, and not your fragile skull. Amp things up with racing wheels and jet turbines, and invite some friends along for a head-cracking good time. Extra points for backflips at bit.ly/shoppingcarthero.

—Michael Citrome
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