There is nothing that tickles our extremely endowed fancy more than a good corporate sense of humor.

The first is a hilarious whiteboard capture from the offices of Google. Sure, it’s extremely introverted – you have to know what the increasingly shallow end of Web 2.0 is all about, the look of gmail, the recent and frequent updates to Google Reader, the rant-ocity of 37 Signals, etc. However, if you can clear those considerable hurdles this is good for a chuckle (via Paul Kedrosky). My mah always told me if it has to be explained it isn’t funny. Oh well. It’s my party.

The second image doesn’t require quite the mental associations, I promise. EA has built a video game empires on a very simple formula. Create a sports game, release it, then release the same game again a year later with only superficial improvements. Why do people keep buying the same games over an over? Because unlike RPGs, RTS’s, etc – the characters (team rosters) keep changing. Penny Arcade’s send up is oh so to the point.