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Child’s Play, Xbox 360 Elite, Microsoft Hoops, and Netflix
Just wanted to give an quick update for the Child’s Play Charity fundraising efforts I promoted several times on my blog towards the end of last year. Their grand total this year was $1,434,377! A new high! Thank you to everyone who donated. Children in hospitals around the country (and the world) greatly appreciate it. On…
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Odd Sale at GOG.com
I love GOG.com. I know, I’ve mentioned it before. They should PAY ME for the publicity! But I love old skool gaming, and I like the concept of developers being able to offer their classic games to gamers for a reasonable price. You know the game will work on your current system, and you get…
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Papercraft Friday #29: Mario Automata
Paper automata are pretty cool, but quite often the subject matter doesn’t interest me enough to want to bother. If you are both a modeler and a gamer, though, this one’s a must. It looks complicated, but it’s only a 2 page model, including instructions. I might have to make an extra one for the…
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Game Impressions: House of the Dead: Overkill
Introduction Mother****er! This ain’t your daddy’s Mario game. The princess is definitely in another mother****ing castle, replaced by a big breasted stripper named Varla Guns. House of the Dead: Overkill does everything in a big, over-the-top way. Does the “Grindhouse” look and arcade lightgun style work for this made-for-Wii Sega reboot of the HOTD franchise?…
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Good news for buyers of The Fugitive DVDs
The licensing of the music for TV shows on DVD has always been a tricky issue. Apparently the rights to use music in broadcast are different than the rights to use the same for DVD sales. Sometimes who owns the rights to the music used is unclear. Sometimes, the rights owners themselves want more money…
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Papercraft Friday #28: Village
A string of illnesses have plagued me and mine this last week and a half or so, but Papercraft Friday must go on! Brian Collins offers up this fun village model. It consists of a chapel, several cottages, and the ruins of an abbey. It’s a nice little contained scene, which is refreshing to do…
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LEGO Night: 7468 Saturn V Moon Mission
Our second build was a bit more involved, but not altogether complicated. It was the 7468 Saturn V Moon Mission set. The set comes with four small seperate models: the Saturn V rocket, the command/service module, the lunar module (LEM), and the lunar rover. A total of 178 pieces, plus lots of stickers. While I…
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Papercraft Friday #27: Flowers
Wendy at Dozi posted a cool tutorial last May on how to make a paper flower. I kept it in mind for a Papercraft Friday post, when the time was right. And with Valentine’s Day fast approaching, now’s the perfect time to make some handcrafted flowers for that special someone. The design is pretty simple,…
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WiiLove
Probably the most surprising thing to me about gaming these days is the reaction of the gaming media and some gamers themselves to the Nintendo Wii. I’ve posted about it before. I don’t understand the negativity. Sure, the Wii has its shortcomings, just like any other console. But I see plenty to like about the…
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LEGO Night: 20007 Star Wars Republic Attack Cruiser
We have lots of LEGO sets big and small, but don’t seem to make the time to build them. So we decided to try to institute a “LEGO night” each week to work through some of them. We started off small, with the LEGO Brickmaster magazine exclusive, the 20007 Republic Attack Cruiser from Star Wars:…
