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Bookmarked: Boxer
I stumbled upon Boxer by sheer happenstance. I was looking for a picture of the box side (or a flattened box scan) of Worlds of Ultima: Savage Empire (or Ultima: Kyouryuu Teikoku) for the Super Famicom. I have the cart, and thought maybe I could make up a sleeve for a universal game case for…
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Papercraft Friday #83: Relief Earth Globe
In honor of Earth Day, this week’s model is the Relief Earth Globe from paperpino.net. Relief Earth Globes show the Earth’s surface and undersea topography. This one uses 2006 images from the National Geophysical Data Center – NOAA Satellite and Information Service. The 19-page model and instructions are pretty detailed. The box in the picture…
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What LEGO Oughta Sell: Mass Effect Normandy SR-2
I generally have the creativity of a brick. Maybe that’s why I like LEGO bricks so much, particularly set with nice instructions I can follow. But I admire the people that can take a pile of LEGO and make something really cool out of it. I often look at such creations and think “this is…
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Exaspirations: Avatar’s Duplicitous Earth Day Release
As a way to supposedly celebrate Earth Day, 20th Century Fox is releasing Avatar on Blu-ray and DVD. The film’s environmentally friendly message is deemed a perfect fit with the annual environmentally friendly day. So what’s the issue? The DVD and the Blu-ray/DVD combo discs being released are as bare bones as you can get. …
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Game Impressions: Final Fantasy XIII
Introduction Of the recent main series of Final Fantasy games, I really enjoyed Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XII. I didn’t play FF XI very long, mainly because after a certain point you were pretty much required to group with people to advance, which really didn’t suit my playstyle or available time. Final Fantasy…
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Papercraft Friday #82: McDonald’s Big America
When I saw this post on Papercraft Paradise, I had to stop and look twice. A rolling McDonald’s?? Then I heard that McDonald’s ran a campaign this year called “Big America” that featured a McDonald’s on wheels. Only in Japan! I guess our commercials and ad campaigns look just as strange to them as theirs…
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Bookmarked: AppShopper.com
I’ve recommended AppShopper.com to several people over just the past week, which certainly qualifies it for a Bookmarked post. AppShopper is a great site for tracking Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch apps. They list all of the new releases, you can make a list of what you own, and best of all, you can…
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Netflix for Wii Case Cover Art
Getting that shiny new disc in the mail this week for instant streaming Netflix on your Wii? I got it today and gave it a try. Works pretty well on the little console that could. Better than on the PS3 for standard def streaming and load times! You don’t need to return the disc, so…
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3D Stereoscopic Space Images
The science picture section on telegraph.co.uk has some fun stereoscopic space images like the one above. Stereoscopic imaging creates the illusion of depth from 2D images. You can view them by place the image in center of the screen and, sitting at a normal distance, slowly crossing your eyes. Continue doing so until the two…
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Papercraft Friday #81: Build Your Own Mini Arcade
Someday when my ship comes in, I win the lottery, and I find that pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, I’ll buy a giant house to put all my crap in, with plenty of room to buy more crap. When I do, I’ll definitely have a big arcade room with plenty of…
