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Free Destructoid stuff during Twitter Party on Friday!
I’m passing this along from my friend at Rocket XL: We just set up a Twitter party with Destructoid … We’ll be giving away a PS3 Slim and limited edition Eddie Riggs (Jack Black) statues to lucky followers who tweet using the hashtag #brutallegend during the party. Below is some info about the Destructoid/Brutal Legend…
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6 Islands of Horror — No, Real Islands!
I hate Cracked.com. Mostly because it’s an addictive site that can eat up productivity like no one’s business. Just one list after another. They have some very witty writers, although their unedited nature with swear words in every article, sub-heading and very often even page titles makes it a bit hard for me to take.…
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Winner of funniest name for a web site award
John Cleese’s Nigerian Lottery
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My local Star Trek Museum!
I live over on the east side of Rochester, Minnesota. One fine day I was out walking when I noticed an odd blue sign in the distance. It was fuzzy and I could barely make it out… The heck? I’ve never noticed that sign before. Now, it’s probably been there all along, and I’ve been…
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Human video games
I love those pixel people. Tetris: Space Invaders: This one’s called “Pole Position” but it’s not. It’s one of the more primitive driving games. Of course, it’s probably not that hard (just time-consuming” when doing this stop-motion. Try doing it in time to music like the South Koreans do!
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Abe Vigoda 1921-2009, R.I.P.
Abe Vigoda was once declared dead by People Magazine, which he took in good humor by photographing himself reading the issue in a coffin. Unfortunately, his days of cheating the reaper have caught up to him. Last night, Abe Vigoda expired peacefully in a fiery car crash after a high speed chase with 30 police…
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The Birthday haul (a/k/a “Game reviews to come”)
I had a lovely little birthday party with my wife, Melinda, and niece, Jenny. They bought a glittery banner and I realized I’ve never had a banner for my birthday party before. They also restarted a long-abandoned tradition of lighting a candle on the cake for every year I’ve been alive, and there’s a reason…
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Hey, look! It’s J’onn J’onzz waving to us!
Google Mars now lets you look at the Red Planet. This sounds awesome. I’ll give it a try as soon as I up my new Qwest DSL to a tolerable speed. (I’ve apparently been enrolled at the “beats (barely) dial-up” level.
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WWII fought by giant robots
CGI robot battle Frankly, I’m not a big Giant Robot fan, but this is pretty cool. Actually, I’m more stunned at the quality of the everyday stuff like walking “extras” and water effects.
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A sign your child watches too much Chuck Norris
This 3-year-old girl has a plan for coping with monsters in her room.