Showing posts with label game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label game. Show all posts

Grad Nite at Disneyland circa 1967 (link roundup)



Grad Nite '67 image via these fine sites.

And a few more links:

1. Tron ARG. Via.

2. Wired looks at the game Werewolf:
Its core premise is simple -- a room is split between villagers and werewolves, and the former aren't aware who are their enemies, determined to eat them. Can the werewolves eat their prey before the villagers identify and lynch the werewolves?
Via.

3. Buzz Lightyear Lego CubeDude.

*Previously: Old Disneyland photos.

*Buy Toy Story toys at eBay.

Can you throw the ball through the gap in Michael Strahan's teeth?



BBDO hired Nik Holmes to create this image of Strahan for the Fandemonium contest, sponsored by Monster.

My first attempt to find the Fandemonium site led me here instead, where I found these adorable images of Cthulhu Maul and Cthulhu Star Trek:




*Previously: Cthulhu mask.

*Buy Cthulhu toys and collectibles at eBay.

Monstrous Cookie Monster (link roundup)



Monstrous versions of Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird and Cookie Monster by Jeremy Natividad.

And a few more links:

1. Watch the short film Partly Cloudy that's attached to Up.

2. Intriguing description of the game Werewolf. Via these sites.

3. Another version of Doktor A's Stephan Le Podd. Lackluster overall, but it has cool eyes. Magic Pony still has the original on sale.

4. When Ben Franklin met the Kool-Aid Man.

*Previously: Ben Franlinstein.

*Buy Cookie Monster toys at eBay.

How Allen Iverson learned the crossover

Here's a young Allen Iverson (check out the hair) crossing over a still relatively thin Michael Jordan:



Iverson learned the crossover from a dramatically inferior player, who taught him the value of practice.


Here's a few more random links:


1. Auditorium is a relaxing, puzzle solving flash game. Drag and resize the arrows to redirect the flows of light and charge up the batteries.



2. Stove Top will heat 10 bus stops in Chicago to promote its new stuffing product. How long until someone reports the devices as a bomb?


3. Dean Kamen can forget to eat for days. And he once snuck into the Hayden Planetarium in New York to install a new light show. Learn a little more about him here.


4. Laker Lamar Odom is a huge Ric Flair fan. "One of his most cherished birthday gifts was one of Flair's trademark full-length robes, replete with rhinestones, sequins and colorful feathers along the neckline." (I never understood why anyone would pick Flair as a favorite. Mine was Randy Savage.)

*Previously: Alltime best NBA logo.

*Buy vintage NBA jerseys at eBay.

Rubik's Cube Alarm Clock




Officially called "80's cube clock," and available here. Via.

d20 used by the ancient Romans



Not a joke. Here's the description from Christies:
A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Deep blue-green in color, the large twenty-sided die incised with a distinct symbol on each of its faces
2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm.) wide
Pre-Lot Text

THE PROPERTY OF A
MARYLAND FINE ARTS PROFESSOR
Provenance

Acquired by the current owner's father in Egypt in the 1920s.
Lot Notes

Several polyhedra in various materials with similar symbols are known from the Roman period. Modern scholarship has not yet established the game for which these dice were used.

Via.

Lockpicking Hamster

I've previously mentioned the upcoming benefit Dungeons & Dragons (With Girls!). As part of the benefit, you can donate money to buy your favorite adventurer special items. For example:
$15 Lockpicking Hamster

Cute and cuddly, hamsters have always made great companions and pets. And now you can buy one that's already been trained to pick nearly any lock you may stumble across! Unfortunately, they haven't been trained to detect traps, so please use with caution.
Hamsters can fit into even the smallest of gaps!

Click here to see the full item list.

TypeRacer, fun, fast online game



I can't type, and it's still fun. It's always a pleasure to find a website that concentrates on providing a good experience rather than fancy bells and whistles.

Vintage Game: Pie in the face

(Technically, it's just called "Pie Face")



Via.

Blogger explains why he plays games with his young children competitively

My attitude to playing games with children is simple: I play to win. Put simply, I see no need to coddle my children in game playing. If they want that they can go elsewhere; say, to their mother. Now I have posted before on how my children play games with eachother. It is very personality driven. But how they play with me is another matter.

Read more.

Choose Your Own A-Rodventure: The Saga of Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez is about to have himself quite an offseason. Preempting the World Series wasn't enough; now A-Rod will embark on the quest known as free agency. What will he choose? If you were him, what would you choose?

With a nod to the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" series, we at the MLB FanHouse decided to offer you those choices. Dive in, and see what you'd do if you lived inside No. 13's skull. The choices are almost endless ...
___________

You have just awoken from a terrible dream. You look around. It's impossible to see anything in the dark beyond the eerie glow of the your wall-mounted HDTV.

You slowly realize you are watching the eighth inning of the World Series, the latest in which you have not participated. Ken Rosenthal is on the screen, and his words send a chill up your spine.

"Alex Rodriguez has decided to opt out of his contract, Scott Boras has informed the media tonight ...Boras cited uncertainty within the Yankees organization as Rodriguez's reasons ..."

So ... it is done.

You could listen to the reaction, but you know what everyone will say. Instead, you flip the TV off and head downstairs to your sparkling in-home gym. Better start working out now, you think. Lots of people to disprove. There always are.

Because you are Alex Rodriguez. And you have some choices to make.

You've now opted out of the remaining three years on your contract, three years that would have netted you about $90 million. You are a free agent with limitless earning potential.

You can:

1. Decide to call the Steinbrenners and apologize for the opt-out while offering to negotiate a deal that brings you back to New York at a higher price than your contract, but a lower price than the market's. This, you think, would be a really nice thing to do, and would help get you back in New York's -- and baseball's -- good graces.

or ...

2. You can test free agency. Scott tells you that lots of teams are interested, including the Angels, Dodgers, Cubs, Tigers ... heck, maybe even the Red Sox! Plus, you've been through the ringer in pinstripes. You've seen that nothing -- short of a World Series -- will endear you to fans, and the organization really doesn't seem to care for you too much either. If you choose free agency, really choose it, you may be able to say goodbye to New York forever.

Read on to choose your own adventure. Via.


And don't miss the previously-blogged Barry Bonds/Myst clickthrough adventure.

Ick: The card game featuring "the world's grossest monsters"




Take a deep breath and say, "ewwww!" The world's grossest monsters battle it out in this superfun and lightning-quick card game of gooey worms, toxic slime, and bug-eyed beasties. It's a monster-eat-monster world as cards turn, fortunes change, and players vie for ultimate Ick supremacy whoever collects the most gross stuff wins!

Ick!: The Game

The art is by Michael Slack. Via Drawn.

Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the D&D Game


Amazon says:
Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress is a smart, humorous examination of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game from a female gamer's point of view. The book delves into the myths and realities of gamer stereotypes. It explains how to build a character for a D&D game, how to shop for gear, how to play, and how to find the perfect gaming group, all the while exploring the things that make the D&D game a rewarding and recurring social experience for both men and women.

Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the D&D Game (Dungeons & Dragons)

Via Geekdad.