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Rediscovering Lego: Building Jango Fett!

Posted on August 20, 2016 by

Apparently I'm not too old for Lego. For my birthday, my buddy Micah got me a sweet Lego "buildable figure," Jango Fett from Star Wars. I haven't played with Lego for an age, so was looking forward to seeing what modern Lego sets are like.  This set was for labeled 7-12 year olds, so I…

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Is Neko Atsume a Game? (TLDR Answer: sorta)

Posted on January 26, 2016 by

Neko Atsume is another weird, popular app coming to us from (of course) Japan. Originally released in Japan in October 2014, a year later an English version was released for the IOS and Android, which has garnered over 10 million downloads as of December 2015. The app could not be more simple: you are presented…

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Yehoodi’s 8-bit Gamer Take on the 2014 International Lindy Hop Championships

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

I've been chomping at the bit to share out these awesome screengrabs from our new animation open for the 2014 International Lindy Hop Championships this weekend. Manu, Jim and I conceived of this on the plane ride back from Frankie100 in April, and it's so awesome to see it finally getting to see the light…

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DJ’s Epic Super Mario / Duck Hunt Tattoo (pic)

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

 My friend DJ gave me permission to share this pic of this nerdtastic tattoo he got on his back about a week ago.  Yes, those are the guns from NES game "Duck Hunt" and the coins and plant from "Super Mario," all together in a western motif.  Lovely work (in progress) by tattoo artist Liaa Walter at…

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RikBlock: My First Game on Stencyl

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Here's my first iOS game I created / modded using the fun Stencyl game development system.  Obviously a work-in-progress.  But it's already pretty fun to play!

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Things I Learned while Glitching with My Girlfriend

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

For the past couple of months I've been playing the MMO Glitch with my girlfriend. I've never had a gamer girlfriend before, so it's been an interesting experience for me. I've learned a few things about online gaming with an S.O. that you might want to keep in mind: When she asks for the keys to your…

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Manu and his son playing “DJ Hero 2”

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

  Here's my buddy Manu and his son Micah playing "DJ Hero 2" for the X-Box.   Okay, well Micah thinks he's playing. Go DJ Micah on the ones and twoes!

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Ready Player One: 80s Era Gaming Meets Snow Crash (review)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

"Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they learned about the contest."  — Opening sentence of Ready Player One   I finally got around to reading Ready Player One, by Earnest Cline, after friends told me I had to read it. A near future scifi adventure, Ready Player One…

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Spuds’ Homemade Virtual Pinball Machine

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

  Yesterday I finally got to try out the handmade virtual pinball machine created by my buddy Spuds that he calls "iPin3K".  It's ridiculously cool. From afar it looks like your standard (if a bit wide) pinball machine, complete with flippers, a ball shooter, and flashing lights.  Which is already so cool to have in…

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Super Mario Meets the Lindy Hop (video)

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

  Dancers Morgan Day and Emily Wigger danced an incredible homage to Super Mario Brothers at the Camp Hollywood lindy hop event last weekend.  You can see lots of fun references to the game play, from the hilarious costumes, sound effects, music and action.  And all done with top notch lindy hopping!  So creative and…

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