April 15, 2008
Players Wanted
Art Toys by Wilfrid Wood. (From a blog about Polymer Clay Art)
The finalists of the Papal Skateboard Art Design Contest
A Paper Toy that is easy to make. (I must have blogged it before. See many more under ‘Recommended’ links on the page)
4D Mathematical Model Construction, by pupils of Prof. George Hart
The first few minutes of the movie The Game (1997) with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. (From Stephen Reinhardt’s Art of the Title Sequence)
“He’s dead, Jim”. A lot of people died on the original "Star Trek"
Everybody Dance Now! (Music on!)
Pope Print!
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March 23, 2008
Rapunzel
Crocheted Rapunzel doll set, by Lis Chaong. Her many other Amigurumi sets
Also, The Fellowship of the Ring, amigurumi style. (From Chaos theory)
Hanns-Martin Wagner’s Rolling Ball Room 2005
Automata operated by keys, cranks, weights or wind-up motors, designed by Tom Haney
An audio-kinetic cuckoo clock, a limited edition of 50, numbered and signed by George Rhoads. The clock mechanism is constructed of steel, brass and plasitc. It is 29 1/2" long by 15" high by 7" deep. It weighs 17 lbs. More here
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March 18, 2008
Why is FreeCell so popular?
“Freecell Ruined My Life…it frequently kept me up until 1.30 in the morning. Sometimes I was going to bed and I could hardly see"
FreeCell is a solitaire 52-card game with “no stunning graphics, no sound and a workmanlike game engine”. But for sheer addictive compulsion and appeal, it deserves a place in the hall of fame.
FreeCell’s origins may date back to 1945 and a Scandinavian game called “Napoleon in St. Helena”. Various versions of the game were developed between 1968 and 1977 but the game remained relatively obscure until it was made a part of Windows 95 and has been included with every version of Windows since.
So why did FreeCell become so addictive? The original Help file remains through modern Microsoft versions: "It is believed (although not proven) that every game is winnable."…Most solitaires (including the most popular ones like Klondike, Spider, Pyramid, Forty Thieves, and Miss Milligan) can be won less than half of the time even with perfect play. Almost every FreeCell deal can be won if played correctly; it has one of the highest win rates of any solitaire.
The original Microsoft FreeCell package includes 32,000 games, known as the "Microsoft 32,000". When FreeCell became very popular during the 1990s it was not clear which of the 32,000 deals in the program were solvable. To clarify the situation, Dave Ring started The Internet FreeCell Project, took on the problem to try to solve all the deals using human solvers.
The project was finished in October 1995, and only one game defied every human player's attempt: #11,982, which has been shown to be unsolvable by several exhaustive-search software solvers.
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Video Computer System - Reinterpreting old Atari games into a MTV Brazil Video, by Golden Shower
Cubeecraft paper craft toys, free to download
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February 18, 2008
Deep Blue
Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. On 11 May 1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to one with three draws against Garry Kasparov
I think it's wrong only one company makes the game Monopoly
Re-post: A classic Ze Frank sketch about The rules of Scrabble
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February 08, 2008
Toy Secrets
Mini Organ - Rare and vintage musical electronic toys. This is the first museum of lost organs, damned keyboards, childish synthesizers, dusty voice transformers and singing calculators. Most of them are from the 70ies and 80ies
Peter Hirschberg’s Dream Home Arcade
Advanced Light Weaponry props. (From Hot Links)
The Secrets Behind Your Favorite Toys
(.gif above from Andrew Lipson)
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February 03, 2008
Mass Games
The Mass Games 2007 at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Here’s the slide show)
Harry, USBC's Robotic Bowling Ball Thrower. (From Make)
Chinese Chess, or xiangqi, is perhaps the most popular board game in the world, played by millions of people in China, other parts of Asia, and wherever Chinese have settled
(Graphic above from Rodpunk. Thank you, Craig)
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January 20, 2008
Domino Earth
Quotes about Scrabble from the last 50 years of pop culture
Welcome to the CapedWonder Superman Art and Photos Gallery
The Five Hottest G.I. Joe Babes
Icelandic passport # A1203697, Issue date April 27, 2005. Expiry date April 27, 2015, owned by this man who died recently. (From Alastair)
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December 31, 2007
Mad Balls
Watch 3000 oil barrels crash in some computer game. (From Unique Daily)
Vida, the world's largest jigsaw puzzle with 24,000 pieces. (From Planet Apex)
Plush toys by Lizette Greco
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November 17, 2007
Pixel Blocks
“The earliest carousel is known from a Byzantine Empire bas-relief dating to around 500 A.D., which depicts riders in baskets suspended from a central pole.” A brief appreciation of carousels, at The Nonist
This article aims to write the history of a video game genre. The genre is that of matching tile games, video games where the object of the player is to manipulate tiles on a grid in order to create matches
The tiniest dots of color you see on your computer or television screen are called picture elements, or simply pixels for short. Together they make up an entire picture. PixelBlocks are pixels made physical and set free from the computer screen
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November 07, 2007
“Always buy Railroads; never buy Utilities”
Numbers are an essential part of the game of SET. These numbers can be arranged and manipulated in some very interesting ways. Read on to find out how... The Math Behind “Set”
Giant Game Auction - A 30-Year History of Video Games
Mini racers by Hosea Jan Frank (“Ze Frank”)
Nun Lander - The game
How to Win at Monopoly - a Surefire Strategy
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September 25, 2007
Roll Playing Games: Falling Down
Toy karma only $35
Barbie death camp at BM2007. Also, Nazi board games under the hammer
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September 04, 2007
Renewing Your Vows
Russian Dreams come true. (From the same source: Always stretch before surfing the internet and Renewing Your Vows)
Restoration photos of a very dirty 1992 Addams Family Pinball machine. Another version
Lore Sjöberg's Hangman
Play online correspondence chess through a feature-rich, browser interface against your friends or other members. Learn Chess with Igor and Gleb
Also, What kind of game is this? Crack Pipe Chess Set by Kasper Hauser. Also there, The Wilson-Steegen wedding. From Unique Daily)
Re-post: Balloon Molecules
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July 29, 2007
Always alone...
Two Players Required - It was another one of those moments when I should have kept my mouth shut. But in a moment of weakness, I uttered the words 'wouldn't it be cool if...' Four weeks later, we had to travel out to Maker Faire with an 83 pound, 5 foot Nintendo controller…
The definitive list of single player games
Watch the Chinese Checkers be Fergilicious
Hitler Limousine Wind-Up Toy. (Click to biggify. From Tom McMahon)
Final Fantasy 7 in real life
Fabiano Caruana was born on July 30th, 1992, which makes him one of the youngest chess grandmaster
Boy with 1700+ Transformers Toys
People playing chess on roller coasters. (Inspired by this comic)
A blogger’s high scores. (The blogger’s home page is here)
Tetris USA. (Thank you, Raymond)
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June 16, 2007
Games without boards
A crossword game
Technical data for the Darth Vader balloon:
26 meters ( 86 feet) high, basket included
21 meters ( 69 feet) wide
24 meters ( 78 feet) depth
Estimated hot air volume 3.000 m³ ( 106,000 cubic feet)
Estimated weight 290 kilos ( 640 lb)
Year of making : 2007
Electronic Rock Paper Scissors
The Wikipedia Game and the Art of Wikigroaning, Comparing the lengths and relative merits of Wikipedia articles
Many strange games at Montegue Blister’s blog
"I was playing "The Question Game" with my girlfriend last night, and I was wondering if anyone here knew any other good games for two players that can be played with absolutely nothing but conversation..."
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May 31, 2007
AKA Ball Dangle
Brian Wilson 1966 doll - a miniature replica of the man himself before stress, depression and the strains of being a musical genius took its toll
Re-post: The Dungeons and dragons guy is getting possessed by a demon. (Thank you, Mika)
A galaxy map of the United Federation of Planets of Star Trek
Pappy's Redneck Jigsaw Puzzle with over 100,000 pieces
Laundry Balls, or as it is also called "Norwegian Golf"
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April 19, 2007
How to win at Monopoly
The four rules that contribute the most to making a Monopoly game take a long time and how to play Monopoly to win
Toy robot heads on flickr
UCSC Engineering Building Attacked by Giant Gorilla: Donkey Kong in post-it notes
25,000-plus video games collection donated to Stanford
Frodo's Hobbit-house faithfully recreated as a dollhouse, and other fantasy creations, including Entrance to the Caves made of LEGOs
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March 11, 2007
Ball Busters
The name of the game is Ball Busters! (YouTube)
Twister, an early Nintendo game
ONE: A Space Odyssey is a minute-long animated LEGO parody of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece
Jill and Mark's Miami Pinball Page
History of the game Minesweeper
Thousands of free online flash games
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February 09, 2007
First computer game
Tennis for Two, the first computer game, built in 1958 by William Higinbotham. The game itself is what could be considered a spiritual predecessor to Pong. It's not technically a computer game, because it actually ran on analogue technology, not on a digital machine, such as a computer
Also, GameJew, episodes 1-3
Butthole Bear - Poke your finger in and listen to the antics
A Single Random Scrabble Tile. Just in case
Hey there, Doll face. (From 30gms)
World Bubble Records. For example, On March 27, 2006, Sam Heath - known as "Sam Sam the Bubble Man" - set the Guinness World Record for most people inside a single bubble when he enclosed 19 boys and girls over 5 feet tall inside a giant bubble. (From Bubble Blower Museum)
Vurtego Pogo Stick (With a terrible website)
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January 22, 2007
The Spanish Civil War in LEGO
Marcos Vilariño’s LEGO re-creations of Historical photographs (Including, the first ever photograph, taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1826, and Death of a loyalist soldier by Robert Capa! From Microsiervos)
Life Size Tetris game in a Street in Ecuador
Human Size Gundam Model Being Assembled by the Maru Kids
White Jigsaw. It starts out easy, but you might go blind before it's over. (From Fazed)
Sheep Dash - How fast are your reactions?
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January 02, 2007
Avenging Unicorns
Toys such as the Pyrotomic Disintegrator were wonderful playthings of the 1950s. These toy designs were found in patents from the era. Toy pistols from the 1950s. (From Talking Squid. More at Patent room)
Play online correspondence chess on Red Hot Pawn
Hand crocheted Terrorist Finger Puppets
Miss Kidora's 12 Transformation
Avenging Unicorn Play Set (Based on a Perry Bible Fellowship strip)
I heard about this game called Second Life, but I don’t know too much about it…
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December 13, 2006
Monopoly and Landlord's Games
The Early history of Monopoly can be traced back to the early 1900s. Based on original designs by Elizabeth Magie, several board games were developed from 1903 through the 1930s that involved the buying and selling of land and the development of that land.
The Fascinating Game of Finance
Anti-Monopoly - The dark secrets behind game & its history
A wonderful Wikipedia article about the history of the board game Monopoly
Baghdad Monopoly version (1986) and 62 other international Monopoly editions
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December 10, 2006
Millions of dominoes
Millions of dominoes knocked down for a new world record. An international team of 90 builders from 13 countries came up with the domino extravaganza to break the world record of 4,002,146 dominoes in Leeuwarden in The Netherlands.
Domino Pressure - The game
Ze Frank explains how to play Scrabble (and his heartfelt Thanksgiving Thanksgetting piece)
Original Dice Stacking!
B3ta’s collection of Kids Toys For Grown-Ups (Some NSFW)
Roberto Roseano’s Barbie Suicide
Truly Awful Star Wars Collectables
Not a game: Barney's Holiday Extravaganza. (With text)
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November 13, 2006
830!
Unofficial World Record Tower with KEVA planks, 51 ft 8 inches
Orthodox Jewish prayer Barbie. The Saudis disapprove: Jewish Barbie dolls, with their revealing clothes and shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of decadence to the perverted West. Let us beware of her dangers and be careful
Sealed Shrödinger's Cat Collectible Toy, still in the original package
The Drawing Game is like an illustrated version of "Telephone." It requires at least four players, each with a piece of paper sequestered into fourths. At the start of the game, each player writes down a "prompt" on the top of the first panel. This prompt is simply a sentence, anything at all really, just to get the game started
Brian Alspach’s page of Poker Computations
From the mind of Will Wright, the creator of The Sims, comes Spore
Morgan Webb's top 20 greatest games - No nudity
How a Massachusetts carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever
I am away on a short vacation to China at the moment. This post had been pre-blogged for your enjoyment
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October 20, 2006
Swinging in Toronto
A Website devoted to our little elastic friend, the rubber band
Zocchihedron is the trademark of the most common 100-sided die, patented by Lou Zocchi, which debuted in 1985. It is not a polyhedron. Rather, it is more like a ball with 100 flattened planes. It is sometimes called "Zocchi's Golfball"
Cathedral, a Flash version of the strategy board game
Flash games made by Tonypa
What is a Water Ball?
Free computer backgrounds of 18-inch dolls. (From Presurfer)
Re-post: The complete, short history of the Secret Alley Swing in Toronto
American YO-YO Association Hall of Fame, and other Yo Yo Links
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September 27, 2006
3D
War On Terror - The board game
3-D 3-player Tic Tac Toe. (From Not Cot)
Game: Camera mind - Pick the last born circle
Game Over by Pes
This is not a game - Please call Luke Johnson now at 602-435-3694 and wake him up
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August 29, 2006
Alternative to Chess
Cirondo - The depth of chess - with the simplicity of draughts. (From Blagman)
Cruel Toys by Jim Woodring
Tupper Diva's Vintage Tupperware Collection
Shithead (also known as you, and everyone else you know, Burn, Cheat, Danish Bastard, Asshole, Dogmeat, Shed, Palace, Loser, Shitboots, Idiot, Karma, Shaffat, Noteuker and CFUCG) is a card game in which the aim is to lose all of one's cards
Kaleidoscope patterns with poems. (From MonkeyFilter)
Venice in Lego. Also, a gallery of New York scenes constructed from Lego
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August 14, 2006
Rapture Index Hits 158
Everybody wants to go to heaven / but nobody wants to die: The Left Behind Games
Details from a girls' chess championship
10 violent children’s games. (From Mom-o-matic)
A beaming Donald Brant, general manager of Bally's Atlantic City, reported that the casino had "an unbelievable night" Monday, cleaning up at the blackjack table, on the slot machines, and elsewhere
Barbie’s Adventures In Plastic (Not safe for children under 10)
Making Toys. The Insides and Outsides of Electronic Toy Design
Requiem for a Rookie Card. How baseball cards lost their luster
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July 23, 2006
Whack An Invader
Nathan Sawaya is a professional LEGO artist and former LEGO Master Model Builder with a gifted skill set that he’s been honing since the age of five. Of his many creations, see The Lennon Tribute, The Hitchcock Mosaic, The Table Top Letterman, and in other medium, The bursting stars. (From Spooky librarians)
Nintendo-centric Monopoly board game coming up
The greatest Space Invaders tribute on the web. Stop-Motion Human Space Invaders
Another review of a sad amusement park in the middle east, the Al Ain in Dubai
The house of dominos. What happens when you take everything in your house and make one giant chain of dominos?
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July 05, 2006
Chimp playing Pacman!
Get blown away! This Bonobo playing Ms. Pacman does better than I ever did. (This will be all over the interwebs tomorrow, no doubt about it)
Update: More Talking monkeys with video!
A Caganer is a traditional little statue unique to Catalonia for their Christmas Nativity decorations…
A photo series of Liv and Sol in the Park by Haibane. (From the rejuvenated Sciatica)
Jon Stewart about the effect of violent video games on children
The Accidental Video Game Porn Archive
The Dot Eaters - Classic Video Game History
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June 10, 2006
Chinese Rings Puzzles
Bob Armstrong's Old Jigsaw Puzzles. I love old hand-cut wooden jigsaw puzzles. As a young boy in the 1940's, I enjoyed assembling wood jigsaw puzzles in the family, and now in my retirement, I spend most of my time buying, restoring, exhibiting and selling puzzles. (From Rashomon)
A super dooper Porky Pooper
Chinese Rings Puzzle and how to make a 5 rings puzzle. The article at wikipedia. (Thank you, S.)
Must be a re-post: A remedy against work boredom
Re-post: The global 20 Questions site
Bernie DeKoven's Finger Golf, a simulation game for the business community
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May 25, 2006
MisFormers
