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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