Posts Tagged ‘Fun’

January 26, 2012 Off

Mario Is Too Mainstream [Video]

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Jumping around, stomping squat bad guys, rescuing maidens–it’s all in a day’s work for members of the jumping platformer club. For the curious, the characters that make an appearance are Super Mario, Tim (from Braid), Shadow Boy (fro…

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January 25, 2012 Off

Play Command and Conquer In Your Browser

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Command and Conquer, the popular real-time strategy game from the 1990s, is available as an HTML5 in-browser game. It’s not an official release from Electronic Arts, it’s actually a crazy bout of coding from Aditya Ravi Shankar–in a …

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January 25, 2012 Off

Minecraft Coming to the LEGO Universe

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Fans of LEGO and Minecraft can rejoice: yesterday LEGO announced their approval of a LEGO-based Minecraft series. The project originated in the LEGO CUUSOO system, LEGO’s DIY platform where fans can promote ideas and bring them to LEGO’s a…

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January 20, 2012 Off

Play Skyrim On Your Graphing Calculator [Video]

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It’s not exactly a 3D port with stunning views of a virtual world but, for some Friday fun at the back of the class, it does bring the world of Skyrim to you. Courtesy of programmer N09sniper you can now play a text-based port of Skyrim on your …

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January 18, 2012 Off

Add a Fun Geeky Touch to Your Office or Computer Workstation with Minecraft Minis [DIY Project]

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Are you are Minecraft fan looking for a quick and fun DIY project to add a personalized touch to your favorite office or computer work space? Then you will definitely want to get your hands on this terrific set of Minecraft Minis paper toys! Note: Imag…

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January 18, 2012 Off

DIY Glow Sticks Offer Homebrewed Illumination and Science Experiment Fun

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Why limit your glow stick fun to Halloween? With this DIY science tutorial you can create glow sticks anytime (and any size). Courtesy of the how-to science geek NurdRage, the above video walks you through the process of creating your own glow sticks….

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January 17, 2012 Off

Indulge in Classic Operating System Fun with Restartpage.com

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Are you feeling nostalgic for the reboot dialogs, shutdown sequences, and more from older, classic operating systems? Then you will definitely want to visit the Restart Page website to indulge in some retro O.S. goodness. At first glance the website ap…

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January 17, 2012 Off

DIY Augmented Reality Toys for the iPad

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Your child wants to play with the new Cars augmented reality iPad app, but the ship time for the toys to your country is 4 months. What do you do? You hack your own. Read on to see the clever hack in action. Johan von Konow ordered a set of AppMates M…

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January 16, 2012 Off

DIY First Aid Kit Brings HALO Health Pack To Life

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If you’re looking to add a little video game flair to your workshop, this awesome DIY HALO-inspired first aid kit is a pretty geektacular touch. Over at the project blog of tinker Thorssoli, you’ll find a lengthy build guide for his vacfor…

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January 13, 2012 Off

Carrot Crazy: A 3D Animated Short [Video]

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This cute animated short about a pair of rabbit hunters and a carrot-obsessed bunny finishes with a twist. If you’re in the mood for another bunny-themed animated short, make sure to check out Big Buck Bunny. Carrot Crazy [via Geeks Are Sexy] …

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January 12, 2012 Off

Play Cut The Rope for Free in Your HTML5 Browser

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Cut The Rope, a cute and addictive physics game based on the feeding of hungry “omnom” candy monsters, is now available for free in-browser play. Fire up your HTML5-capable browser and read on to play. Although the Cut The Rope site indica…

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January 11, 2012 Off

The Science of Snowflakes – Time-Lapsed Snowflake Growth in the Lab [Videos]

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Have you ever wondered what snowflakes look like as they form and grow? Ever wished that you could watch one form in front of your eyes? Then sit back and enjoy these two videos that show snowflakes forming right in the lab. We have also included the …

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January 9, 2012 Off

Retro Cosplay Pics Showcase Convention Costumes From 1980

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ComicCon and cosplay pics are common geek blog fodder, but they’re usually from yesterday’s convention. This roundup of pics is a vintage pile of 1980 convention cosplay awesomeness. Dressing up as beloved comic book and Sci-Fi characters …

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January 6, 2012 Off

YouTube Slam Pits Videos Against Each Other

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If you’re looking for time-wasting endeavor for a lazy post-holiday Friday, YouTube Slam is a new YouTube offering that pits videos, category by category, against each other. The current video Slam categories are Dance, Comedy, Bizarre, Cute, an…

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January 5, 2012 Off

Tinker Recreates Hadron Collider At 1:50 Scale in LEGO

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If you’re a post doc looking to get undergrads interested in the Large Hadron Collider what do you do? Build an awesome 1:50 scale replica of the Collider’s Atlas Detector, naturally. Sasha Mehlhase invested 81 hours of labor into designin…

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