In the wild, mouse at the ready, hunting down links
Old but gold. [via]
“In real life, Sandra Newton is a small, bespectacled woman who’s about to turn 62. But in the online role-playing game Guild Wars, she becomes the much younger and significantly more buxom Dydia Fayrefire, who gallantly fights off evil centaurs, harpies and demons.” She’s played over 1000 hours of Guild Wars in 6 months.
Kamen Rider 555.
A nice fan-created music video featuring action scenes from the series.
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– Monday, December 11, 2006
This hybrid of cobra and scorpion might be the best representation of the Fuzor concept but as a toy, it’s a bit lacklustre. It’s a Basic figure but unlike most five-dollar Transformers, this one actually feels cheap. That’s mainly due to the translucent plastic and the hollow torso.
Like most Transformers from that era, Quickstrike has a gimmick and like most Transformers gimmicks, it’s embarassing. The cobra head can be filled with water which is squirted out when the head is squeezed. I’m sure the prospect of getting slightly wet fills Quickstrike’s opponents with tremendous fear but personally, it elicits nothing more than an “Ehhh … .”
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– Friday, December 8, 2006
Visionaries remembered.
A cool toy-line backed by a very cool cartoon.
Cobra Commander’s day off.
Part 1 of 5.
The Nisei at war. [via]
“… in the face of painful prejudice, they helped to define America at its best.”
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– Wednesday, December 6, 2006
I wasn’t keen on the toy despite being a fan of the rambunctious show character. The figure was too simple to hold my interest even when I bought it two decades ago. But I wasn’t exactly spoilt for choice back then as stores in my area only carried the carded Transformers.
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– Tuesday, December 5, 2006
The New York Times on Inu Art.
“The five men who work here practically live in a fantasy world, but help make billions of dollars for toy manufacturers by designing action figures based on comic book, film and television characters, and rock stars. They created the prototypes for about 300 toys over the last seven years …”
Ode to Baba Yetu.
You can download a remix of this fantastic Civ IV theme from the composer’s site.
Raphael Lemkin.
He fought for millions of genocide victims past and future yet his funeral was attended by only seven.
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– Monday, December 4, 2006
