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‘Avatar’ Designed to Hack Gamers’ Minds

Today, James Cameron and Co. released a full-length trailer for the upcoming Cosmically Anticipated Uber-Blockbuster known as Avatar

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Legolas Never Slayed a Dragon…

And you feel somehow shortchanged. Well, thanks to BioWare’s upcoming release, Dragon Age, you can finally satiate your desire for RPG dragon slaying in state of the art CGI. And you thought you still had some free weekends left in 2009…

Disgruntled German LARPer

This fellow claims to be a member of the “LARPen Braunschweig,” an elite core of German LARPers dedicated to upholding the code of chivalry amongst Live Action Roleplayers (AKA foam sword fighters) from those American “Olive Garden” LARPers, who live in far too much affluence to ever effectively channel the spirit of an ancient sack-donning viking berserker.

If you’re going to San Francisco…

…watch for falling Tetris pieces. Got to be careful out there.

Three Ways to Deal With the Impending Enviropocalypse

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Looking for a way to perk up your work week? Why not update yourself on the impending enviropocalypse?

According to an exhaustive study by the Global Footprint Network, September 25th was the day that the planet used all of the available planetary resources that it could replenish in a year (otherwise known as Earth Overshoot Day). For the rest of the year, we’ll be culling, reaping, and utilizing that which won’t grow back.

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Baby Channels Sea Star Powers. (Mep Report #116)

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Hey, Hey, The Gang’s All Here, Krull and Kelp Kollide, Russ Goes Back to School, Immortality Is/Is Not Overrated, Baby Sea Cucumbers, Rack-O is Whack-O, Cash for Coal, and NAFTA Bartenders.

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Oh Wow!

Happy Monday, little emus. We’ve got a brand new Mep video in the works, that should be released from post-production sometime this evening. Stay tuned…

Trials and Tribulations of a 4-Bit Spaceship

I don’t know what inspired this life introspective as seen through the eyes of a classic arcade game protagonist, but it seems to be the sort of thing that we post here, so I’ll just stop blabbing and comply.

NYC Unveils Homeless Travel Agent Training (Mep Report #115)

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Potentials of Submersible Podcasting, Tron Nostalgia, Star Wars Political Philosophy, Sith Lord Gestapos, Trickle-Up Economics, Zen Minimalist U-Hauls, and Serendipitous Car Rental Experiences.

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8-Bit Quintet

Ahhh, the soothing sounds of Koopa. This pleases me greatly. Yes.

Did it occur to anyone else that the parents of these performers are young enough to have experienced most of these games firsthand? The age of video game genealogy is upon us.