Monthly Archives: March 2010

Stark Tower Defense Game

Cartoon Network actually has a Stark Tower Defense game. Seriously. Unfortunately, the title works a lot better than the actual game, which is a shame.

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Slate on the Problems Preserving Plastic Art

Slate had an interesting article back in July 2009 on the problems faced by museums trying to preserve plastic art and artifacts, The problem of preserving plastics isn’t limited to highbrow art. Not long after The Graduate debuted, manufacturers around … Continue reading

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BounceBack Backup for Windows

BounceBack is backup software for Windows machines. I use other software for backing up important data, but I also want to backup my individual machine so when the hard drive in my laptop eventually fails I can minimize downtime. BounceBack … Continue reading

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Upper Deck Loses World of Warcraft TCG License

In February, Blizzard and Upper Deck both issued statements surrounding the World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game which Upper Deck had published since its release in 2006. Coincidentally, the announcement came shortly after Upper Deck reached a settlement with Konami … Continue reading

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The Steve Jackson Games Raid 20 Years Later

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the raid by the Secret Service on Steve Jackson Games. The raid was one of a number of actions that spurred the creation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in July 1990 — an … Continue reading

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DC Direct 1/6th Scale Poison Ivy

DC Direct’s 1/6th scale action figure line continues with this Poison Ivy scheduled for May 2010. This figure features two different costume options, but, alas, still features the plastic helmet hair approach. This figure looks better than some of the … Continue reading

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Crypt of Cthulhu

Crypt of Cthulhu is a literary magazine devoted to all things Lovecraft that has been regularly published since 1981. Its website includes a complete index of the magazine, including links to web versions of many of the articles originally published … Continue reading

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Ronald Bailey Report on the Longevity Summitt

Ronald Bailey wrote a  lengthy look at the Longevity Summitt held in November 2009 in California, Tech entrepreneur and futurist Ray Kurzweil opened the conference with a virtual presentation on exponential technology trends that are bringing the prospect of achieving … Continue reading

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Trust Me, I’m A Doctor T-Shirt

… of evil!

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Amok Time’s 12-inch Night of the Living Dead Action Figures

Amok Time has a series of nice looking 12-inch Night of the Living Dead action figures such as this Ben figure,

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