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If you remember the crazy Crossfire game commercials from the 1990′s, then this commercial parody will bring back memories, and hopefully elicit a chuckle. If you were too young, or old, to have seen the original commercial don’t worry, I’ve included the link below. And even if you don’t think the Crossfire in real life element is funny, check out to the sweet glam metal band Steel Panther as they rock the parking lot! Dodging giant steel balls is so f%@ng metal!

-old commercial Link

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Here we are, at the intersection of video game and board game. Elisabeth Redel made a Monopoly game for her boyfriend fashioned after the video game Fallout! The streets are locations from the game instead of Atlantic City. Even the cards are Fallout-oriented. See more pictures at Geeks Are Sexy. Link

It’s the game that brings the internet into the real world!

This is the best thing since BUMP for the iPhone which allowed you to instantly add friends to Facebook – it’s Social Media Monopoly. Pete Cashmore, Kevin Rose, Tom, Amber MacArthur, Crystal Gibson and Ariana Huffington are fighting for social media dominance. Race around the board picking up smartphones and computers but make sure you don’t get sent to MySpace or you’ll risk losing everything, including your reputation.

Print out the full-size version plus the Mashable and Technorati cards and use your regular Monopoly game money, and you’re good to go. Link -via Nag on the Lake

In 1970, BP collaborated with boardgame maker PrintBox of Scotland to come up with a game that is eerily prescient of the Gulf incident. The game BP Offshore Oil Strike didn’t catch on, and thus became somewhat of a collector’s item. BLDGBLOG got its hands on one:

With this "exciting board game for all the family," released in 1970, BP delivered all "the thrills of drilling, the hazards and rewards as you bring in your own…" Bring in your own "Offshore Petro-Dollars," that is.

The game’s internal monetary supply comes in denominations of $200,000, $500,000, $1,000,000, $2,000,000, $10,000,000, and $20,000,000—which is good because you need to earn a lot of it: "The 1st player to make $120,000,000 cash is regarded as the winner."

After all, it’s "a race to find and develop the riches ‘neath the seabed," where no deepwater is beyond the horizon of possible drilling.

Accumulating this fortune, however, is not without its difficulties. Each player has "Hazard" cards to deal with; here are some of the risks BP thought to include:
—"Accident. Rig shuts down while replacement of key personnel takes place. Miss one turn."
—"Fire breaks out. Pay $2,500,000 for repairs."
—"Hit High-Pressure Gas—Rig Damaged. Specialists called in."
—"Blow-Out! Rig Damaged. Repairs cost $2,000,000"
—"Drill pipe breaks. Pay $500,000 for replacement."
—"Strike High Pressure Gas. Platform Destroyed."
—"Blow-Out! Rig Damaged. Oil Slick Clean-Up costs. Pay $1,000,000."

Lots more pic at BLDGBLOG: Link

This was the winner over at Craftster’s current challenge to totally revamp a board game – and user KandeeCorner did just that by turning her garden to look like Candyland!

Each little micro garden matches the board game (more or less). They have a theme, smell, color and -where I could a taste made with interspersing herbs (lemon balm in the yellow garden), Licorice in the purple one, etc.

Link – via uniqueunusualandinterestingart

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by KMOM14.