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Zelda on Paper, by EricPowerUp, is a stop-motion paper animation presentation of the Legend of Zelda narrative that gets increasingly surreal. I think that Luke Plunkett at Kotaku puts it best when he writes "Imagine, then, Zelda was born not from Nintendo but from a West German animation project in 1978, and this will look right at home."

The video is preceded by a short commercial.

Previously: Multiple Covers of The Legend of Zelda Theme Music

King Henry IV (1553-1610) of France was noteworthy for ending the religious wars of Reformation era France through both good generalship and effective diplomacy, as well as opening French commerce in India. An equestrian statue of him graces the Pont Neuf in Paris. In a temporary art installation, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac added neon lights and a lightsaber. At the link, you can view more photos and a video.

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Illustrator, designer, and all-around creative person Mark Hofmann made this model of General Grievous (Revenge of the Sith) out of pieces of Warhammer 40K models. At the link, scroll down past the pictures for rules that Hofmann has improvised for playing Grievous in 40k.

Link via Geekosystem | Photo: Mark Hofmann | Previously: Excellent General Grievous Costume

deviantART user captainosaka made this great print of characters from The Legend of Zelda. I love its heavy lines and use of use of space.

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YouTube user Mr. Timpson owns Simon, a Cornish Rex cat. Simon has allied himself with the Empire in this mashup of Return of the Jedi.

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The Rocket Propelled Chainsaw (RPG M1B). Just gaze upon its awesomeness. I don't know who's responsible -- apparently this design has been floating around the Internet for while. But I suspect that engineer and regular commenter Jeff the Baptist is responsible. This design just screams "Jeff".

The bayonet mount is a nice touch. A lot of people would think that the user of a rocket propelled chainsaw wouldn't need a bayonet. Those are people who have never fired a chainsaw in anger.

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Ana Fuji made these World of Warcraft-themed truffles out of choclate and fondant. We've previously featured Fuji's Super Mario Bros. Chess Cake.

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Omega Supreme was the largest Transformer from the 1980s. He was basically a transforming military base. One amazing craftsman made a custom, functional (in the sense that it transforms) model of Omega Supreme. It's huge, it's detailed -- it's on sale!

The bad news is that the opening bid at eBay is $3,000.

The good news is that Alex left the corporate credit card on his desk.

Link via Great White Snark | Photo: eBay seller mindarocky

At first glance, you might think that this is a computer-generated rendering of Mario and Luigi. It's not; it's a photograph of a great work of papercraft by deviantART user Dan Hilse. They're 40 and 50 cm tall, respectively. How do you even build something like this? I wouldn't know where to begin.

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This video shows a man dressed as Scorpion from Mortal Kombat playing theme music from that game series. He's quite good, and even managed to win the approval of the Ed Boon, one of the creators of the series.

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Geek Twins is reporting that David Prowse, who played the body (but not the voice) of Darth Vader, has been banned from a set of upcoming Star Wars conventions. Allegedly, he's complained too much about not receiving residuals from the original trilogy and has gained the ire of George Lucas:

"It is with regret that I have been informed by my friends at C2 Ventures, Ben and Phillip, that I am not to be invited to C5 this year or any other Lucas Film associated events. After enquiring, the only thing I have been told is that I have 'burnt too many bridges between Lucas Film and myself' - no other reason given...I have also been advised by the promoter of Paris Manga in September that LFL (Lucas Film Limited) have requested no photo opportunities with the 501 Squadron, even though I am commander in chief of the 501"

Prowse was told by Lucas' representatives that the Star Wars films never made a profit, so he isn't owed a penny.

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TomTom is a GPS navigation system for cars that verbalizes directions for drivers. The company now offers Yoda, Darth Vader, and C-3P0 voices. The above video shows Yoda in the recording studio, giving the sound engineers a hard time. At the link, you can listen to Vader doing likewise.

http://starwars.tomtom.com/voices/index-starwars.php?Lid=1 via technabob

Wow! We've had more than seventy responses to our first caption contest. Let's see who won: http://www.neatorama.com/neatogeek/2010/07/07/caption-contest/.

Wolf Gnards has tacked his ninety-five theses -- well, five, anyway -- to the cathedral door. He addresses, at length, five problems that he says plague the comic book industry. Among them is the proliferation of parallel universes in DC:

I'm just not a fan, I guess I'm a one universe kind of guy. The multiverse to me is the ultimate example of covering bad writing with more bad writing. The overuse of the mulitverse is a big problem with DC Comics in particular. Just thinking about Crisis on Infinite Earths, Identity Crisis, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis, Crisis Crisis, Crisis of the Stars, Crisis in the Crisis: The Final Infinitude, all make me want to tear my eyes out. The problem with DC is that they give their writers almost free reign over their titles (Marvel writers are kept on very short leash), the results are some great comics and many continuity errors. After a while so many continuity errors start to pile up that the DC universe becomes unmanageable, and time for a little spring cleaning, which brings us to the multiverse. Instead of correcting problems with good story telling, they choose a convenient magic wand approach. Basically, every comic book is part of some multiple DC universe, and after a nice convoluted miniseries, all these universes get parred down into one universe. Poof, story fixed. But, of course, a couple of years later they always have to wave the magic wand again.

Wolfie also objects to variant covers, the lingering effects of the Comics Code Authority, the resurrection of dead characters, and everyone imitating Alan Moore.

So what's your beef with comics? What, if anything, bothers you about the way modern comics are produced?

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deviantART user deankotz comes up with a great pairing. But given their temperaments, I see Batman and Donkey Kong as, ultimately, natural allies. Perhaps that'll come in a later issue.

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