The NES came out in 1985. I was born in 1983, so I grew up in the NES's heyday. I remember blowing into those games like it was yesterday. To me, reminiscing about the cartridge blow is like a secret handshake. When you meet someone who knows what you are talking about when you mention blowing into a cartridge, you know you have met another classic gamer. That is why I make these harmonicas, it is a way to remember that old gamers ritual while having a good laugh at the same time.
I've always been a big Star Wars fan and was looking for a subject that made sense for this design. A Walker already had four legs and it seemed an obvious choice to base my design on. I wanted it to look as real as possible. In order to accomplish movement, I made the bunk beds appear to be walking. I also made several additions to the beds, for example a complete Hoth lego display case on the second level as well as additional areas for the kids to play and climb.
Captain Fantastic joins a number of people with unusually long names, including Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams, a girl born in Texas in 1984.
The teenager, from Glastonbury, Somerset, added that while he thought the new name was "crazy", his grandmother was no longer speaking to him.
The first 21st century superhero is a hedonistic, narcissistic, even nihilistic, adrenaline junkie, billionaire entrepreneur do-gooder. If Peter Parker's life lesson is that "with great power comes great responsibility," Tony Stark's is that with great power comes a shit-ton of fun.
You can't get any more Gen Y than that.
Games today give player an increasing amount of control over their play-time. Whether it be through sandbox titles allowing gamers to randomly create their own adventures or the growing list of RPGs that allow players to create and mold their characters exactly how they want, gamers presently have an unprecedented amount of control over their in-game experience. [...]
What would happen if other developers brought this gender change idea into their titles, allowing gamers to pick the sex of famous preset characters?
"DC Super Stars #27 (March-April 1981): When Boss Hogg sets up a phony charity designed to funnel contributions from well-meaning citizens into his own pockets, Superman and the Flash are roped into holding a charity race across Hazzard County--without super-powers! But when Bo and Luke Duke, a couple of good ol' boys who never mean no harm crash the race, can the two Fastest Men Alive outrun a souped-up Dodge Charger before it hits the county line? Find out in this exciting issue! Also featured: Lois Lane discovers a Hazzard County fashion statement sure to catch Clark Kent's eye and a two-page backup story where Jimmy Olsen and Kid Flash meet Coy and Vance!"
The general concept is a young boy wakes up in the middle of the night to use the toilet. In doing so he gets sucked down the toilet where he finds himself involved in a battle against creatures who resemble toilet fixtures, including a giant evil urinal.
