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Tag: competition

  • Darth Vader Playing Golf [video]

    Many of you may not know this, but one of my less geeky hobbies is golf.  Unless I am repeatedly losing golf balls, I always enjoy a good round of golf.  Well, it seems that Darth Vader is a big golf fan too although he might take the competition a bit too seriously.  As cool…

  • Super Mario Bros ice skating routine [video]

      Its pretty obvious that I have a deep love for Super Mario Bros. What many of you may not know is that I am also a huge fan of figure skating.  Even on major holidays when I am supposed to be spending time with family, if there is a figure skating program on like…

  • Jousting on Segways [video]

    I’ve always been fascinated by stuff from medieval times, so when you combine something like medieval jousting with modern technology like Segways, you have my complete attention.  The video below is a commercial for the Washington Lottery showing a couple of guys in your average medieval knight armor doing some jousting but on Segways instead…

  • Time-lapse: Video game being made in 7 minutes [video]

    I didn’t know about the event until now, but apparently there is an annual event called Global Game Jam that takes place every January.  What is Global Game Jam?  Global Game Jam lets developers from around the globe participate in a 48 hour sprint to create the best video game from scratch.  For an event…