Archive for the 'Geeky' Category

Monopoly Turns 75

Are you a fan of board-games? This year Monopoly has turned seventy-five and despite the advent of high powered computer-based games they are still played.

Since it’s release in 1935 the board-game has caused an uncountable number of sibling versus sibling fights, plenty of laughter and maybe even an increase in kid’s who grew up to be real estate agents. Fifty different versions of the classic board game Monopoly.


Star Wars Celebration V in Orlando

Fans in costume were common as thousands from all over the galaxy visited the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando on Sunday, August 15, 2010, for the last day of Star Wars: Celebration V.

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Comic-Con 2010 Fans Dress Up

About 300,000 people from all over the world will flock to downtown San Diego to wander among endless displays of collectible toys, comics and film memorabilia. But also to take the opportunity to dress up in the most outrageous costumes.


Source: telegraph


Video Games Evolution (1990 – 2008)

Everybody played video games in their childhood or continues playing now. Do you remember such wonderful games as DOOM, Mortal Combat, Quake, and the first Warcraft on some Pentium 133MHz and 4-megabyte video card.

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1990
Wing Commander

Commander Keen

Final Fantasy 3

1991
Civilization

The Legend of Zelda

Neverwinter Nights

Road Rash

1992
Dune II

Mortal Combat

Wolfenstein 3D

1993
DOOM

Master of Orion

Sim City, 2000

Space Quest V

1994
Heretic

Tekken

Warcraft

1995
Command and Conquer


Space Quest 6

Need for Speed

Warcraft II

Duke Nukem 3D

M.A.X.

Quake

1997
Age of Empires

Diablo

Final fantasy 7

GTA

Quake 2

1998
Half Life

Microsoft Flight Simulator

Starcraft

Starcraft Brood War

Unreal

1999
Everquest

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Colin Mcrae Rally 2

Counter Strike

GTA 2

The Sims

2001
GTA 3

HALO

Max Payne

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

2002
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance

Battlefield 1942

Diablo 2

Mafia

Neverwinter Nights

Splinter Cell

Call of Duty

Max Payne 2

Prince of Persia

Tony Hawk’s Underground

2004
DOOM 3

Far Cry

GTA: San Andreas

Half Life 2

World of Warcraft

F.E.A.R.

Guitar Hero

The Medal of Honor

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

2006
Gears of War

Hitman: Blood Money

Prey

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The Godfather

2007
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Crysis

Guitar Hero 3

Halo 3

The Witcher

Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath

Fallout 3

2008
GTA IV

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots


Urban Tetris

The video game Tetris and the photos in this post have a lot in common. They are both geometric, they both look similar, and if you didn’t know better you would start hitting the up, down, left, and right arrow keys on your keyboard.



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