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Smell Like An Orc With These RPG-Inspired Perfumes

Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs, who brought you “Chtulhu: The Fragrance”, has released a line of RPG-themed “perfume oil blends”. Yes, if you’ve always wanted to smell like an elf but never thought to mix parma violet, hawthorne bark, white moss and a bunch of other shit together, they’ve got you covered.

February 19, 2011
In Real Life

The T-Virus Makes For A Charming Specimen

Resident Evil T-Virus charm. “The vial is about 1 and a quarter inches long… filled with my special, homemade, crystal clear goo, which has a few tiny real bubbles suspended in them to give the charm a more futuristic look to it. It has a double helix design embedded inside that almost seems to glow in the light.” As seen on Wasabi Sunshine.

January 10, 2011
News

Someone Wants $15,000 For Legend Of Zelda Dishware

The starting bid is not yet met on this set of new-in-the-box Legend of Zelda dishware from 1989, a three-piece set the seller hopes to sell for $US100,000 but will be willing to part with for, presumably, $US15,000.

January 7, 2011
Mobile

Angry Birds Coming To A Board Game This Year

If you treasure all that time spent building Mousetrap’s contraption and its inevitable collapse midway through, then Angry Birds: Knock on Wood, a board game due later this year from Mattel, is perfect for you. Yes, it has a slingshot.

April 28, 2010
In Real Life

Pac And Blinky, Paired On A Paring Board

This cutting board runs $US165, but it’s perfect for cutting vegetables – or strawberries, oranges, apples and melons. But not Galaxians or keys. Seen on Etsy by reader Cameron O.

April 26, 2010
In Real Life

Get Clean With Old School Cartridges

Novelty soap maker Geeksoap has a new line of bars – they can’t market them as NES, Super Nintendo, or Gameboy cartridges, trademark reasons. But that’s obviously what they are.

November 15, 2009
In Real Life

If You Don’t Have A Holiday Card List, Make One

Perhaps taking a page from the Team Fortress 2 Valentines from last year, Valve’s offering four sets of gift cards — with characters from TF2, Left 4 Dead and L4D2 — that are simply a holiday must.

December 8, 2008
Uncategorized

Voice Actors Leave Voice Mail

A friend of mine once interviewed the late Don LaFontaine — the “Voice of God” for zillions of film trailers — and on request Don left him a splendid in-character voicemail.

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