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Angry Birds Star Wars II Coming In September, With A Skylanders Twist
As expected, last week’s Rovio tease has coalesced into the prequel-chronicling Angry Birds Star Wars II, complete with a damn Jar Jar bird. Significantly less expected is the integration of Hasbro’s Telepods technology, beaming in powerful characters via physical toys, Skylanders style. Rovio has gotten into the habit of launching each new Angry Birds game…
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The New Age Of Star Wars Tabletop Role-Playing Begins Today
West End and Wizards of the Coast had their go. Now it’s Fantasy Flight Games’ turn at tackling Star Wars tabletop role-playing, and they’re off to a gruff and gritty start with Edge of the Empire. Who wants to be a bounty hunter? Rather than attempting to represent the length and breadth of the Star…
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The First 30 Minutes Of Star Wars, Precisely Recreated In Minecraft
The monumental plan of the man called Grahame is to recreate the entirety of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in Minecraft. It’s coming together; he’s teased the first 15 minutes of his project, which now has blocky Star Destroyers and jawas on Tatooine. As the description says, the clip should be in sync…
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Together We Can Ace This 120 Question Nerd Equivalency Test
At last weekend’s Denver Comic Con, animator and syndicated cartoonist Rich Moyer assembled a team of 120 characters from games, comics, science fiction and fantasy, and challenged children to name each one. Are you guys going to let children show us us? Moyer provided a numbered answer sheet for this limeted edition poster, available now…
By Mike Fahey
