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In-Depth With the King of Kongmental_floss Blog - 24 hours ago In last July’s issue of Harper’s, Joshuah Bearman revealed a wealth of information on classic gaming in general and Billy Mitchell specifically. Mitchell is one of the subjects of last year’s documentary King of Kong … Also tagged: games, blogs, history, celebrities, video games |
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Wacky Sci-Fi “Laws”mental_floss Blog - Aug 15, 2008 Sci-Fi writers seem to enjoy coining Laws: adages bearing their own names that live on past their appearances in Sci-Fi stories. Here are five of my favorites, plus one bonus law (actually a Principle) from the world … |
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7 Reasons “Clone Wars” Will Be Worth Seeingmental_floss Blog - Aug 11, 2008 The latest Star Wars movie, Clone Wars, opens this Friday. We’ve done our homework on the new movie, and it actually looks pretty good. As the seventh movie in the epic series, we turned up seven reasons why Clone Wars … Also tagged: blogs, animation, advertising, movies, super secret deal |
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5 Graffiti Artists You Should Knowmental_floss Blog - Aug 1, 2008 British graffiti artist Banksy, who’s been in the news quite a bit lately, is probably the most well-known graffiti artist of all time. He’s also the only graffitist most people know by name. But there is a plethora of … Also tagged: art, blogs, lists, super secret deal |
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Golden Girls Actress Dies at 84mental_floss Blog - Jul 22, 2008 In Memory of Estelle Getty We were sorry to learn that the 84-year old actress passed away this morning. In honor of her memorable work as the character Sophia, we're rerunning this Golden Girls post from Kara … |
mental_floss Blog - Jul 22, 2008
Remember Showbiz Pizza Place? In the 80’s, Showbiz franchise restaurants competed with Chuck E. Cheese’s, offering animatronic robot rock, an arcade, and (perhaps only incidentally) pizza. The most memorable aspect of …
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mental_floss Blog - Jul 16, 2008
We’ve covered nerdy comedian Ze Frank and comedy nerd Jesse Thorn’s The Sound of Young America before, but now these two great tastes are tasting great together. (See what I did there?) Jesse Thorn of TSOYA interviewed …
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The LOST Book Clubmental_floss Blog - Jul 2, 2008 Okay, so I have a near-obsessive interest in the TV show LOST. I’ve read plenty of theories, and I even follow J. Wood’s intensely literary blog about the show. I’ve even bought books based on seeing them on the show — … Also tagged: blogs, books, tv, literature |
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Garkov: Math Invades Garfield Parodymental_floss Blog - Jun 23, 2008 There’s a special place in my heart for weird Garfield parodies, but today’s subject really raises the bar for weirdness. The Garkov comic strip activates my Nerdy Spidey Sense, as it uses a Markov chain process to … Also tagged: art, blogs, humor, mathematics, linguistics, bizarro, math |
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The Story Behind Jamie Livingston’s Polaroid-a-Day Projectmental_floss Blog - Jun 18, 2008 Many readers will remember my post He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died from mid-May. It introduced the story of a man’s photography project that continued for eighteen years, ending in 1997. The post … Also tagged: blogs, photos, current events, notable names |