Tron light cycle board game

Homemade Tron light cycle board game:

- The board is made from two pieces of smoked acrylic, which I etched on an Epilog laser cutter at my local Tech Shop. The grid was originally supposed to be edge-lit by LEDs, but the tint in the acrylic kept the light from penetrating. So, I taped off and painted the grid with blacklight-reactive paint.
- I cut the light trails out of fluorescent orange and blue acrylic, also on the laser cutter.
- I bought the TRON vehicles and Recognizer carrying case. I modded the carrying case a bit to include rows of blue and blacklight LEDs. I am in the process of repainting the vehicles with blacklight-reactive paint.
- I'm still finishing the carrying cases for the light trails, one of which is in the video. These were made of wood, also on the laser cutter.
- Everything is sitting atop a giant lazy susan that I made for gaming.

Via.

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Illustration roundup

Operation meets Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Josh Sprengelmeyer for Tee Fury.



Jackson Publick reminds that Superjail is on tonight.




War of the Worlds poster by Tm Whalen for an upcoming show at Gallery 1988.




Conan vs. the 80's by Jerome Opeña.




Poltergeist by Brun Croes.

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Link roundup

1. The Big Lebowski Monopoly board.

2. Sarah Lane, the ballerina who served as a dancing double for Natalie Portman in Black Swan (and who apparently never wants to get another job in Hollywood), told Entertainment Weekly that she performed 95% of the dancing in the movie and that Portman's face was digitally grafted onto her body. Via.

3. Kristin Tercek is auctioning off a new painting at eBay to benefit Japan.

Miss Scarlet in the Ballroom with a very big wrench (and more Lego)

Ezra B.'s gallery is full of funny Lego creations including a funny take on Clue, Astro Boy, demonic clown, Captain America with fan, and Super Mario. Via.

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Twister for designers

CMYK version of Twister by Jessica Blackham. Via.

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Gallery 1988's John Hughes tribute show

You can now see the original art and prints from Gallery 1988's John Hughes tribute. Below are a few of my favorites.



Kelly Vivanco.




Joey Spiotto.



Dave Perillo.





Maxim Dalton.



Dave MacDowell.

Link roundup

1. How does the Huffington Post draw so much traffic? Well, for one thing, it's the third result on Bing for "sex." Via.

2. Free downloadable rules for transforming Scrabble, Clue, Monopoly, and Trivial Pursuit into Valentine's Day-themed games.

3. Useful tip if you have horizontal blinds - - paper clip just a few of the top ones together to allow in more light, while maintaining your privacy.

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Play the Arrested Development version of Clue

Go here for a full Arrested Development version of Clue, including board, suspects, and weapons.

*Previously: Ads for Clue that are much more interesting than the game.

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Link roundup

1. I don't know why anyone in the year 2010 would still choose to play Monopoly, but here's tips for how to win.

2. William Gibson on recent archaeological discoveries:

It's looking like our ancestors would jump anything vaguely hominid. Kind of great, really.

3. Gordon Ramsay reaps some karmic rewards.

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Adventure Time Monopoly Board

Adventure Time Monopoly Board by Finn Haverkamp available for download in high-res. Via.

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New rules for the boring board games everyone owns

The Boardgame Remix Kit:

Liven up your Christmas by remixing the boardgames in your house to make brand new games. The Boardgame Remix Kit works with all the great family favourites. It's got twenty five games that you can play using the boards and pieces you've already got. As well as smoothing out or speeding up a standard game, the kit can turn Monopoly* into a family poker tournament, Trivial Pursuit* into a surrealist parlour game; Scrabble* into fight between a wasp and a robot, and Cluedo* into a zombie invasion.

You can see the Clue/Scrabble mashup above. (The site got linked by Boing Boing and Lifehacker (and presumably others) over the weekend, and couldn't handle the strain, but it's back up now.)

Also, at the site, you can download a sample pdf. If you click on the link in Chrome, it instantly opens the pdf in the Chrome browser. No need to wait patiently while Adobe Reader opens up. (Chrome is awesome.)

Relatedly, from a series of new (maybe NSFW) comics by Eric Colossal:



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