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Tatt’s a lot better
During a recent article, we noted that a video game tattoo is a very tricky thing to get right and showed some of the worse ones we’d found. But it’s only fair to give the better ones some limelight...
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Gamers’ Paradise
We all like to go on our holidays for that 2 weeks every year, catching a tan and stuffing our faces with the all-you-can-eat buffet. But what if you’re bored of all that paradise and fancied a change...
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In The Money
Bunchof5s’ image blog shows a collection of creatively-defaced $5 Australian notes, featuring characters from some of our favourite video games, films and memes. If we received one of these with our...
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Global warming evident in Skyrim
We hear about it all the time: greenhouse gases, solar activity and other worrying science facts, leading us to believe climate change is being accelerated. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of Skyrim,...
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No-No-Nothing To Do With Video Games
While most of our lives here at 1001-Up.com revolve around video games, sometimes we do need a bit of a break (we know, shocking right?). And what do we do when those times come about? Why, the same as...
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Not a Red Ring of Death
Brittany Murphy of BMF Jewelry has made a name for herself in the gaming community and is known as the ‘Gamer Jeweller’ at CustomMade for her amazing video-game-inspired rings. Her latest hand-crafted...
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Exes are like Boos
Exes are like Boos… they always come back to haunt you. Unfortunately for Mario, he finds this out the hard way in this video from Dorkly.
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Been There, Done That
Gaming clichés: we all know they exist. How many times can the protagonist in a game be ‘the chosen one’ who’s destined to save the world or – oh look – the world has been taken over by zombies yet...
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My Little Fiancé
The ‘fiancé’ of My Little Pony Character Twilight Sparkle is angry at a deviantART user who has been receiving sexual images of his bride-to-be. Is this a loving partner defending his sweetheart’s...
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Accountant Excels at RPGs
In work I’m known as the ‘Excel Queen’ and, as can be seen from my reviews on the 1001-Up.com site, I’m a big fan of RPGs and adventures. So what do you get if you combine my two favourite things?...
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96 Days, 4,800 Post-It Notes
A video games fan has created a stop-motion animation celebrating the classic Ms Pac-Man and Donkey Kong (reviews coming soon), using a whole lot of Post-it notes. Michael Birken spent a total of 96...
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Teenage Average Normal Turtles
Remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series from the 1980s? You know, the one about the green team of anthropomorphic reptiles who were trained in the art of ninjitsu by their rat sensei...
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Holy Mackerel!
Following on from Oculus’ successful Kickstarter projector for the Rift virtual reality headset in September 2012, a 90-year-old has taken it for a test-drive. And her review: “Holy mackerel, this is...
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TMNT on the cheap
What happens when you mix cosplay with green duct tape? Very cheap Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costumes, that’s what! We came across this image on the Geekologie website this morning and thought that...
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Random conversations #1
I think the world of my team mates here at 1001-Up.com. They make me laugh when I’m sad, they’re there to share the good times with and they don’t tease me because of my Guybrush obsession (ok, well...
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Gears of Sore
A senior Scottish policeman has called on the government to further look into the prevention of young children playing adult-rated games online, after the unfortunate incident of a thirteen-year-old...
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God-’em-up
The other weekend when we were hanging out at P-Diddy’s, we came across a really curious project on Kickstarter. We’re still scratching our heads in confusion: is this for real? Religion isn’t usually...
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Happy Father’s Day
In case you’ve forgotten, here in the UK it’s Father’s Day today – the perfect time to grab a couple of controllers and spend the day gaming with your old man. The video below is a salute to dads...
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E3 funniness
The Electronic Entertainment Expo is over but the fun doesn’t have to stop. The following videos and images should provide both an overview of the hottest topics of E3 2013 and some mild chuckling –...
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When Duke Nukem retires
Duke Nukem is best known for being the beer-drinking, foul-mouthed, stripper-loving, politically-incorrect muscleman we all know and love. But what happens when the aliens stop invading Earth and our...
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