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I was going to rewrite the lyrics to “The Star Spangled Banner” but decided against it. It’s better that way. For the both of us.

But yeah! Wow! What a bookshelf, right? Staying true to the lower 48, this United States of Readmerica bookshelf is awesome. It was made by Ron Arad and is titled “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends.” Know what? That’s a stupid fucking name for such a cool bookshelfi told u. Way to ruin it for the rest of us, asshole.

Just kidding. I want it. Make me one, Ron? I don’t have money but I’ll give you my lovin’.

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Nikola Tesla represents what every American hopes to be, despite having been born in Austria. Intelligent, business savvy and I heard he never wore white after Labor Day; not to mention the insane amount of ingenious patents of his that still apply to this day and age. Let’s face it: he was a bigger pimp than Edison and not nearly as much of a prima donna.

Needless to say, I’m a fan. So, when I saw that the writers of Hack N Mod had compiled a gallery of their favorite Tesla coil creations I just couldn’t contain myself. Notice how they all light up like a Christmas tree. It brings tears to my little Jewish eyes.

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Nintendo screwed over a lot of Earthbound fans by not releasing its sequel, Mother 3, in the states. Despite all the persistence the Earthbound community has demonstrated by forming petitions and massively spamming Nintendo Of America’s mail room, the folks at Nintendo feel that translating Mother 3 into English will not yield much profit in the states.

So, a crew of ragtag die-hard Earthbound fans have taken upon themselves to translate it into English for all of us English-speaking gamers who can’t read a lick of Japanese. I, myself am a huge Earthbound fan and have been holding off playing Mother 3 until I could actually understand what was going on. If you’re as excited as I am, download a GBA emulator and a Mother 3 ROM. At the end of the week, a patch will be available that’ll translate the ROM for you. Finally.

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It’s basic knowledge that the air bag in your car exerts tremendous force when it’s deployed. Now what if you took said air bag, put it in a refrigerator and wired it to go off when you plug it in? Take a look and find out.

Watch the whole thing. When the dude goes to remove the air bag from the fridge, he burns the shit out of his hand.

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Need further persuasion that the Wii is just downright bad? When the president of Sega of America starts talking shit, you know you’ve got trouble on your hands:

“There is a lot of crap coming out for the Wii in general. But if it’s not a good game, it doesn’t sell.” “The Wii is a great opportunity for hitting hardcore gamers. No one is doing that.”

So, fanboys who think their Nintendo could never do them wrong with a library of games not worth the CD they’re printed on just got served by Simon Jeffery. Perhaps this will lead to more mature rated games being made for the Nintendo Wii. Then, people can start criticizing it for a lousy control scheme rather than second-rate software. This definitely won’t be the last time we hear a knock on the Wii.

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