Choose Your Own Adventure

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Geekolinks: 9/18

by Susana Polo | 6:00 pm, September 18th

Mega Man Universe Will Have Hideous Box Art Mega Man (Wired)

IBM Choose Your Own Adventure Patent Story Explained Through Choose Your Own Adventure Story (Geeks are Sexy)

New Bill and Ted Movie Possible? (Bleeding Cool)

Ghost Rider 2 Dated (ScreenRant)

Critical Meme Density Shirt (Fashionably Geek)

More Awesome Muppet Shirts Than You Can Shake A Stick At (ToughPigs)

Scott Pilgrim and Evil Exes: Gender Swapped (Project: Rooftop)

(pic by Dean Trippe via Comics Alliance.)

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Geekolinks: 7/16

by Robert Quigley | 4:45 pm, July 16th

Casting sensitive geeks: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure edition (Vulture)

The coolest painted video game consoles (Buzzfeed)

Will the Vermontasaurus go extinct? (Neatorama)

KFC losing gamble on Double Down chicken sandwich (WalletPop)

10 minor Star Wars characters with completely unnecessary backstories (Topless Robot)

A Q&A with the Creator of “I Write Like”: “The Algorithm is Not a Rocket Science” (The Awl)

The biggest lies people tell in online dating (OK Cupid)

(title image via Reddit)

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The 10 Greatest Interactive YouTube Adventures

by Jamie Block | 4:18 pm, June 29th

There is no greater modern hub for diversion than YouTube. But sometimes the experience can just be too passive. Sometimes sitting back and watching other people get hit with things isn’t enough. Sometimes, you need to choose what they get hit with. And when you’re in that mood to interact, YouTube is still there to help you (because video games are expensive). Below I have compiled the list of the top ten interactive YouTube videos. Choose your own adventure as you click through from video to video as the narrative, game, or whatever the flip it is unfolds. Make sure your annotations are on, and happy voyaging!

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Choose Your Own Adventure — On Twitter

by Robert Quigley | 10:27 am, March 22nd

BuzzFeed and HuffPo co-founder and Nike Sweatshop Email correspondent Jonah Peretti has added another, arguably grander feather to his cap: A handcrafted Choose Your Own Adventure game, in homage to the classic, nostalgia-inducing children’s book series, playable entirely on Twitter.

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14 of the Best Geekiest Beers

Given beer's pervasive place in human history, it's not surprising that the geeky pastimes of drinkers would eventually rub off on the beers themselves. The result is a veritable cornucopia of nerdy beers, 14 of which are right here.

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Eric Limer I'm trying to come up with a control scheme where I can use my xbox 360 controller for leisurely web surfing. It's....interesting.
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James Plafke For a show about a sport I don't really dig, Friday Night Lights is an alright show.
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Eric Limer Just spent a few hours playing Kyntt. Stunning, cute little game. Highly recommended.
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Max Wanna create work flows, wanna make it all work work work.
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James Plafke I am jealous Elmo got to make out with Kristin Chenoweth.
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Eric Limer I swear under my breath A LOT. This must make people near by me very uncomfortable. That being said, I have no intentions of stopping.
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Max Court is now in session at the Burp Castle.
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Eric Limer I don't look at my finances as often as I should which is the main reason why I don't often want to look at my finances.
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Max Desert PolyBus: The game where you drive to Reno and then die.
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Eric Limer If I wrote a webcomic, every strip would be titled "Get it? GET IT?!"
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Max Got chili oil on my hands and face. It hurts. A lot.
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Eric Limer Suddenly I remember what I hate about PC gaming. Mainly never having a computer that can actually do it.
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James Plafke The halftime show taught me that football-watching men drinking beer who love seeing muscular men beat each other up really like to vogue.
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Max Pestering your friends at 8am is how you show you care, right? #hopeso
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Eric Limer Twitter is like RiffTrax for EVERYTHING.
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James Plafke I know global warming is scary, but not having a winter was pretty cool. I didn't have to spend money on shoes for the snow.
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Eric Limer I hereby apologize to all persons --past, present and future-- who have the misfortune of hearing me "sing" dubstep songs.
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Max Even Facebook's Timeline thinks I could have done more with my life.
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Max I did that thing where Facebook turns your Timeline into a movie. Mine had pictures of ducks and foliage set to really dramatic music.
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Max "But I don't wanna go to the dog show!"
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