Nerdiest. Pumpkin. Ever.

"Pumpktris is a fully playable version of Tetris built into a pumpkin, with 128 LEDs for the display and the stem serving as a game controller."




Here's how he did it.

The final issue of Nintendo Power

The cover is a tribute to its first issue.

That post says:

Nintendo Power has been on the stands since 1988, first as an official Nintendo publication, and then later as an independent entity. For players of a certain age who grew up with the NES and SNES, this is something of the end of an era.

People are paying tribute over at Metafilter. The best comment:

*tosses red potion on curb*

*door appears*

*escapes into shadowy dreamworld*

"7 things Mario games have in common with the Bible"

Pretty uncanny.

To #5, I would add that the main hero in both has a trade that causes buildings to function.

Do sex and violence in pornography and other media lead to more or less rape and violence in real life?

Some data.