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The prize for most awesome dad goes to Tom Rhoads of Lemoore, California. He built this 18-foot “life-sized” replica of Bumblebee out of an actual VW Beetle for his son.

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I’m sure that everyone in their mid-20s has that one game that defined their childhood and still carries a strong emotional significance.  I’ve known people that were moved to tears by Final Fantasy VII and one of my best friends made it through his parents divorcing by playing Sonic & Knuckles repeatedly.  Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge was one of my favorite games and I owe Ron Gilbert a beer if I ever run into him for providing me with the memory of beating it for the first time. Read the rest of this entry »

Dean Reed’s strange journey to become the best known rock star in the Eastern Bloc started in 1958 when, at the age of 20, he moved to Los Angeles to become just like Elvis, his idol. Capitol Records signed him and started molding him into a teen idol. Everything he released was a massive flop in the United States, but following a South American tour it was discovered that “A Summer Romance” was a huge hit in Argentina. Read the rest of this entry »

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) was huge in the early ’90s. It came right after Transformers degenerated into Rodimus needing a Prozac and right before Mighty Morphin Power Rangers taught us all how to color match. Everyone had a favorite TMNT character, mine was Donatello, and most will still defend that character to the death. I’ve always felt that identifying with these characters at a young age made us into the people we are today. So, this is a look back at 10 popular characters, who the fans that loved them became, and an example through a famous internet personality – call it “Turtle Theory”.

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