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My friends got me this super sweet Donkey Kong Jenga for Christmas:

"How High Can You Get?"

The game is played in one of two ways: either by following the traditional rules of the game or by using the included Spinner to play Donkey Kong-style!

"Play classic Jenga or use the Spinner and play custom Donkey Kong rules!"

Up to 4 players take turns on the Spinner which determines how many Jenga block “Girders” to remove from the stack and how many Girders the player’s Mario climbs at the end of each turn.

Each of the 4 Mario game pieces are attached to pegs which can then be inserted into the holes at the ends of the Jenga blocks, giving the illusion of Mario climbing the construction site!

"Donkey Kong Jenga Girders, Mario, Pauline, and DK!"

The goal is to reach the top of the stack and save Pauline from that crazy ape, Donkey Kong, yet again. The player that reaches the top or is closest to the top when the stack falls wins.

Players can strategically remove Girders out from under the other players’ Mario game pieces to keep their opponents from reaching the top first!

"Donkey Kong + Jenga = Donkey Kong Jenga"

A brilliant combination really, marrying these two classic games together!

While browsing through Amazon’s latest offerings for the Kindle, I randomly stumbled upon this little gem:

"Panda Poets. Fond of spelling bees, apparently."

Naturally, I had to pick it up.

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Whatever you do, don’t touch that controller! Check out this cool, player-edited Super Mario World level that literally plays itself!

Apparently, these have been around for awhile, but I wasn’t aware of them until recently.

Here’s another self-playing Mario level (an incredibly long one, I might add) that takes things a step further – the sound effects go along with the dance mix background music:

The trailer for this summer’s Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds is up now.  You can check it out on Apple’s site by clicking here.

I have to say.   Not impressed.

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The Daily Blam posted a pic of Green Lantern’s Power Battery from the upcoming live action Green Lantern film awhile back; here it is:

Green Lantern Movie Power Battery

For those of you unfamiliar with the Silver Age comic book superhero and his green, lantern-shaped Power Battery, here’s the titular hero himself, Hal Jordan, as usually depicted in the comic books:

Green Lantern. Carrying a green lantern.

And here’s the Central Power Battery from which all members of the Green Lantern Corps. draw their intergalactic peacekeeping powers, also, a giant, glowing, green lantern:

Where All The Giant Green Boxing Gloves Come From...

Diehard comic book fans may have problems with the design of the live action Green Lantern Power Battery.

I, for one,  happen to like it.

It’s green.  It looks like a lantern.  And it’s clearly of alien origin.

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