Comments on: Kibbles ‘n’ Bits http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:56:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Brian Spence http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-94059 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:02:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-94059 I saw one of those R2-D2 mailboxes on Sunday. It's in the inner harbor of Baltimore, between the world trade center building and ESPN Zone. I saw one of those R2-D2 mailboxes on Sunday. It’s in the inner harbor of Baltimore, between the world trade center building and ESPN Zone.

]]> by: Tommy Raiko http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93245 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:57:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93245 Somewhere, someplace, there must be a photo of some Star Wars fan dressed as Pricess Leia, depositing something into one of these mailboxes like in the first (or fourth, depending on how you chose to count) movie... Somewhere, someplace, there must be a photo of some Star Wars fan dressed as Pricess Leia, depositing something into one of these mailboxes like in the first (or fourth, depending on how you chose to count) movie…

]]> by: Ben McCool http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93180 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:46:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93180 Ha! It ALSO has a USB lightsaber phone and a Skype webcam!! How can I *ahem* possibly resist spending £1700 on it? Ha! It ALSO has a USB lightsaber phone and a Skype webcam!!

How can I *ahem* possibly resist spending £1700 on it?

]]> by: Ben McCool http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93178 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:42:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93178 Ah, but is the R2-D2 mailbox as impressive as Nikko's new R2-D2 Mobile entertainment System? It's a half-size, fully mobile replica of the droid with a Millenium Falcon-shaped remote control, incorporating an 80-inch image projector; DVD player; iPod dock; FM radio; stereo speakers and a memory-card slot. www.nikkor2d2.com Fanboy-a-licious. Ah, but is the R2-D2 mailbox as impressive as Nikko’s new R2-D2 Mobile entertainment System?

It’s a half-size, fully mobile replica of the droid with a Millenium Falcon-shaped remote control, incorporating an 80-inch image projector; DVD player; iPod dock; FM radio; stereo speakers and a memory-card slot.

www.nikkor2d2.com

Fanboy-a-licious.

]]> by: Rick Rottman http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93177 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:42:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93177 Curt Schilling is a huge gaming fanatic. He was such an avid fan of the WW2 tactical board game ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER that when the company Avalon Hill folded, he started a company that secured the rights to the game. Curt Schilling is a huge gaming fanatic. He was such an avid fan of the WW2 tactical board game ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER that when the company Avalon Hill folded, he started a company that secured the rights to the game.

]]> by: Jack Fear http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93157 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:09:28 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/19/kibbles-n-bits-3/#comment-93157 Re: 38 Studios—Not sure what's so funny about a pro athlete branching out into video games. Schilling is a videogame fanatic himself, like a lot of other people with too much free time. Athletes generally are paid to think strategically, and Schilling (judging by <a href="http://38pitches.com/" rel="nofollow">his blog</a>) thinks a lot about the mechanics of play. Game design seems like a natural outlet for his interests. As to speculation that Schilling might soon be hanging up his Red Sox uniform: it's no secret that he's near the end of his professional career, full stop. He's said he wants to go out on top, and it's widely speculated that this season or next will be his last. To me, the real WTF moment of the 38 Studios story is the involvement of the dude who writes those DUNGEONS &#38; DRAGONS novels. Re: 38 Studios—Not sure what’s so funny about a pro athlete branching out into video games. Schilling is a videogame fanatic himself, like a lot of other people with too much free time. Athletes generally are paid to think strategically, and Schilling (judging by his blog) thinks a lot about the mechanics of play. Game design seems like a natural outlet for his interests.

As to speculation that Schilling might soon be hanging up his Red Sox uniform: it’s no secret that he’s near the end of his professional career, full stop. He’s said he wants to go out on top, and it’s widely speculated that this season or next will be his last.

To me, the real WTF moment of the 38 Studios story is the involvement of the dude who writes those DUNGEONS & DRAGONS novels.

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