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High drama on the Scrabble circuit

The Telegraph has this story about tiles, lies and nearly naked Scrabble players.

"A player at the World Scrabble Championships demanded that an opponent should be strip-searched after a tile went missing. England's Ed Martin was accused of hiding the letter 'G' during a match. A Thai player wanted him to be taken to a toilet so he could be searched, although authorities refused. Mr. Martin won the match in Warsaw, and no evidence was presented to support the Thai player's allegation. Nigel Richards, a New Zealander, took the overall title after scoring 95 points with the word 'omnified'. He was awarded the £12,700 prize. Mr. Richards would have scored little for his acceptance speech, when he just responded: "Nice."

Do you have an Angry Birds problem?

Via Urlesque.

This trailer for Dead Island

As I've mentioned before, I stay away from video games because I don't trust my ability to not become someone who won't leave the house. This trailer, though. Damn.

Via Oh No They Didn't.

'Little Big Planet' with puppets is cuter than bunnies

I may have mentioned before that I don't play video games. At all. Not that I don't want to or that I haven't enjoyed it on occasion in the past, but I have enough self-awareness to know that with my prediliction for obsessiveness, once I really started playing, I'd never stop and I'd end up on some reality show about people who are 600 lbs. and have been unable to leave the couch for four years because the cushions and their ass have become one and they have to break down a wall and get a crane and a flat-bed truck and ... However, all that doesn't mean I didn't find this super-cute:

Via Buzzfeed.

So, this is pretty brilliant

There's so much good stuff today. This is via Awesome Robot! And here is the link to the actual game. (Thank you, Cath)

The gritty Super Mario Bros. update you've been waiting for

Warning: Some language. (Via Buzzfeed)

Gamer Girls

Let's not get into any discussions about why these really cool chicks have to half-naked and writhe around on the floor. That would be boring. Just enjoy. (Thank you, Loni).

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Best thing of the day

This is fantastic in a sublime collision of pop sub-cultures kind of way. I Hit It With My Axe is a webseries about porn stars who meet weekly to play Dungeons & Dragons. There are, so far, 23 episodes, including "Ambush at the River of Despair" and "Stumbling Around Vornheim In The Dark." This is the first. Warning: While there is only one actual bad word, there is a bit of what some may consider dirty talk.

Yes, that would explain it

Via Buzzfeed.