Posted on Jul 26, 2009 under puzzle |
Everyone should have some sort of collection. I think puzzles is more fun than coins or stamps though, don’t you?
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My puzzle collection includes (sorted by Shape first, and function second, for your convenience):
Cube Shaped Puzzles:
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(~15x) 3×3s: It’s hard to keep track of the exact number. Most of these are various DIYs, some are RNAs (Rubik’s Brand), some are knockoff brands. I also have one Studio Cube, which is very nice.
(3x) 4×4s: Two Rubik’s Revenge and one Eastsheen 4×4.
(3x) 5×5s: Rubik’s, Eastsheen, and V-Cubes. I like all three.
A 7×7: Very impressive mechanism. I love this puzzle, it’s one that I think all collectors should have.
(4x) Square-1s: Three black DiYs, and a white DiY.
A Skewb: Mine is a 3D Skewb. Strange mechanism.
(5x) 2×2s: Two normal Rubik’s, one Ice Cube, an (modded) Eastsheen, and a giant 57mm Rubik’s.
A Keychain 3×3: This will likely be modding-fodder later.
A 1×1x1 and a 1×1x2: For s and giggles. 
A Siamese Cube: This is a mod you have to do yourself, it is very easy to make.
A 3×3x4 Extended: This is also something you have to make, and it is even easier than the Siamese.
An Icon: This is just a greyscale 3×3.
An Oilers Hockey Cube: Ummm, yeah.
A So-Du-Cube: This is lame.
Dodecahedron Shaped Puzzles (12 sides):
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(5x) Megaminxes: Three PVC Megaminxes, an MF8 Megaminx, and a Chinese Megaminx. I recommend either the PVC or MF8. Message me for more details.
A Pyraminx Crystal: Huge, heavy, and a lot of fun to solve. It’s like a megaminx, except you turn an extra row of edges with every twist, making all megaminx algorithms worthless.
Spherical Puzzles:
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(2x) Rubik’s Worlds: These are just round 2×2s. Fun to solve.
An Impossiball: Essentially megaminx corners.
A Magic/Miracle Sphere: A strange sliding tile puzzle. Intuitive to solve, but time consuming as well.
A Rubik’s Brain Racker: A fun sliding tile puzzle with many different ‘modes’ of solving. I bought this at VOS 2008.
Other “Twisty” Puzzles:
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A Platypus: This is a strange puzzle with 6 sides, but only 3 “edges” per side, and no corners. This is very easy to solve.
A Rubik’s UFO: A fun puzzle. Funner to have than it is to solve, if that makes sense.
(3x) Rubik’s Magics: Well, yeah.. I do consider this a twisty puzzle. The first move in the solve is a twist!
Other “Sliding” Puzzles:
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A Flip-Side: One of my first obscure puzzles. I think this is when I started collecting more than just cubes.
A 15-Puzzle: The most intuitive solve ever.
Rush Hour: This is a different kind of puzzle.. more of a solitaire-type board game.
A Twister: This is a wooden bead type puzzle. This is super-classy looking which is why I bought it. Challenging at first, but once you learn the trick it’s too easy.
Burr-Type Puzzles:
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Several Burr-Type Puzzles: 4 wooden burr puzzles, an Idea Cube, and a Tetris Cube.
A Tantrix: I don’t play with this.
Miscellaneous:
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A Rubik’s Revolution: SHAME ON YOU, RUBIK’S!
I may have missed some things in this list… I hope you like my collection!
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Places to buy puzzles:
You can order most puzzles at the following sites:
http://www.cubefans.com
http://www.cube4you.com
http://www.mefferts.com
http://v-cubes.com
You can buy everything else here:
hhhp://www.ebay.com
Please don’t ask me which stores I buy my puzzles from. “River-City Games” and “Kites and Other Delights” probably don’t even exist where you live. You can sometimes find puzzles anywhere that they sell board games and toys.
About half of my puzzles have cubesmith tiles or stickers. I recommend tiling some of your puzzles if you have some money kicking around:
http://www.cubesmith.com
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My Website:
http://www.blueknightcubing.com/
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Posted on Dec 08, 2008 under puzzle |
Some I solve, some I don’t. My Puzzle collection hasn’t changed since I made the video, so no I won’t make another one.
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Posted on Nov 17, 2008 under games |
http://www.c64audio.com/ - buy the music used in this video from that awesome site! Lots of other great music there too and DRM free music.
Well, I figured I might as well do a C64 one as well
I’m not 100% satisfied with this one though.. it’s not as good as the Amiga one. The reason is that I made this one just after finishing the Amiga one and I was a little burnt out I guess.. got very sick of making this one almost right away.
It’s stilld decent though so I hope some people can enjoy it at least
The soundtrack consists of these three songs, all by Instant Remedy -
Flimbo’s Quest
Commando
Game On (Issue 0989)
Complete list of games in this video (might be some errors) -
1. Last Ninja 2 (0:00)
2. IK+ (0:07)
3. Maniac Mansion (0:13)
4. Pirates! (0:19)
5. Zak McKracken (0:25)
6. Vendetta (0:31)
7. Turrican 2 (0:37)
8. Archon: The Light and the Dark (0:43)
9. Bubble Bobble (0:49)
10. Summer Games 2 (0:55)
11. Ultima IV (1:01)
12. Bruce Lee (1:07)
13. Last Ninja (1:13)
14. Project Firestart (1:19)
15. Turrican (1:25)
16. Wasteland (1:31)
17. Defender of the Crown (1:37)
18. Asterix (1:43)
19. Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (1:49)
20. M.U.L.E (1:55)
21. Microprose Soccer (2:01)
22. Leaderboard Golf (2:07)
23. Hyper Sports (2:13)
24. Winter Games (2:19)
25. Creatures 2: Torture Trouble (2:25)
26. Impossible Mission (2:31)
27. Samurai Warrior - The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo (2:37)
28. Great Giana Sisters (2:43)
29. Armalyte (2:49)
30. California Games (2:55)
31. Boulder Dash (3:01)
32. Dominator (3:07)
33. Wizard of Wor (3:13)
34. Montezuma’s Revenge (3:19)
35. Katakis (3:25)
36. Mayhem in Monsterland (3:31)
37. Stunt Car Racer (3:37)
38. H.E.R.O. - Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation (3:43)
39. Pitstop II (3:49)
40. Skate or Die! (3:55)
41. Space Taxi (4:01)
42. World Games (4:07)
43. Batman - The Caped Crusader (4:13)
44. Donald Ducks Playground (4:19)
45. Rainbow Islands (4:25)
46. Green Beret (4:31)
47. Tusker (4:37)
48. Shadow of the Beast (4:43)
49. International Karate (4:49)
50. Midnight Resistance (4:55)
51. Paradroid (5:01)
52. Gauntlet (5:07)
53. Airborne Ranger (5:13)
54. Blue Max (5:19)
55. Count Duckula (5:25)
56. Grand Prix Circuit (5:31)
57. Racing Destruction Set (5:37)
58. Wizball (5:43)
59. Buggy Boy (5:49)
60. Arnie (5:55)
61. Lode Runner (6:01)
62. Spy vs Spy (6:07)
63. Stormlord (6:13)
64. Fiendish Freddys Big Top O Fun (6:19)
65. Jumpman (6:25)
66. Zynaps (6:31)
67. Kung Fu Master (6:37)
68. MYTH: History in the Making (6:43)
69. Power Drift (6:49)
70. Rick Dangerous (6:55)
71. Super Pipeline (7:01)
72. Barbarian - The Ultimate Warrior (7:07)
73. Frankie goes to Hollywood (7:13)
74. Ghosts ‘n Goblins (7:19)
75. Lazy Jones (7:25)
76. Way of the Exploding Fist (7:31)
77. Raid on Bungeling Bay (7:37)
78. Decathlon (7:43)
79. Manic Miner (7:49)
80. Gremlins 2 (7:55)
81. Nebulus (8:01)
82. Shoot-Em-Up Construction Kit (8:07)
83. Law of the West (8:13)
84. Spy Hunter (8:19)
85. Turbo Outrun (8:25)
86. Aztec Challenge (8:31)
87. Goonies (8:37)
88. Krakout (8:43)
89. Platoon (8:49)
90. Ghostbusters (8:55)
91. Addams Family (9:01)
92. Forbidden Forest (9:07)
93. Salamander (9:13)
94. Target Renegade (9:19)
95. Commando (9:25)
96. BC 2 - Grogs Revenge (9:31)
97. Netherworld (9:37)
98. Kikstart II (9:43)
99. Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh (9:49)
100. Flimbo’s Quest (9:55)
Well, enjoy
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Posted on Oct 24, 2008 under games |
http://www.c64audio.com/ - buy the music used in this video from that awesome site! Lots of other great music there too and DRM free music.
Here’s a little clip I made featuring 100 Amiga games in only 10 minutes 
The soundtrack consists of three Instant Remedy C64 game remixes.. I know they’re remixes of C64 games but they’re really good tunes so who cares.
The tunes are -
Comic Bakery
International Karate
Commando (V2)
Here is a list of the games in this video (there might be some errors, I don’t know) -
1. Monkey Island (0:00)
2. New Zealand Story (0:07)
3. Cannon Fodder (0:13)
4. Pinball Dreams (0:19)
5. Speedball 2 - Brutal Deluxe (0:25)
6. Lemmings (0:31)
7. The Settlers (0:37)
8. Pinball Fantasies (0:43)
9. Sensible World of Soccr ‘96/97 (0:49)
10. Turrican 2 (0:55)
11. Another World (1:01)
12. Wings (1:07)
13. Formula One Grand Prix (1:13)
14. Dune 2 (1:19)
15. Flashback (1:25)
16. Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (1:31)
17. Moonstone (1:37)
18. Super Cars 2 (1:43)
19. UFO : Enemy Unknown (1:49)
20. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1:55)
21. It Came from the Desert (2:01)
22. The Chaos Engine (2:07)
23. Chuck Rock (2:13)
24. Stunt Car Racer (2:19)
25. Super Cars (2:25)
26. Superfrog (2:31)
27. Syndicate (2:37)
28. Dune (2:43)
29. Mega lo Mania (2:49)
30. Rick Dangerous (2:55)
31. Apprentice (3:01)
32. Beneath a Steel Sky (3:07)
33. Blues Brothers (3:13)
34. Pirates! (3:19)
35. Sim City (3:25)
36. Turrican (3:31)
37. North & South (3:37)
38. Fire & Ice (3:43)
39. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (3:49)
40. Lionheart (3:55)
41. Dyna Blaster (4:01)
42. IK+ (4:07)
43. Ruff ‘n’ Tumble (4:13)
44. Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (4:19)
45. Alien Breed Special Edition 1992 (4:25)
46. Centurion - Defender of Rome (4:31)
47. F/A-18 Interceptor (4:37)
48. Pro Tennis Tour 2 (4:43)
49. Maniac Mansion (4:49)
50. Rocket Ranger (4:55)
51. Pang (5:01)
52. Kick Off 2 (5:07)
53. Populous II - Trials of the Olympian Gods (5:13)
54. Nitro (5:19)
55. James Pond (5:25)
56. Wrath of the Demon (5:31)
57. Exile (5:37)
58. Loom (5:43)
59. Double Dragon 3 (5:49)
60 Populous (5:55)
61. Second Samurai (6:01)
62. Bubble Bobble (6:07)
63. Hunter (6:13)
64. Ports of Call (6:19)
65. SWIV (6:25)
66. Qwak (6:31)
67. Rodland (6:37)
68. Yo! Joe! (6:43)
69. Darkmere: The Nightmare’s Begun (6:49)
70. Heimdall (6:55)
71. Lemmings 2: The Tribes (7:01)
72. Apidya (7:07)
73. Hired Guns (7:13)
74. Rick Dangerous 2 (7:19)
75. Legend of Kyrandia (7:25)
76. Lure of the Temptress (7:31)
77. Paradroid 90 (7:37)
78. Defender of the Crown (7:43)
79. Eye of the Beholder 2 - The Legend of Darkmoon (7:49)
80. Shadow Dancer (7:55)
81. Zool (8:01)
82. Traps ‘n’ Treasures (8:07)
83. Shadow of the Beast 3 (8:13)
84. Klax (8:19)
85. TV Sports Basketball (8:25)
86. Indy Heat (8:31)
87. 4D Sports Driving (8:37)
88. Rainbow Islands (8:43)
89. Battle Squadron (8:49)
90. Black Crypt (8:55)
91. Shadow of the Beast (9:01)
92. Pushover (9:07)
93. Ugh! (9:13)
94. Desert Strike - Return to the Gulf(9:19)
95. Agony (9:25)
96. Wizkid (9:31)
97. Prince of Persia (9:37)
98. Alien Breed 2 (9:43)
99. Project X (9:49)
100. James Pond 2 - Robocod (9:55)
Enjoy 
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Here is my collection! It includes: