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Interlocked is a three-dimensional brain teaser

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:00:50 +0000

Back when I was a kid, I used to love crafting ornate puzzle boxes out of Lego. There would be just one way to open the box, by carefully shifting and rotating a bunch of pieces. Well, either that, or breaking the box in frustration.

Interlocked takes that spirit and turns it into a beautiful Flash game. It’s a good thing the soundtrack is soothing, because the game itself can get pretty frustrating.

At the start of each level, you’re presented with a box built out of blocks in different colors. You can click and drag the mouse to rotate the box any which way. Once you decide you want to shift a part of the box, hit SPACE to switch into “move” mode. You can then click any part of the box and drag it. Of course, you can only move a part as long as nothing is in its way. So it becomes a matter of understanding how the box is built, and what parts you need to move around so you could eventually take the box apart.

It’s a tricky, difficult game, but it’s a great brain teaser — and definitely a keeper.

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Easter 2011

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:52 +0000

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Photos | MTV Buzzworthy Blog: Celebrity Hugs

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:01:54 +0000

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Burgess Plea for Change

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:01:31 +0000

From Matthew Birt in MCN, the starkest statement yet that Ducati needs to change direction: We need to make some bigger steps and that is up to Ducati. We?ve moved the bike around in all shapes and positions, as has every other guy riding the Ducati. When we look at the settimgs [sic] used by [...]

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Thailand sport climbing: can you help?

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:01:46 +0000

Since an old friend told me about his climbing trips to Thailand it’s been one of my boxes-to-tick. Climbing by the beach and then relaxing in the blue seas sounds too good to be true. I’m about to find out – I’ve decided to do it later this year…

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SNL Star Kenan Thompson Married This Hot Piece!

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:00:28 +0000

SNL Star Kenan Thompson Married This Hot Piece!

“Saturday Night Live” funnyman married his model fiance Christina Evangeline on Friday at the Arctic Room of the George Aquarium in his hometown of Atlanta, [...]

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‘Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview’ Preview Hits the Web (Video)

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:02:07 +0000

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MMA Marketplace: Dethrone?s foam claw for UFC on Fox

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:01:19 +0000

Cain Velasquez’s main sponsor, Dethrone, is taking advantage of the champ’s spot on primetime network television by creating an entire line of apparel just for the event. The best part? The foam claw.

Fans of team sports have always had foam fingers, or Bear claws, or other ridiculous things to wave around at a game and then get torn up by the dog the day after the game. Now, MMA can join those ranks. Get the Dethrone foam claw for $9.99.

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researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:01:26 +0000

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Justin Bieber Tourmate Weighs In On Paternity Suit

researcher — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:00:42 +0000

‘It wouldn’t even be possible for her to get backstage,’ Cobra Starship’s Gabe Saporta tells MTV News.
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Justin Bieber recently told the “Today” show that it’s impossible he fathered Mariah Yeater’s baby, as claimed in a headline-making paternity suit. Why? The minute he finishes a show, he promptly makes his way from the stage to an awaiting car, so there’s no time for backstage trysts.

Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta, Bieber’s onetime tourmate, confirmed the teen star’s story.

“It wouldn’t even be possible for her to get backstage,” he told MTV News on the red carpet at the Glamour Women of the Year event in New York on Monday. “The security is so crazy there, you can’t get backstage. And even if you got backstage, first of all, he leaves the show as soon as he’s offstage, which is pretty cool. He runs offstage, gets in a car and jets, because the whole city turns into chaos.”

Before the My World Tour wrapped up last month, the band experienced that craziness firsthand, likening it to something straight out of the movies. “There’s a really cool video of us online getting mobbed at the airport,” Saporta recalled. “It’s like zombie apocalypse; it’s awesome.”

Speaking of awesome, 2011 has been a pretty great year for Cobra Starship. Their infectious, Sabi-featuring track “You Make Me Feel” has been burning up radio, but that Bieber tour is pretty much the highlight of the year for Saporta.

“We were playing, like, 50,000-people stadiums,” Saporta said of the South American jaunt. “It was insane, and I’m from South America too, so for me, it was especially satisfying. I gotta say, for being the most famous kid in the universe, he’s remarkably well-adjusted, and … there’s like 75 people traveling with him. It feels like a family, and it was really nice to be a part of that family for a bit of time.”

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