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So my wife and I were watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. And then the best float ever came on.

What more can I say? Best Thanksgiving Float Ever. Just watch the video, and you’ll understand.

Did anybody play the original Red Alert: Command & Conquer ten years ago? It had an amusing premise: Albert Einstein went back in time to eliminate Adolf Hitler. Altering the time line had unfortunate consequences however, for with Hitler removed, Stalin and the Soviet Union tried to take over the world instead.

Recently, Red Alert 3 was released; this one is even crazier than its predecessor! The Soviets were losing badly to the Allies, so three of their leaders went back in time and eliminated Albert Einstein, which had even more unforeseen consequences, namely the rising of a new Imperial Japanese power, the Rising Sun.

Here is the trailer:

This one has an all-star cast: Tim Curry as the Soviet Premier, J.K. Simmons as the American President, Jonathan Pryce as the British Field Marshal, Jenny McCarthy as Special Agent Tanya (the only recurring character), and George Takei as the Emperor of Japan (awesome)!

Tags: Allies, Command & Conquer, Einstein, Hitler, Red Alert, Rising Sun, Soviets, Stalin, Tanya

Did anybody ever play E.V.O.: Search for Eden on the old SNES back in the ‘90s? You start out as a little critter in the ocean and evolve your way towards becoming a sentient biped. It wasn’t the most amazing game ever, but there was nothing else like it, and it was pretty interesting for its time.

Now its spiritual successor is about to be released. It’s a game called Spore. You may have heard some of the hype about Spore: it was years in the making, it promises to be a ground-breaking new gaming experience, the brainchild of Maxis’ resident creative genius Will Wright (creator of both SimCity and The Sims). There was even a National Geographic special on the development of the game.

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Planescape: Torment. Baldur’s Gate. Icewind Dale. Neverwinter Nights.

Each of these games is a link in a long chain of popular Dungeons & Dragons-based CRPGs (or “computer role-playing games,“ for the uninitiated). If you’re not familiar with the D&D genre, the premise is fairly straightforward. You start out by creating your main character, like an elven wizard or a dwarven fighter. Then you are immediately immersed in the fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms, where your character has all sorts of extraordinary adventures.

The latest iteration of this genre, Neverwinter Nights 2, came out in Fall 2006. At first, this game didn’t seem all that different from its many predecessors — the same character creation, the same great fantasy adventures, just with better graphics. Then in 2007, came Mask of the Betrayer, NWN2’s first expansion, which added a new superbly-written plot, and several cool new features. While it was a superior expansion, Mask of the Betrayer wasn’t exactly innovative.

Tags: character creation, computer role playing games, Fantasy, mask of the betrayer, neverwinter nights 2, obsidian entertainment, zehir