Board games based on video games

Minecraft and Metal Gear - - part of a board game design contest at Kotaku.

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Illustration roundup

Dementor by Tony Lombardo for Gallery Nucleus's upcoming Harry Potter show.




Prints of Myke Amend's steampunk Boba Fett now available for purchase.




Man's Ruin by Tom Bagshaw for the Vices show at London Miles Gallery.




Barnabas Collins commission by Farel Dalrymple.




Twister circa 1966.

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Clue homage

Aaron Perry-Zucker:

Photographed as publicity for a RISD senior illustration show; every participant in the show dressed as a character from the board game/movie Clue.

*Previously: Would you pay $150 for the game of Clue?

Link roundup

1. Game of Thrones Monopoly board.

2. Photo of a lightning strike above a power plant. Via.

3. "Long before Russia’s femme fatale Anna Chapman fueled countless blog posts and male fantasies, Israel had a female spy whose success in her profession’s dark arts made her one of history’s most notorious honey-traps."

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Tron light cycle board game

Homemade Tron light cycle board game:

- The board is made from two pieces of smoked acrylic, which I etched on an Epilog laser cutter at my local Tech Shop. The grid was originally supposed to be edge-lit by LEDs, but the tint in the acrylic kept the light from penetrating. So, I taped off and painted the grid with blacklight-reactive paint.
- I cut the light trails out of fluorescent orange and blue acrylic, also on the laser cutter.
- I bought the TRON vehicles and Recognizer carrying case. I modded the carrying case a bit to include rows of blue and blacklight LEDs. I am in the process of repainting the vehicles with blacklight-reactive paint.
- I'm still finishing the carrying cases for the light trails, one of which is in the video. These were made of wood, also on the laser cutter.
- Everything is sitting atop a giant lazy susan that I made for gaming.

Via.

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Illustration roundup

Operation meets Monty Python and the Holy Grail by Josh Sprengelmeyer for Tee Fury.



Jackson Publick reminds that Superjail is on tonight.




War of the Worlds poster by Tm Whalen for an upcoming show at Gallery 1988.




Conan vs. the 80's by Jerome Opeña.




Poltergeist by Brun Croes.

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Link roundup

1. The Big Lebowski Monopoly board.

2. Sarah Lane, the ballerina who served as a dancing double for Natalie Portman in Black Swan (and who apparently never wants to get another job in Hollywood), told Entertainment Weekly that she performed 95% of the dancing in the movie and that Portman's face was digitally grafted onto her body. Via.

3. Kristin Tercek is auctioning off a new painting at eBay to benefit Japan.