[Source: @bonusctx]
The Difference Between Role Players and Grinders [Comedy Sketch]
Those players who really like to immerse themselves…
[VLDL]
Every SNES Manual Scanned And Uploaded
A SNES devotee has completed a quest to find and archive all 844 English-language manuals for games on the console. It took eight years, though nearly half of the work was completed in the final two years.
The collector, who goes by the handle Peebs, originally concentrated on playing (and beating) SNES games on Twitch. He found it wasn’t always easy to find game manuals online, so began leading the quest with a team of volunteers.
As well as searching for scan files on old copies of websites through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, they tracked down and scanned physical manuals as well as receiving nearly 100 scans from users who answered a plea.
Unlike instructions uploaded by Nintendo for SNES games on the Switch service, these are the original manuals, complete with rusted staples, spills, promos for other games, and nostalgic safety warnings not to clean cartridges with “benzene, paint thinner, alcohol or similar solvents.”
The final manual added to the collection was 90 Minutes: European Prime Goal, a revamp of a Japanese game originally based around the country’s J. League.
Like any true obsessive, completing a project is simply a cue to start another one, so Peebs and colleages are now turning their attention to manuals for the Super Famicom, N64 and Virtual Boy.
Amazon Has Some AMAZING Deals Today! – Smart TVs, 1TB Ultra microSDXC Memory Card, Lowest Price EVER on Echo Dot Smart Speaker (With FREE Smart Light Bulb), and A LOT MORE!
As we’re getting closer to Amazon Prime Day, it seems deals are getting better and better, so here are our compilation of the best online bargains we stumbled on today! Please note that Geeks are Sexy might get a small commission from qualifying purchases done through our posts (as an Amazon associate or a member of other affiliate programs.)
–Echo Dot (4th Gen) Smart Speaker + FREE Sengled Bluetooth Color bulb (Prime Members) – $64.98 $19.99
–Up to 67% OFF on Amazon Smart Home Devices (Prime Members)
–HUGE Savings on Toshiba 4K Smart Fire TVs (Starting at $229.99) (43-inch to 75-inch) (Prime Members)
–SanDisk 1TB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card – $199.99 $90.61
–WD 5TB My Passport Portable External Hard Drive – $149.99 $112.99
–Save on Lap Desks and Cell Phone and Tablet Stands
–TONOR USB Cardioid Condenser Microphone Kit Bundle with Adjustment Arm Stand – $78.99 $54.99
–Community – The Complete Series – Blu-ray – $99.98 $29.70
–NASA Air Rocket Launcher Kit – Launch Model Rockets Up to 250 Feet with Compressed Air – $129.99 $72.24
–Instant Pot HEPA Quiet Air Purifier with Plasma Ion Technology for Rooms up to 630ft2; removes 99% of Dust, Smoke, Odors, Pollen & Pet Hair – $128.99 $89.82
–Oversized Thickened Inflatable Pool for Kids and Adults (120″ X 72″ X 22″) – $129.99 $79.96
Fan Fic: The Addams Family Rents Their House to Broke College Students
A delightful piece of fan fic about The Addams Family renting their house to broke college kids. Read on!
[Via MC]
Sinjutsu [Comic]
[Source: @rdstonowhere]
Recreating Bobby’s Double Butter Cookies from King of the Hill in Real Life
From Binging with Babish:
This week, we’re taking a look at Bobby Hill’s brilliant (and age-appropriate) idea of doubling the butter in a factory-standard chocolate chips cookie. How can we prevent paper-thin, floppy, ineffectual cookies as a result of all the added richness? We need only listen to the wisdom of Lama Sanglug: let the wind take the world away, and make sure the butter stays emulsified.
Helicopter [Comic]
[Source: @athirdthing]
Sand Could Store Spare Solar Power
A silo of sand could be the key to using renewable energy more efficiently according to an experiment in Finland. The first commercial “sand battery” could store heat for several months before using it to heat water.
The project aims to tackle one of the big problems with energy generation methods such as solar and wind that have varying outputs. Ideally any excess could be stored for future use, but doing so with lithium batteries has financial and physical limitations.
The Finnish project uses electricity derived from solar and wind energy, which would otherwise go to waste, to heat up a silo of low grade sand to 500 degrees Celsius. This can be kept for several months with little heat loss, then discharged as hot air. This then heats a district heating network in the town of Kankaanpää, which circulates hot water to heat homes and offices.
The main limitation is that using the stored heat to directly generate electricity is far less efficient, meaning at the moment it’s more useful as a replacement source for situations where electricity is normally used to generate heat. As well as water-based building heating, this includes several industrial processes.
Artist Animates the Entire MCU in The Most Adorable Way Possible [Video]
Artist Stephen Byrne has created an alternate version of the MCU called the Marvel Chums Universe, and as you’ll see in the animation above, it couldn’t get more adorable than this! I just love that he recreated key moments from the history of Marvel movies using his very own personal touch, putting humor and adorableness thought the whole thing. Check it out!