Writer's Distractions - Darth Malgus Cosplay

I haven't played The Old Republic in a while now, but damn, this does tempt me a bit. The detail this guy put into his costume is just astounding. He looks like he could have wandered off the set of a TOR movie set or something. 

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(Via Geeks are Sexy)​

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Writer's Distractions - Misquotations

"​First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Nope, not Ghandi, apparently.

"​First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Nope, not Ghandi, apparently.

Misquotations sometimes bother me, but I have to KNOW they're misquotations for that to be true! ​Mental_floss to the rescue, educating people about the quotes they think they know and making me more likely to be annoyed when I see those misquotations elsewhere.

Hrm... wait a minute...​

(Via Geeks are Sexy)​

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Writer's Distractions - Stonehearth

I have a serious weakness for game kickstarter projects, especially sandbox style games.​​ My latest discovery is Stonehearth, a project nearing the end of its funding round and which has already made its goal several times over. It looks like a sort of combination of Starcraft, Towns and Minecraft, and looks really fun.

It's currently in pre-alpha mode, meaning it's not actually a playable game yet. There are some pretty cool looking videos of what game play there is though that give me high hope for the final product.​

Check out their site at http://www.stonehearth.net or their Kickstarter page at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1590639245/stonehearthhttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1590639245/stonehearth

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Writer's Distractions - Enormous LEGO X-Wing Model

"I can't. It's too big." - Luke Skywalker

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?" - Yoda

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​This 1:1 scale model of the Star Wars X-Wing fighter was constructed from over 5 million bricks of LEGO. I'm sorry to have to disagree, Master Yoda, but in this case, size makes this thing damn cool.

(Via StarWars.com; thanks to Dave Peterson)​

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