![]() ![]() Four years later, Miyamoto had turned the carpenter into a plumber Mario, and the Super Mario Bros. ![]() The result, Donkey Kong, débuted in 1981. Miyamoto began tinkering with a story about a carpenter, a damsel in distress, and a giant ape. His employer, inspired by the success of a California company named Atari, was hoping to expand into video games. Miyamoto was twenty-four, fresh out of art school. In 1977, Shigeru Miyamoto joined Nintendo, a company then known for selling toys, playing cards, and trivial novelties.
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![]() ![]() ![]() These were (we think) just ordinary cops going about their ordinary days when they were set upon by some disaffected someone and killed for wearing their gang colors - blue, usually. ![]() We have crossed a Rubicon-of-sorts with the recent spate of execution-style slayings and attacks on what seem to be random police officers. ![]() I think the thing that pushed her over the edge was me suggesting that - if things keep going the way they're going - 'cop' is finally going to break into the Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs She thinks there are "good cops", the best of them being her husband who was killed - adventitiously - on his way to work I hold that if there are any good cops they are overwhelmingly outnumbered. Well, it's happened again: I've been unfriended on Facebook by a cousin over a difference of opinion. ![]() The JBL Flip 2 has made some positive improvements to its predecessor, but it’s still not perfect. Our only other gripe is with the Flip 2’s battery life: at five hours, it falls short of the competition and while it’s fine for a day in the garden, for a weekend’s camping it could be troublesome. ![]() The prominent midrange actually lends itself to outdoors, as vocals and melody are clearly heard no matter the surrounding noise, while its exciting character is not lost either. Luckily, when outside, this flaw is less noticeable, with its presentation more evenly balanced. We’d recommend keeping it a few notches under the max if you want to keep things comfortable. ![]() Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Neighbors From Hell (The Play) pits no nonsense matriarch Madea and feisty neighborhood know-it-all Aunt Bam up against some troubled new neighbors and arrives on DVD after only one premiere performance weekend to packed audiences in Atlanta, Georgia. ![]() Filled with inspiring gospel music, the newest stage play from blockbuster director, writer and producer Tyler Perry arrives on DVD (plus Digital Ultraviolet), Digital HD, Video On Demand and Pay-Per-View April 22. Everyone’s favorite “Southern mama” reminds us why faith and family are so important in the hilarious new comedy Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Neighbors From Hell (The Play). ![]() ![]() ![]()
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