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LEGO Final Fantasy Red Mage

By ⋅ February 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When I built the Final Fantasy Black Mage out of LEGO, I was inspired to continue. I followed it up with the White Mage, but in the original Final Fantasy game, there were three mage types. Since I had built the first two, I could not leave out my friend Mike’s favorite, the Red Mage.

LEGO Final Fantasy White Mage

By ⋅ February 23, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When I was inspired to build the Black Mage from Final Fantasy, I wasn’t content to stop there. As any fan of the classic NES RPG knows, the power comes from the party and not the individual character. With that knowledge, it was obvious that the Black Mage would need support from the White Mage.

LEGO Final Fantasy Black Mage

By ⋅ February 22, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Over the years, I’ve created quite a few characters from the 8 bit Nintendo era out of LEGO. From Mario to Link to Samus Aran and others, I’ve built some of my favorites, but one group of characters that I’ve been drawn to but never built until now were any of the mages from Final Fantasy. The first one to be immortalized in brick is the Black Mage.

Emulators for the Droid

By ⋅ March 11, 2010 ⋅ 7 comments

As gaming has advanced in leap and bounds over the last 20-30 years, the gameplay has become more complex and the graphic have become more realistic. Games continue to push the envelope of what is possible on a console and PC, but people continue to pine for the simpler games and the classics continue to thrive. A majority of these games can be played on the Droid phone via emulators of the classic consoles and computers.

The Dependence, Frailty and Obsolescence of Technology

By ⋅ August 20, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

We have reached a point where our reliance on technology has become ubiquitous in modern life. We have reached a period where our technology progresses at blazing speeds and becomes less reliable at the same rates.

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