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Five Weird Unlicensed Nintendo Games

One of the many things that killed Atari was a flood of games crapped out by everybody from Activision to Quaker Oats. And when Nintendo brought back the video game industry, they were going to make damn sure that nobody was going to do that, so they hot-wired a chip right into the console to block out unlicensed cartridges.

More Knock Off Toy Fails

Our first post on Chinese Knock Off Superheroes was such a hit that we decided a sequel was in order. Fork Party readers sent in photos of unlicensed and knock off toys they found in dollar stores, garage sales and back alleys around the world. In the immortal words of Robert Cop: “I’d buy that for a dollar!” Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go play with my WiWi.

Five Movies Their Famous Directors Would Rather Forget

Everybody has to start somewhere.  Somewhere, unfortunately, is usually in the worst place possible.  When you’re a young director just starting out, sometimes you’ve got to take the job people will pay you for which leads to such resume starters as the following movies.

Gamer For Life: Our Favorite Video Game Tattoos

Thanks to technology launching video game consoles this last century, we have gamers today that have literally played games their entire lives. On top of that, we have hardcore players that may have come onto the gaming scene later, but they’re a strongly dedicated bunch. From either of these groups it is easy to imagine that a video game inspired tattoo could come to mind.

11 Terrible Hangover Cures (That People Actually Try)

So you’re feeling the pain from a night of high adventure and possible alcohol poisoning. Your headache is epic, your tongue feels like its been having sex with a caterpillar’s corpse, and your nausea gets worse every time you try to draw breath through the toxic waste dump that is your mouth. Here’s a list of hangover cures that might just cure you, if they don’t kill you in the process.

The Five Worst Movies to Watch While Stoned

Recreational substances are a part of the human experience. Part of the reason humanity decided to chill out and start farming was because they discovered beer, and wanted to make as much beer as possible. Some scientists believe our livers are designed to take some damage from alcohol and other chemicals in order for us to be more social animals. Thus, we’re genetically predisposed, heck, designed to get utterly baked and watch Cinemax all day.

11 Awesome Pug Costumes

Who doesn’t love pugs? No one, that’s who. This handy field guide will help you identify these cute little creatures should you come across them in the wild.

5 Animals That Are Winning Their Turf Wars

In the beginning Mother Nature had a simple plan, a place for everything and everything in its place. This worked well for several hundred million years; until humans came along and decided we could do better and proceeded to seriously cock things up.

27 Hot Hipster Girls

Being a hipster these days is tough. You have to deal with the ideal of being nonconforming while looking identical to everyone in the hipster community. Hipsters will never admit to being hipsters, however, but they all know what they’re trying to achieve. Here we have 27 hot hipster girls, for no reason at all.