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Okay, okay, jeez! Were you all only children or something? Just because we do an HTML5 post once in a while doesn't mean we like them better. Here's your little flash game of the day, Brick Hole.

Like Tetris crossed with Tempest, Brick Hole has you stacking shapes in a gravity well that… ah, c'mon, you know what you're doing by now. Line 'em up, make 'em vanish, blah blah blah. The new angle should make it more challenging. Good luck!

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To see this right, as far as we can tell, the Arcade Fire want you to be on a 15" MacBook using Chrome. It'll still work with Firefox on a 12" screen, it's just gonna really start to bug you when the little popping windows start activating. Also, if you're doing work or anything, that's probably not gonna fly. But for all you hipsters lounging in the coffee shop who can just focus on this GENIUS piece of ART… hey, enjoy it! The Arcade Fire presents The Wilderness Downtown, an interactive video where you can listen to their music as you see… pictures of your childhood house.

Or your company headquarters, whichever you prefer. More after the jump.

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Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire.

ROME (UPI) -- Mushroom hunting season in Italy is proving fatal for some, with 18 dead, mostly in accidental falls, in 10 days, officials said.

Mushroom hunters are urged to remember not to attempt to jump towards the spinning fire wall until they are sure they won't land in the lava.

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If you're one of those people who've never been to Reddit, you'll probably be really surprised by this video right here:

That's what speedy propellers look like to a Nokia N95 smartphone, and probably, we assume, to all robots. See, technophiles and cyberpunks? Our real peepers are still better at something.

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Some of you might be too young to remember, but back in the 1970s, children used to go outside. In fact, children used to go outside without any supervision at all. They'd ride bikes, explore the woods, use toy guns… and no one thought it was strange! They called it "play" and it was considered to be an important part of growing up.

Today, of course, a bunch of kids leaping off cliffs and climbing trees and holding a camera would probably end with one of them tazed and the rest at Child Services waiting for the MPAA. But in the 1970s, nobody cared! And that's why this seven minute version of King Kong exists:

Now, we'll warn you, there's also a Star Trek and a really fantastic adaptation of Alien, so either these kids were quite prolific or there's something else going on. And it's the Internet, so you never can tell when some viral mastermind is going to break your heart. But, whatever. We're going to trust this time. Because even if it turns out to be fake, it's still kinda cool.

We found it at Ain't It Cool News. They found it at Easy Dreamer.

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Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire.

LONDON (UPI) -- North Korea has opened a Facebook account after its Twitter Internet feed was blocked for containing information illegal in the south, a report says.

A spokesperson for North Korea said that they will be allowed to keep this account, provided the U.N. always knows the password and it doesn't interfere with schoolwork.

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And who doesn't like a shooter? A word of warning, though. Zombie Balloon Heads uses the old-fashioned mouse-and-WASD layout. If you're like us, and playing on a laptop with a trackpad, it's a harsh kick in the head about how useful a real mouse can be. But, you know what? At the end of the day, which is coming up quickly right now a web-based shooter is still a web-based shooter.

In Zombie Balloon Heads, you're a stick figure, fighting to save your notebook paper home from the hand-drawn zombies coming for you. Could you both have the same creator? Is this some sort of cosmic test? See, these are the questions that a complex game like Zombie Balloon Heads will force you to think about. And also, there are helicopters.

It's not going to be genre changing, but nobody wants to deal with a subtle nine part generational saga when they're in between meetings. Zombie Balloon Heads is a time-waster, plain and simple. Head over and have some early midweek fun.

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The always-geeky i09 has done something that should resonate well with our bargain loving fans: they've made a post about cheap plastic Halloween costumes. You know, the crappy ones that were only designed to last for a single night?

After the jump, we've got a little more.

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Every week in this space, we’ll take a look at the news and offer our own incisive blend of commentary, analysis, and poop jokes. The news you need, from a voice you can trust, in the 90 seconds you have to spare: that’s Woot Weads the Wire.

NEW YORK (UPI) -- Lindsay Lohan's mother told interviewer Matt Lauer the media and justice system are largely to blame for the U.S. actress' problems.

The media and justice system noted that their ankle monitoring bracelets hadn't actually gone off yet.

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