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604Republic is an awesome new geek-oriented shirt and poster shop online, and the first shirt that caught my eye was this trippy, Nintendo-themed shirt Pipe Dream. The world of Mario, with it’s pipes and mushrooms and everything, has always seemed like some weird plumber’s dream, and this design pretty much sums that up.

On a semi-related note, you know what else is a trip? Trying to sit through any of the animated Super Mario cartoons. I’ve been trying to watch them for nostalgia’s sake lately, and so far it’s been hard to get through a whole episode, but, that’s for another post.

Get Pipe Dream on 604Republic

Welcome to the first of a new series here on Top Hat Sasquatch; Instagram Roundups. Most of us here on the ‘squatch are big Instagram fans. I’ve been using it literally since the first day it was available in the App Store, and I love it. It has a huge community (10 million users in less than a year), and an endless supply of photos tagged with anything you can imagine.

Today I was digging around in a box and found my old Fisher Price Little People Dog and snapped a photo and put it on Instagram. I tagged it, and suddenly had the urge to browse through other Little People photos, since those toys are such a big part of my nostalgia. Below is a roundup of some favorites (and the photo of my Dog).

We’ll be posting Instagram Roundups every so often, and if you have a suggestion for a topic let us know in the comments, and you can always tag your photos #TopHatSasquatch to get our attention.

Instagram Roundup header photo by zio Paolino

Previously: Post #1 in our Google+ D&D Experiment

Our adventure has officially gotten underway!  The three main characters – Finora the Wolf Slayer (Fighter), Oraine (Ranger) and Gerrex (Cleric) – have met with the head of the largest shipping company in the port city of Enathal, a man by the name of Suzdal Razin.  Razin’s daughter, Kythera, was snatched off the streets along with some of her handmaidens, and thus far, all signs point to the Blood Diamond Clan as the most likely culprits.  Local legend holds that the Clan has a secret mine where they harvest precious gems.  To supply their workforce, rumors say they kidnap unsuspecting citizens to use as disposable slave labor.  Could Kythera have become the latest victim of the Clan’s nefarious operation?  Or is it all just an urban legend meant to add to the Clan’s already dark reputation?  The adventurers are heading to the Clan hall now to look for clues and to meet up with Tyrion the Monk to complete their party.

As someone who hasn’t DM’ed a game in over 20 years, it’s been so great to get back to storytelling.  And thus far, Google+ is holding up pretty well as a method for playing.
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Previously: Post #1 in our Google+ D&D Experiment

Our adventure has officially gotten underway!  The three main characters – Finora the Wolf Slayer (Fighter), Oraine (Ranger) and Gerrex (Cleric) – have met with the head of the largest shipping company in the port city of Enathal, a man by the name of Suzdal Razin.  Razin’s daughter, Kythera, was snatched off the streets along with some of her handmaidens, and thus far, all signs point to the Blood Diamond Clan as the most likely culprits.  Local legend holds that the Clan has a secret mine where they harvest precious gems.  To supply their workforce, rumors say they kidnap unsuspecting citizens to use as disposable slave labor.  Could Kythera have become the latest victim of the Clan’s nefarious operation?  Or is it all just an urban legend meant to add to the Clan’s already dark reputation?  The adventurers are heading to the Clan hall now to look for clues and to meet up with Tyrion the Monk to complete their party.

As someone who hasn’t DM’ed a game in over 20 years, it’s been so great to get back to storytelling.  And thus far, Google+ is holding up pretty well as a method for playing.
Read More

The Top Hat Sasquatch team reads a lot of blog posts every day, and some slip through the crack or just don’t warrant their own post. That’s where Missing Links comes in. Every few days we collect the best links we’ve come across and pass them on to you.

• “Song of the South” can be yours – for $1,499. | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation ConversationYou may not be able to buy it on DVD, but if you've got $1500 to spare you can have a nice 16mm print. I'll stick to my bootleg VHS, but if somebody bought this and paid to have a nice scan done, they would be doing animation fans a big favor.
• Halloween Kid Cuisine: Resurrected! – X-EntertainmentMatt over at XE found a new version of the Halloween Kid Cuisine, and posted an article exactly 8 years and one day after he first posted about the same topic. I can't think of a better explanation as to why XE is one of my favorite websites ever.
• THE AVENGERS Movie Toy PackagingThis isn't anything too Earth-shatteringly awesome or surprising, but Collider has a few images of Avengers merchandise up. Check out what the action figure packaging, a backpack, and a hoodie look like.
• Duff Beer Now Available in 24-can packs! – News – GeekTyrantIt's hard to tell if this is legit or not (read: licensed), but regardless I wouldn't mind having some Duff Beer in real life.
• Mindy Kaling: “Flick Chicks” : The New YorkerMindy Kaling from 'The Office' wrote this great piece for the New Yorker about the way women are usually portrayed in her favorite film genre, the Romantic Comedy.