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		<title>Eee Pad Transformer Parody Ad</title>
		<link>http://www.globalnerdy.com/2012/01/28/eee-pad-transformer-parody-ad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey deVilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess this is a lesson to people who make long-form ads with only music and no voice-over: someone’s going to take your ad and add their own, just like the YouTube user known as “Raboneable”, who did just that with the ad for Asus Eee Pad Transformer. Watch the video above and enjoy the [...]]]></description>
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<p>I guess this is a lesson to people who make long-form ads with only music and no voice-over: someone’s going to take your ad and add their own, just like the YouTube user known as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Raboneable">“Raboneable”</a>, who did just that with the ad for <a href="http://eee.asus.com/eeepad/transformer/features/">Asus Eee Pad Transformer</a>. Watch the video above and enjoy the lulz.</p>
<p>In case you never saw the original, here it is:</p>
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		<title>Darths and Droids</title>
		<link>http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/06/19/darths-and-droids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey deVilla</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Episode I]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phantom Menace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t rightly call this blog Global Nerdy without mentioning Darths and Droids, a webcomic that in which Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is presented as a role-playing game session. It actually makes a lot of sense when you look at it that way.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I couldn&#8217;t rightly call this blog <cite>Global Nerdy</cite> without mentioning <a href="http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0001.html"><strong><cite>Darths and Droids</cite></strong></a>, a webcomic that in which <cite>Star Wars: The Phantom Menace</cite> is presented as a role-playing game session. It actually makes a lot of sense when you look at it that way.</p>
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		<title>Grand Theft Auto IV&#8230;for the NES?</title>
		<link>http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/05/08/grand-theft-auto-ivfor-the-nes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey deVilla</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>What if <cite>Grand Theft Auto IV</cite> had come out in 1990, for the NES? The ad would probably look like this:</p>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>What if <cite>Grand Theft Auto IV</cite> had come out in 1990, for the NES? The ad would probably look like this:</p>
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		<title>Conan O&#8217;Brien on a Kinder, Gentler &#8220;Grand Theft Auto&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/05/02/conan-obrien-on-a-kinder-gentler-grand-theft-auto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/05/02/conan-obrien-on-a-kinder-gentler-grand-theft-auto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey deVilla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>"In the past, <cite>Grand Theft Auto</cite> has been severely criticized for being too violent," says <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/">Conan O'Brien</a>. <strong>"Well, the new version -- I got it yesterday and was playing with it -- it's been toned down a lot. I'm not sure it's better..."</strong></p>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>&#8220;In the past, <cite>Grand Theft Auto</cite> has been severely criticized for being too violent,&#8221; says <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O'Brien/">Conan O&#8217;Brien</a>. <strong>&#8220;Well, the new version &#8212; I got it yesterday and was playing with it &#8212; it&#8217;s been toned down a lot. I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s better&#8230;&#8221;</strong></p>
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		<title>Lenovo&#8217;s Clever Counter-Ad to the MacBook Air</title>
		<link>http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/05/01/lenovos-clever-counter-ad-to-the-macbook-air/</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/05/01/lenovos-clever-counter-ad-to-the-macbook-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey deVilla</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hardware and Gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenovo ThinkPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macbook Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ultraportable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vista]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This ad for Lenovo's ultra-portable <a href="http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4270"><strong>ThinkPad X30</strong>0</a> is a pretty good counter to the ad for the <a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookair/">MacBook Air</a>...</p>

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<p>...but I think I'll wait for the Mac version. The ThinkPad may boast that it's the "no-compromise" machine, but the lack of Mac OS X is a big-ass compromise in my books. Especially when the OS likely to be bundled with this machine is:</p>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>This ad for Lenovo&#8217;s ultra-portable <a href="http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4270"><strong>ThinkPad X300</strong></a> is a pretty good counter to the ad for the <a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookair/">MacBook Air</a>&#8230;</p>
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<p>&#8230;but I think I&#8217;ll wait for the Mac version. The ThinkPad may boast that it&#8217;s the &#8220;no-compromise&#8221; machine, but the lack of Mac OS X is a big-ass compromise in my books. Especially when the OS likely to be bundled with this machine is:</p>
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