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Most music games ask you if you're ready to rock, but only one rhythm game is asking a slightly different question: Are you ready to blow? Why, yes! Yes, we are, actually, thanks to brass-puffing pro Courtney Sexton and his creation of Trumpet Hero. Sexton rigged up an ordinary trumpet to work with Guitar Hero, meaning you can now playing your favorite guitar parts with a, uh, trumpet. 'Bout frickin' time is right! That's why we contacted him to find out why his game blows...in a good way.

Poor, board games. No one really plays them anymore. Well, except for the Germans -- they love board games. But they also pop a wiener schnitzel for David Hasselhoff, so what do they know? Most of the us non-lifeguard-loving folk, however, prefer games of the video variety. But everyone once in a while we get a hankering for some old-school, paper and plastic fun. That's why when we spotted game-loving designer Ashley Buerkett's Mario-inspired board game, we had to quart, err, token up to find about more about it.

Compared to videogames, books are pretty boring. You don't control anything and then there's all those annoying words you have to read. Ugh. But graphic design whiz Olly Moss managed to whip up some classic-looking book covers based on popular videogames that we actually want to read. Well, sort of. We'd rather play the games themselves, but I guess if the power went out, reading about James Bond's adventures wouldn't be all that bad. But if you're curious, like us, why Mr. Moss would marry interactive media with mental media, you just might find out if you, err, read on...

We interview the Lunch Bag artist about his tasty creations.