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...Playboy: the Mansion (Cyberlore, all platforms, 2004) Proving beyond a doubt that games are for grown-ups too, this is a no-nudity-barred simulation of Hugh Hefner's life. Clad in the trademark silk robe, your aim is to build a mansion cool enough to attract pin-ups and celebrity interviews for your magazine. The better the sales, the better your mansion gets, and the more celebs clamor to get in. Unlike Hef, you get to snap the shutter at the photo shoots. The game was unveiled at the Playboy Mansion itself - which, alas, only served to point...
...because there are only a few craftsmen and -women who are familiar with the different techniques. But it was marvelous to see them come to life." Designed by Josef Kornh?usel in the 1820s according to an elaborate French classicist style unique to Central Europe, the rooms feature jewel-colored silk wall coverings specially made by the prestigious Venetian textile manufacturer Lorenzo Rubelli from original patterns found in the state archives in Budapest; intarsia floors by Joseph Danhauser incorporating eight different kinds of wood; charming Angelika Kaufmann medallions released from decades of dust and grime; and, everywhere, sparkling chandeliers copied from...
...lipstick and a miniskirt. They will have seen one of the greatest cult classics of all time, yelled at the screen and watched a seven-person cast act in sync with the movie’s leading players, strutting through the theater in black bras, garter belts, silk shirts tied high and skin-tight shiny pants...
...MILK The soy-based yogurts we tried--Whole Soy and Silk, in plain and vanilla flavors--were chalky, gritty and sour, with a chemical aftertaste. You might go for them, but a typical reaction from one of our testers was "awful...
Wrapped in a traditional, woven vest cinched at the waist by a colorful silk sash, Sulak looks like a combination of a character in a Thai painting and any kind grandfather—but he is also a prominent Thai social critic, author and activist who has made headlines worldwide by his involvement in everything from peace marches to court hearings and counts the Dalai Lama among his friends...