{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/BigBox-550x412.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2010\/12\/6272ea09c94c61fca6989139b3856e70.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/pov\/","author_name":"PoV","cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","categories":["LD #19 - Discovery - 2010"],"comments":[],"epoch":1293187560,"event":"LD19","likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"76514","p_author":"PoV","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"284277","p_title":"PoV gets his LD Gift Exchange Gift","p_cat":"LD #19 - Discovery - 2010","p_event":"LD19","p_time":"1293187560","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1292544000","event_key":"5","event_name":"LD19"},"source_url":"2010\/12\/24\/pov-gets-his-ld-gift-exchange-gift\/","text":"

In case you missed it, Phil<\/a> organized a low-key gift exchange between members of the Ludum Dare community. About 20 of us signed up, Phil put all our names in to a \u201cvirtual hat\u201d, and forwarded a contact to each of us.<\/p>\n

To keep it interesting, everyone was assigned someone in a different country \u2014 that way, we could send locally relevant gifts to each other. So yes, somewhere out there, a very Canadian bundle should be arriving soon.<\/p>\n

Me, I was awakened today to the sound of the door ringing. As it turns out, the mail man arrived super-early with a package for me \u2014 a HUGE laptop sized box, covered in Deutsche Post markings! <\/p>\n

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What mysteries lie inside DAS BOXEN?<\/p><\/div>\n

Lets explore the contents of this uber gift.<\/span><\/p>\n

First off, it\u2019s not a Laptop (Duh \u2018eh?). Instead, just a big box full of little things. There are so many things in the box, I\u2019ve decided to break them up.<\/p>\n

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It's things, but German things! That makes them better!<\/p><\/div>\n

A selection of goods ranging from a small business magazine for entrepreneurs, a local rag, a movies magazine, and a web and online businesses mag.<\/p>\n

But definitely, a totally super-perfect LD appropriate gift, a beginning computer programming book in German!<\/p>\n

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Learn Pascal and Visual Basic now! Wunderbar!<\/p><\/div>\n

Next, a selection of local tea and biscuits.<\/p>\n

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Beethoven seems a surprisingly common theme<\/p><\/div>\n

And last, a fully illustrated comic book guide to Cologne.<\/p>\n

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And perfect for me, the virtual tourist, it's actually in English.<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up, a selection of fliers and pamphlets\u2026 in German!<\/p>\n

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Hey neat, they do McDonalds Monopoly in Germany too! Also, KFC Germany has a chilli cheese fry... No fair!<\/p><\/div>\n