{"id":5374,"date":"2012-10-31T19:17:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T02:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2012-11-05T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T23:30:39","slug":"2012%e2%80%b2s-halloween-pumpkin-wii-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/2012\/10\/31\/2012%e2%80%b2s-halloween-pumpkin-wii-u\/","title":{"rendered":"2012\u2032s Halloween Pumpkin: Wii U"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 2012 and that means that in keeping up with tradition, Halloween this year makes it my 15th time carving out a video game themed pumpkin.  For the special occasion of doing this hobby for a decade and a half, for it exceeding half the amount of years that I&#8217;ve been alive, and since we only get new home consoles every several years&#8230;Nintendo&#8217;s Wii U was the obvious choice.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cache.nebula.phx3.secureserver.net\/obj\/ODk3NDc4OUY0N0M2QUY3OUJCREE6ZjcyNDQ5N2Y2MzNjYzM3MjI5ZDA0ZjU1NWFmMjMwMTQ=?u=ebb434f7-c367-4d49-91cf-dbee0a253325\" alt=\"Wii U pumpkin on Paul Gale Network\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cache.nebula.phx3.secureserver.net\/obj\/ODk3NDc4OUY0N0M2QUY3OUJCREE6OTMwNDU3MzdmNTk3ODM0MTI1MjNhODVjNzgyYzMyMDE=?u=d72e80a9-607e-45f2-b53c-7ae3b11c525e\" alt=\"Wii U pumpkin on Paul Gale Network\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cache.nebula.phx3.secureserver.net\/obj\/ODk3NDc4OUY0N0M2QUY3OUJCREE6ZTRiNDg4N2E5ODI1Yzk0MjE5MWFlNGFhNWYwNjhhNGI=?u=d185c1d1-39e9-4ecd-8eaa-856d1616fd3f\" alt=\"Wii U pumpkin on Paul Gale Network\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well that was a nice surprise!  Sometimes, moments happen like this, while writing an article, that will you make you always remember what you were doing during the moment&#8230;and in this case, it was hearing from my long time friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/2011\/05\/28\/charles-martinet\/\" title=\"Charles Martinet\">Charles Martinet<\/a>.  After exchanging some &#8220;Happy HalloWiin to U&#8221; texts to one another, I shared my 2012 effort with him and he loved it!  Awesome.  Thanks Charles!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cache.nebula.phx3.secureserver.net\/obj\/ODk3NDc4OUY0N0M2QUY3OUJCREE6ZTU3YTRkZjJiYjIyMjg3ODAzMDkyMzRlMTRkMmZhOWI=?u=b262583e-b829-48db-ad41-ea3abab4fbb2\" alt=\"Wii U pumpkin on Paul Gale Network\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cache.nebula.phx3.secureserver.net\/obj\/ODk3NDc4OUY0N0M2QUY3OUJCREE6YzM5NTNjYmU3NGEzODgzOTY2YTFjMmY0ZWJkOWY4Y2U=?u=c19b16a3-2c51-4aa9-acdd-bc55d97ee432\" alt=\"Wii U pumpkin on Paul Gale Network\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/cache.nebula.phx3.secureserver.net\/obj\/ODk3NDc4OUY0N0M2QUY3OUJCREE6ODFlNmY0ZjNiNGVkZDY5MGU2MTdlNjAzMTAzOWEyNzM=?u=9c104b13-341a-4de8-bb90-c5e38ee550ca\" alt=\"Wii U pumpkin on Paul Gale Network\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This jack-o-lantern, as with most that I&#8217;ve carved, took a couple of hours to complete, but as always&#8230;it&#8217;s so worth it!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VyHIYUcz6zM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed the pictures and video and as always, thank you very much for supporting Paul Gale Network.  Here&#8217;s to Nintendo and Wii U being one incredible console.  Hopefully its launch is an extremely successful one!  And once again, Happy Halloween to all of you&#8230;rather &#8220;Happy HalloWiin to U&#8221;!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 2012 and that means that in keeping up with tradition, Halloween this year makes it my 15th time carving out a video game themed pumpkin. 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