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Maps TD is a fun mash-up game by a UK dude named Duncan Barclay which uses the Google Maps API to layer any part of the mappable world with a tower defense game on top of it. Above is me defending my home town of Kailua, Hawaii, from an onslaught of brutal red pushpins. By a curiously odd coincidence, the invasion spot is the exact spot where President Obama vacations every year. Yes, really.
Hat tip: Waxy.org.
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