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The deadly hunter-killer machines that hunt the Nebuchadnezzar go by this strangely affectionate nickname.
Squiddies
This ancient roadway that runs the length of California has been called 'the kings highway' since the reign of Carlos III
El Camino Real
The championships the giants earned in these three nonconsecutive years led fans to embrace the magic of 'even year bullshit'
2010, 2012, 2014
Neversoft, September 29 1999
PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast, N-Gage
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Closest to home, this ubiquitous mission was named for St. Francis of Assisi
San Francisco
Cypher laments that the liquor he offers Neo is only good for these two things
Cleaning engines and killing brain cells
This neighborhood of the coastside took the name of a southern Spanish city famed for its islamic architecture
El Granada
The current giants ballpark was built with a short right field overlooking the water so that this slugger could hit homers into the bay
Barry Bonds
Bungie, November 15, 2001
X-Box, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Halo: Combat Evolved
Not far down the road you'll find this coastal mission named for the cross that Jesus died on
Santa Cruz
Carrie Anne-Moss and Joe Pantoliano would go on to star together again in this early Chris Nolan brain teaser
Memento
Though you can only see it from one side of the highway, this half moon bay neighborhood advertises its 'ocean view'
Miramar
This former giants manager is alleged to be one of the two possible inventors of the 'high-five' after he hit a homer in 1977
Dusty Baker
Blizzard, November 23, 1994
MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
This southernmost mission was also the first founded by Junipero Serra in what was then called Alta California
San Diego
This well-known political activist and scholar cameos in the sequels as one of the governing elders of Zion
Cornel West
People might avoid this Peninsula thoroughfare if they knew its name meant 'the street of the fleas'
Alameda de las Pulgas
The Yankees in the Bronx, the Dodgers in Brooklyn, the original New York Giants were based in this borough of the big apple
Tactical Studies Rules, 1974
Boxed set
Dungeons and Dragons
A coastal California town took its name from this mission, named for St. Louis, the Bishop of Tolouse
San Luis Obispo
In keeping with their desire to mix action with highbrow ideas, the Wachowskis made Neo's hacker-stashbox a hollowed-out copy of this book by Jean Baudrillard on the nature of reality
Simulacra and Simulation
My own former street takes its name for this spanish word for 'pains,' or 'sorrows'
dolores
This lefty-specialist pitcher turned broadcaster is one of a handful of Giants to have been on all three world series teams
Javier Lopez
Nintendo, September 25, 2000
Nintendo 64
Sonoma, CA