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The MakeShift Challenge: Zombie Attack!

Lee D. Zlotoff

Lee D. Zlotoff is a writer/producer/director among whose numerous credits is creator of MacGyver. He is also president of Custom Image Concepts (

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July 5th, 2017July 5th, 2017

It’s a zombie attack! Battle your way through brain-hungry zombies to arrive, bite free, to a secure school two miles away.

The MakeShift Challenge: Rescue a Hawk!

Lee D. Zlotoff

Lee D. Zlotoff is a writer/producer/director among whose numerous credits is creator of MacGyver. He is also president of Custom Image Concepts (

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June 28th, 2017June 27th, 2017

Can you figure out how to rescue an injured mother hawk and her family?

The MakeShift Challenge: Snowbound!

Lee D. Zlotoff

Lee D. Zlotoff is a writer/producer/director among whose numerous credits is creator of MacGyver. He is also president of Custom Image Concepts (

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June 21st, 2017June 20th, 2017

You’ve crashed your snowmobile into a tree and a storm has descended. You’re snowbound. What would MacGyver do?

The MakeShift Challenge: Trapped in a Condemned Building!

Lee D. Zlotoff

Lee D. Zlotoff is a writer/producer/director among whose numerous credits is creator of MacGyver. He is also president of Custom Image Concepts (

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June 14th, 2017June 13th, 2017

Urban exploring by yourself was a bad idea even before you fell through a hole and became trapped. MacGyver THIS, wiseguy.

The MakeShift Challenge: Against the Wind

Lee D. Zlotoff

Lee D. Zlotoff is a writer/producer/director among whose numerous credits is creator of MacGyver. He is also president of Custom Image Concepts (

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June 7th, 2017June 6th, 2017

The creator of MacGyver challenges you to make your way back to shore after falling asleep in a kayak and awaking to rough seas.

The MakeShift Challenge: To the Bat Cave!

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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