After users choose from the zillions of costumes and body types, they pick from 400 different powers, including laser blasts, gravity control, mind control or the ability to summon a snowman that delivers quick-freezing breath.

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The effect is magical enough to take your breath away - if there were not already a freezing mist hanging in front of you.

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When I would walk outside on a winter's day in Fairbanks, a mere 125 miles from the Arctic Circle, I would divert my breath up to my eyes (the only exposed area of my body) to keep them from freezing shut.

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