Playboy releases over 650 issues spanning 56 years on a big, black hard drive

Last Christmas it was 120 years of National Geographic, and this year it's an equally beautiful but very different vista: 56 years of Playboy on a 250GB hard drive. That link is safe to click, but the online shop linked from there isn't. There are also some 'free samples,' if you want to check out the 'digital magazine' experience before you buy.

The archive, which costs $299.95, features every single issue of the magazine from December 1953 through to December 2009, from Marilyn Monroe and Ursula Andres, to Drew Barrymore and Denise Richards. This isn't just an archive of the Playmates, either: all of the articles and adverts are included too.

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