If I didn't already have a "Straight Edge Means I Party Sober," sticker on my Macbook, I would buy one of these instantly. There's also a Yoshi one, and more on the LapTatt Etsy store.
I've only seen this trailer, and haven't gotten to watching the whole thing yet, but this looks super cheesy AND super awesome. It definitely has "Plans For A Lazy Sunday Afternoon" written all over it.
See the entire movie (almost 2 hours!) at Geekologie.
With the announcement of Mega Man 10, (and my already well established Mega Man obsession) it'd be hard to not be in a Mega Man kind of mood right now. Well I've got just the thing for that. A Mega Man Remix Album, made by ilp0.
I've taken a listen to most of the tracks. Some of them may not be up your alley (in fact, a few are dreamy enough to put you right to sleep), but eh, its nice to get some Mega Man fan music that isn't Minibosses, for once! Either check out the original artist's site (bandwith is currently exceeded) or the mirror site at The Megaman Universe, where you can download the entire album.
Taylor Chipped has been quite a labor of love for me. The fourth release from Beta Club Field Trip, it's an 8-bit tribute to America's sweetheart Taylor Swift. Four covers, two new original songs, and limitless fun. Stream or download it for free at www.betaclubfieldtrip.com
Fellow NYC chiptuner adamagetsawesome has released AGA. This record is great, especially "Dead Guy." Download the five tracks here, or look for him at Blip Fest to get a physical copy.
If you've been to Blip Festival before, you've been waiting for Blip Fest '09 since you the final night of Blip Fest '08. It's a big deal in the chiptune community. People come from around the globe, literally, for three nights of the best bleeps and bloops out there. As with any good festival though, the awesomeness cannot be contained in what's officially scheduled. Performances and parties spill over into the adjacent days before and after the official festival. So how will you catch it all?
Luckily, Zen Albatross has created an Unofficial Guide to Blip Festival 2009 that will get you caught up on the pre-parties, film screenings, lectures, after-parties, and after-after-parties. Start catching up on sleep now. You'll be hopping around NYC and seeing sprites all week long.
As always, I'll be there dancing up a storm and throwing back caffeine free non-alcoholic drinks. Come find me and say hello. For all the details, visit the official Blip Fest site.
While researching my Cost of Games Abroad article, I stumbled across this promotional advertisement for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Since I only know French curse words, I'm not too sure what all this says, but I'd bet it means you get these two figures when you buy the game from Fnac, a Best Buy type of store.
If this makes you quite sad that you don't live in France, fret not. These figures are actually (very) slight variants of Phantom Hourglass gashapon (Japanese bubble-gum machine toys). It looks like Link doesn't come with an hourglass anymore, and the shield of the enemy is painted slightly differently. I found the Link one at a local store for $4, but you can also find plenty of these guys on Ebay.
Game related shirts are all over the place now. Several stores in your local mall carry them. But they probably don't have these ones. The gorgeous and well-designed garments, officially licensed by Sega, commemorate one of the most memorable experiences of the 32-bit era - Naoto Oshima's NiGHTS into Dreams...
I may be young, but that hasn't stopped me from being a total Tron fanboy. No I don't have a custom-made suit (I'll keep dreaming though) but I do love the movie and mythology around it. I even played the terrible Tron 2.0 for the GameBoy Advance. Last night's Video Game Awards on Spike TV gave us the first look at the game to accompany next winter's sequel. I just squealed with delight. No lie.
Our pals at Kotaku have a great round-up of everything new shown off at the VGA's, including sequels to Arkham Asylum and The Force Unleashed. We can has the future now, please?
I'm not sure about everyone's affinity towards Nintendo and Mountain Dew but for this gamer here it borderlines on obsessiveness. Right now as I type this, my Super Mario pillow person is staring at me while I consume yet another delicious Dew. However, even I would like to think that I draw the line somewhere in regards to my fondness of these brands. As you can see from the above picture, some artisan from that great site Etsy (not Paper Street Soap Co., thankfully) has gone and merged two of my favorite things into bars of soap. So instead of smelling like some sweet fruit or strange man-scent you can now bathe in geekitry and smell like soda. That is if you are okay with a $34 price tag.
You could say that the Sega Activator was the original Project Natal. Using the same technology as the U-Force, but more immersed than the Power Glove, Sega's answer to silly peripherals almost began and ended with this octagon. As with most things Sega did in the Genesis era, it was a decent idea, but maybe not executed that great.
I think I'm even more disappointed that my Activator didn't come with this awesome training video.
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