Mother is going to be so proud of me. When she comes down in the basement in the afternoon to make sure I’m still alive, she’ll have no need to worry about me making my bed in the morning/afternoon/early evening anymore. If I had a bed like this, I wouldn’t even sleep in it. I’d grab my Shark Attack Sleeping ...
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Super Mario Bros. Turns 25
It’s-ah me, the birthday boy! It’s hard to believe but today marks the 25th anniversary of the debut of Mario and the gang. The design of Mario, originally planned as a carpenter named Jumpman, can really be accredited to the graphical limitations of the time. He wore a hat, because realistic hair was difficult to portray with 8-bit graphics, a ...
Read More »The Death of a Console: Xbox 360 Laid to Rest in Gaming Funeral
While it appears the family of this Xbox 360 didn’t have the money to afford a coffin for their console, they at least took the time to invite the Xbox’s friends and family to pay their last respects. Playstation put their differences aside for a day to share the mourning process with the console community. Even VR-32 Virtual Boy paid ...
Read More »Human Pac-Man Made Using Stop-Motion
I can’t decide rather I’d watch Pac-Man: The Movie or Pac-Man the stop-motion video, but both are intriguing. Using the power of stop-motion and fleshy, sweaty human bodies to create a pixel-by-pixel recreation of Pac-Man. This stop-motion video was shot and played for the new ProHelvetia’s program GameCulture at the Trafo cinema (Baden, Switzerland) on August 28th 2010. The stop-motion ...
Read More »Bumper Stickers for Proud Parents of Gamers
I think my parents were always jealous of the other parents who got to show off their perfect little kid by putting one of those “I’m the parent of an honor student” bumper stickers on their cars. Sorry I disappointed you guys. But there’s still hope! Artist Das Chupa created these bumper stickers specifically for parents with gamers as children. ...
Read More »The NES Coffee Table
Imagine the lung capacity needed to get games working on this thing! The NES Coffee Table, made by a guy named Matt Borgelt, is a full-on replica of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, complete with a fully-functional extremely over-sized controller. The controller and other various geek paraphernalia is stored inside of the game slot. But Mr. Borgelt didn’t stop with ...
Read More »Scantron Hero
The best thing about Scantron Hero is that every line is a single note, so I suppose the best comparison would be Hard mode on Guitar Hero. Because you know with expert there would be a healthy number of double and even triple note lines. Just don’t play the same note consecutively too many times or people might get suspicious ...
Read More »Portal Bookends
How would you like to be able to travel through such classic literature as Huxley’s Brave New World, Asimov’s Foundation, Palahniuk’s Fight Club and… wait a second… The Gay Science? How’d that get in there? I swear that’s not mine. That sort of thing ain’t my bag, baby. These Portal Bookends were result of one man with access to a ...
Read More »Halo Charm Bracelet
Featuring the cover art for all five Xbox Halo games plus one that doesn’t even exist, the Halo Charm Bracelet by Etsy merchant Penniewise, is the sexy way to show off your love of the Spartans. While the connotation of a charm bracelet might sound pretty feminine, this piece of jewelry is rather unisex. The Halo Charm Bracelet features the ...
Read More »Rock Band in the Future
Eventually, people are going to get bored of this whole fake instrument gaming craze. Once these controllers are mastered, the people over at the Rock Band development lab are going to have to get creative. In the future, perhaps within the next decade or two, it’s possible that Rock Band could look a little something like this video. Hell, we’re ...
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