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When geekism meets fine art, the results are usually breath-taking. Such is the case with Brock Davis’s Arcade Expressionism pieces, which reduce the 8-bit arcade images to their basic shapes and smudges. Above is Donkey Kong and after the jump you can spot Dig Dug and Missle Command.

These Picasso-ized Superhero Paintings, posted to the web by the Wonder Bros., incorporates Pablo Picasso’s surrealistic mix of modern art into the design of our favorite superheroes and villains.

Just as I always wondered what my favorite mustachioed people of history looked like without their trademark facial hair, I’ve equally wondered what some of my favorite film and game characters would look like with added beards. It’s a thought that has plagued my dreams for years, but having no talent for art myself, and having no magical beard growing ...

Sure, it might not be the largest Mona Lisa ever made, but who needs size when you’re made of the geekiest material ever devised, computer hardware. The Motherboard Mona Lisa is made entirely of discarded hardware and currently sits in the lobby of the Asus headquarters in Taiwan.

What happens in Buckingham Palace, stays in Buckingham Palace. How does the Queen keep a lid on her geeky little secret? All she has to do is remind her guests that, technically, she can still order a beheading. Match point! So, now that we actually know what happens behind those palace gates, I’d love to know the Queen mother’s handle. ...

I’m glad they decided to go this direction next season. This could have been ugly had they slightly changed their premise. Can you picture it? Batmole: Ad Exec. Batman: Geriatric Secretary. Yeah. This could have been bad. Link [via]

In my opinion The Shining is the scariest damn movie ever made. Those damn twins always scared the living shit out of me. In fact, it remains one of the only films I’m too scared to view again. Could it be have been any scarier? I’m not sure, but something about this anime-style version freaks me out. DeviantArt user Patches ...

If there is one talent I’ve always dreamed of having (aside from being able to roar like a Wookie), it’s the ability to be a good drawer. Just being able to draw something in which someway resembles what I was trying to draw would be cool. But no. God blessed me with the uncanny ability to find awesome shit online, ...

We like to get down on Friday’s with the best of them. And what better way to get down then to celebrate the greatness of cheese sculpting? I know I’m excited! These sculptures make my feeble attempts at sculpting a cheese penis out of my measly string cheese look like pure amateur play. Cheddar happens to be my favorite, and ...

This Welsh shopping mall recreated the Mona Lisa blown up 50 times the original size. Made out of 82 paint by numbers tiles, this is officially the largest Mona Lisa in the world. I swear someone’s getting beat if that running dude leaves any footprints. They know exactly how I love my women. Massive, flat and covered in protective lacquer. ...