NES controller rug nerdifies your living room
Etsy strikes again. The creaftspersons at the popular handmade and vintage items supplier has tapped retro gaming love several times in recent months with such unique items as the GameBoy tube dress, 8-bit gaming pendants, NES external storage drives, and Atari wallets. Now we have an NES controller rug.
Married In Holy 8-bit Matrimony
Successfully walking down the isle is hard enough (unless you’re Pamela Anderson) but imagine having to stomp your way through waves of enemies and a barrel-throwing gorilla in order to reunite with your bride or groom to-be. If this sounds like a plot ripped straight from the Nintendo universe, it’s because it is.
Pac-Man tattoo makes for interesting visuals
The last thing that I want to wake up to is a photo of a rear end in my email with a Pac-Man level tattooed on it. Why? It is visually mind boggling. I mean, what if he pops the cherry? Or maybe he’s got to jump the Grand Canyon to get to the other side? The concept is sure cool and a decent amount of symmetrical work went into this, but this otherwise makes me a Sad 2D Panda. But who knows: video game-related ass tats may replace “Juicy” jeans/pants during Fashion Week.
[Hattip: Kokugamer]
Epic 4chan Pokemon artwork: Take 2
Not long ago, I featured some of the most epic Pokemon artwork ever via 4chan. Due to popular request, we here at 2D-x feel more than inclined to give the public “moar”. In that spirit, here’s additional epic Pokemon artwork for your enjoyment and downloading.
Game Boy tube dress lets you push your girl’s buttons (in a good way)
Is you girl as cool as this? Methinks not.
Amber, a DIY Etsy seller, assembled this fine Game Boy tube dress that manages to deftly combine sexiness, style, and geekiness. Although currently sold out, this fine piece of gaming garb would look sway when kickin’ it at E3, the Nintendo World Store, PAX East, or any hip location of your choosing where you feel you have enough sack to pull it off (figuratively, that is).
This really couldn’t have been designed any better: the color scheme, and display/button placement are dead-on. , Maybe if successful, Amber could possibly do a Game Boy Color, Neo Geo Pocket Color, or PSP if her geek cred dips that deep.
Digital Press: The 2D gamer’s dream store
Joe Santulli’s Digital Press and I have a long history. Years ago, before I became a professional journalist, I reviewed an early Guilty Gear game for the popular website/message board, which I eventually used as a writing sample to land a job at the now defunct gadget lad mag, Sync. Five years later, I still visit Digit Press the website, but I’d never set foot in the retail outlet – - until very recently. Chris Gampat and I took a day trip to the store to finally checkout the near-legendary store that is a retro gamer’s heaven.
Fan-made Final Fight action figures are all love
Put quite simply, these figures kick ass.
Crafted by Dodge “Grundy” Beltran, these real-life representations of Mayor Mike Haggar and a pre-emo Cody were cobbled together Frankenstein-style from parts of other action figures and combined with new moldings and fresh paint jobs.
Is there anyone who wouldn’t want mass produced Final Fight figures of this quality? C’mon, Capcom, make it happen. Or, at the very least, treat us to a new series entry. Final Fight fans need love, too.
[Hat tip: AFHUB via Capcom-Unity]
8-Bit Mario sweater will make you nostalgic, keep you lonely
Sweater vests are all the rage now in men’s fashion, so why not have one that expresses your love of old school video games? The reason why is because they don’t make them and you can’t exactly ask for one. That’s why this home brew recipe was made by a talented little lady using custom materials. By that, I mean that she dyed the yarn herself. Her instructions to make it are available at the Happy Seamstress.
Virtual Vox Pop: Is Ron Jeremy right about violent video games?
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s violent video games.
At CES 2010, Ron Jeremy, the male face of the adult film industry squared off against anti-porn activist Craig Gross. According to PC Mag he performed verbal bukakke all over the game industry.
Jeremy insisted that the industry only caters to the over-18 crowd. “We don’t want kids to watch porn,” he told the crowd. Though if they do, he added, there are far worse influences out there — like video games. “[Studies have] found that violent video games are much bigger a negative influence on kids.”
That’s a pretty ballsy statement to make at the convention that birthed E3, especially by someone that looks very much like Mario. His argument, based on numbers/research that he didn’t recite, is certainly one that has been around since the days of Mortal Kombat and Night Trap – - but is it true? Make your voices heard, brothers of the joystick.
Pulsewave: Modulation brings fresh chiptunes to NYC
It’s that time again to party, my fellow 8-bitters. Pulsewave: Modulation will be going down January 11th at Le Poisson Rouge Bar in NYC. The event will be hosted by DJs Natty and C-Tor and special guest DJs Paris and outpt. $5 draft and well drinks all night, so it’s bound to be a BAMF time. Last month’s Blip Festival was really, really awesome and one of the best time’s I’ve ever had at an underground show.
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