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For the Love of (Video) Games
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the videogame history timeline (beta) Game history timeline designed, programmed and compiled by Mauricio Giraldo Arteaga. This is an ongoing project. Feedback and comments are welcome. - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx...pwi0o1_500.jpg “Love for Games” by Axel Pfaender. Designed for inclusion in a recent issue of the German gamer magazine, GEE. (but its also available for purchase on the web.) [spritestitch.] - - - - - - - - - - - - - (click to view large) http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw...vr49o1_500.jpg Namco’s Visual Arcade History, 1978-2009 by thetimbrown |
Get the ball rolling: name at least 5 classic games found in the collective via items
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz...pwi0o1_500.jpg “Katamari” by Jeremy Tinder Currently on display in San Francisco as part of the store/gallery’s “Game Over 3” exhibition at GR-SF (Giant Robot in...). [epicponyz] |
Mario, Tetris, Megaman, Donkey Kong, Zelda and various objects from each.
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Also, it looks like both Link and Luigi are both caught within the ball's mass.
For something equally as inane, creative, and fun, here's a new link: The Twitter accounts of video game characters. http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8...etwitter2h.jpg |
The Many Faces of Space Invader
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Computer games don't effect kids
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The progressive evolution of a few of Nintendo's most iconic characters
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Wake The Royal Family | Random Good Games
a random puzzle strategy game, in which you try to topple the sleeping king and his family. |
The Poster Cause Project
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“COIN OP” Poster designed by ARMY OF TROLLS; available for purchase here About the Charity SpecialEffect is a charity dedicated to helping ALL young people with disabilities to enjoy computer games. For these children, the majority of computer games are simply too quick or too difficult to play, and we can help them and their parents to find out which games they CAN play, and how to adapt those games that they can’t. About the Artist Army of trolls is the portfolio of London born, videogame obsessed artist Gary J Lucken. Working from his Computer in Switzerland surrounded by Japanese toys and piles of old 2D videogames, Gary produces a unique brand of colourful artwork heavily influenced by the videogames, toys and pop culture he loves so much. |
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I love this thread. Too tired to post anything worth it but enough to bump it into view. Keep it up Jet.
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21 years of bosses by Yves Bourgelas (TheBourgyman) Mario and all characters are copyright (C) Nintendo. | original artwork done: (C) 2006 |
Video Game Mash-Ups
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Video Game Posters by Justin Russo author's comments: Help me decide which posters to get printed! four of the seven available poters are featured above; (clockwise starting from top left: the Big Daddy from Bioshock, Mario from Super Mario Bros., Louis from Left 4 Dead, Nathan Drake from Uncharted) to see the additional original posters, you can click here. |
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What would happen if pixels invaded the Earth? [kurositas.] |
Game Over created & directed by Adam Pesapane (aka PES) produced by Sarah Phelps and PES completed in 2006 ; released in early January of 2007 In "Game Over", (2006) PES recreated classic arcade death sequences (from the games Centipede, Frogger, Asteroids, Space Invaders, and Pac-Man) with familiar objects including muffins, toy cars, insects, pizza and fried eggs. The film was inspired by an interview with Toru Iwatani, the creator of Pac-Man, who said the original source of inspiration for the Pac-Man character was a pizza with a slice missing. [.animationshow.] |
Great Mash-Up videos, Jetee. Hahah... I kept expecting the Contra guy to miss and then bust a cap in the laughing dog.
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That is really fun stuff.
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-- Ron Gilbert, creator of Monkey Island, responds to Roger Ebert on video games not being art
article: Roger, Roger, Roger (the source is actually from Gilbert's own weblog) backstory: Roger Ebert claimed, in his own estimation, that video games can never be art. Even after much debate over his long-standing view on the matter, people were not satsified that he just left as nebulous and without explanation as he done so up 'til now. Up until he decided to participate in a vis-à-vis amongst (against?) one particular spokesperson (whom might as well represent the whole of the video game community, as they are now voicing their opinions, like the following). condensed response (via the article) "Here is my challenge to Roger: Why is Monkey Island not art, yet, the Pirates of the Caribbean movie is art? I will hold the story and characters of Monkey Island up to the Pirates of the Caribbean movie any day. The story in Monkey Island 1 and 2 is as deep and complex and interesting as that of Pirates of the Caribbean. The characters are as living and real and developed as you’ll find in any film, I’d even argue more so since you can have conversations with them and explore the nooks and crannies of their stories in a way a movie or book cannot. … Roger also mentions in his essay “Why are gamers so intensely concerned, anyway, that games be defined as art?” I would ask: why are you so concerned that they are not? You’re the one that keeps bring this up, not us." [grumpygamer.] |
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Neat Little Game-Mod of the Day
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by CRTdrone author's comments: Modified original Gameboy with the guts of a Gameboy SP- Plays all Gameboy, Gameboy Color, and Gameboy Advance games. Rechargeable battery, all buttons, headphone jack work- etc. [technabob.] |
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Any and every little response helps when I'm contributing to these meta-threads, and I honestly don't mind to get a little off-track and engage in a little friendly discussions in these threads, as it does help me to get that spark of enthusiasm to want to post more splendiferous (sp?) content. So, again, thanks. I value every comment I can get, as they don't come by too often. Any game franchise in particular you'd like me to add, or to find more creative examples to post? - - - - - "This Game Sucks" http://i43.tinypic.com/2ueicxs.jpg by David Creighton-Pester |
Janek Simon of Poland
His artistic début took place in 2002 during the Novart.pl Festival in Cracow.
There he presented "Carpet Invaders" - a simple computer game whose board was an image of a carpet projected on he floor. Within the limits marked by the edging in the style of Eastern carpets, a space ship navigated by the playing viewer shoots at dsecending, moving elements of the oriental ornament. http://26.media.tumblr.com/BqW1NiIh6...OynYo1_400.jpg "Carpet Invaders" by Janek Simon [more.] |
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Super Street Fighter IV on yay!everyday - - - The new spot produced by Ammirati is up as well (featuring much the same art as above, in fact, it is inspired by the artists who crafted the Print ads) So, enjoy. [capcom-unity.] |
Hadouken!
First, There's the real, (real as you wanna make it) then there's the directionally-real...
http://9gag.com/photo/6624_540.jpg Ha Do Ken! by C0y0te7 and finally, there's the surreally-unreal: http://data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz147a...58kuo1_500.jpg How to get to ..., New Jersey |
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'Zoom', aka "I Be Au Sm", by Lawrence Villanueva [flavorwire.] |
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Super Mario Crossover: where you can also choose any other classic Nintendo character to play with in this Mario-based platform. as first seen in Guccilvr's thread. |
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Enough Plumbers - Play it on Not Doppler
DESCRIPTION: Clones, lots of clones! Create clones, exploit special abilities, then control them all simultaneously in order to reach the end flag in each level. CREATED BY: Glen Forrester & Arthur Lee |
The Boy Scouts of America now award merit badges in the field of video games.
-- their knowledge thereof, and their ability to learn and/or teach how-to. |
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cartridge transformers
from time to time, I'll feature things that are actually tangible, in which you can either buy, or re-create:
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Donkey Kong Gets Badass http://i40.tinypic.com/mja4jd.jpg This custom action figure was created by eBay seller "fugayze" and is part of a set that includes Mario and Pauline. http://i44.tinypic.com/f0xl05.jpg author's comments: "Donkey Kong is at it again! He infiltrated Mario's pad and nabbed Pauline while she and her plumber where sleeping. Needless to say Mario is pissed, he has had enough of Donkey's monkeying around. Mario grabbed his monkey wrench and is on his way to torque some fuzzy nuts! [joystickdivision.] |
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In Honor of Pac-Man's Thirtieth Anniversary, Google Does the Icon Proud
Google sure knows how to throw an anniversary party. In honor of Pac-Man's thirtieth birthday, Google has replaced the front of its search engine with a cool new Google Doodle that turns the logo into a classic Pac-Man maze. It gets better. The Pac-Man maze is playable. All you need to do to play is go to Google's front page and either click on the insert coin button or wait a few seconds. Then, Pac's off and you are in control. In fact, two people can play co-op Pac-Man on the Google Doodle if you tap the insert coin twice. http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5...1095821001.jpg The Pac-Man Google Doodle is actually more than just a little playable Pac-Man game. Google went so far as to recreate the personalities of all four ghosts. The Pac-Man Google Doodle even has the level 256 kill screen. The Pac-Man Google Doodle will be live for the next two days. Give it a go. To be perfectly honest, it is so awesome. And be sure to post your high scores in the comments. Let us know if you hit the kill screen. Google Pac-Man Published by: Namco Bandai Developed by: Namco Bandai Genre: Action Number of Players: 1-2 Release Date: US: May 21, 2010 Japan: May 21, 2010 [retro.ign.] |
In Honor of His Name - Independent Fan Films
Well, now is as good a time as any to share this (I've had this saved in my notes for months)
HERO Saga Pacman: The Movie [Trailer] Directed by Patrick Brady and Allyson Schettino Produced by Rebecca Heinemann and Victor Reyes Music Composed by Erik Ekholm and Kerry Muzzey Released on April 1, 2010 Distributed by Therefore Productions Pharmaceutical CEO Michael Pacman is forced to take his own dangerous medications in order to survive a maze designed by a sadistic patient out for revenge. [geekologie.] + [vimeo.] - - - - - + bonus fan film VILLIAN Saga The twisted tale of four ghosts trapped in a maze while being stalked by a giant yellow monster. |
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Google has decided to permanently offer its version of Pac-Man at Google. Read on if you want to know how you can download a copy of your own for more Pac-Man fun. If Friday’s Google Doodle didn’t feed your Pac-Man fever, you can now download the special Google version of Pac-Man and play on your own time. Over at StackOverflow, users worked together to figure out how to extract and host the special version of Pac-Man, created by Google in honor of the yellow guy’s 30th birthday, for play online or off. (rest of the article, in detail, can be found at the source below...) [mashable.] |
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VVVVVV is the best game I’ve played in years. That says little and a lot at the same time: I haven’t been playing computer games much since the early 2000’s, and VVVVVV put this whole category of entertainment back on my radar. What VVVVVV hooked me with was its simple but endlessly flexible gameplay, focused graphics, and general charm. Play VVVVVV. [mrgan.] |
For the Love of... Tetris!
http://i46.tinypic.com/2e5iat4.jpg interactive samplings: The Smallest. The Biggest. & The Best. (original-ish) |
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Everywhere you look you see blocks. Everywhere you go you hear "Korobeiniki". Every step you take, you know that the ground beneath you could cruelly disappear, though at least you'd have some bonus points to show for it... Your life is imitating Tetris. Thankfully, you're not alone—the Flickr group "Tetris Tetris Everywhere" has over a hundred photographs of everyone's favorite block-based puzzle game invading the real world. OK, the effect isn't quite as menacing as I might've described it at first. http://i47.tinypic.com/2qxvo6d.jpg [gizmodo.] + [boingboing.] |
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“Rosie The Retrogamer” by Leon Ryan. [woot.] (^^ scoop) |
anti-pac-man: you control the ghosts! http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4216/antipacman.jpg Here’s an interesting concept: what if Pac-Man’s gameplay were the exact opposite of what you’ve come to expect after all these years. That is to say, what if, instead of Pac-Man being chased by ghosts, you controlled the ghosts and Pac-Man came after you. That’s exactly the idea of this new Flash game called “Anti Pac-Man”. The concept is simple. Think of it like a squad based version of Pac-Man. Use the keys numbered 1 through 4 to take command of each ghost, then use the arrow keys to guide them away from your yellow dot-gobbling nemesis. As Pac-Man eats up, your score keeps going down, but if you can keep your ghosts alive, you can minimize the damage. [technabob.] |
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"They've got more gadgets, zappers and gizmos than you can shake a joystick at!"
I never realised before but Mario and Luigi are us - "The best of what's really inside each of us". Bill O'Reilly doesn't get it, which is telling because the best of what's really inside him really isn't very good at all. The sound on this next bit is poor but skip to 4:26 for the best bit. Kid gets excited and stumbles over his words! |
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"Hunting Space Invaders" by Ryan Snieder. [walyou.] (^^ the above link is just another intriguing testimony to how adept I am at finding NEARLY any image's true context.) |
It took me a while (longer than I care to admit) but I finally now understand the epic proportions of this clip:
- - - + bonus slightly-hilarious, near-full explanation of what hell Street Fighter is all about... | Cracked |
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Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani was a speaker at the recent Festival of Games. To the surprise of the conference's host, Iwatani was carrying the original Pac-Man sketches with him. http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4...pwi0o1_500.jpg Here, Iwatani shows off the original, top-secret sketches which were used in the development of the culture-changing game. [kotaku.] |
And as if I've forgotten; "Fanservice Wednesday" (pp) applies to video games as well:
(click the image directly to embiggen) http://i46.tinypic.com/2qjdhr7.jpg ATARI is Hot by Genaro DeSia Coppola |
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Video Wars || by jnkboy author's comments: Subscription-cover for the 42nd issue of LEVEL magazine. |
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(Inside the Mind of a Certifiable Super-Genuis) | X-Ray |
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Chun Li by WarrenLouw (c) 2008. author's comments: This was one of two artworks of mine submitted to UDON's tribute art contest for Street Fighters 20th anniversary, showcasing some of the best international Street Fighter fan art/professional art. There were over 1300 entries of which there were only 163 winners, including myself, but this was not the winning entry that got me in. My winning entry was of Cammy, and will only be able to unveil her once the art book has been launched at San Diego's Comicon on July 23. This artwork took me a total of 5 days to complete including lineart and colours. Hope you enjoy! |
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Returning after a successful debut last year, Brooklyn's Brick Theatre will soon play host to another festival of plays and performance art based on video games. The curtain goes up on July 9, with a range of shows including live machinima, a tour of Second Life (with the Kool-Aid man), a Mortal Kombat fight controlled by guitars and "Five Classic Video Games Adapted for the Stage". There's also a ton of other stuff going on, like chiptunes parties and game installations. If you're in or around New York City next month, and want to read more about what's happening, you can hit up the Game Play festival's official site below. [Game Play.] + [kotaku.] |
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The New Nintendo 3DS – 3D Technology. |
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The Definitive Game Boy Timeline [illustrated ; infographic ; timeline ; historical analysis]
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Mario across the NES ages Cross Stitch Pattern ; by johloh |
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Gigantic Playable Atari 2600 Joystick (click image to enlarge) Quote:
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“Trawn” ; illustrated by Scott Campbell, from his 8-BIT series. |
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Tetris Alley - as seen in the streets of Sydney, Australia. excerpt: Further exploration revealed that Giant Tetris (aka “One More Go One More Go”) is actually part of an outdoor art exhibition called Live Lanes – By George! which runs through January 31, 2009. The larger-than-life installation was put together by the guys over at Gaffa Gallery, who clearly have fond memories of the classic brick-stacking puzzler. [technabob.] (^^ where the real bread is buttered, metaphorically so.) |
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CellCraft Is One Intelligently Designed Cellular Biology Game synopsis: There's fun to be had and lessons to be learned about cellular biology in CellCraft, as long as you can weather the argument over whether or not it's a creationist take on the subject. CellCraft is a nifty little free Flash game that takes the complicated process of teaching cellular biology and turns it into a real-time strategy game. You start with a simple cell, moving it about a petri dish to collect the resources it needs to grow more complex structures in order to keep it healthy and defend it against invading viruses. Play it HERE. -- courtesy of Kotaku.com |
To celebrate 30 years of outstanding service... (belated)
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Photo by: Mikul (Canadia) quick synopsis: a Pacman food bank display in Vancouver intricately-created from donated cans (which they built up, in order to charge for public viewing, then used the proceeds to more food / cans). Ingenious cycle, really. |
for those that care to "dine and dash" on this sporadically-updated topic,
I'll be featuring a new sub-theme that now has a name to go by, and be recognized henceforth as: Poke Post(s) http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6...nmtuo1_500.jpg --courtesy of samzilla previous portrayal: Hello. |
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"WHY WOULD YOU TAKE THE PIZZA?? I NEED IT MORE!!" I had the same dilemma when I played with greedy friends who would just as soon have compatriot die than abandon random pizza. (same goes with the game Double Dragon, and that Sega game about hammers and/or axes.) |
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Map of Toronto Via the new Scott Pilgrim game… (can't wait to get this for my Gameboy Color) (It's amazing how I don't post in this thread a half-dozen times, at least, daily. At this rate, things I saved yesterday to be posted here "soon" thereafter will make their appearance sometime between-and-after the end of the world.) |
some game involving falling blocks
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debuted at the I AM 8-BIT Gallery (2006)
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Brandon Bird NO ONE WANTS TO PLAY SEGA WITH HARRISON FORD oil on canvas, 2006 / 2009 revision 36" x 12" [vinylpulse.] |
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a Fanservice! Wednesday feature...
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Fanservice! Wednesday feature: Customized Condoms by Ben Marsh
http://i52.tinypic.com/alrom9.jpg Ben Marsh, 21 is studying for a bachelors in Visual Communication at Loughborough University, UK. He got the very good idea to think about geeks’ sexual life. Hell yeah, guys, I know very well that your favorite websites are not only the ones talking about video games or graphic design… Anyway Ben Marsh created an awesome condom packaging, a tribute to love and Nintendo Game Boy. Let’s hope that the condom industry buys his idea, in order to, one day, ask the pharmacist for a Donkey Kong Extra Large… Or a little Mario, whatever… http://i53.tinypic.com/j8jfat.jpg http://i52.tinypic.com/167jez7.jpg http://i56.tinypic.com/r2lx8j.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/35kkg84.jpg http://i52.tinypic.com/rkr96u.jpg http://i52.tinypic.com/2n1z028.jpg [geekart.] |
It's a real wonder in how I add new posts daily into my queue for this venture, yet I only seem to only find the time to actually post within it a month at a time.
I doubt anyone cares much, as evidenced by the scant 2-3 replies here not attributed to self, but still... I pride myself in getting things done, and continuing such other things that need be done. Back to the inanity (I guess) that is video-game-centric content. Enjoy. http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5...65l7o1_400.jpg |
Pixels is a amazing. I love that video. I first saw that about 6 months ago.
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I'll add more video-game-centric YT videos accordingly, if that's what will get the traffic (and the replies) ; I know I have a queue-filled with video game posts, and at least 10% have to be animated and playable. Would you like to see more?
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China’s Game Machine Slaughter House
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What to watch for in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 -- News from GamePro
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2010: The Year In Gaming [infographic ; retrospectacle]
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History of Gaming, by Florian Smolka
A (somewhat selective) speedrun through the video game consoles of the past 50 years, aptly filmed in first-person perspective. |
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Defend the city from the enemy's onslaught, 45 soldiers, 15 towers, 5 new maps, 2 game modes, submit your best scores!
Strategy Defense 3.5 | Armor Games |
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