British tabloid The Daily Star has found itself a story that’s bound to catch geek attention, scorn, debate, humour and perhaps even hope! Amanda Flowers fell off her Wii Fit board and, as a result now suffers from persistent sexual arousal syndrome. Her doctor says a damaged nerve is to blame. Amanda now needs sex […]
Nintendo characters in beads stop-motion animation
Created by Eric Odmyar and accompanied by very NES-like but still funky music from Bunnymajs is this clever piece of bead animation. Through the simple but painstaking progress of moving hama plastic beads around on a grid Eric has expertly animated characters from Super Mario Bros, Mega Man and the Legend of Zelda. Well worth […]
Pixels – 8-bit games attack New York
No surprise that the gamer blogs are going ape over this short film by Patrick Jean. They’ve all found it at once. YouTube lists “Pixels” as one of the most watched videos on the site today. It really is the sort of video that inspires you to tweet or Facebook about. The cool people find […]
Japanese gamers squabble over Xenoblade quality
Xenoblade is the next game in the Xenosaga. Monolith Soft have taken their time over this game and so it comes as little surprise that RPG fans are paying the teaser trailer so much attention. The first thing to keep in mind that this RPG is for the Wii. The second thing to keep in […]
Mario in a Michelangelo Nintendo mashup
Some artists are not only blessed with great artistic talent. Some artists have geek insight and cunning. Step forward Kordian Lewandowski. “Game over” is carved from polystyrene foam and based on Michelangelo’s Jesus and Mary. Yes, Mario is Jesus and the Princess is Mary. I’m sure someone will complain about that. (Hat tip to Design […]
Yoshi scarf – cool and warm!
All the way from the famous Destructoid is this fantastically cool (and warm) Yoshi scarf. I do worry whether the green Yoshi head would make the scarf a little lopsided though? Girls, are you supposed to tuck Yoshi down your front and then button your coat?
Papercraft GameBoy is foldy goodness
This is just to prove you don’t need to have all these new fangled electronic bits and bobs in order to enjoy some old fashioned GameBoy goodness. That’s right. You can create your very own handheld console out of paper. Teaser images below are just to tempt you over to the full collection at Behance.
Mum raises $13,105 by selling one old Nintendo and 5 games on ebay
I’d be pretty annoyed if someone sold my old gaming console without asking my permission first. Let’s really hope that’s not what has happened here. A mum in the US, North Carolina in fact, put some old gaming gear form the attic on sale in ebay. It went for over $13,000. The reason? One of […]
Bleach strategy game – The 3rd Phantom trailer
Wow. Take Bleach (which is cool) and blend it with the usually awesome strategy RPG game genre and what do you get? You get Bleach: The 3rd Phantom. This Nintendo DS game looks like it has everything going for it. It’s the first ever Bleach strategy game. I actually think Bleach should make a great […]
Shinobii’s Xcross Remote – a Wii remote with a wider D-pad
Tempted by the rare, expensive and fashionable black Wii? You’re not the only one. Sometimes frustrated by how narrow the Wiimote’s D-pad can be when you’re swinging it around? Maybe? Accessory maker Shinobii are betting that enough people will want a black Wiimote and a wider D-pad as they’ve released the Xcross Remote. It’s black. […]
