You’ve been waiting all day for this moment, it’s game time, but instead of actually playing a game you are caught in the moment of truth when you cannot pick a game to play. You have the most dire of first world problems, but it is still an issues. Luckily, as with any major life decision, the internet now has a flow chart for that difficult moment. Mike Brunson has taking up the calling and created the effective “How to [...]
Being crafty in real life isn’t much of my thing. Hell, I struggle at crafty sidejobs within the games themselves. I don’t know how you start down the path of creating a Steampunk NES Controller Coffee Table, but I’m glad the team at Bohemian Workbench did just that. Even more fascinating is individual pieces used in the coffee table are from recycle materials. The wood used to be a part of a fence, the Start and Select buttons are made [...]
Notch may be hitting his head against the wall with trying to make 0x10c fun to play, but apparently he’s at least bashing his head to some sort of beat. At least that’s where I’m guessing his random rhythmic typing game, Drop, came from. The goal is simple, letters fly at the screen in step with the beat of the music while the background image twists into mezmerizing shapes. If a letter makes it off the screen, you lose. Repeat. [...]
So if you have a game and make a related April Fool’s Day joke for that game, how far do you have to go with that content before it stops being a joke? Honestly, I saw the article for the Super Adventure Box content for Guild Wars 2 on April Fool’s Day and thought it was pretty creative/funny. “Haha, wouldn’t that be something to all of a sudden stumble into retro themed area in an MMO like Guild Wars 2?” It [...]
Time to take a bit of a break from all of our jaded predictions about the future of the gaming industry and recognize some awesome technology that is right around the corner. The Oculus Rift is trying to be the next step for virtual reality, which hasn’t been revisited for decades for good reason. Whether or not putting on goggles for gaming or a 3D experience interests you, you will never be as amazed by this technology as this 90 [...]
Smooth McGroove, the man is epic enough for his hair and beard alone, but it turns out his voice can recreate just about every instrument used in some truly classic video game songs. I certainly recommend supporting him and his beautiful beard by purchasing his 22 track album on Bandcamp that covers an assortment of Zelda songs, Mega Man, Super Mario, Castlevania, Street Fighter, and Final Fantasy. The audio is magical enough on it’s own, but the acapella videos really [...]
Capcom is celebrating the Blue Bomber’s 25th Anniversary with with a collectible statue of Mega Man himself. Standing 10 inches tall the statue also comes with USB powered lights on the base, helmet, and Mega Buster. Mega Man appears to be contemplating whether or not his new owner is an enemy or friend. Hopefully, Dr. Light put in a good word for you. Originally this collectible was going to be exclusively sold at Comic-Con, but Capcom has now started taking [...]
For a Minecraft video to stand out in 2013, it has to appeal to more than just the gamer or Minecraft player. So I ask you, when was the last time you saw a worthwhile tribute to Beetlejuice? Bonus question for fans of the cartoon, can you think of an intro better suited to a Minecraft coaster? Now that we are all in agreement of the solid concept, one more note about the execution of this trippy ride through the [...]
The Synthetic Orchestra is known for creating orchestral compositions of select video game music. It is a project by Blake Robinson that has tackled a variety of classic games. Now he has turned his attention to one of the most atmospheric video game soundtracks of all time, Super Metroid. Super Metroid Symphony is an hour-long 30 track album featuring all of the music from the classic SNES adventure. While there are certainly plenty of Metroid music projects as well as [...]
As someone who has non-sensical hip-hop tastes, The Grey Album was responsible for actually opening my mind to enjoying his music. So you can say I have a soft spot for Jay-Z mash-ups. Add in my weakness for video game music that is well documented on this and you know I never stood a chance against a Chrono Trigger soundtrack mixed with Jay-z. Now that you know my biases, you should still give Chrono Jigga by 2 Mello a listen [...]
