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There is love….and then there is obsession. If you’re the kind of person who loves Apple products, we can understand that. But there are those who wish to adorn every surface of their home, perhaps even their bodies, with the silky, smooth sheen of Apple product design. If you are one of these peopl
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There’s chiptune music, of course, that incorporates videogame music into modern contexts, but for one musician, music is best made by not even turning on the machine. [thx, casey!]
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Japanese kids take refuge from the quake through their Nintendo DS. [via tinycartridge] “Japanese refugee children play with their personal video games inside a gymnasium used as a shelter in Fukushima, northeastern Japan”, captured by David Guttenfelder.
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A dramatic re-envisioning of Angry Birds as Hitchcock-ian thriler…. “Alfred Hitchcock’s Angry Birds“, by Zero-Lives.”
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Behold! Sheet music for the original coin sound from Super Mario Bros.
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The iPad does many, many things, but according to a new survey, it’s used mostly as a game device. Perhaps this is why Nintendo sees Apple as an “enemy of the future.” Looks to us like the enemy’s already at the gates: According to the survey, 84% of tablet owners play games, ahead of even searching
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Despite golf’s image of being decidedly low-tech (on the electronics side), the Masters has been making a big move towards bringing the sport into the digital age. There are 8 different live feeds to the website including one in 3D as well as an upcoming iPad app. The Masters’ chairman describes the
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Videogame apparel company Level Up Studios has just introduced this “unreal” new project to complement their other t-shirt designs. One astute YouTube commenter predicted that a lot of genitalia will be making their way onto these things. Progress comes at a cost, sadly. via
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“Culture arises and unfolds in and as play.” — Johan Huizinga
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Pause: The Pixel Art of Andy Helms [via oktotally]
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For those who’ve suffered from stroke, there may be new hope. A report in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that games can help patients regain arm strength. “Recent research indicates the brain has a remarkable potential for remodelling because after injury it shows neurop
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Remember that Dead Island trailer for a couple weeks back? The one with the lilting strings? We’re not huge fans of hype around trailers, but if you haven’t watched this one, you should. Anyway, it was the handiwork of Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds, a eminently talented and tow-headed young man