May 2009
37 posts
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Good Tune Get! Stars of the Lid - Articulate...
Sometimes the most minimal of music can be the very best, and Stars of the Lid are able to convey that well. Their drone ambient tunes flow and drift in out of focus and really come together to created some incredibly awesome soundscapes. The Austin, Texas duo have been making music since the early ’90s but their latest album, And Their Refinement of the Decline which came out in...
May 29th
video game haiku
I just launched a new website called Video Game Haiku, where folks can submit haiku reviews of video games. Yay!
May 28th
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Good List Get! Rock Band: Unplugged
Good List Get! is a weekly article where I briefly discuss and list the Awesome and Not Awesome of a game. While I can’t possibly list everything that rocks or doesn’t rock about a game, I’d like to think that this list sparks some thought about game design. This week’s game is a new port of the mega hit music game Rock Band, for the PSP. Awesome: Track switching during a song is...
May 28th
What do Michael Cera and Phoenix Wright have in...
Give up? The answer is an NPR article about a book about geek heart throbs! In the article the journalist is complaining that Geeky Dreambots has regular old dreamboats like Kanye West and stuff. Here is an excerpt from the article: Now for the awesome comment: Get it? Now for some factoids. FACT: The author said Objection! three times in the article. FACT: Phoenix Wright says...
May 27th
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SPUDD 64'S TOP TEN FAVORITE VIDEO GAMES OF ALL...
Talented artist and incredible friend, Matt Kish (formerly known as Spudd 64) is counting down his top ten favorite video games. Enjoy! - Kyle A true classic in every since of the word! So much has been written about the many “Zelda” games that there is really not a lot more that can be said about the mechanics, the innovation, the design, and so on. So I won’t. Instead, let me tell...
May 27th
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Noby Noby Boy Reaches Mars, And I'm Only...
No one really thought it was going to happen but after they starting doubling Noby Noby Boy lengths during their Lucky Week, Girl grew to some amazing lengths and has finally landed on Mars. While it’s cool that Noby Noby Boy players are collectively reaching other planets together, how long can this replayability last? I mean Noby Noby Boy can only be so much fun given the game’s...
May 26th
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Nintendogs is Awesome
I’ve played Nintendogs and it was a lot of fun, and I don’t really think I’d ever play it again, but I can definitely appreciate Nintendo’s accuracies in dog aesthetics and behavior when they made the game. The other day when my girlfriend and I were walking our miniature pinscher, Pixl, we came across some young boys who were playing outside. One of the little boys...
May 25th
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Sega Hated Nintendo in the '90s
It’s true, they really did. They came up with slogans that said ridiciulous things like, Sega does what Nintendon’t, and they made absolutely ridiculous commercials to show the consumer that their products were superior. The most awesome part of this video besides insulting the intelligence of a dog to promote the Game Gear is when they say the Gameboy had a creamed spinach...
May 25th
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Good Game Get! Plants Vs. Zombies
To understand Plants Vs. Zombies, you must first understand their meanings individually. Here are the New Oxford American Dictionary definitions. Of course, we are talking about definition number two when it comes to Zombies. The definition of Plant is less complicated, but don’t take them for granted because Plants Vs. Zombies from Pop Cap scientifically illustrates and proves that...
May 22nd
College Humour: Yoshi
Watch Scott Gairdner: Yoshi on CollegeHumor Short, funny, and well done.
May 22nd
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Good Tune Get! What's Up? - Content Imagination
Robby Moncrieff plays guitar for math rock video game cover sensation, The Advantage, but lately I suppose he’s had a hankering for creating original and fucking awesome post lo-fi distortion shit that rocks and could make the scenesters bounce a little. What’s Up is his new band, and their debut album Content Imagination is on it’s way from Obey Your Brain and will be out...
May 21st
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Leaked Trico Trailer
Trico Project is the sequel to Team Ico’s Shadow of the Colossus and Ico. The following trailer has been making the rounds and it features some key (albeit unfinshed) footage from their new PS3 title. The game looks incredibly emotional, and you can already see a lot of Team Ico’s themes being applied to this new game.
May 20th
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SPUDD 64'S TOP TEN FAVORITE VIDEO GAMES OF ALL...
Talented artist and incredible friend, Matt Kish (formerly known as Spudd 64) is counting down his top ten favorite video games. Enjoy! - Kyle This one is just gonna have to be short and sweet because the reason I love this game so very much is really just pretty simple. I mean, sure, it had incredible graphics, amazing characters, a deep and thought-provoking plot with more than a...
May 20th
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"Xenogears is Awesome!"
Is what I would’ve said eleven years ago at the tender age of nine, but I didn’t because I hadn’t played the game until yesterday. Between the excellent story, incredibly ahead of it’s time battle system, beautiful music and excellent sprites, I can say it’s shaping up to be one of the better RPG experiences I’ve had. I just can’t believe it took...
May 19th
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D.I.Y. Boy 4: Noby Noby Boy Painting
Hot on the tails of two Noby Noby Boy posts, this third (and sadly, most likely final) Noby Noby Boy post of the day is about (D.I.Y. Boy 4) a new time-lapse slideshow of the Noby Noby Boy painting that shows up as the background when you view the game in the PS3 media bar. You can view the most recent D.I.Y. Boy and the three previous ones, at WEB WEB BOY.
May 18th
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Noby Noby Boy Lucky Week! May 15th - 22nd
It’s going on right now! Supposedly your Boy growth will ‘double to ?? times.’ This is a great idea so we can accelerate Boy’s growth so all of the Boys can play on Mars after Girl reaches it.
May 18th
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crochet crochet boy!
Etsy artist, TOSHWERKS has created a really cool crocheted Noby Noby Boy which you can purchase look at, here. via Offworld.
May 18th
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The Sega Obsession Continues: Lunar Silver Star...
After the Sonic/Sega carpet, I’ve been on a roll looking for Sega images. Here is one of the best ones I’ve found today. I especially like how the lower right hand corner of the characters portrait says RPG. Perfect.
May 15th
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Sega Carpet = Ultimate Carpet
I want to walk on this and roll on this and play Dreamcast on this. This would be my game room carpet as a child, and possibly as an adult if I could ever find it. This carpet could give me rug burn and I would not hate it. news of this fabulous find via UK Resistance
May 14th
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Spudd 64's Top Ten Favorite Video Games of All...
Talented artist and incredible friend, Matt Kish (formerly known as Spudd 64) is counting down his top ten favorite video games. Enjoy! - Kyle Metroid, the original NES game, has the distinction of being the very first videogame I ever purchased with my own money. In 1986, I saved paper route money for weeks to buy it, and was absolutely thrilled with the game once I got that...
May 13th
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new web web boy update: cookies!
The website for the PS3 (PSN) game, Noby Noby Boy keeps getting stranger and more awesome with each update. This morning I discovered that they had added more to their D.I.Y. boy series. Okay! Sounds great! Yum! Girl’s arms and legs! Cute! Want to munch on!
May 13th
Awesome Needlepoint Mother 2 Art on Etsy
Ness, the boy from Onett and hero of EarthBound, flashing a peace sign on plastic canvas needlepoint. In keeping with the game’s food themed color scheme the hand stitched background is “Banana flavor” which is a code word for “yellow.”
May 12th
The Obsession with Unboxing and The Vibe We Give...
Why has it become okay for losers to film terrible quality video of themselves opening the newest electronics device on YouTube? Secondly, when in the hell did it become fun to watch someone awkwardly struggle with the USB camera and whatever they’re unboxing a DSi while their pre-pubescent voice annoyingly explains what is plainly happening in the low resolution video. It’s a...
May 12th
Majora's Mask - The Last Area
When I think of Majora’s Mask, I often imagine the last area where the Nintendo 64 pushes its graphic power to place a blur/dreamy effect in a seemingly huge empty field with a single tree in the middle on a hill. A boy creepily sits there and wears Majora’s Mask, and I remember he asks you whether or not you’ve collected all of the masks. If you have you can have the Fierce...
May 11th
rube goldberg super mario world level
Whoa.
May 8th
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Good Game Get! Gitaroo Man Lives!
I remember when I first played Parappa The Rappa, as it was a birthday gift from my parents. I had my PS1 hooked up to my parents bedroom TV and as a young Kyle, I used to lay down and play amazing titles such as Crash Bandicoot, Jet Motto, and Final Fantasy VII. Parappa The Rappa was an absolutely amazing gift because I had been so stoked about it from reading a review in PSM. The memories...
May 8th
Lego Sunglasses
These sunglasses are incredibly awesome and probably incredibly expensive. I can’t find much info on them other than this picture and that saddens me. The French company, Lynx Optique designed the colorful building block frames. So cool.
May 7th
capcom's awesome promo for bionic commando
This video is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.
May 7th
ubisoft's continued quest to destroy gaming
May 6th
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Spudd 64's Top Ten Favorite Video Games of All...
Talented artist and incredible friend, Spudd 64 is counting down his top ten favorite video games. Enjoy! - Kyle To those who know me, it is no secret that summer is my favorite season. To me, every other month pales in comparison to those summer months. In a strange way, Skies Of Arcadia Legends feels like summer to me, which is probably why it is so high on my list of favorite...
May 6th
DQ 9 Boxart
Some DQ 9 boxart that I made.
May 5th
me the tv monster
TV Monster from Kamen Rider V3 episode 3. Hilarious and awesome.
May 5th
Super Famicom Bomberman Multi-tap
This is beyond awesome.
May 5th
The Trixel Engine
A detailed and nerdy explaination of Fez’s amazing Trixel engine.
May 4th
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Noby Noby Boy Multiplayer and Other Thoughts On...
Keita Takahashi’s Noby Noby Boy is a video game available for download on the PSN, and you probably knew that, and if you’ve played it, you probably know that it’s fun and now you can play offline multiplayer. However, it’s really difficult for me to call Noby Noby Boy a video game as it’s really not one, but then again, I can’t exactly say that it’s...
May 4th
über cute felt gameboy
As seen on Offworld.
May 4th
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Good List Get! Mega Man: Powered Up
Good List Get! is a weekly article where I briefly discuss and list the Awesome and Not Awesome of a game. While I can’t possibly list everything that rocks or doesn’t rock about a game, I’d like to think that this list sparks some thought about game design. This week’s game is Capcom’s action platformer remake Mega Man: Powered Up for the PSP. Awesome: It’s a cool PSP...
May 1st