Charlie is making a long awaited return to his first love of computer games tonight with a 50min special (10pm BBC4), be sure to watch and generate a bit of blogthusiasm because the BBC will need some encouragement to commission a full series…
Also, his column in yesterdays guardian was a return to form, It’s an old debate with fresh rage.
Here’s a lovely watercolour from the portfolio of Rebecca Clements…
she’s an interesting lady, here’s her blog.. KinkoFry
Hifeno has hacked a xbox 360 controller and made it considerably more pleasing to the eye with an old super advantage pad, finally a use for all those buttons…
Check out the build @ ben.heck.
MagnetGames Esty shop is all kinds of awesome, but these SMB sprites take the biscuit…
(Via Technabob)
Has it really been so long? Japanese hipster/retro culture store Meteor has unveiled this year’s My Famicase exhibition, an arena for 58 Japanese designers and artists to create fictional NES game labels, adhered to cartridges just like the real thing.
Sadly, even by Japanese standards most of these games are too bizarre to coexist peacefully in our world, and it is with a heavy heart that I’ve resigned myself to the fact I will never get to play Look at the Rainbow, Loveletter or the lengthily-titled Because it is Strong, it is Stout, it is Courageous, and it is Popular. Kauji in Childhood in my lifetime.
Full gallery right here.
(via Tiny Cartridge)
It’s just a concept right now but if Nintendo have any sense (and they do), we’ll be seeing some Nes style peripherals in the near future…
(Via Technabob)
Vomitsaw has improved upon his Nes toaster mod with the logical progression, a Super NES…
Excellent Stuff. Personally, I’m holding out for the Toast Cube…
(Via Benheck)
Do you remember about 6 months ago we posted this article about glitchy mashups from loading mismatched ROMS?
Of course you do.
And do you remember thinking… this is great but its a shame they could never be playable…
Well someone thought it…
ROM CHECK FAIL is an ingenious way to pack more nostalgia into you gaming time than ever before, the result is a wonderfully chaotic walk down memory lane…
You can download it at Farbs.org
(Via Technabob)
