Sonic the Hedgehog’s overwhelming influence on the world of pop continues with this superb mash-up by Afriquedeluxe, in which he juxtaposes the classic Sonic 1 Green Hill Zone theme with Fergie’s 2007 single Glamourous.
Not only is it a substantial improvement over the original, it’s also possibly the most exciting development to hit the R&B/pop scene since Janet Jackson nicked the melody from Bridge Zone for her 1997 hit Together Again.
This superb WarioWare: Made in Ore microgame ingeniously reprises the excellent Bit.Trip.Beat. If you’re unfamiliar with Made in Ore, it’s a WarioWare title which enables the creation of your own microgames, complete with custom graphics and music.
Let’s hope they don’t spend too long localising it…
(via GoNintendo)
8-bit FM is a streaming music site that plays Nerdcore, chiptunes and game soundtracks 24 hours a day and they take requests… Sweet.
Blink190 has just finished World 8…
and started work on World 2…
not even a warp whistle can manage that…
(Via Sprite Stitch)
Check out Worth1000s current photoshop contest which is all about clouds… if you want, it’s optional. You know what, forget it, you had your chance.
…although the artist Retoruto certainly shares Masao’s love for bizarre mash-ups, vintage gaming and, er, Thomas the Tank Engine.
Check out his gallery for more.
Michael Lauer recently released SID Player app which emulates the Commodore 64’s (6581 SID) audio circuit for a new generation of 8-bit musicians… which is nice.
Whether it can deliver the raspy bass of a Classic Gameboy remains to be seen/heard.
(Via Technabob)
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Man and machine are getting a touch closer these days with fascinating breakthroughs in nanoneural augmentation… Article @ Daily Galaxy
The gents at Borne games have decided to furnish us with this Prince of Persia style 2D action platformer version of Mirror’s Edge, (for those of us who fear the future and wish to return to a simpler time…) It’s a browser based flash game and can be found here…
(Via Technabob)