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Dark side of Pac-Man, Lament of Video Game Bosses, and Video Games invade famous paintings
Alrighty.. We’ve been busy (this week especially). I hope you folks enjoyed reading our report on the ‘Bent But Not Broken’ Workshop on Chiptunes and Circuit Bending, which was in junction with the Format music festival in Adelaide:
as well as the report on the Sharp SF-1 Super Famicom/TV hybrid!
So Gamesradar has a great article with well-done pictures of what would happen if video games invaded famous paintings…
Very well done :) Collegehumor has a great video about the Lament of infamous video game bosses.. I must say this is the funniest thing i’ve seen this week! Hope you enjoy it as well:
I just remembered that I’m getting a car very soon, which makes me wish that more car parks had signs like this:
Finally seeing quite a dark and morbid side of Pac-Man I think, from Flickr user giantrobotmag.. Cheers for the find Mark :P
Have a great weekend folks!
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In Retrospekt: Imitating the Pixelated World
Written by Bethany McCarthy
Cosplay - the much loved and probably just as much laughed at phenomenon of dressing up as ones favourite character from a video game, anime series or film. Once a Japanese only novelty, the craze has rapidly spread throughout Europe, the West and abroad since the late nineties. Almost any major city will nowadays host some kind of convention where you can go to see the efforts of costume-loving con goers… Some do it right.
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Manolith | 15 Greatest Video Game Villains →
An interesting choices of Villains of old and new games. Glad to see Shodan made it to the list.. but be sure to check the others!
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New bag I got from Shin Tokyo (Rundle Mall, Adelaide) →
Got from this store here in Adelaide called Shin Tokyo
Lower Ground Floor
Rundle Mall Plaza
50 Rundle Mall
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia
(08) 8212 0072
Anything and everything you could think of when it comes to the geeky culture of Japan. Video game trinkets, soundtracks, keyrings, odds and ends, model kits, t-shirts, and bags too! They sell some video games, but mainly for current generation consoles pretty much. Nevertheless, the apparel and other cool stuff they have there of video game culture will whet the appetite nicely!
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Desktopgaming.com - High quality (retro game-themed) Desktop wallpapers →
I’ve come across this site as I was looking for new wallpaper for my desktop as well as my notebook. So here’s my desktop now;
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So have a look at http://desktopgaming.com/ and poke around to see what they have in store. You might be surprised in what you’ll find!
Found any other sites around the web with high quality desktop wallpaper of games from the forums.
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EVAC - Adelaide University's own Video Game Club →
(from evac.org.au)
EVAC is the Adelaide Universitys very own Video Game club! You can find us playing the some of our favourite latest and classic games every Friday evening during the course of each University term.
You can currently find us playing:
Rock Band, Naruto GNT 4, Street Fighter IV, Super Smash Bros, Tekken 6, Mario Kart, Pac-man VS, Muscle March and much more!
University may be over, and exams are coming up (good luck to all the students by the way!) 2010 will surely bring a whole new year for gaming whilst not studying at Adelaide Uni.
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Almost coughed up my coffee, this is brilliant! What if Dr. Mario had lyrics?
