We all have fond memories from our childhood when we played for hours and hours on our Nintendo Game Boy. One of the things I remember most would have to be some of the great music that came from these games such as ‘Tetris’. Well, what about the Game Boy itself? Without the game, can it hold a tune? Well, Sebastian Bender (@GNARL_O_RAMA) AKA MrSeberi seems to be able to. Utlizing every part of the Game Boy, Bender was able to create a pretty cool song mixing various sounds. Bender assures you that all the sounds came off the Game Boy and no effects were used. All I can say that Bender is definitely a creative guy and has way too much time on his hands.
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A lot of you are probably familiar with “The Amazing Brand0″ who are well known for their witty songs and music video based on old Nintendo video games. Well, they’re back with an epic melody to ‘The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past”. The Amazing Brand0 creates their unique mix of music combining the a little hip-hop with something that oddly sounds like a 80’s power ballad. It must be tough to be Link as he is probably the hardest workin’ elf in video games, especially when he’s not wearing any pants. At least Link is confident in the size of his… sword. The Amazing Brand0 has titled this song as “episode one” so lets hope that they continue on and create more songs about the pants-less adventures of Link.
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Samus of ‘Metroid’ has to be one of my favorite video game heroines of all time and growing up in Hawaii made me fond of the ukulele as well. So, when I ran into this awesome Samus ukuele by Tom Lay, my brain spun and landed in memory lane.
I sanded down my cheap(very cheap) ukulele, fixed a crack in the wall and give it a shiny new Metroid themed finish.The teeth on the Metroid shows the colour of the exposed wood (finished with a gloss). Didn’t change the tone of the uke.(surprisingly).
I do love the simplicity of the design and the well done incorporation of Samus’ head into the body of the ukulele. There is a lot of cool guitar and ukulele out in the world, but these one of a kind custom works of art can’t help but get you excited like when you were a little kid. Well done, Tom!
Hit the jump and get a closer look at Tom’s Metroid Ukulele!
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I really think that geek crafters, “Cybergen” and his friend “Jocke” really out done themselves. Instead of a plain coffee table that you pick up at IKEA, these two decided to create their own coffee table fashioned to look like the iconic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controller. The giant controller sits on a chest that doubles as storage space with cool 8bit style classic video game characters like Samus (Metroid) and the White Mage (Final Fantasy series) decorated around the sides. As awesome as this coffee table looks, the best part is that this giant NES controller is almost functional. You can plug it into your NES console and use the controller just like you would the regular sized controller. Now, when can we see a Lazy Boy chair made to look like a Nintendo Power Glove?
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For any of us that had the pleasure of growing up with a Nintendo Entertainment System in the house, you know that one of our all time favorites was ‘Mike Tyson’s Punch Out’. Beloved by many, the video game was an instant classic back when it was released in 1987. Well, consider all the Punch Out characters such as King Hippo went to new heights and became icons in the video game world, 24 years later, PMSports gives us a sad reminder that “whatever goes up, must come down”. Also we get an education in why there’s no more black cherry soda in the world.
Hit the jump and catch up with your favorite boxers of ‘Mike Tyson’s Punch Out’.
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At SXSW, a pretty ingenious “indie-film” take on the ‘Mario Bros.’ premiered as a film bumper at the festival. Directed by Joe Nicolosi, “Mario” follows our favorite plumber who is struggling to get a grip on the fact that his love, Peach is in the arms of a Goomba. Mario (played by Clay Crenshaw) attempts to win her back leads to him alienating his family (especially Luigi), ditching work, and getting addicted to “mushrooms”. Fortunately, there is nothing more stronger than family as Luigi (played by Jason Newman) comes to Mario’s rescue as Mario is found stoned off his fucking mind in a sewer. The bros. prevails as they stomp on some bastard Goombas. I don’t know why, but I was really drawn to this teaser considering it was only for “fun”. It is hard to hate Mario even though his eyes are blood shot to the color of his shirt. All I can say it Joe Nicolosi really did an amazing job on this short.
Hit the jump to watch Joe Nicolosi’s ‘Mario’.
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This fall, from visionary director Wes Anderson… and visionary Asian guy, Shigeru Miyamoto…
Well done College Humor. Well done. CH’s newest parody is based on director Wes Anderson’s highly acclaimed stop-motion animated movie, ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ which was loosely adapted from the book by the same name by author, Roald Dahl. The parody follows “Fantastic Mr. Star Fox” who struggles to “find himself” in a much needed soul searching, All this goes on while he is fighting for his life while battling evil forces. As usual, CH did an amazing job in the animation and voice acting. I can actually believe that George Clooney and Bill Murray were lending their voices for this parody. As I mentioned before, well done College Humor. Well done.
Hit the jump to check out ‘Fantastic Mr. Star Fox’ animated short!
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