Into The Pixel

Posted on February 8, 2008 Under Art

Hear Ye, Hear Ye. The time has come for gamers to gather around. Mavens of Metroid, Guitar Heroes, and Big Game Buck Hunters, we are talking to you. You are charged with making a pilgrimage to San Francisco for the…

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Junk de-luxe: Space Invaders Jacket

Posted on January 17, 2008 Under Fashion

Do you believe we're not alone in this universe? Have you ever had the sensation you're being watched by something other-worldly or the sneaking suspicion you've been the victim of an anal probe? Do you ever feel like you're in…

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Calling all Masters of Marioland

Posted on January 15, 2008 Under Fashion

We know you're an NES superstar. You can recite the Contra cheat codes without flinching, you've conquered King Koopa thousands of times; heck you've even punched out Mike Tyson in under a minute, making him look positively Spinks-esque. You may…

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Run Athletics x Nintendo

Posted on October 2, 2007 Under Fashion

With the Wii topping sales charts weekly and having just pushed out its 50 millionth DS, the time was ripe for Nintendo to release their collaboration with Run Athletics. The company, whose style has been described as urban sport casual,…

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Surface Tension's Arcade Coffee Table

Posted on September 19, 2007 Under Design

My suburban childhood was marked by the Friday nights my parents would splurge and take us to a certain unnamed pizza chain for pipin' hot pie. Those short trips out of the house also meant I'd again get to kick…

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Ludus Luderia: Sao Paulo

Posted on July 23, 2007 Under Life

When I was a kid, our family had a Nintendo that we played so much it started acting up early on its life, eventually refusing to accept cartridges unless we performed a special trick involving making ourselves dizzy to make…

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Reee Chair

Posted on May 18, 2007 Under Design

As the only child of environmentally-conscious parents who own color-coded recycle bins for every imaginable item, I have an innate attraction to anything made from renewable materials. So, when I saw a picture of the Reee Chair, which is composed…

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40 Years of FUN!

Posted on May 16, 2007 Under Gadgetry

If you're looking for another chance to get slushy with video game nostalgia, check out Console Portraits, Wired's new pictorial history of gaming. Spanning from forty years ago, when Ralph Baer built and played the "Brown Box" through to the…

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SparkFun's Picture Frame Tetris

Posted on May 15, 2007 Under Gadgetry

I have to admit, the second I saw this wall-mounted interactive Picture Fram Tetris board by SparkFun over at NotCot, I immediately considered commissioning one purely to attract more of that hot geek-boy demographic I've been predisposed to of late.…

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Trofeu Gameworld: Sao Paulo

Posted on May 9, 2007 Under Gadgetry

Tonight will mark an important time for video games in Brazil. Fifty-thousand dedicated gaming fans have voted for their favorite 2006 games, and the winners will be announced at the 3rd Annual Trofeu Gameworld event -- the largest of its…

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