GameBoy Color inside a TI-83 series calculator [Mark Bowers, via Boing-Boing]

Boxing Tonight [bricovision, via Boing-Boing]

iGameboy Theme: If the iPhone Were Around Two Decades Ago [Gizmodo]

Photograph of my Microwaved Mutant Gameboy Advance [perfectlymadebirds@flickr]

We shan't be lacking Metroid fan made games any time soon, it seems, as news of Von Richter's take on the adventures of Samus Aran looks to outdo "Project AM2R" in features and function. "SR-388," as it's known, boasts thousand of frames of animation, mini-games, new weapons, new mini-bosses and more, as it's more of a re-imagining than a graphical spit-shine. It looks just super and will hopefully give me, personally, the chance to revisit Planet SR-388 without having to compromise my strict graphics whore principles.

Males
Nintendo DS Lite: 30.3 percent
Nintendo DS: 16.8 percent
PSP: 42 percent
Game Boy Advance: 6.7 percent
Game Boy: 3.4 percent
Game Boy Advance SP: 0.8 percent

Females
Nintendo DS Lite: 52.2 percent
Nintendo DS: 27.4 percent
PSP: 8.8 percent
Game Boy Advance: 6.2 percent
Game Boy: 5.3 percent

Simple math tells us that 47.1 percent of men and 79.6 of women play the DS platform. Most popular place to play is at home, followed by the train or a friend's house. Our question: Who are these people still playing Game Boys?

Men and Women Portable Habits [Nikkei Business via Dtoid]　[Pic]

Nintendo Hate [Games Radar Thanks, Roxeraz!]

Buy Game Boy ProcketPrinter [PlayAsia via BoingBoingGadgets] [image]

I put quite some time into creating them, in the beginning they would explode in the oven quite often..
You can see some of the exploded gameboys in the two bags in the pictures area.

There are also some gameboys i made into a wall and buried into the ground. They have been in the ground since about summer 2006.. so nature has already done its work a bit, and has grown over them.

Today, October 4th, 2007, marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Gunpei Yokoi, the Nintendo engineer responsible for inventing the company's Game & Watch and Game Boy hardware. Yokoi also acted as producer on Nintendo-developed software like Metroid and Kid Icarus with the R&D1 and Intelligent Systems teams. For those who haven't yet watched RobotBling's fantastic piece on Yokoi titled "The Greatest Inventor", I highly recommend doing so.

Great thanks to Eric for the reminder. RIP Gunpei.

That's what Past To Present Online claims the above video is from. It's mighty unimpressive from a technical, graphical and completion perspectives and appears to have been filmed while piloting a helicopter, but it sure looks like Diablo on a Game Boy. While questionable, its alpha-build existence wouldn't be that odd. Blizzard has ported three of its older games to the Game Boy Advance and certainly didn't mind releasing the hobbled StarCraft 64. Real? Fake? What do you think? Michael McWhertor

For gamers looking to drop a few pounds, the Wii is the go to console. But, what about the Game Boy? Can it help you lose weight? It's not just pressing buttons as fast as possible to burn calories. Oh, no. It's about portable gaming acting as an appetite suppressant — much in the same way smoking does. A Weight Watchers online tip explains:

Pick up a Game Boy: Playing a handheld video game can squash a food craving, says Cynthia Sass, RD, a Tampa nutritionist and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. "When you start to visualize your craving you've already lost half the battle," she says. "A video game occupies your eyes, your hands and your mind," she explains.

Beat Urge To Overeat [Weight Watchers via Infendo]

In Korea, the PC rules. Console companies have been trying to crack the elusive market since the early days. For example, Sega teamed up with Samsung for a Mega Drive/Genesis release. And just take a look at this Sega Master System that's been dubbed the "GAM-BOY: Home Computer System" to either avoid Game Boy copyright infringement and/or confuse the hell outta customers. Classic! Brian Ashcraft

Korean Game Systems [Insert Credit]

This 13cm X 10cm coin purse reeks of hand-made, but in a good way! See how those letters and the embroidery aren't exactly straight. That's endearing. The US $30 price tag, that's not. Brian Ashcraft

Game Boy Purse [Esty via Alice]

Of interest to our gaming demographic are some fantastic Photoshop creations like the Game Boy Transformer pictured here, as well as awesome Super Nintendo and Xbox renditions on the second page.

The rest of the Something Awful Forum Goons' creations are far more standard stuff, including espresso machines, iPods, the Lincoln Memorial, digital cameras and (watch out) vibrators. Hilarious stuff. Michael McWhertor

Transformers [Something Awful]

Over the weekend, the fam and I hit Hankyu Department store in Umeda to check out the Nintendo Museum exhibit. Co-sponsored with magazine Nintendo Dream, the exhibition featured items from the collection of Isao Yamazaki. Goodies like retro Nintendo playing cards, post-war toys and retro consoles. Plus there were playable Wii/DS games and stuff to buy. The kid played a bit of Mario Kart on the VC — The staffer had to explain to him that the classic controller doesn't work like the Wii-mote. There were some neat items, like Mario design drawings. Anyway, I'll be uploading pics throughout my shift, so do be sure to check back. Brian Ashcraft

Our favorite kidnapping Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has given her newest son a "Nintendo Game Boy." While shopping in Vietnam for souvenirs, Jolie picked up 3 year-old Pax Thien. The actress even learned some Vietnamese phrases so the kid can understand what the hell his adopted mother blabbers at him. What prompted the gaming handheld? Says Jolie:

He has never had anything to call his own.

And when they won't shuddup, buy them crap. Works like a charm! Brian Ashcraft

Angelina Jolie's New Kid Gets A Toy [Metro via VGB]

Back in 2001, before Kotaku even existed and Nintendo was feeling zany, these three pairs of $2,000 shoes were designed by a custom orthopedic shoe creator for the game maker's 2001 Style Campaign. Nintendo described them as geared for "club kids with attention deficit disorder." Not sure which is worse: The shoes, the price tag or the description. Brian Ashcraft

Shoe Fashion in 2001 Was Nutso [Manolo's Shoe Blog, Thanks Art!]

Thanks for the mail, Jojje! Michael McWhertor

I'd have never in a million years suspected that a 12-year old boy would be placed under arrest in the state of South Carolina for unwrapping a Game Boy (Advance, I assume), one he was due to receive as a gift for Christmas. Florida, maybe, but South Carolina?

Well, it appears to be true. In a police report available at The Smoking Gun, the underage suspect, who has a history of bad behavior—including assaulting a police officer—done acted up and/or bothered his "PlayStation Game Boy" and/or gave his mama some lip.

With infallible Southern logic, the boy's mother decided to have her Game Boy stealin' son arrested, hoping that would straighten him out. Brilliant! Sounds like someone has a future so bright, he's gotta wear shades.

Thanks for the tip, Randy! Michael McWhertor

Boy Arrested For Opening Xmas Gift Early [The Smoking Gun]

Unfortunately, neither of the Qees function as Game Boys. Bummer! Michael McWhertor

8-inch Gameboy Purple Custom Qee

This 2004 documentary highlights all the legal drama, all the intrigue and all the Commies that swirled around Alexey Pazhitnov's classic puzzler Tetris. Fascinating stuff. Brian Ashcraft

From Russia With Tetris [Infendo]

You aren't supposed to keep condoms in your wallet. Not only does it serve as a perpetual reminder of your own failure to make promiscuous sexual conquest every time you open your wallet to pay for another failed date, but months entombed in a billfold will cause it, when finally applied, to disintegrate like a mummy's foreskin.

What to do? Indulge in the ultimate Game Boy cartridge case mod. As it turns out, a spare Game Boy case makes a perfect condom receptacle, guaranteeing that your condoms will stay moist and fresh no longer how long your barren existence lasts. Florian Eckhardt

The best Game Boy cartridge case mod [Cracked Rabbit Gaming]

Reader Aaron happened across this retro ad for Hikari Shinwa: Parthena no Kagami (Might of Light: Parthena's Mirror) in Akihabara. Known as Kid Icarus in the West, the game was released almost twenty years ago and is looong overdue for a sequel. And Game Boy games or Smash Brothers titles don't count. Why is it that the sequels you really want take forever, while the ones you are largely indifferent towards reappear year after year after year? Brian Ashcraft

New Zealand effects company and production studio Weta Workshop brought us optical magic for Xena and Lord of the Rings, and it is working on Peter Jackson's Halo film. The workshop commissioned a large public sculpture in downtown Wellington called "Tripod" to celebrate the Kiwi film industry. Seems innocuous enough, but up close, the statue reveals the truth: Halo or not, Weta are hardcore Ninty fanboys. Hit the jump for the picture proof and just wait for a pic of Peter Jackson's "secret" Mario ass tatt to surface. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [NZ Gamer] Thanks, Steve!

Seen under the letter G:

Game Boy: The video game system from Nintendo. Also, Game Boy Advance.

Seen under the letter V:

video game: Two words in all uses.

It's official, people know video games exist, now big things are going to start happening to us.

For those of you who aren't big newspaper geeks, the style book is like the bible of newspapering. Just about every newspaper in the country uses it to figure out how to spell and use odd words, phrases and ideas. This is the first game-related word to make the book.

To bad they didn't define video games, because it looks like people still don't know whether to include computer games under that title. I've seen it used both ways. Brian Crecente

Finally! A Game Boy that can match in bling the 24 karat sparkle of Crecente's teeth! But like Crecente's teeth, this Game Boy won't come cheap — street value is $25,000. Florian Eckhardt

Original Nintendo Game Boy (via Gizmodo)

A sewing machine wired to a Game Boy? Called the Singer IZEK, this groovy candy Apple blue sewer was released back in 2000. What in heavens for? It's used to control, select and save custom stitch patterns. Here's a look under the hood:

Hook up a Game Boy, insert the special cart and churn out those Tetris t-shirts.

More Here [Assembler] Thanks, Jeremy!

Kotaku reader Josh happened upon this Game Boy sticker recently. It was a promotional item ten years ago for breakfast cereal Cocoa Puffs. Yeah yeah, settle down kiddos, I'll do the obligatory kicker. Here goes: I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!

Post Here [ImJosh]