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Pac-Man Bracelet Goes Waka Waka On Your Wrist
This hand drawn, handmade bracelet features Pac-Man and Ghosts in a never ending circle. It was drawn as a vector image and then screened onto acetate and layered into durable clear resin. Neato!Colorado's Gaming Graffiti Wall
As seen on Seetwist's flickr page via Albotas.Pac-Man Still Beats Mario for Most-Famous Crown
One year older, and about two dozen or so titles fewer, Pac-Man still retains the "most recognizable" title among video game characters in the United States, according to the upcoming edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. More »The Atari 2600 'Jukebox'
Not content with just stuffing a card full of ROMs inside the old-school Atari VCS case, one modder installed an LED screen in the cartridge bay that allows the operator to cycle through and select games. More »A Star, Not an Angel, Atop This Tree
Largely Nintendo-themed Christmas Tree (with some Sega and arcade), as seen on 8-Bit Fix via Hawty McBloggy.When Can We Expect Rival Schools On PSN or XBLA? "Never"
That's a long time, never. When asked when school yard fighting game Rival Schools would be appearing on the PlayStation Network, Capcom spokesperson Chris Svensson replied. More »Treat Yourself to an Invad-icure
Space Invaders nails paintjob, one of 365 being done over 365 days at The Daily Nail. Thanks to reader stochasticp.Mega Man 10 Revisits Retro, Or The Rise Of Sheep Man
The latest issue of Nintendo Power outs a second retro installment of Mega Man. Can Sheep Man pull the wool over the blue bomber's eyes, or will he be thoroughly fleeced? More »This is Battletoads?
Machinima just can't help itself. We've seen Castlevania, Mario, Contra, and now here we are with Battletoads as reenacted within Half-Life 2. More »Being A Video Game Hero Is Hard, Ask Master Higgins
In the wake of the Tiger Woods scandal, it's good to know not all gaming heroes are dogs. Take Hudson's Master Higgins, aka Takahashi Meijin, star of the Adventure Island series. More »Half-Contra: The NES Classic Goes 3D
Machinima put this up last week, following the Castlevania and Mario reconstructions in Half-Life 2. Anyone who's ever played Contra - that should be all of us, right? - will want to watch this start to finish. More than once. More »Arcade Cabinets Make The Best Imaginary Buildings
As seen on supertotto via GameSetWatch.Mega Man Done Deathmatch Style
A modder has put "Doom and Mega Man into a blender" to "spew out a fun new way to blast your buddies online." Mega Man: 8-Bit Deathmatch seeks to recreate the original game's levels and weapons in a 3D environment. More »Qix++ Is Probably Your XBLA Game Of Next Week
If you're not excited about the possibility of playing a new Qix game on your Xbox 360, I can only assume that you've never played Qix. Or the Qix-like Gal's Panic, but I find that actually harder to believe. More »Sync in Progress
Kit-bashed Sega MegaDrive iPod dock. As seen on Wired, via Gizmodo.Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
Talk of urinals and deodorant ads in games got me wondering how long people have been talking about in-game ads. I found some chatter from 1995. The era of "Cool Spot," the 7Up video game and other in-game ad dreams. More »Old News '90: Nintendo Says NES Final Fantasy Is Geared To Adults
We've been writing about Final Fantasy this week, so how about we study how people used to write about this huge franchise. Like back in 1990, when the first game was coming to America. How did people/Nintendo explain it? More »8-Bit Left 4 Dead De-Make Arrives in January
Here I thought all the flashing corpses meant we were watching the Australian version of Left 4 Dead. I kid, Luke! I kid!!! No, this is a bona fide playable 8-bit "demake" of L4D, available soon for PC. More »Extremely Rare Atari Cartridge Sells for $5,000
A sealed-in-the-box copy of "The Music Machine" - rated "Unbelievably Rare" by Atari Age - just went for $5,250 on eBay. The game, sold only in religious bookstores, is prized by collectors. More »Frogger: Mad as Hell, Not Taking It Anymore
Give firearms to one pissed-off amphibian and watch roadkill turn into road rage. Oh, so I'm gonna die if I hit the edge of this screen, MFer? Yeah, well, Frogger's goin' home, bitch - through the front goddamn door. More »Homeland Security Seizes Fake Frogger, Donkey Kong Machines
In a change of pace from the many video game piracy stories we run about games being downloaded illegally, here's news of a seizure of 168 coin-op machines that played some very old games. More »