Posted on July 4, 2008 by Pete Dorr
First4Figures is bringing the look of classic Sonic back to life. Here is their newest offering, exclusively available for pre-order right now on Play-Asia, this huge 12 inch vinyl statue is extremely limited and only 3,000 will be made, I placed my order the second I layed eyes on this guy as I did not [...]
Filed under: Cool Stuff, Deals, Sega, Sonic | Tagged: sonic-the-hedgehog, First4Figures, Sonic-statue, Sonic-vinyl, classic-sonic, sonic-display, sonic-collectible, tails-statue, knuckles-statue, playasia | No Comments »
Posted on May 17, 2008 by nealp
Gaming forum GameFAQs has daily top ten lists that are submitted by users and carefully sifted through to find lists suitable for the site. Today’s top 10? The Top 10 2D platformers.
Will you agree with the list? Check after the jump to see.
Filed under: Cool Stuff, Nintendo, Sega | Tagged: Sonic, donkey kong, wonder boy, metroid, Mario, Mega-Man, top 10, list, Castlevania, 2D platformer | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 16, 2008 by Pete Dorr
Probably the coolest thing you will see all day. This here is a handmade crochet throw blanket by crafter Tracy Thomasson in which it took him 71 days to piece this beauty together. The detail is great on this thing, and if you check out his flickr page you can see how it all came [...]
Filed under: Cool Stuff | Tagged: gaming craft, mario blanket, mario crochet, super mario | No Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2008 by Pete Dorr
One of the best Flash based platformers ever released, if you are looking for a game that will make you want to finish it ’til the end, attempt speed runs, draw fan artwork, and make fansites, this is the game you have been waiting for! Play it NOW!
Filed under: Cool Stuff, General | Tagged: burntherope, flash, mazapan, mazapan.se, meme, yhtbtr, you have to burn the rope | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 30, 2008 by Pete Dorr
Gamasutra has a great article based around everything you ever wanted to know about Mario Galaxy’s physics engine. Here’s a preview:
“Function updatePhysics()
player.playerClass = Object.playerClass( localPlayer ) planetoid.planetoidClass = Object.planetoidClass( player\planetoid ) “
Confused? well luckily they explain it all in their article, and in the end you might just look at the game a different way [...]
Filed under: Cool Stuff, General, Mario, Wii | Tagged: mario galaxy | No Comments »
Posted on March 27, 2008 by Pete Dorr
Order your copy now! (get 20% off the book with this link!)
So you call yourself a MegaMan/Rockman fan? well then this is the perfect book for you! This import book titled ‘R20 Rockman and Rockman X Official Complete Works’ was just released and contains 336 pages of over 3000 illustrations, info, and interviews from the Megaman and [...]
Filed under: Cool Stuff, Deals, General, Import | Tagged: book, megaman, rockman | No Comments »
Posted on March 21, 2008 by Pete Dorr
You know you are devoted to a game when you spend 3 years of your life painstakingly recreating a game from scratch. Well DoctorM64 did this using Game Maker 7, and has now released this nice trailer to showcase his hard work. It is not 100% done yet (As seen on his blog) he still has [...]
Filed under: Cool Stuff, Gameboy, Nintendo | Tagged: metroid, metroid ii 2 | No Comments »
Posted on March 19, 2008 by Pete Dorr
First4Figures will be selling these awesome 4-5 inch vinyl figures come July. No price point has been announced as of yet, however judging by the other statues on their site it’s safe to say each one will probably be in the $40-$70 range. I for one will be buying all 3 (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles) and everyone they [...]
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