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YouTubeNot Bad at All: Brutal Legend Cake [Geeky Cake]
Monday, March 15th, 2010For her son’s 10th birthday in January, Barbarann G. crafted this 32″-inch tall, 70 lbs, almost-100%-edible cake based on Brutal Legend, the Jack-Black-voiced video game.
But before you start click-clacking an email out to Barbarann, asking how she might help you spoil your own child in an outlandish fashion with confectionery artwork, know that she is [...]
Industrious, I Guess: 8-Bit Video Game Wedding Invitation
Thursday, March 4th, 2010So, “Lia” and her fiance went to the trouble of programming Super-Mario-like 8-bit video games* to serve as the invitations to their wedding.
“We knew that we didn’t want standard paper invites. We wanted something for people to keep and remember. We are geeks. We love video games. Why not have a video game [...]
Cutest Lil’ Violence: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Stop-Motion LEGO Animation
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Here’s a fantastic LEGO stop-motion animation by Fancy Pants Productions based on the mega-successful (and deliciously violent) Star Wars video game property, The Force Unleashed.
I made this as part of an animation challenge on bricksinmotion.com. The goal was to make the coolest lightsaber duel possible. The lightsaber and blaster effects were done [...]
Nintendo Power: Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” Composed in Mario Paint
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010You have not experienced Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” until you’ve heard its power chords recreated in the charming, midi-like tones of an early-1990s Nintendo game.
By someone with a copy of Mario Paint and an inordinate amount of time on their hands.
Suck on it, Glee kids.
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Hope for Mankind: Most Grateful Kid Ever Gets an Xbox 360
Sunday, December 27th, 2009I have bemoaned many-a-time the horrific extent to which parents spoil their small children with outrageous gifts and birthday cakes. For one, none of these kids have been alive long enough to have done anything to deserve a $500 cake. (Cure a communicable disease and we’ll talk about a pizza party, kid. Maybe.)
And two, what [...]
Geek Steal: Amazon’s All-Week “Black Friday” Deals on Video Games!
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009I’ll treat you people real nice with a Black Friday Deals for Geeks roundup post later this week, but for now, you should know that Amazon is getting a five-day jump on this whole “Friday” aspect of Black Friday.
Every day this week, for its Black Friday Video Games Deal of the Day, Amazon is [...]
