Read-a-long with Nintendo Power #253 (April 2010)
March 21, 2010 – 10:40 am | Comments

This issue has some very good news about two games I’ve been monitoring, plus some bad reviews for two games I was going to get. And a little middle-of-the-road news about WarioWare DIY. Stuff your …

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Fairies in jars now available to real life adventurers
October 10, 2009 – 9:47 pm | Comments
Fairies in jars now available to real life adventurers

One of the simple pleasures of the Legend of Zelda games is the bottle. These things can hold magical wonders of all stripes, but nothing, for my rupees, tops the fairy. Capture a fairy in …

And you thought Mario was cute?
September 23, 2009 – 1:49 am | Comments
And you thought Mario was cute?

And there was me thinking that the Pairnha Plants were a cute – albeit occasionally irritating – accessory in the world of Mario. Dear Lord; this custom-made plant gives me nightmares.
And whilst we’re talking about …

Nintendo NES Game Cartridge Necklaces, cufflinks… where to begin?
July 25, 2009 – 2:17 pm | Comments
Nintendo NES Game Cartridge Necklaces, cufflinks… where to begin?

A shop on Etsy called The Clay Collector is making tiny clay NES cartridges, complete with the label of your choice (custom is OK), that you can wear either in a cufflink or necklace format. …

Review: 8-bit TinyMeat Wallet from UrbanRetro
May 23, 2009 – 1:51 pm | Comments
Review: 8-bit TinyMeat Wallet from UrbanRetro

I was pretty surprised to find a picture of my wallet in our tips e-mail. For a moment I panicked a little and thought it was a ransom note. Then I remembered that I had …

Review: Waterfield Designs DSi Travel Case and Suede Jacket
April 30, 2009 – 6:46 pm | Comments
Review: Waterfield Designs DSi Travel Case and Suede Jacket

The official line:
The DSi Travel Case is designed to keep the Nintendo DSi and its accessories (including power supply) all together and tangle-free in one place. Custom-sized, padded, interior compartments and self-locking zippers keep your …

Another addition to the Guitar Hero franchise
April 12, 2009 – 10:23 pm | Comments
Another addition to the Guitar Hero franchise

We’ve all heard about wanting to exploit, monetize, capitalize, pillage, etc; and, we’ve heard about all of the releases scheduled for this year. But allow me to introduce to you the latest (illegitimate) child in …

Etsy merchant offers cool gaming stuff and custom orders
March 14, 2009 – 8:46 pm | Comments
Etsy merchant offers cool gaming stuff and custom orders

While browsing over at Etsy tonight I managed to notice a couple of great items with a Castlevania theme, but if you’re not into Castlevania, perhaps I can catch your eye with… Gears of War? …

Awesome Woot gaming shirts just keep on coming
March 2, 2009 – 6:00 pm | Comments
Awesome Woot gaming shirts just keep on coming

Pac-Man ghost cookies. Mario Kart blue shell, Leonardo da Vinci style. If you haven’t shopped Woot (want one of those) for shirts or anything else for that matter, you’re missing out. Today we ordered one …

Xbox Live Pants
February 16, 2009 – 8:59 pm | Comments
Xbox Live Pants

I came across these Xbox Live sweat pants in local Kohl’s department store.  Most troubling to me was the fact that the pants were sized for adult men, not for kids.  I simply cannot imagine …

Copyright violation hat-trick on this Jenni Kallberg shirt on eBay
November 25, 2008 – 6:55 pm | Comments
Copyright violation hat-trick on this Jenni Kallberg shirt on eBay

I hope you enjoy this as much as me. Remember that Swedish gal, Jenni Källberg, who cosplayed so impressively as Samus Aran not so long ago? Check out this article at Kotaku if you don’t. …

Your easy guide to Soulcalibur IV body types
August 6, 2008 – 9:58 pm | Comments
Your easy guide to Soulcalibur IV body types

The Character Creator in SoulcaliburIV is lots of fun, but the boring X/Y body type graph with meaningless pluses and minuses just isn’t clear enough. So here is a handy chart that better illustrates the …

Obama Gets a Mushroom from Mario
June 13, 2008 – 5:20 pm | Comments
Obama Gets a Mushroom from Mario

While we normally try to stay out of politics, I came across the picture of this hat while crusing the articles at Gamepolitics.com, and got a chuckle out of it. Seems that the hat …

Cuddle up with Katamari.
January 3, 2008 – 7:05 pm | Comments
Cuddle up with Katamari.
Do not feed the metroids.
December 31, 2007 – 10:15 am | Comments
Do not feed the metroids.

While researching ideas for my next tattoo, I ran into this cool shirt featuring an icon-style metroid on Threadless. Corruption players might recognize the symbol as being very similar to the one used to represent …