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Review: Dragon Ball Z – Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3)

October 28, 2011 – 12:44 pm |

I really liked last year’s DBZ game, Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit 2. It felt like the franchise had finally achieved some serious attention with a game that was both deep and fun.
This year, we …

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Fairies in jars now available to real life adventurers

October 10, 2009 – 9:47 pm | 5 Comments

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 | 10 Comments

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 | 5 Comments

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 | 2 Comments

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 | 8 Comments

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 | 11 Comments

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 | 2 Comments

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 |

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 | 5 Comments

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 | One Comment

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 |

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 | 2 Comments

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 …

Check out my new morph ball tattoo.

January 21, 2008 – 10:30 am | One Comment
Check out my new morph ball tattoo.

Cuddle up with Katamari.

January 3, 2008 – 7:05 pm |
Cuddle up with Katamari.

Do not feed the metroids.

December 31, 2007 – 10:15 am |
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 …

GameStop advertising… in Redbook?

November 21, 2007 – 9:15 pm |
GameStop advertising… in Redbook?