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In Real Life

The Internet Went Crazy Over These Glitchy And Artistic GIFs This Week

The reveal of the Xbox One might have overshadowed content on the internet this week, but that certainly wasn’t the case for the craftiest of internet denizens who convert anything worthy into an animated GIF. Whether it’s some sort of a video game glitch, like giant Spock’s terrifying stare above, or a nice form of art, we sifted and sorted to grab the most popular ones for you.

23 May 2013

Retro

The Graphical Overhaul Of Super Mario Land Is Adorably Presumptuous

Super Mario Land, the iconic Mario game for the original Game Boy, is not the typical target for player-crafted redesigns, but here we are. Arne Niklas Jansson has taken a a 24-year-old classic portable game and made it look like an indie PC game released last week.

1 May 2013

Retro

The Consoles Of The 1980s Are A Little Too 1980s

Having lived through the ’80s, it’s always weird when I see people associating the decade with BRIGHT PINK and BRIGHT PURPLE and neon lights and sparkles. I remember it being pretty dull. Lots of brown everywhere. Lots of bad plastic.

27 April 2013

Nintendo

These Amazing Fake 3DS Mockups Need To Become Real

Nintendo is releasing a number of cool themed 3DS units — like this Luigi one one. The real ones aren’t nearly as awesome as these fake ones though.

16 February 2013

Retro

What People Used To Say About The Game Boy

3D without glasses? No thanks. I’ll take my monochrome sprites and go and have some real fun.

31 January 2013

Nintendo

Let’s Rank The Pokémon Games, Best To Worst

We did it with Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and Final Fantasy, and now we’re back at it again to rank the Pokémon series.

24 January 2013

Retro

This Game Boy Also Plays SNES, NES, GBA And Neo Geo Games

Combining the hipster appeal of an original Game Boy with the practicality of, well, a lot of other Nintendo systems, the Gameboo is a hacked handheld that lets users play games — via emulation — from platforms like the Game Boy Advance, SNES, NES, Neo Geo and of course the Game Boy itself.

12 December 2012

In Real Life

These Game Boy Swimsuits Are An Australian Creation

Black Milk, an Australian label that walks the knife’s edge between nerdy and genuinely fashionable, has released an entire line of swimsuits based on… the Game Boy.

5 December 2012

Nintendo

Man Finds Old Game Boy Camera, The Spirit Of 1998 Trapped Within

When Reddit user 80sArcade found his old Game Boy the other day, it had a Game Boy Camera still attached. Within were 14 photos from 1998.

2 December 2012

Retro

Here Are All The Japanese Game Boy Advance Games. At Once

If you’ve ever wondered what all 795 Japanese Game Boy Advance cartridges would look like lined up, wonder no more. And if you’ve ever wondered how much all those carts would cost, then do likewise!

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