In Real Life

This Handheld Shadow Of The Colossus Is A Beautiful Dream

Kotaku reader Maxwell passed along this wondrous mixture of old and slightly less old without any sort of source, so I’ll just assume it sprang forth from the unspoken desires of gamers everywhere.


April 28, 2011
Retro

A Winner Is Akuma In NES’ Pro Wrestling

Answering the bell in the NES classic Pro Wrestling is Street Fighter’s Akuma, who deploys the dreaded Shun Goku Satsu instead of a fork to the face like The Amazon. More images at the link, showing Akuma in-ring and his badass victory pose.


December 2, 2010

Isaac Clarke Vs. The Necromorphs Of The Mushroom Kingdom

Artist Sheridan Johns puts Donkey Kong, Yoshi and a flock of Goombas through a warp pipe and onto the USG Ishimura for an unexpected and awesome video game mash-up entry in this deviantArt contest.


October 20, 2010
In Real Life

Mega Man’s Lego Robot Masters

Raphael Phillips, the graphic artist behind the adorable Mega Man Lego mashup back in September is back, presenting his blocky take on Mega Man’s Robot Masters.


September 22, 2010
In Real Life

Imagining A Lego Mega Man

What do you get when you cross Mega Man with Lego? Graphic artist Raphael Phillips twists those two worlds together in his first Mega Man Lego collection over at The 8-bit Cubist.


September 13, 2010
In Real Life

Mario Vs Ken: Round 2

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In round one of Machnima’s imagined crossover throwdown, Mario got the better of Ken. Now it’s time for round two.


August 16, 2010
In Real Life

A Few Notes Of Elton John In Mega Man 2′s Soundtrack

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Reader Andrew G has, since he was six, always thought that the theme for Dr Wily’s Castle from Mega Man 2 sounded like Elton John’s “I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That”. Both were released in 1988.


June 30, 2010
In Real Life

Protect Your Children, The Left 4 Dead Way

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Last week, The Amber Alert network released a truly WTF, fearmongering gun porn PSA tagged, “You don’t need a gun to protect your kids.” (But it does help). Because it’s four people with assault rifles, you know what’s next.


May 18, 2010
In Real Life

Sunny Days, Beating Your Cares Away

Four of the many Sesame Street Fighters to spring from the twisted mind of Deviant artist Gavacho13, as seen on Capcom Unity.


May 10, 2009

Scout-Chop: You’re Gonna Love His Ball

YouTube user CastingOutTheSelf mined the Scout soundfile and came up with, lo and behold, a dead-ringer script for everyone’s favourite hooker-beating pitchman. How the hell did we go a week before seeing this?