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Retro

When Disgustingly Sexual Art & Adventure Games Came Together

Despite having worked on everything from furniture design to rock concert props (and even directing his own films), Swiss artist H.R. Giger is best known for two things: his concept work for Ridley Scott’s Alien, and his overtly sexual paintings.

Retro

Favourite Video Game Covers?

Kotaku AU

My first gaming experience was on a ZX Spectrum 48k, so when I stumbled across this collection of old Speccy game covers I got a bit nostalgic for a history I thought I’d forgotten. So it got me thinking – what video game covers are your favourite, which tingle your nostalgia bone, and which are just plain awesome?

July 31, 2011
In Real Life

A Metalhead Tribute To Saturday Mornings And Old-School Side-Scrollers

A thrash power-metal cover of/homage to the theme from 1989′s Batman (and The Animated Series) would be badass. A thrash power-metal music video done in the style of a 1990s side-scroller would be awesome. Both put together are more badass awesome than the sum of their awesome badass parts.

July 29, 2011
Retro

Bomberman Will Eat Your Dust And Lick…Your Crack? What?

When I think Bomberman, I think good, clean, wholesome fun. I don’t think of a game where people tell me they’ll “break my fucking head with a ratchet”.

July 15, 2011
In Real Life

When Nintendo Is Your Penpal

Remember life before email? Like when people wrote letters? On paper? Kotaku reader Matthew does. Because during the early 1990s, he was a little kid writing them to Nintendo.

July 8, 2011
In Real Life

The World’s Smallest Functioning Space Invaders Cabinet

Here is what is believed to be the smallest playable Space Invaders arcade cabinet every built, using a ROM and parts from a Game Boy Advance.

July 6, 2011
In Real Life

Now Four Eyes Can Look Cool In 8-Bit Glasses

For the glasses wearer looking to lower the resolution of their frames, designer Dzmitry Samal offers pairs of retro-futuristic pixelated glasses, inspired by late ’80s video games and “society’s fascination with an ‘informational aesthetic’”.

June 29, 2011
News

Pac-Man Creator Wants Games That Last

Over 30 years ago, Toru Iwatani (not pictured) created Pac-Man. Decades later, it’s a game people still remember and still play. That, Iwatani said, is what game designers must do today. They must create games that stand the test of time.

June 25, 2011
In Real Life

It’s (8-Bit) ‘Friday’, ‘Friday’, ‘Friday’

And you thought it was impossible to improve on Rebecca Black’s TGIF anthem “Friday”? You were so very, very wrong.

June 24, 2011
In Real Life

8-bit Chiptune Cover Art Cost This Man $32,500

Chiptune artist and tech guru Andy Baio released an album last year called Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis’ jazz masterpiece Kind of Blue. Yet despite receiving permission to cover the songs, Baio still found himself in court. What gives?

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