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This Is Why I’ll Never Play Luigi’s Adventure 3
A few years ago, someone made Luigi’s Adventure 3, an unofficial riff on Super Mario World that features Luigi. I’ve never played it. Now that I’ve seen it played in an ongoing Let’s Play series at YouTube, I never will.
The SlayStation, My Favourite New Musical Instrument Of 2010
The SlayStation is not a PlayStation. It’s more of a musical instrument. The notes you play on it come from video clips of video games. Check this out.
Going Off The Rails On A Guitar Made Out Of An NES
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Here’s a late entry for the Christmas shopping list: an electric guitar made out of an NES. It’s $US150, though currently its maker only has one in stock.
A Behavioral Analysis Of The Pac-Man Ghosts
There a well known, long-established patterns for beating Pac-Man’s mazes, up until the ninth Key, as Buckner & Garcia sang. Still, Pac’s adversaries exhibit behaviour that, if not exactly tactical, is still complex.
The Simplest Video Game Legos
It doesn’t take many Lego pieces to make these video game icons, as seen on Encaja en CAMON’s Flickr stream.




















