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I’d Like To Meet You In A Graffiti-Covered Alley

Vault Boy, from a Fallout perk icon, graces Central Square, Cambridge, Mass., right between Harvard and M.I.T. Image submitted by Gus Wezerek.


In Real Life

The Pause That Refreshes

Concept for a Coca-Cola can celebrating video games, inspired by the art of the French street artist Space Invader. Not an actual can design of the soft-drink giant (and not actually designed by Invader). Concepts for Coke Zero and Diet Coke are at the link.


August 31, 2011
In Real Life

Now That’s How You Make A Game Of Super Smash Bros Melee Interesting

What may be the greatest variation on the log flume photo gag — you know, the one in which log riders are engaged in the most casual or precise of activities, like playing Jenga or Monopoly during an intense drop — manages to work in a Smash Bros reference.


August 4, 2011
In Real Life

Nintendo: It’s For Dresses, Now

Honey, if I bought this for you, would you wear it for me? This Game Boy-themed tube dress costs about as much as the original device — $US70. It’s made by HereandThereVintage and available on Etsy.


July 10, 2011
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Mario Bids Bon Voyage To The Space Shuttle

So you’re attending the final launch in the U.S. space shuttle program’s 30-year history. How would you document the moment? One guy whipped out his 3DS and AR cards and put Mario among those in attendance.


July 4, 2011
In Real Life

The Khaki Shorts Sell This Portal 2 Cosplay

As seen at the Anime Expo by @meteor_.


July 1, 2011
News

First Glimpse Of NBA 2K12 May Be The Only Pro Basketball You See Next Year

On a day when the NBA lurched toward its inevitable lockout – with labour and management even further apart than in the NFL’s contentious negotiations – NBA 2K12 released this first in-game screenshot, depicting Dirk Nowitzki and the world champion Dallas Mavericks in their series against the Miami Heat.


June 17, 2011
In Real Life

The LEGO BioShock Playset We Wish We Had When We Were Kids

This is, basically, a multistage BioShock playset, in LEGO spanning the game’s opening plane crash, to the lighthouse and to the Medical Pavilion and beyond.


June 16, 2011
In Real Life

Has Sony Been Hacked This Week?

“Not yet”, says HasSonyBeenHackedThisWeek.com. Well, there’s always next week!


June 10, 2011
In Real Life

The Evolution Of Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio Auditore Da Firenze

DeviantArt user doubleleaf, the same bright spark who brought us a whole gallery of Assassin’s Creed anime-inspired art, has also done this more recent piece in honour of Assassin’s Creed Revelations, paying tribute to star Ezio’s advancing years.