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Retro

Here’s How You Eat All The Pellets In Snake And ‘Win’ The Game

In real time, this playthrough takes 13 minutes, 17 seconds. Sped up in the .gif above, it’s 2:06. It’s the amazing solution to a version of Snake, a genre of casual game going back almost 40 years, so old its original form is all but lost to memory.

5 March 2013

In Real Life

If You’re Going To Deface Your School Books, Do It Like This

Doodling in your textbooks is bad! I do not recommend it. At all. However, let’s say you have to doodle in your text — like, if you don’t, you get in trouble. Then, by all means, please deface the book in the most entertaining way possible.

12 February 2013

In Real Life

This Metal Gear Solid Figure Kept You Waiting

To mark the 25th anniversary of stealth series Metal Gear, Japanese figure maker Kaiyodo is releasing a figure of Naked Snake from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. This figure is part of Kaiyodo’s posable Revoltech Yamaguchi line.

17 January 2013

In Real Life

Metal Gear Cosplay… It Can’t Be!

Oh, but it is. Beloved by fans, you can bet that there’s a seemingly endless well of Metal Gear cosplay, especially ones that bring Snake to life. Snake? SNAKE?! SNAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!!

4 April 2012

In Real Life

This Amazing Hack Lets You Play Snake Via Recorder

Up until I had kids, it had been a long, long time since I’d picked up a recorder. This hack, which combines relays, arduinos, a Nokia 6110i and Snake might just get me tempted to start playing again.

[Gizmodo Australia]

14 July 2011

In Real Life

When One Heart Isn’t Enough To Signify Your Love For Gaming

First artist Fabian Gonzalez taught us the video game ABCs. Now he delivers the ultimate expression of retro gaming love, three full hearts and a handful of classic game references. Visit his Society6 store page to plaster this banner everywhere.

28 January 2011

In Real Life

Pot Man And The Video Game Characters A Rapper Identifies With

Are Mega Man’s battle chips the same thing as a rapper’s weed and alcohol? Houston-area rapper A.D.D. talks about the video game characters that inspire him, name-checking Kingdom Hearts, Metal Gear and Tomba. Tomba?

11 January 2011

In Real Life

HULK SMASH SNAKE!

Created by Hokunin, this image was created for a deviant art video game mash-up competition. Note the Snake’s Playboy mag flying into the air amidst the carnage!

20 December 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!

This just in – I’ve ruined Christmas. I forgot to add numbers six and seven of the 12 days of Christmas over the weekend. But guess what, this is just like when you forgot to eat the chocolate in your advent calender. Now you get to have three at once – hurray?

7 September 2010

News

What Game Characters Does Japan Want To Befriend?

Better yet, what game characters do the readers of Japan’s Dengeki want to become chums with. Let’s have a look:

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