Author Archives: Rob Beschizza

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Do it: make games yourself

Lindsay Grace makes the case for learning to make video games, all by yourself. Roberta and Ken Williams made Mystery House at the kitchen table, with Ken developing the game from sketches Roberta made. Steve Wozniak developed one of the … Continue reading

Wool Lemmings

Lemmings [Planet June]

Space Harrier Theme Performed on Ukulele

Download MP3s and hear more Zelda, Katamari, Metal Gear tracks at Tanguy Ukulele Orchestra’s site, whose motto is ‘CHIPTUNE IS NOT DIGITAL.’

Diego Silvério’s Tetris furniture

Whenever you complete a row, Amazon sends round a guy to delete your books. Also, Diego, some of those are not proper Tetrominoes. Tetris Furniture [Coroflot]

Another Green World: Fallout 3

Khyrin’s GreenWorld mod for Fallout 3 turns the game’s bleak post-apocalytic landscape into a cornucopia. Bare trees become towering canopies and lifeless scrub becomes dense foliage. It became tired of the world that went to ruin. Want to see green … Continue reading

“Less filling, more KILLING”

Submitted by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, who writes: “The scariest, geekiest thing I’ve ever seen at Frys. And that’s saying a lot.” Previously: Mana Energy Potion review

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Kaz: We intentionally made it hard to program PS3

Here’s a very bizarre comment from Sony’s Kaz Hirai. It appears to admit that Sony was so certain of its gaming-market victory, that it deliberately limited the system’s development environment. “We don’t provide the ‘easy to program for’ console that … Continue reading

Tiny models of classic Sega sit-down arcade games

Space Harrier. Super Hang-On. Out Run. Thunderblade. All are immortal hydraulic monsters released to arcades by Sega in the mid-1980s. And all are now tiny wee things that sit on your desk. There’s a secret fifth game, which is probably … Continue reading

Nintendo Entertainment Soap

NES Nintendo game controller olive oil soap, scented for men [Etsy via Engadget]