Filed under: Fan stuff
House of the DIY: Make your own Overkill wallpaper
by JC Fletcher 
{ 1 year ago }
Overkill Poster Creator, Sega's new promotional site for Headstrong Games' spinoff, is an online tool that lets users arrange official backgrounds, art, and slogans into a wallpaper image, which is then made available for download in three different sizes. All the art assets can be resized, and everything can have separate filters applied, all from a simple Flash interface.
The image above is our humble effort, made in about five minutes. It wouldn't even have taken that long, except we kept trying to make funny ones and they kept coming out cool. We eventually just gave up on trying to subvert the thing and made one we actually like.
[Via GayGamer]
Two Tribes Touts Trial of Toki Tori Toys
by JC Fletcher { 1 year ago }
Enter Shapeways, a company that uses a 3D printer to make figurines to order. The resulting Toki Tori model is perfect, aside from a lack of paint, of course. Now, with the experiment a success, Two Tribes' Collin van Ginkel has solicited fans' interest in owning one of these wonderful little birds. If you dream of having your very own Toki Tori, let them know! It would be, as far as we know, the first tie-in item for a WiiWare game since Mega Man 9's E-tank beverage.
Mario Kart Source: made by fans, for fans
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
Sadly, Nintendo won't likely be as excited to hear about the project, so we're sure they'll step in at some point or another and intervene.
[Via Go Nintendo]
Touching is (not) good: a Miyamoto-signed Phat
by Chris Greenhough { 1 year ago }
When Swedish eBayer Mikael was lucky enough to win a Shigeru Miyamoto-autographed DS at E3 2005, he did the only sensible thing: he sealed it away from the harmful effects of light and dust forever. Or at least, until now.
This pristine, fingerprint-free Pearl White model is currently on eBay, where it lies at the $760 mark with over a week to go. Is it worth that? For something you're likely not going to use, probably not, but this is easily one of the nicest autographed DSes we've seen. The combination of gold on white reeks of class, and Miyamoto's famous signature is, as usual, fun and playful. The fact that it's a Phat only increases its appeal to us.
See also: A very special deal on a Miyamoto-signed DS.
Link and Midna in furry cosplay
by Alisha Karabinus { 1 year ago }
But we'll give you a hint: there's a person in there. Wolf Link is made of people.
deviantARTist LilleahWest calls this pair of costumes a work in progress, but if it gets much more accurate, we're not sure we can handle it. Also? This wolfsuit was made in only twelve days. That's dedication.
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Arcade Cabinet of Heroes
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
Looks like we have a new BFF, even if they don't know it yet. As you can see in the image to the right, the cabinet is set to play Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (running off a Wii), which is one of the games we'd most like to import In all seriousness, though, we're really jealous of how awesome that kitchen is.
[Via NeoGAF]
Patents from gaming's past
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
[Via Joystiq]
Tomb Raider: Underworld soundtrack free to download
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
If you're like us, then you enjoy Lara's adventures. Well, her latest, Tomb Raider: Underworld, had quite the score and, luckily enough, it's available to download for free. The music for the game was created by Colin O'Malley and you have several options when downloading. You can either snag bundles of tracks centered around each locale in the game, or one huge file with all 71 tracks (they're in 320kbps MP3, so the thing weighs in pretty hefty at 198mb).
[Via Joystiq]
Want to kill some time? Check out Mario vs. Spartan: The Game
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
So, if you find yourself stuck in front of a computer today just like us, check out the game here. It's a good way to kill some time.
See also: It's a Wonderful (Super Mario) World
[Via Joystiq]
What do you get when you combine a Wiimote, Balance Board, RC car, and a laptop?
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
This video! Witnessing the powers of the Wiimote, the Balance Board, an RC car, and a laptop combine together in the above video reminds us of Saturday mornings with Voltron and our Lucky Charms, for some reason. It's not the most accurate way to steer a toy car around, as you can see, but you have to give these guys credit. It's like their inner child broke its restraints and came forth from their bodies to tinker around. And we love it when grown folks don't act their age.
If you want the video in higher quality, hit up their site here.
[Via Balance Board Blog]
Miyamoto and Iwata top 'Persons of the Year' list
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
We're not the least bit surprised the Nintendo duo of Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata topped GameDaily BIZ's "Persons of the Year 2008" list. They've managed to make a ridiculous amount of money on gaming during a very uncertain economic time, as well as expand the market and bring more players into gaming.
Source - 2008 Persons of the Year: Part 1 (GameDaily)
Source - 2008 Persons of the Year: Part 2 (GameDaily)
8-bit for the holidays: Gingerbread Entertainment System
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
Personally, if we were going to make anything out of gingerbread, we'd probably also go with a NES. Or maybe a life-sized Boba Fett. You know, something tasteful.
[Via Geekologie]
A look back at The Legend of Zelda
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
If you're a big enough fan of Nintendo to be here, then you probably know the history of the green-clad hero pretty well. But, that doesn't mean you shouldn't read this and think back on all of those great times you had in Hyrule. If anything, it should inspire you to play at least one of the previous games again. And that's not a bad thing now, is it?
What's your favorite Legend of Zelda game? Ocarina of Time? Link to the Past? Twilight Princess?
Wü Fit: The ugly, functional cousin of Wii Fit
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
The crazy thing about this is that the included board is apparently compatible with Wii Fit. And that's really all you'll get with this package, a board and some odd packaging, by the way. Check out a video of the unboxing after the break.
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Tatsunoko vs Capcom site offers resource for importers
by David Hinkle { 1 year ago }
Source - Move list sheets (zip file)
