Monthly Archives: April 2009
NextWorth introduces video game console recycling
Approximately 1.5 to 1.9 million tons of electronics waste ends up in landfills every year, and NextWorth is doing its part to eliminate that by buying your old stuff and re-selling it via its own distribution channels. The electronics recycling … Continue reading
Cogs, the game I wanted to love
Lazy 8 Studios released on Steam today Cogs, a brilliant-looking puzzle game utilizing gears and steam power to craft 50 levels of inventive gameplay. From the first time I saw the game I knew I had to have it, as … Continue reading
I Fight Dragons: NES rock you’ll love
The Chicago-based band I Fight Dragons mixes good ole rock with NES-style chiptune music. Imagine if YMCK and Anamanaguchi were put in a blender and the J-pop switch was changed to English-speaking powerpop. This is I Fight Dragons, and this … Continue reading
Tritton AX Pro gaming headset
Back in computing’s earlier days, your audio options were limited to which Sound Blaster card you had installed and which $10 pair of speakers you plugged in. Many games still relied on the internal PC speaker to do some work … Continue reading
New music from 8 Bit Instrumental
One of my favorite video game-related bands, 8 Bit Instrumental, has just released a handful of new tracks found exclusively on their MySpace page. Two songs — Atari Age and Password Theme — happen to be remixes of my two … Continue reading
Shadow of the Colossus NES box art
A photoshop thread appeared on NeoGAF yesterday, and for some reason I couldn’t help but dive in. The challenge was to create retro-styled box art for a modern game. I chose Shadow of the Colossus, broke out GIMP, and got … Continue reading
April Fools’ day on the internet (run and hide)
Yes. April 1st. The day when the internet becomes even more untrustworthy than usual. Don’t believe anything you see on these hallowed pixels today. They’re lies. All lies! So far I’ve been a bit disappointed with the level of foolery, … Continue reading
