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Looking smooth: New program smooths out 8-bit graphics

Ever notice how old games look pixelly and so damn OLD? Well researchers Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski did, and evidently it pissed them off because they developed a program to smooth down pixels. As a result, ... continue

Take me to your living room: Awesome Space Invader chairs

Alas and alack, these obscenely cool Space Invader chairs are currently only a prototype, dreamt up by artist collective Dorothy. Translation: they're TOTALLY UNOBTAINABLE to the unscrubbed likes of you and I. These exist somewhere in the ... continue

[VIDEO] A urinal built from SNES games (and it works)

We've had a NES bed, a NES coffee table, and now for the discerning, tasteful bachelor, a fully functional SNES urinal. If you've got eight hours to spare between now and the world coming to an end, you ... continue

The world’s largest working NES controller

As if this didn't already prove students have too much damn time on their hands, a bunch of Dutch undergrads have assembled the largest functional Nintendo Entertainment System controller ever. It's not really an official world record, because ... continue

Learn your videogame alphabet (again)

Yep, we've already seen a videogame alphabet, but this one is available on a poster, hoodie, or T-shirt here. It's also harder than the previous alphabet - there are at least five here I can't get. *hangs ... continue

Nintendo 3DS e-Shop and internet browser slips to June

My Nintendo 3DS has sat alone and untouched for over three weeks now. The initial appeal of Pilotwings Resort and Street Fighter 4 has long been exhausted. With the next big release, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina ... continue

This Game Boy could fetch $2,000 at auction. Why?

This apparently ordinary Nintendo Game Boy has a secret that could ensure it sells for between $1,500 and $2,000 when it goes under the hammer at Bonhams tomorrow. What is it? Simple: this is a space Nintendo, ... continue

Super Mario, now immortalized on Converse shoes

Though I doubt the Goomba-squashing, Koopa-kicking capabilities of these rad Super Mario Bros. Converse sneakers, DO WANT. Sadly, these are only coming out in Japan this July, which basically guarantees my size 14 plates of meat won't ... continue

The World’s biggest Pac-Man game

This is arcade classic Pac-Man as you've never seen it before: played out across not one maze, but (at the time of writing) 3,159 mazes, all linked together. The World's Biggest Pac-Man was designed to show off Microsoft's ... continue

Portable Super Nintendo coming this summer

If you prefer your portable gaming in two dimensions, accessory manufacturer Hyperkin is releasing this nifty little device in the summer. This is the 'Supaboy', a handheld console that will play all your original Super Nintendo games. While ... continue

Where does Mario go when he falls down that hole?

Finally, after more than 25 years, we know ... See also: [NSFW] Yoshi tattoo destroys childhood memories [it8bit, via Kotaku] continue

[VIDEO] 70 classic videogame deaths

This is a video showing deaths from around 70 classic videogames, ranging from OutRun (above) to Missile Command to Shinobi to Paperboy. It's both a stirring contemplation on our fragile mortality, and a kickass way to pass ... continue

Super Mario Bros. mashed up with modern sound effects

The importance of sound, an oft-forgotten part of videogames, is beautifully highlighted in this video of Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. mashed up with modern sound effects. It's not unpleasant, just ... deeply odd: Apparently, the guy who made ... continue

Geek up your home with these Asteroids wall stickers

While I'd FRIGGIN' LOVE to have my walls decorated like a giantass Mario level, I don't think I could get away with Blik's range of Mario wall decals. Explaining this sort of thing to a prospective partner, ... continue

Incestuous: The videogame controller family tree

They're a randy bunch, those videogame controllers. Leave a NES pad with a SEGA SG-1000 stick for five minutes and before you know it you've got a litter of NES Advantages on your hands. This awesome poster is ... continue

Crap I’m old: Zelda turns 25

Yes, it's true. Zelda is twenty-five freaking years old, and I'm so ancient I may as well be dead. Still, here's to an amazing series, a franchise that truly deserves the description 'revolutionary'. On February 21st, 1986, ... continue

Cute: Wrap your iPhone in a tiny Nintendo

These super rad handmade felt cases depicting retro consoles are the heroic work of Etsy store owner rabbitrampage, and will protect your iPhone or iPod Touch from scratches. Also, they are about to be bought by you ... continue

So how DID people play Pac-Man in the 1800s?

Why, on a Pactuator of course!* This hand-cranked clockwork Pac-Man is going to be part of a far bigger project: a fully playable, mechanical Pac-Man cabinet, called 'Pac Machina.' See a video of it in motion HERE, ... continue

The PainStation is Pong meets S&M

PainStation is essentially a version of Pong gone bad. Or good, depending on your outlook. This sadist's interpretation of Pong expands on its classic predecessor by adding real pain to the formula. Miss a ball while playing and ... continue

8 Awesome Videogame Cross Stitch Projects

Cross stitching, the art of of, err, stitching crosses, is a boon to gamers with a creative touch. Thanks to its rigid grid layout, this traditional craft lends itself perfectly to recreating pixelated scenes from awesome retro ... continue

[PICS] Videogame heroes escape your screens, enter real world

These sweet images of game characters spotted in the wild are the work of Flickr user fatheed. They're all quite wonderful, but I think Bowser in his kart on Koopa Beach, a wistful Link in long grass, ... continue

The best gaming tattoo you’ll see this week

Portal, Duck Hunt, Super Mario Galaxy, Metal Gear Solid, Fallout, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, Pac-Man: so much gaming awesomeness on only one arm. GamingTattoo user 'PerfectCR' has spent the last seven months having pigment injected into his skin ... continue