Culture Buzz Man these graphics are really uneven. Photographer Lee Vidal transfers the essence of 8-bit backgrounds into the real world.
I got a whole bunch of bananas, but I ain’t got nothin’ for answers.
Culture Buzz I found a few pieces of art of famous hero/villain/damsel in distress combinations all pixelated and thrown onto the set of Donkey Kong. Let’s take a look. (via The Uniblog)
Culture Buzz deviantART user basicnoir really got it right with these mashups of Super Mario characters as X-Men superheroes. (via robotmutant.com)
Culture Buzz You may have seen some of these before, but never like this. And never in such [delicious] quantity!
Culture Buzz Stupid dog. Little Mac is my hero. Artist Aled Lewis takes a tongue-in-cheek look at some of pop culture's most iconic faces.
Artist Dash Coleman illustrates a bunch of prominent Nintendo characters shuffling off their 8-bit coil. Sad but cute. Scute.
At the end of an impassioned speech, San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly used everyone's favorite barrel throwing gorilla to threaten his political foes. This is likely the first time this phrase has been used by a sitting politician.
The screen team parodies Taio Cruz's hit song “Dynamite”. DKC returns!
http://kotaku.com/5642690/the-king-of-kong-once-again-the...
Oh! There is a God! Good triumphs over evil once again. The world of Kong is safe from Billy Mitchell … for now. (If this makes no sense to you, it's because you haven't seen the King of Kong documentary. You have a lot of catching up to do!)
Culture Buzz Because geeks get cold too. What better way to keep yourself toasty while chatting with your friends in your favorite online forum, playing your favorite video games, or camping out for a midnight screening?
http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/08/08/billy-m...
Billy Mitchell (also known as “Evil Incarnate”) has reclaimed his Donkey Kong high score title from champion Hank Chien. Fan favorite Steve Wiebe also competed, and couldn't save our hopes and dreams of a Mitchell-less world.
Batman and Donkey Kong finally air their grievances against each other. Can't wait for Zelda Vs. Predator.
Culture Buzz Ben Marsh created these Nintendo inspired condom packages for a sexual health campaign. Glad to see there is no Pokemon hentai.
This is cool and all, but what happens to him if you make it to the elusive kill screen? Via.
Celebrity Buzz Hank Chien, a doctor from Queens, New York, is the King of Kong. He beat previous champion Billy Mitchell's Donkey Kong world record last month by a 10,000 point margin with a score of 1,061,700 points. He seems really nice! Check out an interview with the champ at Details.
Culture Buzz Two guys with some snow and some time, do their best to impersonate Mario and Donkey Kong. I don't remember the snow level of Donkey Kong.
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/11/donkey-kong-shelves
These shelves, inspired by the classic video game Donkey Kong, are the perfect place to store your valuable, fragile possessions.
… And it was made entirely out of post-it notes, so it's got pretty much all the trappings of one of those videos that one watches. I like it. I'm guessing this took a long time to do. More exciting post-it note action linked below. (Via.)