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I stumbled upon the Retrolink USB NES Controller online awhile ago.  On a whim, I decided to pick it up.

The controller arrived a few days ago.

Here it is:

Retrolink's USB Nintendo Entertainment System Control Pad

Here’s a shot of the original NES Controller for comparison:

The original Nintendo Entertainment System Control Pad

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Check out this fun, Space Invaders-inspired tee by artist Neil Gregory:

A Simple Plan

The T-shirt’s available at Threadless.com; the wall decal is on sale at blik!  (Check out my post here for more on blik.)

Stumbled upon these laughing, frog-like origami creatures by Joseph Wu:

Joseph Wu's Origami Warai

A professional origami artist who hails from Vancouver, Wu calls these amazingly expressive, adorable, little figures Warai, which means “laughter” in Japanese.

Here are a few of my favorites:

A Red Warai Waving Happily

A Green Warai With Open Arms

A Very Happy Blue Warai

More Of These Happy Fellows

Awesome!

To see more of these cute little creatures on Flickr (as well as some of his newer creations and experiments), click here.

Visit Joseph Wu’s official site to see more of his amazing work.

Stumbled onto this interesting, manga/anime-inspired Super Mario Bros. piece by artist Saejin Oh while researching my previous post:

A preview of the entire "Super F-ed Up Bros. World 1-1" piece.

It seems that the original Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 continues to be a source of inspiration for artists everywhere (in this case, South Korea).

Just to warn you, the entire piece is a bit graphic in terms of it’s depictions of highly stylized, over the top violence; to view the entire piece, violent bits and all, click here to go to the artist’s page on deviantART.

(I love the way he incorporates the title screen and card and the cool Starman effect midway through.)

You can check out more of his stuff at his work blog here.

Here we have a really cool piece of video game-related embroidery by Elsa Olsson who hails from Sweden:

World 1-1 Embroidery

That’s right – the entire first level of the original 8-bit Super Mario Bros., Goombas, Power Up Mushrooms, and all!

Embroidered Goombas

World 1-1 - A Work In Progress

The project, begun in September of 2008, is still a work in progress; once completed (Elsa hopes to finish the project by spring of this year), the entire piece will measure 244 by 16 inches – a little over 20 feet long!

Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 Cross Stitch

Cross Stitch Pattern For World 1-1

Earlier this year, Elsa posted a short video clip of herself (and her kitty Klara) showing the current status of the project:

Check out her blog at http://supermariobrosworld1-1.blogspot.com for more about the project!

(The site is in Swedish; I used Google Translate to read her earlier posts…)