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
Check out this creative tee shirt design I found on threadless.com:
Burger Deconstructed, In Helvetica
It’s by graphic designer David Schwen.
Love the use of color! (And not just because it matches the site so well…)
Cheeseburger. Yum.
Artist Travis Pitts came up with this fun T-Shirt design (“We’ve Got Some Work To Do Now”) featuring Velma Dinkley of Scooby-Doo fame and the titular Great Dane chewing on what appears to be some vanquished monster’s (Frankenstein’s Monster?) hand:
I love the older, battle-hardened, post-apocalyptic version of Velma shown above.
The Mystery Machine (now Misery Machine, apparently) has been refitted with side-mounted chainsaws for hacking away at undead armies.
(Wonder what the giant wooden stake up top is for?)
Also, Shaggy, Fred, and Daphne are no more it seems.
What a great concept!
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Here’s what the artist himself had to say about the design:
Sticking with my favorite theme of heroic girls … and injecting realism or plausibilty [sic] to silly pop culture icons …, I knew I wanted to make a certain teen detective [and] her canine companion into the sole survivors of a Monsterpocalypse for the threadless loves Horror contest.
Everyone knows that it’s always the timid, quiet, second-string female character that gets the dramatic arc and has the wits and skill to survive most horror movies. I struggled for days trying to come up with a semi-realistic interpretation of this toughened, nerdy survivor-type gal- until I remembered I was dating one, and asked her to model for it.
Fun stuff!
Click here to buy the shirt over at Threadless.com and to check out more of the artist’s designs!
Stumbled upon these pics of a Duck Hunt trophy by artist Eric Tan from last year’s “i am 8-bit” art exhibition:
What a great idea! Love the High Score as well…
Artist Ryan Snieder used Photoshop on black and white photos from Life magazine to create the images above.
Awesome concept!
Coffinman by Shinmon Aoki