Time Lincoln

March 29th, 2010

Just got through reading Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride And Prejudice And Zombies; I’ll try to post a review of the book some time soon.

In the meantime, check out this amazing cover:

Time Lincoln Comic Book Cover

Cover Art For Time Lincoln Issue 1

As if a vampire hunting Abe Lincoln wasn’t enough, our 16th President once again receives the superheroic treatment in Time Lincoln, a one-shot comic book by Fred Perry!

Here’s the description from the Antarctic Press website:

What happens when the Great Emancipator is suddenly freed from the bonds of time to right wrongs throughout history? On the night of his assassination, Abraham Lincoln’s life is threatened not by an angry actor, but by Void Stalin, the man who is literally the greatest villain of all time! Somehow, Lincoln is destined to wage war upon Void Stalin’s forces of evil in the past, present and future, and the time-traveling tyrant is determined to make sure that never comes to pass! In his last hour, he lived a lifetime!

Fun stuff!


Limbo

March 15th, 2010

Here’s a trailer for Limbo, a visually striking, atmospheric, 2D side-scroller and puzzler from Denmark-based game studio PLAYDEAD:

Here’s a screenshot:

Screenshot From Limbo

A screenshot from Limbo

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Retrolink USB NES Controller Review

March 5th, 2010

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 NES USB Controller

Retrolink's USB Nintendo Entertainment System Control Pad

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

An Image Of A Classic NES Controller

The original Nintendo Entertainment System Control Pad

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Burgervetica T-Shirt

February 8th, 2010

Check out this creative tee shirt design I found on threadless.com:

Burger Deconstructed, In Helvetica

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.


Awesome Scooby-Doo-Inspired Tee Shirt Design

January 15th, 2010

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:

We've Got Some Work To Do Now

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!