We aren’t responsible in any way for the work that went into this awesome video but I did stumble across it while browsing the internet today and if you didn’t know already: This site is all about sharing.
Just ignore the dipshit in the second half.
When I started this website over two years ago now, my primary inspiration was Nintendorks.com so I guess it makes sense that the updates haven’t been um…shall we say, frequent recently. But if any of you follow my Tumblr you know that I’ve been online and writing stuff so where are the damn Slist posts? Well, I can answer that for you kids real quick:
I dunno.
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… and it’s a pretty cool commercial at that. Stop-motion commercials really warm my heart and make me want to throw money at whatever they’re advertising.
Thank God Leni Riefenstahl never became a Teutonic Will Vinton.
“And thank God for Wikipedia,” said the reader.
Striking while the iron is hot, Nintendo have today released the Sega Genesis version of Capcom’s Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers to the Virtual Console, with online multiplayer, and at the standard Genesis price point of 800 points, or $8 US (unless you took advantage of a sale on video game accessories that included point cards.)
By the way, I was being sarcastic. Not about the release—that actually happened, and has been expected for some time. That first part, though, that was sarcasm. What with multiple versions of Street Fighter II having long ago seen release—in fact, every console Street Fighter port for a system featured on the VC, save for today’s release but including the SNES port of the exact same —as well as the Wii being nearly six years old, the decision to finally add online play to a Virtual Console game, and it being a different port of a game that is already on the service and that some people presumably already own, seems to be striking while the iron is, in fact, COLD, and is a puzzling one to say the least. Still, that beguiling quality and curiosity as to how online play is implemented is almost enough to entice one to check it out. Well-played, Captendega?
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Having gone almost two months without a new entry in the series, it's hard to imagine what Mario and friends will look like on a modern system. One artist posits this bold vision.
After entire weeks without a new Mario title on the horizon, Nintendo finally broke the news last January that a new 2D Mario game will launch for the 3DS sometime before April 2013. There haven’t been any new details yet, but Nintendo has just registered “supermario4.com”. This could just be a bit of legal cockblockery, but on top of that, Miyamoto let slip in an interview that Nintendo will be showing off “a new Super Mario for [Wii U], in which you will combine the TV screen with the screen in the controller.”
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Coincidentally, I nicknamed my dorm room 'Project Sex Zone'... it never earned the title. 
Look, it’s not like I really expected this thing to be a white-knuckle survival horror game… but maybe I was hoping just the littlest bit. No, the mysterious 3DS collaboration between Capcom, Namco and Sega is a strategy-RPG called Project X Zone. According to Famitsu, the game is about 50% completed, aiming for a 2012 release in Japan. Even though the game is being billed as a strategy-RPG, I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t still look a hell of a lot like a Marvel vs Capcom-style tournament fighter:
Pictured: STRATEGY!
Combo counters, flashy moves and life-meters all seem to hint that at least a little inspiration was taken from the cross-over beat-’em-ups that paved the way for this weird new mash-up.
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Next year I'll try and get Birdo in an Easter bonnet.
Hope your Easter kicked some keister!
I first gave tumblr a shot a couple of years ago with What Did I Eat Last Night? A site that was devoted to morning after photographs of those magical meals only possible during the wee drunken hours of the morning. It only lasted for a few entries before I decided I wanted to live past the age of 30. After that (and not too long ago) came Sex Trek: The Next Generation, which I intended to make a haven for every dirty or innuendo fueled image/gif I could find from from Star Trek: The Next Generation. This page was slightly more prolific but scouring the internet for hours upon hours trying to find homoerotic meaning in the relationship between Commanding officers and ensigns started to feel even less healthy than knocking out a couple of cheeseburger sticks at 4am.
Anyway, now I’m giving it another shot only this time without a theme. Under The Raydar will be my own private corner of the internet where I’ll yap about everything from comics to movies and yes, probably even Nintendo now and then. Feel free to follow and here’s hoping the third time’s the charm.
Early rumors suggest the company head’s recently revealed involvement in an international ring of sexual torture dungeons as the reason for the sudden departure. More as it develops.
Okay, not EVERYTHING should be a Super Mario Bros. mash-up.
If there’s one thing I love as much as video games, it’s giant monster movies. There is something primal and innately satisfying about mutated dinosaurs, giant space aliens, and humongous robots going apeshit and knocking over skyscrapers while beating the hell out of each other. Unfortunately, there aren’t very many giant monster video games, and of the few out there, even fewer are worth playing. Even Godzilla, the King of the Monsters, has a hell of a time getting a decent video game adaptation–and that’s assuming the games even make it out of Japan. Despite being a worldwide pop culture icon, Godzilla isn’t a hot property like he used to be. These days it’s just the die-hard monster cultist weirdos like me laying awake at night, dreaming of the perfect Godzilla game.
But Godzilla’s loyal disciples are coming together, and if we can round up enough money and support, that dream game might just become a, uh, reality game. Filmmaker/writer/producer Chris Mirjahangir, Godzilla game designer Simon Strange (that’s his real name!), and Godzilla comic artist extraordinaire Matt Frank are in the earliest planning stages of what is likely to be the first Kickstarter project to make me throw sweaty, crumpled dollar bills at my computer in a crazed attempt to make this thing happen as quickly and awesomely as possible.
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Ever stop and think about how strange the world of Super Mario Bros. is? Floating treasure chests, people with mushrooms for heads, eating mushrooms to change size, Waluigi… if you pull back and look at everything objectively, these games and characters we’ve grown to love over the years are all kind of batshit crazy. But despite inhabiting a wildly surreal world (and often being a little weird themselves), Mario and friends have gone on to be pop culture icons, beloved all over the world. PBS’ Idea Channel has gone so far as to declare Super Mario Bros. the world’s greatest piece of surreal art.
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It’s that time of year again, so put on some green and make like these Super Smashed Bros! Happy St. Patty’s Day, have fun and be safe!
Tyson not included.
And you know why? Because this NES classic is one of my favorite games of all time and Nintendo didn’t have the goddamn decency to give it the 3D classics treatment. Let’s see, so far Excitebike, Twinbee, Xevious, Kirby’s Adventure and Urban Champion (!?) make up the entire list of games available with a fancy new coat of 3D paint. WHAT THE HELL KIND OF SHIT SELECTION IS THAT!?
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Now these fuckers know how to party.
Dude, I only play 80s Joel!
New dates have been confirmed for Symphony of the Goddesses, the Legend of Zelda concert series touring North America. Before you do like me and get all excited that it might be coming somewhere near you, take a look at the up-to-date concert listing, with the new dates in bold:
March 14 Vancouver
March 26 Seattle
March 28 San Francisco
April 7 Denver
April 20-21 Phoenix
May 12 Atlanta
May 31 Montreal
June 6 Los Angeles
June 22 Austin
July 7 Houston
July 12 San Diego
July 14 Orlando
July 25 Philadelphia
July 26 Vienna (Virginia, not Austria… or sausage)
Sept. 15 Toronto
Sept. 22 Minneapolis
So yep, with six new dates on the board, the closest one for me is still an eight hour drive away. It’s cool, I’m totally not bitter. If you can actually go to one of these things, click here for info on buying tickets… and so I can vicariously experience it through you.
