Triptych: a PhD in Mycology

"The Hardest Part" by Zac Gorman

"Mario M.D." (t-shirt) by Faniseto

"Dr. Mario ID Badge" by Mark Welser

Triptych: Candy Zombies!

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"Mega-Finn" by Jonathan Tiong

"Adventure Comics" by Justin White

"Adventure Time Dance Party" by Matt Marblo

Triptych: T.G.R.I.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turrets" (t-shirt) by Tom Trager

"TMNT T-Shirt Design" (t-shirt) by Jon Defreest

"Turtle Power!" by Brother Brain

Triptych: Metroid Eat Brain

"Caution: Metroid Is On The Loose!" by Fluffy Pancakes

"Part of a Balanced Energy Consumption" by Daniel Bressette

"Metroid" by Thiago Krening

Double Triptych: A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys

".:Bioshock 8bits:." by ZePoink

"Bioshock" by Renton1313

"A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys" (t-shirt) by Adho1982

"Bioshock Typography" (print) by Kody Christian

"The House of Upside Down" by A.J. Hateley

"Pick Your Plasmid" by Stefan Petit

A Short History of Video Games

A Short Visual History of Videogames by Kyle Downes

Leaving aside the poor audio quality and the fact that Australians apparently pronounce Sega "See-gah", this is a genuinely delightful AND informative look back on the history of videogames. Glad the "E.T." debacle and subsequent videogame market crash gets a mention; I'm old enough to remember playing that game, if you can even term such an experience "playing" (and not "making my little brother cry with the torturous impossibility and dullness of") and so I have a first-hand understanding of how a single game could bring an entire industry to the brink of total collapse. Anyway, the whole video is charming and remarkably well-done. Watch it and learn something!

Fox Retro Commercial

Fox Retro (posted by Vimeo user PUNGA)

Arnold as Pac-Man, Mr. T as Donkey Kong, The Fonz as Frogger and Wonder Woman as Super Mario, amongst others. It's a goddamned modern-day masterpiece. I don't know who the genius is that's responsible this, but if you have any inkling I'm dying to find out.

It's Aperture Time!

Aperture Time
C’mon grab your cores, there’s lots of places to explore
Wheatley the core
And Chell the human
The tests will never end
It’s Aperture Time!

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Triptych: 1-Up!

"God Save The Princess" (t-shirt design) by Kuwahara


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"Super Mario Bros. 1-1 (sumi-e)" by Derek Motonaga


"Rave On" by Daniel Bressette

JON SNOW, MOTHERFUCKERS.

"Jon Snow" by Caldwell Tanner

IT'S MOTHERFUCKING JON SNOW. And Ghost.

You know they're about to kick some wildling ass.