Triptych: Little Blue Bomber

"Megaman" Wallpaper (2560x1024, click for full-size)


"Rock Man Schematics" (print on vintage paper) by Miles D.


"Vintage Megaman" by Juan Molinet

You May Have A Very Minor Case Of Serious Brain Damage

My previous assertions that I was done posting about Portal 2, like the cake, was a lie.

“What To Do When…” Desktop Wallpaper (1280x720)

“Lab Rat” Desktop Wallpaper (2560x1440)

“We’re In Spaaaaaaace” Desktop Wallpaper (1920x1080)

“Portal 2: The Long Walk” by Melimsah

I WANT TO GO INTO SPACE.

Apparently, I was not finished posting Portal 2-related things. Here, have some more.

"Friday 4Koma #74" by Omake Theater¹


"I See You" by ~nostrildarmus²


"Pixelshots: Portal 2" by Pixels Mil³


"Aperture Wheatley Laboratories" (1680x1050 desktop wallpaper, click image for full-size)⁴


"Want You Gone" by Jonathan Coulton\GLaDOS⁵

Notes:
¹ I have to admit, it took me a second before I realised how clever this was.
² He sees you.
³ This really only makes sense once you've finished Portal 2.
⁴ This is currently my desktop wallpaper at work.
⁵ Kind of a spoiler, I guess... Though out of context, it's just a great song a la "Still Alive".

Gaming Triptych: 5x5 MegaMan, Metroid, Mario (Alexander S. Shen)

"rock, man." by Alexander S. Shen

"it's a girl" by Alexander S. Shen

"italian plumber" by Alexander S. Shen

As always, clicking on the images above will take you to a larger version.

Pixified: More Gaming Wallpapers

Hot on the heels of my previous post on game-themed wallpapers, I’d like to formally welcome you to Round Two.  Fight!

Oh Nintendo Is So Cool, by ~Jhny-heat (1680x1050)

NES Gamepad Guts, by Reintji (1280x1024)

WASD, artist unknown (1680x945)

Pixel Pipe, photo by Annamarie Tendler, original artist unknown (1680x1050)

Bioshock, by Jhonen Vasquez (1358x1018)

Big Daddy & Little Sister, Penny Arcade (1600x1200)

Pixified: Gaming Wallpapers

A handful of gaming-themed wallpapers, submitted for your approval. Click through or right-click and save for full-sized images.

Megaman by ~ivanev (1280x1024)

Cute, cheerful, simple lines, and I like the background raster effect.

Alice In The Mushroom Kingdom, artist unknown (1366x768)

Wonderland = Mushroom Kingdom.  It's so obvious.  I can't believe I never saw it before. 

Half-Life 2 Evolution, artist unknown (1920x1080)

Half-Life 2 may well be the greatest game ever made, but I'm still confused by the whole "Combine being aliens\mutants\hybrids\from the future\from a different dimension" thing.  This clarifies it only slightly.

Rapture (Bioshock), artist unknown (1680x1050)

On a similar note... Bioshock had one of the most incredible opening sequences ever.  I love the simplicity and Saul Bass-inspired graphics here.  

Pip Boy (Fallout 3), artist unknown (1440x900)

I've been catching up on my PC gaming lately, and Fallout 3 has rapidly risen to the top of my current list.  This image captures everything great about The Vault: the innocent, cheerful optimism of Pip-Boy scraped away by decades of grunge and grime.

If anyone knows the source of the unattributed images above, by all means let me know in the comments.  I hate posting links to artwork without giving credit where it's due.

This Reminds Me Of A Puzzle!

Click through for the truly astonishing solution to this puzzle!
Courtesy Tim and Ray at 2P START!

While it would require a herculean effort on my part to narrow down the list of Nintendo DS games that I really, really loved playing to a single ranking champion, I have some serious love for the Professor Layton series. Note that this is in spite of the fact that I am not a fan of anime-style graphics in games, that the puzzles range in difficulty from "3rd Grade Math Class" to "Astrophysicist With A Degree From Harvard" to "HOLY HELL WHAT THE EFF", and that it is, at the end of the day, basically an educational game (nothing against educational games, of course, but have you noticed how bloody dull they tend to be?)

Damning praise as this might be, Professor Layton and the Curious Village marks the one time in my life that I have actually downloaded a DS emulator in an effort to get my dad to play it (he didn't).

I've yet to pick up the second game in the series, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, because I know that once I tackle it it's going to consume my every waking hour over the subsequent two weeks. And now I find out that there's not just one but FOUR sequels, two of which have been released in Japan already and all three of which will eventually make their way over to North American shores. That's just... devilish.

I mean, I have a hard enough time justifying the many hours I spend gaming already, and precious few of those titles offer the built-in excuse that I am, in fact, actually improving my mental facilities. One day in the far-flung future, when I am a penniless hobo whom mothers will point to as a prime example of how videogames will ruin your life, I will at least have the rejoinder of, "Well, at least I staved off Alzheimer's for a few extra months! Thanks, Professor Layton!" But you know what? By that point, they'll probably have cured Alzheimer's anyway.

Some Seriously Classy Professor Layton Widescreen Wallpaper, by ~Fushi-Chou