Too Many Games Brings Gaming, Chiptunes & More on Sept. 19th!

Too many games? Pfft. As if there’s such a thing.

The Too Many Games expo hits Wyomissing, PA on Saturday, September 19th and there’ll be plenty of nerdistic awesomeness to experienced. There’ll be live music acts including Philly chiptune musicians Animal Style and Chipocrite as well as a gallery of Atari cartridges painted by the Autumn Society. You can also expect plenty of vendors selling hard-to-find retro and import titles as well as some new stuff.

There’ll also be plenty of tournaments & prizes, including a CONDUIT tournament sponsored by NYKO and a Pokémon tournament sponsored by Albotas.com’s very own Pokémon Fight Club and Level Up Video Games & Collectibles!

Since this is only, like, 15 minutes away from my house, I’ll totally be there covering the festivities, keeping the Pokémon tourney in order, and probably spending more money than I should on stuff I don’t need.

Tickets are only $10 and you can hit up Paul at Level Up or TooManyGames.com to pre-register so you can get a T-shirt and early admission, which means you’ll score all the best deals before anyone else.

If you plan on going, let us know in the comments!

Kidrobot’s Having A Garage Sale!

Designer toy giant Kidrobot is selling a bootyload of blindbox cases for 50%-off until September 19th. It’s a great time to get your grubby mitts on those shiny little figures you’ve always wanted, and they’d even make great custom fodder.

Check out the sale right here.

Daily Graffiti: Harley Quinn Stencil Graffiti Under A Bridge.

Spotted by vegetablesandwiches.

Check out the Daily Graffiti Archives for more geektastic street art!

Big Fat F**king Rumor: Black & White Starter Evolutions.

Here’s some pics of what the new starter Pokes from Pokemon Black & White may or  may not actually look like.

These pics were posted on Serebii who says:

Normally, I wouldn’t post something like this but the circumstances behind the post has encouraged me to do it. A short time ago, a user posted on the Japanese forum 2ch various images of what are allegedly the evolutions of the starter Pokémon; Tsutarja, Pokabu & Mijumaru. This post was placed upon 2ch’s Siberia board where leaks have come in the past. For example, the starters names, Professor Araragi, Team Plasma and both Triple & Rotation Battles were posted there back in April, way before they were included in CoroCoro. As 2ch publically logs the IP, I was able to trace the IP of the posters of both rumours to the same area of Japan running on the same ISP, which in itself isn’t significant but does add credence to this. These images are NOT CONFIRMED AT ALL so don’t take them as fact yet. However, due to the circumstances stated above, I am going to post them. Just remember that these are not confirmed and may very well turn out to be fake. We’ll bring more on this as and when it comes

What’s interesting is how closely the 2nd evolution of the water guy matches some concept art for the upcoming anime that was leaked (and proven to be credible) a while back.

And as one clever 4chan poster notes, these dealies sorta’ look like edits/ripoffs of older Pokemon designs:

What do you dudes think?

Are they real or fake?

Are they rad?

Do they make you want to vomit on strangers?

What should we name them? I’ve seen some cool names like Smuglord for the grass dude, Gnarlywol & Samurot for the water guy’s 2nd & 3rd evos, and Volsumo for the fire piggie dude.

Dinosaur Skull Pocket Comb for the Manliest of Manly Men.

I was once under the impression that dudes should only carry combs if they look like switchblade knives, but this $8 T-Rex skull comb from Fred Flare is pretty badass. But then again, what do I know about hair? I have a mohawk that I usually cover with a hat anyways. A SEXY mohawk that I usually cover with a SEXY hat. ;)

[Via Nylon]

Star Wars + Winnie The Pooh = Wookiee The Chew.

James Hance, maker of some of the greatest nerd art on the net, has released a series of new prints depicting Star Wars characters in the Winnie The Pooh universe (aka Christopher Robin’s brain because we all know that kid’s a creepy schizo.) and they’re just $10 each.

Check out some of Hance’s other prints for sale right here.

[Via Boing Boing]

The Thirteenth Doctor by Ben Templesmith.

Acclaimed comic writer Warren Ellis posted challenge for artists on his message board asking them to create the thirteenth incarnation of Doctor Who. For those of you not in the know, Doctor Who is a Time Lord who can regenerate twelve times before dying, each time he regenerates, he gets a different body and set of mannerisms & tastes. The Doctor Who saga is currently up to it’s 11th Doctor.

The sexylicious pic above is the work of comic illustrator Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night, Dead Space, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, and Doctor Who - The Whispering Gallery, to name a few) submitted his take on the 13th Doctor and it’s pretty badass.

Templesmith says about his creation:

The good Doctor is now in a vague military type jacket with a T-shirt underneath, that ideally changes logo/style each episode, showing off something cool and British or, I don’t know, Sciency.

And he’s addicted to sucking on lollipops.

K9 is now a know-it-all cyborg Pomeranian.

Warren Ellis’ “Thirteenth Doctor Remake/Remodel” runs until Sunday. Check out warrenellis.com and this thread on the Whitechapel forums for more.

Read Manga On Your Kindle With Mangle.

Have a Kindle? Wanna’ read “legally backed-up” pages of your favorite manga or black & white comics like SCOTT PILGRIM and THE WALKING DEAD? Check out Mangle, an open source tool for Mac and Windows that’ll help you get your favorite hentai (or whatever you’re into) pages running on your e-reader.

And once you have the program, you might wanna’ check out these step-by-step instructions so you don’t ‘splode your ish.

[Via Gadget Lab]

Thanks to Dan, who once got really drunk and wore a giant sombrero while playing guitar, for the tip.