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Last Call for Geekadelphia’s LittleBig Philadelphia Contest Entries!

brownkidd — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:49:47 +0000

If you have a copy of LittleBig Planet, some free time, and wouldn’t mind scoring a free PSP Go, you have until midnight tonight to enter Geekadelphia.com’s LittleBig Philadelphia contest. Just make a Philly-themed LBP level, record a playthrough, upload it to youtube or your favorite video embedding site, and send it to geekadelphia@gmail.com.

The grand prize winner gets a PSP Go with a $50 PSN card and 2 runners-up will each score a copy of LBP: Game of the Year Edition along with a $25 PSN card.

A little birdie tells me that there’s not too many entries at the moment, so if you enter, there’s a good chance you might win. Get to it, slackers!

You can go to LittleBigPhiladelphia.com for more info.

Daily Graffiti: Mega Man 9 Shed Graffiti

brownkidd — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:33:53 +0000

I’ve seen plenty of Mega Man graffiti before, but this is the first time I’ve seen some featuring a boss from Mega Man 9. This piece is a collaboration between Apes, Asper, and Adrillah.

About this piece, Adrillah says:

Megaman’s bird Beat, and Tornado Man from #9. Fuck yeah I made tornado man black, he even reps the jamaican colours [sic] for me!

Arcade Cabinet Art Gallery

brownkidd — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:40:02 +0000

From now until march 19th you’ll be able to catch “The Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade,” an art exhibit featuring customized arcade cabinets for games like Operation Wolf and Daytona USA. It’s not just the outsides that are customized, but the games themselves have been re-skinned in an artsy fashion. The exhibit is being held at the Lazarides Rathbone Place Gallery in London.

Gamer Crave has more pics and info.

Win A Free Limited Boxed Copy of ‘Flipper’ for DSi & 2000 Nintendo Points!

brownkidd — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:36:24 +0000

Goodbye Galaxy Games are giving away a free limited boxed copy of their DSiWare game Flipper along with 2000 Nintendo Points.

All you have to do is follow Goodbye Galaxy Games on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/HugoSmits, then put together the above papercraft diorama. You can download the template right here, then print & fold it, then take a fresh picture of it. You can include anything in the picture you want, but the papercraft MUST be in the picture. Put your toys on it. Photoshop an epic robot battle on it (yes, that’s totally allowed!), just get creative! Then just send an email to contest@flippergame.com with your Twitter profile name and one lucky winner will be picked.

The contest ends Friday 12 March 2010, so hurry the eff up and get to it, you slackers!

Yesterday’s Daily Graffiti Spotted On Google Maps

brownkidd — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:18:13 +0000

A clever Albotian who identified himself as “random torontonian” in the comments actually found yesterday’s Sonic & Robotnik Daily Graffiti via Google Maps.

Here’s the link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=toronto,+ON,+dundas+and+young&sll=50.079148,-122.952375&sspn=0.013715,0.038581&ie=UTF8&hq=dundas+and+young&hnear=Toronto,+ON,+Canada&ll=43.652806,-79.375588&spn=0,359.990355&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=43.652911,-79.375639&panoid=oa2F1rI9oVZUwTU6rttJzg&cbp=12,102.31,,0,10.3

Makes me wonder how many other Daily Graffiti pieces are visible on Google Maps…

The first person who spots any Daily Graffiti pieces in their area gets something awesome if you take a picture of yourself standing in front of it with an Albotas.com sign. I have an office full of free stuff to give away.

Daily Graffiti: Sega Spotting

brownkidd — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:56:06 +0000

Sonic The Hedgehog and Dr. Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik spotted on a wall somewhere in Toronto by Robert M. Williams.

Tee Time: Cave Story T-Shirts

brownkidd — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:01:49 +0000

Cave Story drops as a WiiWare download on March 22nd and these sick shirts designed by James “HARVEYJAMES” Harvey and Mitch “spacesick” Ansara are set to drop the same day over at video game culture shop Attract Mode. The designs were even approved by the guy who made Cave Story, Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya himself.

[Via Tiny Cartridge]

Daily Graffiti: Galaga Tile Graffiti

brownkidd — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:28:51 +0000

Uploaded to Flickr via mata-leão.

The New Kotaku.com T-Shirt is Pure Radness in T-shirt Form

brownkidd — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:00:03 +0000

Kotaku.com aka the greatest gaming blog in all internet-dome (it’s an honor to be mentioned on the same list as them) has an amazing new T-shirt designed by Jason Chan who also worked on Dragon Age: Origins and made this absurd “Zombie Playground” painting.

What I love about this shirt is that it’s so subtle, but it still screams Kotaku. From the color scheme, to the cake (seriously, the dudes at Kotaku love cake), and, of course, the pointer fish.

And since the internet is obsessed with cute anthropomorphic versions of things (see OS-Tans), the centerpiece is the all-new Kotaku-tan character. Check out the little details like the D+Pads on her suit.

Spoiler alert: I’ve been drafting up an cute Albotas chick mascot forever, but I’m telling you now so you don’t think I stole the idea from Kotaku. Anyways, I really stole the idea from Danny Choo, so there!

You can pick up one of these fresh new tees in black, asphalt, or organic colors for $24 from the newly re-launched Meat Bun. It’s also worth checking out Meat Bun just for the cool pixel art by Paul Robertson.

Pac-Man Haircut

brownkidd — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:36:18 +0000

I was at the book store looking at magazines with my girlfriend the other day and we spotted this terribly awesome (as in: terrible + awesome) Pac-Man haircut in an issue of Inked. Had to snap a pic and share it.

But it’s no Batman hair…

Hand-made ‘Bayonetta’ Tumbler Dolls

brownkidd — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:03:23 +0000

Flickr user n-moto uploaded some pics of his custom tumbler dolls featuring Bayonetta and Cereza from the hyper-sexualized action game from Platinum games, Bayonetta. The tumblr dolls appear in the game, but n-moto has brought them to life using Super Sculpey and acrylic paint. You can check out more pics and info on n-moto’s Flickr.

If you haven’t played Bayonetta, think Devil May Cry, only instead of a white-haired dude in a red trench coat, you’re playing as a hot curvy chick in a skin-tight outfit that is actually her hair. Oh, and to spice up the action, her hair is also the source of her magic, so the more powerful the spell, the more of her hair it uses aka the more naked she gets.

[Via Kotaku]

BioShock 2 DLC Coming in March

brownkidd — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:58:16 +0000

Today 2K games announced “an aggressive post-launch downloadable content plan for BioShock 2 that extends and enhances the single and multiplayer experiences by adding more glimpses into the award-winning world of Rapture.”

Things kick off this March with the Sinclair Solutions Test Pack which will hit the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and Games For Windows for 500 points, and the PlayStation Network for $5.

Here’s what you can expect in the new DLC (from the press release):

• Rank Increase to level 50 with Rank Rewards
• New playable characters Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca
• 20 new trials*
• A third weapon upgrade for each weapon
• Five additional masks*
*Some items are only available after a player achieves a rank of 41 or higher.

2K Games also promises more downloadable chapters for the single player campaign. Looks like Rapture has a lot more stories to tell and I think I speak on behalf of the hardcore BioShock fans when I say we can’t freaking wait.

*Note: this info was taken from a U.K. press release, so dates and pricing might change for the U.S. release, but I think it’s safe to say that this is pretty accurate.

Go Get Flipper for DSi RIGHT NOW!!!

brownkidd — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:00:22 +0000

Flipper, the awesome looking indie game by Goodbye Galaxy Games is out RIGHT NOW as a DSi download for 500 points, so what the eff are you waiting for?

Here’s a description of the game from the Goodbye Galaxy Games website:

Your best friend in the world is a goldfish named Flipper. One night when you fall asleep, he gets kidnapped.
Of course you’re not going to rest until you rescued your friend!

The game is a puzzle-adventure game. And the basic goal is to find Flipper. Which is a lot harder than it sounds thanks to many obstacles and enemies that block your path!

Use the power up’s to completely change the landscape to your advantage build bridges, staircases or blow up everything!

And just look at these screens!!!

I get a real Paul Robertson vibe from this -- which is awesome!

It’s also interesting to see how far the game’s come along. For instance, check out this early trailer:

And now compare it with this newer trailer:

The main thing you’ll notice is that the hero looks way different. While browsing the Goodby Galaxy Games blog, I found out it was because “… nobody seemed to love the nerd-character. The boy is just easier to bond with.” I’m kind of hoping the oldschool hero is unlockable or something.

If anybody winds up getting this, let me know in the comments, or better yet, start a discussion over on the Albotas message boards!

Team Fortress Meets Looney Tunes With Creepy Spy On Pyro Action

brownkidd — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:20:36 +0000

Here’s a funny/creepy vid sent in by Andrés Rojas featuring the Spy and the Pyro from TF2 gettin’ it on.

IBUKI, MAKOTO & DUDLEY CONFIRMED FOR SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV?

brownkidd — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:38:18 +0000

Twitter user seanrsoni tweeted me this pic of a Famitsu scan showing some unannounced characters for Super Street Fighter IV. I immediately rushed over to my friend Google to see if I could find any more info, and sure enough, Kotoku has the same image and these two screenshots…

Man, got all stoked thinking I scored my first exclusive leak, but it’s still some pretty cool news.

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