http://www.albotas.com Your daily source for all things awesome. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:37:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On the PC front, news.gotgame.com reports that Half-Life 2: Episode 3 is a year into development with Half-Life 3 on the back-burner for what could be years. There's speculation amidst that a Portal-Half-Life crossover is in the plans for Ep. 3. while cryptic Valve artwork refers to epic Adviser battles ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/awesome-game-rumors/ SCEI's Siren: Blood Curse hit virtual shelves today on the PSN, and I must say it's an impressive game. Gone are the tedious action menus, crappy controls and all-knowing Shibito. The game feels slick, looks great, controls intuitively and sounds fantastic. If you're looking for a visceral, terrifying, and tension-packed ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/siren-blood-curse-out-today/ Last week we announced that Shane Jessup will be in Philly for a custom show.  Well folks, tomorrow is the day in which Mr. Shane Jessup will be in Philly doing a custom show at Jinxed. He will have a bunch of customs for sale and on display, so be excited! ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/reminder-mr-shane-jessup-x-jinxed/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXNO4AIDFRE 500 430] Nien Numb's all like "Beach Boys!" and Lando's like "Oh hell naw! I know you didn't just touch my goddamn radio!" Priceless. [Via Topless Robot] http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/rush-hour-starring-lando-calrissian-and-nien-numb/ The other day i posted the Kill Audio Vinyl - Claudio Sanchez . For some reason i am a sucker for music artist rendered in vinyl toy form. These where premiered at the NYCC 06' this year they will be on display at the STRANGEco booth at SDCC. they are done in ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/tenacious-d-sdcc/ If you are lucky enough to be at SDCC stop by booth #4529 today July 24th from 11 AM -2 PM for a super secret (not so secret anymore) SDCC exclusive toy signing with Frank Kozik! Tomorrow July 25th between 11 AM- 2 PM, make sure to go back to ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/sdcc-secret-releases/ Sadly, this table is just a concept made by French designer John Nouanesing. Hopefully this gets produced in the future. Check out some of Nouanesing's other concepts. Why just stop at tables? I'd like to see a bloody flat screen, or a bloody laptop, or a bloody fridge. Basically, everything in ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/drippy-table/ This adorable looking mimobot is MODman, designed by Gary Baseman. MODman comes with preloaded with Gary Baseman exclusives like the mimoDesk suite of icons, wallpapers, screensavers and the hotly anticipated 3rd issue of Mimoco's exclusive mimoZine digital magazine! MODman comes in 1GB for $34.95, 2GB for $44.95, 4GB for $64.95 ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/modman-gary-baseman-mimobot/ If you don't already know by now, we're pretty big fans of two things here at ALBOTAS.COM: Shmups and 2D fighters. Mike McWhertor has combined our two passions to form the single most awesome geek shirt we've ever seen. The portrayal of Cammy as one of those old-school pin-up girls ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/what-do-1942-and-cammy-have-in-common/ Check out some pics of the step-by-step process here. http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/daily-graffiti-fresh-wheatpasting-by-prefab/ If you've ever seen Cloverfield or Lost, you may recognize the above robot as the logo that zooms by after the credits. The logo's been brought to full 3D form and I fucking want one. They're limited to only 500 and 3 will be given away at the San Diego ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/limited-edition-bad-robot-figure/ Epic Game's Gears of War 2 was on display at E3 last week looking more vicious than ever. Cliffy B (he can't live the name down) promises a ton of super-rad additions to the third-person stop-and-pop'er. There will be downed enemies used for cover, chainsaw dueling, brutal finishing moves, and ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/gears-of-war-2/ If you're like me--and your middle name is The Sims-- Then you can't wait for EA's The Sims 3. EA has revealed that a great deal of customization is available to the player as they play The Sims 3. You can still fully customize your house and outdoors but now, ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/the-sims-3/ They are finally here!!! Star Wars Mimobots Series 3 are now available. Mimoco has revealed the final character C-3PO! Darth Sidious, Wicket, Emperor's Royal Guard and C-3PO come in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB and are preloaded with exclusive Start Wars Mimobot content like MimoByte sound software and the MimoDesk ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/final-star-wars-series-3-mimobot-character-revealed/ Apparently Metal Gear Solid is some sort of rock star now because Japan will be releasing tour shirts for $40. The backs of the shirts even have all of the stops from the tour. They only come in sizes M and L. Sorry, little guys. Metal Gear Solid is a cool ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/metal-gear-solid-tour-t-shirts/ We originally posted this one back when we thought it was an SDCC exclusive, but the Kidrobot site says that it will be available online and will run for $50. No release date is listed but I say check on the 25th and everyday there after because there is good ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/tokidoki-8-dunny/ Here's a new one from female street artist SWOON. If you're in the San Francisco area, hit up 24th & Hampshire to check it out in person. [Via SuperTouch] http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/daily-graffiti-swoon/ Kid Robot announced that they will be releasing a jewelry line designed by Tarina Tarantino. The jewelry line will debut on July 30th and will range from $65 to $975. Personally, I don't know how I would feel about purchasing a set of smorking monger earring for my girlfriend, not ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/kidrobot-x-tarina-tarantino-new-jewelry-line/ See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. I've confessed my undying love for typography quite a few times on this site, so it should come as no surprise that this video from College Humor rocked my world to the utmost extreme. Just wait until Wingdings shows up. I about ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/crisis-at-the-font-conference/ Season 1 blew my mind until the anticlimactic finale. Season 2 started off great, but quickly turned into a whiny soap opera. Season 3 looks pretty promising, but I'm gonna' try and reserve all judgment until this airs on 9/22. On a side note, I don't know how I'll handle this ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/trailer-time-heroes-season-3/ Yes, this is indeed the epitome of what we at ALBOTAS headquarters like to call "fucking amazing." This "box art" for Mega Man 9 was done by Gerald de Jesus whose name might ring a bell for those familiar with I Am 8-bit. The art was put onto 4 shirts ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/mega-man-9-box-art-t-shirt/ These awesome necklaces transform from mix tapes to freakin' dinosaurs!!! Yes!!! Dinosaurs!!! How odd and awesome is that?!?!?! More awesome transforming dinosaurs after the jump This first set of dinosaur necklaces, the chain is 24.8" and the pendant is 3.9" x 3". These dinos come in red, green or blue and cost ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/mix-tape-transforming-dinosaur-necklaces/ Here is another tasty custom done by our good friend PocketWookie. There isnt much to really say about the things he does beside they all look delicious. Just a reminder for you fans out there though, he will be selling a custom Munny every monday until August 4th. So there ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/red-velvet-by-pocketwookie/ At this years SDCC Rotofugi will be at booth #4930 and will be debuting a few releases as well as showing off some prototypes from Squibbles Ink x Rotofugi projects. These releases will also be available in limited quantities in their online store after the con. First up: Ninja Town Special ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/rotofugi-sdcc-releases/ I'm one of the few gamers who were unfortunate enough to jump on the Mega Man boat a tad late in the game, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating the shit out of these fine hats by riomccarthy.Just check out that Cutman hat up top! Magnificent! Hit up riomccarthy's Etsy ... http://www.albotas.com/2008/07/mega-man-boss-hats/