This Video Game Store’s Sign Is A Giant Neon Nintendo Cartridge!

Coolest light-up storefront sign ever? We think so. This sign can be seen atop 8BIT Video Games, a retro video game shop in Shillington, Pennsylvania specializing in classic games for NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, and more. Their official grand opening is tomorrow, Saturday March, 16, at noon.

Unlike more tradition (i.e. corporate) video game retailers, this store is owned and operated by actual fans.

We actually did a video interview back in the day with one of the owners, Paul, back in the day when he ran a little shop called Level Up Games and let us host our own Pokémon Fight Club.

Terrible video production quality and oldschool aspect ratio FTW!!!

He’s essentially a gamer who amassed such a huge collection that he just eventually decided to turn it into a store. Living the dream!!!

If you live in the Reading/Shillington/Wyomissing area or feel like making the hour-long trek from Philly, you’ll definitely want to check this place out!

Portable Atari Encased In Wood

Although its beefy size makes it hardly portable, this wooden handheld Atari 2600 is all kinds of gorgeous. It’s presently up for auction on eBay with a current bid of $1,240.

Check it: More custom consoles on Albotas
Buy: Atari Flashback 4 Game Console

(Source: gamesniped.com)

Pac Seat

Pac-Man inspired chair design concept by Bruno Marques.

Earthworm Jim Limited Edition Box Set

Too bad it isn’t real. Just a packaging concept by Thales Remonielli. That blaster is ballin’, though.

Check it: Sonic Chaos Emerald Energy Drink Concept
Buy: Mezco Toyz 6" Earthworm Jim figure

Gizmo Duck Custom Kidrobot Mascot By Nikejerk

If you grew up in the 80’s, then there was a pretty good chance that DuckTales was your jumpoff and you recognized the crime-fighting robot Gizmo Duck as one of the greatest characters on the show. Jared Cain aka Nikejerk brings back our childhood with this tremendously awesome custom.

From the artist:

This is the chase Kidrobot Mascot for the 2nd Battle of the Mascots Series titled New vs. Old. I did a total of 3 figures. 2 were the same, and this is the only Gizmo Duck that I made so it is a one off. Only I think half the people involved were chosen to make a chase.

Fact: I used to wake up early every Saturday morning and watch DuckTales while eating a bowl of Ghostbusters cereal back in the day. Man, I’m old.

Check it: More custom vinyl toys on Albotas
Buy: Blank Kidrobot DIY Munny Figures

Daily Graffiti: Alf’s Back. In Graffiti Form!

Remember Alf, though? That dude was my jumpoff when I was a little kid. I even had a plush Alf puppet that I got in a Burger King kid’s meal or some junk. My mom ran it through the washing machine and his fur came out looking like sheep wool. I pretty much hated my her for like a whole week afterward.

This piece was added to our Geek Graffiti Flickr Pool. Submit your geeky graff pics for a chance to get featured on the site!

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

FAMICOM SOFTWARE FOR THE MODERN AGE

Morgan Conley’s Famicom Software Project explores what it would be like if the Nintendo Famicom was an actual personal computer system that required different cartridges for visiting websites and using programs. Check out the video below to see what PhotoShop would look like as an 8-bit Nintendo program.

Check it: Popular Web Services as Game Boy carts
Buy: The History of Nintendo: 1889 - 1980

Time Clash

This piece by German art director Aleksei Kostjuk is our new spirit animal.

Buy: Super iam8bit: More Art Inspired by Classic Videogames of the 80's

Vintage Homemade Star Wars Costumes From The 1970’s

Even back in the 70’s the nerds were holding it down and cosplaying as their favorite characters from a galaxy far, far away. Costuming skills have come a long way since then.

Check out more in the Growing Up Star Wars Flickr group.

Buy: Non-janky Star Wars Halloween costumes
Check it: More Star Wars posts

(Source: geektyrant.com)

Tools of the Trade Print by Mike Davis

Orange, brown, and yellow is a way underrated color scheme. Also awesome, but not underrated, are the Roland TR-808, the Korg Monotron, the Speak & Spell, and a whole lot more. They’re all present in this classy print from Mike Davis. Grab it for $25 on Burlesque Design.

Buy: KORG DS-10 Synthesizer

Pac-Man & Ghost Microdermal Chest Piercings

Geeky piercings by Body Piercing By Tracy in Oceanside, California. You can probably guess where the cherry piercing is.

(via Neatorama)

Buy: Pac-Man cookie cutters
Peep it: Geeky tattoos

(Source: news.bmezine.com)

Custom Adventure Time Famicom Carts

These were featured over on SimplyAwful, a site dedicated entirely to making fake video game labels. If these fake Adventure Time Famicom games aren’t enough to persuade you to check this site out, then there’s clearly just no hope for you. Have fun being lame for the rest of your life.

Pre-order: Adventure Time for DS & 3DS
Peep it: Our interview with Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward 

(Source: tinycartridge.com)

Raekwon’s “Only Built For Cuban Links…” Gets A Deluxe Box Set

Back in 1995, the Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon released his debut solo album “Only Built For Cuban Links…” and it changed hip-hop music forever. The album is getting a deluxe set re-release in a glass-top piano lacquer case which includes original artwork from the album, hardcover 32-page liner notes, and more. And, yes, this re-release comes in the form of a purple cassette tape just like the original.

Only 1,000 of these were made. Get for $44.95 from GetOnDown.com.

(Source: highsnobiety.com)