Prepare the laser canons! NASA’s Hubble Telescope scoped out a harbinger of death and destruction headed right for Earth!
NASA explains that the gravitational field surrounding the galaxies works like a magnifying glass, brightening and stretching light from far away. So you’re seeing stretched and mirrored images—a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing—that just happens to look like a space invader.
That’s what they WANT you to think!
(Source: Gizmodo)
Museum of the Moving Image in NYC has a pretty awesome gift shop with a hefty selection of books on all sorts of stuff the typical Albotian would be in to: movies, art, and of course, video games.
I had a pretty tough time deciding on which book to get, but I wound up going with Nintendo Magic mainly because I like the face Satoru Iwata is making in the picture up top. I kind of regret the decision because it’s only $7.98 on Amazon (only 2 left in stock as I write this!), but whatevs.
Any readers out there have any of the other books pictured? If so, let us know how they are in the comments.
UK designer DirtyGreatPixels made these jaw-dropping 3D illustrations based on classic games we all know and love like Mario, Tetris, and Space Invaders. You can buy all of his video game inspired prints (which include two snazzy Portal pieces) for just under $25 over on his Etsy page.
Check it: More 8-bit art on Albotas
Buy: The Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect
An onslaught of Space Invaders touched down in Toronto thanks to the creative prowess of French lighting designer Yves Caizergues. Luckily, no one got shot with lasers as the Invaders just danced around with happy faces.
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A Buckeyes vs. Huskers football game is probably the last place I’d expect to see a halftime show tribute to video games. Ohio State University Marching Band’s musical medley is pretty ace on its own. But then you factor in the amount of choreography needed to create all those moving images and you’ve got yourself one hypnotizing halftime show, putting Ohio over Nebraska in more ways than one.
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A Little Bit On The Geek Chic Side: ‘Sheep Invaders’ knitwear series from French brand Monsieur Lacenaire. Combining Space Invaders with Houndstooth, the design is available in cardigan and sweater flavours available from Soto.
Monsieur Lacenaire also has a playable version of Sheep Invaders over on their Facebook page. Check it out.
(via Highsnobiety)
A Little Bit On The Geek Chic Side: Space Invaders skinny tie from whiskerknits. Only $35. Because, really, those oversized giveaway tees you get for pre-ordering games are SO not working for you.
(via The Geek Gentleman)
Fresh meets function. This was given to Jonathan aka BombinArt for his birthday. With all that spraypaint, he’s either up to the best kind of no good, or he customizes lots of bicycles.
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Get ‘em from Art Lebedev Studio for just $11.
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Too much swag, I can’t handle it! These Space Invaders cases are available from Case Scenario and they’ll have your iPod Touch, iPhone 4, and iPad 2 looking fresh-to-death with a vengeance. They even have have MacBook Pro cases which I might pick up for myself in the unlikely event I ever have enough money for a MacBook Pro.
Pics of the full collection after the click.
Star Wars x Space Invaders tee available from T-shirt Bordello for just $15. Someone needs to make this a real game with an 8-bit Imperial March soundtrack.
(via TeeCraze)
Pac-Man vs Space Invaders light painting by TxPilot.
![This Space Invaders watch is liable to blow your mind and drain your wallet.
Swiss luxury watch company RJ-Romain Jerome definitely made these for people with deep pockets in mind. The case is black PVD stainless steel, the face window is sapphire crystal, and it’s water resistant to 30 meters. And since Space Invaders first landed in arcades back in 1978, it’s only fitting that each of these watches are limited to just 78 pieces.
No release date or price has been announced yet, but it’s safe to say they’ll be super expensive considering this is the same company who’s made watches from pieces of the Titanic, moon dust, fragments of the Apollo XI, and rock & ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.
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This Space Invaders watch is liable to blow your mind and drain your wallet.
Swiss luxury watch company RJ-Romain Jerome definitely made these for people with deep pockets in mind. The case is black PVD stainless steel, the face window is sapphire crystal, and it’s water resistant to 30 meters. And since Space Invaders first landed in arcades back in 1978, it’s only fitting that each of these watches are limited to just 78 pieces.
No release date or price has been announced yet, but it’s safe to say they’ll be super expensive considering this is the same company who’s made watches from pieces of the Titanic, moon dust, fragments of the Apollo XI, and rock & ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.
Check out Albotapus Attack, a video game made by loyal Albotas reader, maker of rad shirts, and all around awesome dude famousafterdeath. This was also his entry for our Samsung SH100 giveaway which ends tomorrow at noon EST. Hurry up and enter!
The game is playable HERE in Safari browsers with the GameSalad plugin and you can also download it HERE for play on newer Macs.
You know you’ve officially made it in the blogosphere when someone makes a video game featuring your site’s mascot.
Thanks so much, dude!
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480 Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars used to play a giant game of Space Invaders. Check out more projects from The Canvas Experiment on the official Converse YouTube channel.
[Via Hypebeast]
