Category Archives: MLP

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link love 02-20-09

I had an idea the other night, that it’d be fun to chart out the Battlestar Galactica survivor count over the course of the series just to see what the graph looked like. Well, someone’s already done it.

POW

Arcade craft! Build your own Mario Bros POW block.

Jeff Roth has posted a writeup on the CoinOpSpace Tim Skelly chat. Next Wednesday’s chat is with Owen Ruben, creator of Major Havoc and Space Duel.

And lastly, Daniel Cook, the smartest man in the universe, reviews The Art of Game Design.

link love 02-13-09

Okay, so now you’ve got your Madcatz FightStick, and you want to mod it. Go here, and here.

Aquaria

David Rosen of Wolfire Games has been releasing a series of game design toursAquaria is his forth.

Joystiq visits the Pinball Hall of Fame. Also, Tim Arnold has purchased a new building, so the whole place will be moving up a couple blocks sometime in the near future, doubling the space for pins and arcade cabinets.

This is all over the internets, but just in case:
add Emoji to your US iPhone. squee!

I’ve got a heart on.

Nothing says I love you like a large piece of hard candy in the shape of a NES cartridge.

Candy.

These cartridge/controller combos, offered up on video gaming auction site ChasetheChuckWagon.com, are from the same guy that made the chocolate cart a couple years ago. Strawberry pictured, but also available in tropical punch, grape, mixed berry, orange, and lime flavors.

link love 02-06-08

Welcome to a Friday link love, I’m no longer working in shadows edition!

Valkyria Chronicles, purty.

The guys from Giant Bomb take a twenty minute look at the under-appreciated and under-selling Valkyria Chronicles. Gosh, that game is purty.

Play reviews the Madcatz regular ol’ FightStick. I was wavering, but I think this is the one I’m settling on. Bang for the buck, and all that.

Greenland, a browser-based game where players manage neolithic tribes, has entered open beta. It’s part of the synthetic worlds initiative at Indiana University, and they are looking for feedback.

Lastly, and sadly, Classic Gaming Expo 2009, just like last year, has been cancelled. Is it time for a new retro gaming show in Las Vegas?