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Coming to you all the way from Too-Much-Time-On-Hands Land (actually Japan, where else?), comes the most skillful Tetris player you have, and likely will ever see. The deftness and agility of mind that this player possesses is absolutely mind-boggling. My eyes alone don't even work as quickly as the combination of his eyes, mind and fingers.
Move over Ninja Town, there's a new game in, uh, town. In a valiant effort to supplant the Nintendo DS as the undisputed reigning king of unbearably cute casual hand-held video gaming consoles, Sony came out with LocoRoco for the PSP in 2006 and are taking another stab at it this year with LocoRoco Cocoreccho.
The plot - which, as we all know, is integral part of cute, colourful Japanese video games - revolves around the LocoRoco, a peaceful, fun-loving, group of hippiesque rolly-polly blobs made of a jello-like consistency. Think Barbapapa meets a bag of Skittles. So anyway these globulous goobers are all Greenpeace, making sure everything is right with Mother Earth and tending to nature etc. until these bastard Moja Troops (invaders from outer space, dontcha know) swoop down from the heavens for some vague reason that isn't well defined in the Wikipedia entry about LocoRoco that I am currently paraphrasing (someone should really elaborate on that party of the entry). So anyway, mad cute video gaming hilarity surely ensues.
So the LocoRoco roll and tumble their way through the world, presumably in an attempt to save it, and meet a whole bunch of wacky characters along the way (see detailed character chart above). And of course, as is the standard nowadays, I've got a trailer for the game displaying the LocoRoco in all their shapeless glory. Be prepared to be amazed and astounded. Your eyes will go wide, your mouth will go whoa and your brain will go "I want that" as you cast your gaze upon the candy-coated beauty of LocoRoco. Behold:
Great. Now I have to get this game. And a PSP. Le sigh.
From the people who brought you Shawnimals, those little nondescript designer plush toys, comes Ninjatown. A spinoff off the Wee Ninja Shawnimal character, Ninjatown, is, well, I actually have no idea what it is. From what I gather it’s a bunch of cute little ninjas living in a town:
Ninjatown is similar to any small town or village, with corner stores, parks, and houses, except with a few key differences. First, by and large everyone in Ninjatown is a ninja, each with a unique set of skills. Second, there are only a few types of structures: A ninja hut, a training dojo and a Stealthscraper where Business Ninjas and Ninja Consultants work.
Characters include Anti-Ninja, White Ninja, Ninja Dropping (“just when you thought it was safe to walk around in Ninjatown barefoot, Ninja Dropping appears out of nowhere and makes you very unhappy”) and Ninja Consultant (“he’ll show you ways to make your business process more efficient by using side steps, smoke bombs and stealth hugs”), amongst others.
And as if that weren’t enough, Ninjatown will soon be a videogame for the Nintendo DS! Woo! Here’s the trailer:
AMG. I feel like someone just pummeled me with a cute stick. I wants it. And the music is pretty awesome too.
This Is About A Site About Crates & Barrels In Videogames
Crates & Barrels is a site that catalogs screencaps of crates and barrels in videogames. That’s pretty much all it does. Dozens of videogame crates:
and barrels:
just sitting there, waiting for your gaze to be cast upon them. Seconds, nay minutes of perusing pleasure at your fingertips.The best part, however, is neither crate nor barrel. No. It’s the site’s description on the homepage: “This is about crates and barrels in videogames.” Indeed.
OK now I don't know Brent or Annette but I do know that they're cool. How do I know? Look at their wedding cake. I wonder if it was mushroom flavoured.
Not sure why I never explored the origin of "All your base are belong to us." I suppose most of you smart asses already have. But for those of you that haven't, I'll just go ahead and tell you that it's a line from the opening scene of the poorly translated Japanese video game Zero Wing. Watch the video here. I'm surprised no one has copyrighted it yet. And now you know.
Well we all knew this was coming, it was just a matter of who got there first. The hastily put together Zidane Shot game lets you channel all that headbutting rage into mouse clicks. How many Materazzis can you take down? Thanks Sasha!
Also check out these animated GIFs posted on Game|Life. I'm just waiting for someone to make a hadoken fire out of Zidane's head. Any takers?
