ThinkGeek is selling canvas art with a choice of four classic NES title box images. Each canvas cost $15.99, is 19″ by 13″ and is officially licensed by Nintendo. You can choose between Duck Hunt, Metroid, Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda. Check them out at ThinkGeek.
As the hunt for the successor to Peter Capaldi continues, a former Doctor (of sorts) says its time for a female incarnation. Richard E Grant, who played the Doctor in an animated series that’s now generally considered non-canon, discussed the topic in an interview with SyFy Wire.
When your Pokemon card gets too battered and beaten to play anymore, it can now become an artwork. Facebook user ‘Lunumbra‘ takes commissions to use the character image as the centerpiece of a custom miniature painting across the entire card. [Via Nerd Approved]
These 8″, 16oz Tiki Mugs are the second in a series of culture-themed ceramic mugs from Mondo Tees, following on from a Gremlins range last year. The standard versions are blue, but there’ll be four other limited edition colors, including a dark green Acid Blood version.
With Breath of the Wild just around the corner, now seems like a great time to visit one of the coolest stories in Nintendo history. When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child, he’d wander the hillsides of Sonobe Japan. One day, the adventures he went on would become the basis of the very first game in […]
With The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild coming out in just a week, there’s no better time than now to take a look at the evolution of Zelda game! [Source: matinee.co.uk]
One of our great fears – which haunts us when we go into the world and socialise with others – is that we may, in our hearts, be really rather boring. But the good news, and a fundamental truth too, is that no one is ever truly boring. They are only in danger of coming […]
Princess Leia’s journey from an orphaned prisoner of the Empire into a kickass space general has been nothing short of stellar to watch over the decades. But the history behind the Star Wars character is a fascinating galaxy unto itself. Here’s the untold truth of Princess Leia… [Looper]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeL0aq3BOV0 Did you know that “Oreo” is a knockoff brand? I’m fairly sure that most people think that Oreos are the original cookie and cream sandwiches, but the truth is, Hydrox is. A company named ‘Sunshine Biscuits’ first marketed the cookies back in 1908. Then, the National Biscuit Company, who would later become the brand […]
There are few video game characters as iconic as Pac-Man. This is due in large part to the deliberately simple design for the character, created by Toru Iwatani, as he sat one day in a restaurant, eating a pizza. [Video Game Story Time]