04.27.2007 NINTENDO BEER PONG TABLE

God I love my readers, this is one of the best things anyone has ever sent in to show me:

"Alright here's a bunch of pics I built it in '04 and it's still a hit when I bring it out. Just some notes on it about detail which may not be visible: Mario is holding a Guiness bottle, Soda Popinski a Killian, Luigi has a bud light 6er, the Turtles are bathing in Heineken, Link attacking with a broken Corona and Bubble Bobble guys with a bud can beer-amid. The triangles for the cups are the Triforce and they are fully wired under the plexiglass so they light up for night games. My friend Paul T did the crafty cutting and I designed, drew and painted the entire table."

Triforce - genius! I can't believe I've never thought of this idea before, although I'd be afraid to play on such a sacred altar of awesomeness. My favorite parts are Yoshi swallowing a keg and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles swimming in Heineken. Check out all the Nintendrunk pictures below for the better quality zoom in photos showing the close-up details. Thanks for sending this in Joe!

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03.26.2007 CLASSIC CLIP: PLAYING TETRIS ON A BUILDING

Most of us have seen this footage of the second largest Tetris game ever organized, but do you know the story behind how much planning it took?

"This giant Tetris game was created using eleven custom-built circuit boards, a twelve-story data network, a personal computer running Linux, a radio-frequency video game controller, and over 10,000 Christmas lights. It took over five months of planning and can be seen off Interstate 95 in Rhode Island."

There's also on a building (pretty lame) and on a building (fun for ten seconds). The organizers of the giant Tetris game are lucky they did it years ago before terrorism became a popular American fear, if Aqua Teen Hunger Force could cause mass panic in Boston with one weird sign, then a possessed building in 2007 could cause the Defcon count to lower. It's only a matter of time before someone rigs a building with explosives and displays Bomberman on the exterior to setup the scene. A few bomb sprites dropped on windows, followed by their corresponding real life explosions, and you've got the first true act of gaming terrorism. It wouldn't hurt Bomberman sales though, you can't do any worse than Act Zero.

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03.13.2007 YOU KNOW YOU'RE A GAMER WHEN:

Your shirt moves in Atari admiration. What better way to show off your old school gaming love for Pong then to bring the game as close as healthily possible to your heart? I doubt Ralph Baer and Nolan Bushnell ever intended for Pong to involve nipple controls for an animated shirt, but I like the direction this is taking the industry in. Instead of seeing Girls Gone Wild appear on television late at night, I now look forward to seeing a Gamers Gone Wild show that focuses on fornicating with gaming themes. Tetris Sex, Super Mario Sisters, Bubble Bobble Blowjobs, Microsoftcore, Nintendykes - the possibilities of porn are endless. Much like Girls Gone Wild, this shirt runs for hours, and it's only 25 bucks for its glow in the dark pixelated prowess. It also takes two AAA batteries to run and can be safely washed by removing the animated decal - a shirt that tells you when to take a shower, now that's something useful. You can buy it here, but I suggest checking out these other gaming shirts first.

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01.05.2007 YOU KNOW YOU'RE A GAMER WHEN:

You wear a pong watch. Everyday. I can picture this guy sitting around all day with his arm outstretched in every angle possible, just waiting for someone to someone to ask him what time it is. Nonchalantly he'd glance at his wrist and say "oh, it's uhhh..." and then he rips his clothes off dancing and yelling "It's pong time!" It's a rough lifestyle, but someone's gotta do it. Imagine all the tax write-offs you'd get for clothing. Which reminds me, do grocery store owners get to write-off all their food shopping receipts?

Maushammer managed to fit this Rolex worthy gift in a small 10mm thick case, with a 96x64 OLED display. The game of pong lasts for 25 hours straight until the battery dies each night and needs to be recharged. And yes, it tells time.

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