Super Mario Tap

I smiled so big when I watched this.

From Video Games' Past

I had no idea that Mario Paint Composer was a genre of YouTube music. Cool.

The Great Gatsby NES Game!

Just, just click. It's spectacular.

Anyone Else Want One?

Via Topless Robot

Lovely 8-Bit Horrible

It's been all over the blogonets today.

You Used Me Like a Pipebomb!

I'm not sure why, but this had me nearly crying from laughter.

Star Trek: Online!

The whole comic.

The wonderfully verbose Eric Burns-White, he of Websnark, posted a review of Star Trek Online, including screen caps, while beta testing a few weeks ago. Today he wrote about how the game should run to continue to be as great as it, apparently, is.

I'm not a MMORPG person, but the trekkie in in me really want to be.

Explore

Small Worlds has been named the winner in the 6th Casual Gameplay Design Competition hosted, and created, by Jay is Games.

This competition's theme was explore, and that's what Small Worlds is about. You start with your little red guy in mostly darkness and as you move you reveal the world around you, your view of the whole expanding. The story is expressed in six words, five of which appear at the very beginning. There is a goal, but the rest is up to you, how you play and how you interprate the actions you take.

It's an intriguing... game? Piece of art? I'm not sure. All I do know is I wish it had lasted longer.

Kirby FTW

A live performance for Seattle's Marrowstone in the City program. The music was arranged by the genius Lennart Jansson (Link) and myself (Ash Ketchum). I choreographed all the extra bits behind us as we play as well as sang the Halo theme, of course. The Tetris bit is a tribute to the old a capella group that did game themes. Lennart is playing an ocarina there, and I'm drumming the top of my violin. Hope you enjoy.

The music:

• The Legend of Zelda
• Pokemon
• Halo
• Tetris
• Kirby
• Pong
• Super Mario Bros.
• Super Mario World

Homeless Life In Sims 3

Meet Alice and Kev, two Sims involved in a sort of simulated social experiment, what's it like to grow-up homeless in Sims 3?

Welcome to the tale of Alice and Kev.

This is an experiment in playing a homeless family in The Sims 3. I created two Sims, moved them in to a place made to look like an abandoned park, removed all of their remaining money, and then attempted to help them survive without taking any job promotions or easy cash routes. It’s based on the old ‘poverty challenge’ idea from The Sims 2, but it turned out to be a lot more interesting with The Sims 3’s living neighborhood features.

I have attempted to tell my experiences with the minimum of embellishment. Everything I describe in here is something that happened in the game. What’s more, a surprising amount of the interesting things in this story were generated by just letting go and watching the Sims’ free will and personality traits take over.

The first post on their simulated life is here.

The most, well, heartbreaking part of the story is here.

Top 10 Game Trailers From E3 | GameLife | Wired.com

Top 10 Game Trailers From E3 | GameLife | Wired.com

10. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
9. Final Fantasy XIV
8. Left 4 Dead 2
7. Super Mario Galaxy 2
6. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
5. Project Natal
4. Metroid: Other M
3. Star Wars: The Old Republic
2. The Last Guardian/Trico
1. The Beatles: Rock Band

Sprout

In this game, you're a bean trying to become an acorn. Can you make it to the oak trees to learn how?

The Beatles: Rock Band Trailer

Seed Of Destruction

Oh, yes, that is what you're riding on.

Found at Jay is Games.

...world / full of...

"Today I die" is a short game that depends on you using words to change the poem. Some words have to be found through the other things that appear on the screen.

Giddy, Yes, Giddy

I will be buying a Wii or PS3 by September.

Why?

Well, go here and that'll tell you why.

I am giddy.

It'll have a Höfner Bass in the bundle pack.

I am so very giddy.

EDIT: The funny in today's Penny Arcade! has been expanded with this knowledge. (It's possibly very offensive for some people out there. Oh, well.)

How to prepare for a life of solitude in a barren wasteland.

Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse?