Monochromatic Deck of Cards

These may be entirely impractical, but I still want a deck.

Original Pac-Man Sketches

As usual, the process behind design is always fascinating. “Hi Score” always cracks me up too.

Football Games Have 11 Minutes of Action

“There’s very little actual football in a football game.” I rarely record a game since I can’t stand not watching it in real time, but when I do I’m always blown away by how quickly I can skip through it.

Panic’s lost 1982 artwork. Found.

Beautifully executed idea.

The games factory, how Mario, Tetris, Sonic, Pong were made

Love them all, but I think Pong is my favorite.

Punch-Out!!

I just might have to get myself a little apartment warming gift on May 18th.

Jiggmin.com - Effing Hail

Addictive, fun and I love the inforgraphic style graphics.

Jiggmin.com - Effing Hail

Addictive, fun and I love the inforgraphic style graphics.

Horror Vacui for the iPhone

Can’t wait for this little 8 bit game from Shaun Inman. Love the retro look!

Monopoly Repackaging

Absolutely gorgeous work. I’d like to see more stuff in this vein, especially in the cereal aisle at the grocery store. The first company who goes ahead and makes there box simple and straight forward is going to have a big advantage. There’s way too much product packaging shouting going on there.

Retro Gaming on real backgrounds

These are all awesome, but the Excitebike one is my favorite.

Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo Expands His Empire

Shigeru Miyamoto really is a gaming god with Donkey Kong, Mario, and now the Wii.

Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow

A fantastic article from George Oates, one of the designers at Flickr. There’s too many quotes in there to choose just one, but it got me thinking about community design in a slightly different way.

Sad Office Workers Play Dorkiest Multiplayer Game Ever

Yeah, I played it for a few minutes today. Does that make me sad?

Rated I, for Immature.

I’ve always felt it dirty when you might suggest inviting someone to come over and play with your Wii. This confirms it.

Peggle

I hear it’s great, but I’m afraid to try since I’ve heard it’s nearly impossible to stop playing. Give it a spin if you dare…

Commodore 64 still loved after all these years

It was the first computer I ever played with. They were at the school where my mom taught, so I was able to play with one when I went with her. I still have vivid memories of playing Pit Stop to this day.

Right Brain v Left Brain

Which way do you see it spinning? It only spins clockwise for me and try as I might I can’t get it to switch.

Fabjectory - Mii

Get a statuette of your Mii.

Faceball: your face, our balls

“At its simplest level Faceball involves two people hitting beachballs at each other’s faces.”

Statetris

Tetris with states. I love the concept but after trying to place Idaho just right 5 times in a row I was pretty annoyed with it.

Game Avatars and the People Behind Them

It’s amazing how close some people look to their digital selves and then how others don’t look anything like them.

Get the Glass!

A drop dead gorgeous online game that’s fun to play too.

DSicons.com | Fresh Nintendo DS Icons

The Seattle Times: Iwata Wii

Good interview, with Iwata about the Nintendo Wii. I especially liked the part about not trying to compete on raw horsepower alone but instead they took a different path and went with innovative controllers and other differentating factors.

Wired News: The End of the Affair

An attempt at explaining why that video game addiction is so intense and then vanishes.