Animal Hodgepodge

And assignment mid way through my Character Design class. This was my first real digital painting without the assistance of lines work in the picture. The assignment was to take a list of animals (each one being selected randomly) and mix them to gether to see what you get. I got an ermine, deer, okapi, finch, and a dugong. None of the creatures have all 5 mixed together, but I get pretty close. I love them all.


This one is a mix of an ermine, finch, and an okapi


This one is a mix of a deer, okapi, finch, and an ermine.


This one is a simple mix of a dugong and a finch


And last but not least; this one is a mix of a deer, okapi, and an ermine.

Danaë

A fun little doodle I did a while ago. Its a copy of Rembrandt's Danaë + a companion cube =D


Here is what the original painting looks like.

Cool Game Stores

Here are some cool NES reproduction stores and Modification kits... and Atari home brewed games.

Retro USB
This site has some really cool modifications, and home brewed games that you can purchase for your Nintendo. I recommend checking it out, there is lots you can do with this stuff. They even have a reproduction of the "Holy Grail" of NES games which is the Nintendo World Championships 1990.

NES Reproductions
I don't know if this legal or whatever, but its pretty cool none the less. You send them a doner NES cart, and they rewrite the information and send you back any one of the games specified on their list! This is really cool because all of those titles were either scrapped before being released in the Americas, or just never released in the Americas in the first place. And there are even some home brewed games there you can get made. It's pretty sweet.

Atari Age
This page is awesome if your a fan of the Atari. Not only do they have allot of information on the Atari systems, but if you check out their store, they also have allot of home brewed Atari games!

Mad-Gear
If you go to any large anime, game, or comic convention, chances are, you will see these guys there. This is their website, and you can buy a tone of import games from their. Their prices are reasonable too considering some of the games are pretty rare or highly sought after.

Play-Asia
This site is already pretty popular, But they sell allot of import games and toys. Really awesome, look through their inventory and you will most likely find something you want. They also sell some things that help you play Japanese games on American systems.

And thats all that I have for now. Check those out and try not to spend to much money!

Pac-Man ODed

Always wandered what those Power Pills would do to Pac-Man. This is a quick picture that i painted in Photoshop. Probably the easiest video game character to draw.

MAGfest 7

Chances are, you have never heard of MAGfest. Well, if your an old school gamer, or a gamer of any kind, i think you would love this. Its an event held in Virginia every January that has tons of live music from many Video Game Bands like the Minibosses, Panels from websites like OverClocked ReMix, Video rooms playing game related cartoons and movies 24 hours a day, Gaming room with all of the major consoles with plenty of competitions going on, and room parties every night! Seriously, you have to check this one out. Its quite an experience.

[SNES] Play Super Famicom Games on your SNES

Ever wanted to buy some Super Famicom games, but didn't, because you don't want to buy a Super Famicom? I'm sure allot of you in this blog haven't thought about it, but i will tell you this neet trick anyway. All you will need is your Super Nintendo and some needle nose pliers, as seen in the picture. I also have a Super Nintendo (SNES) and Super Famicom game to show the difference.

As you can see here in the picture on the right, The SNES cartridge is on the top and the Super Famicom cartridge is the one under it. You can see that the SNES cartridge has 2 notches cut out in it, And the Super Famicom does not. This is because inside the SNES (where you insert the games) There are 2 notches that are designed to prevent a Super Famicom game from being inserted into the system.

Here is a shot of the inside of it. I marked the 2 notches that you must remove. Now, this is where your Needle Nose Pliers come in handy. Insert the pliers into the Cartridge slot and break those plastic notches out.


I found that the easiest way to do this is by wiggling the pliers back and forth, perpendicular to the direction the slot is going. You will eventually have to push the pliers all the way down to finally break it off. You want to get as much of it as possible, if not, you will have a fun time trying to remove more.


Here are the Notches that were removed.


Here is what the inside looks like with the notches removed!

Now that you have your SNES notches removed, Pop in any Super Famicom game and Power it up! You can also do this same trick to the 2nd version of the SNES, which is allot smaller. Have fun with this!





Now you can play SNES and Super Famicom games on your SUPER NINTENDO!!!

Angry Video Game Nerd

The Angry Video Game Nerd is probably my favorite game reviewer. he is absolutely brutal in reviewing the shittiest games ever made. He occasionally does review good games, but bashes the bad ones for the most part. A warning though, he uses allot of strong language, and allot of fecal references. Check it out HERE!

He also does a bunch of other cool videos including a Rocky Documentary... sorta. Its cool stuff. Check it out at http://cinemassacre.com/!