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The Striking Video Game Themed Art Of ‘Noble-6’

April 30, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

DeviantArtist Colin ‘Noble-6’ creates strikingly beautiful video game themed artworks – here are just a few, check out his DeviantArt page for the whole collection.

The Legend Of Zelda Series

The Legend Of Zelda

Possession

The Lost Woods

It’s Dangerous To Go Alone

The Halo Series

Halo

I Would Have Been Your Daddy…

Infinity

Occupied City Center – 6 Hours After Drop

The Heroes Of Gaming Series

Half Life

Metal Gear Solid

Super Mario

Metroid Prime

The Star Wars Series

A New Hope

Return Of The Jedi

The Force Awakens

Star Wars Anthology – Rogue One

Source: Nobel-6 on DeviantArt

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Winter Is Coming: 8-Knit Art

April 27, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Winter is fast approaching in the Southern Hemisphere and we are on the lookout for cool ways to keep warm. With just a few weeks to go, you had better get knitting (or crocheting) if you want to be able to rug up with one of these 8-knit retro beauties.

Looking Hot In Contra & Super Mario Sweaters By Sweaterrarium

Don’t Let The Cold Invade Your Feet Or Head (Space Invaders Socks & Woolly Hat)

Wow! A Multi-Panel, Queen-Size Super Mario Bros. Blanket

A Beautiful Mario Tunisian Crochet Blanket (With Pattern)

If I Made This, I Would Be Thinking ‘Waka’ Every Time I Made A Stitch!
(Pac-Man Blanket By PiNiKoLi On DeviantArt)

This Super-Cute Pikachu Blanket Contains 1,680 Crocheted Squares & Measures 2.5 x 2 Metres! (Pikachu Blanket By PiNiKoLi On DeviantArt)

Awesome Donkey Kong, Pac-Man & Space Invaders Crocheted Gamer Blankets
(Via Nerd Approved)

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Mama Mia: Mario Kart IRL

April 24, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Mama Mia! The clever engineers of Waterloo Labs have created an incredible real-life Mario Kart track with a functional item system.

They explain: ‘The goal of this project is to recreate Nintendo’s Mario Kart game in real life. This involves building a system to control the movements of a full sized go-kart as well as a wireless communication system. The end result is a go-kart system where each player can race around a track and pick up items that alter the behaviors of the go-karts’.

Video source: Waterloo Labs on YouTube

I know you are probably itching to rush out to find this amazing track, but sadly it was only a temporary set up. However, all is not lost – the guys provide detailed information on how to build your own (please be sure to let us know if you do!).

And don’t forget to check out their other projects such as the Kinect-a-Sketch and the Eye controlled Mario.

Source: Waterloo Labs via Mashable

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Pixel Baz: Awesome Pixel Art Mashups

April 23, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

There’s not much to say about Pixel Baz‘s pixel art retrogaming/movie mashups other than they are a whole lot of fun. I would happily play all these games!

Pixels Assemble!

I Have Come Here To Chew Bubblegum And Play Video Games… And I’m All Out Of Bubblegum

Solid Snake Plissken: Escape From New York

Get Away From Her, You Pix(els)!

Game Over Man, Game Over!

All Work And No Video Games Makes Jack A Dull Boy

Dawn Of The Dead Hunt

Super Night Watch Bros.

Donkey (Ice) King

Dalek Kong

Pixels Of The Lost Ark

It’s Dangerous To Go 88MPH! Use This

It’s Dangerous To Time Travel! Take This

It’s Dangerous To Tron Alone! Take This

Source: Pixel Baz

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Time For Some Retro Recycling

April 22, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

What should you do when your console dies and goes to console-heaven? Take a leaf out of Michael Chipper’s book and recycle it into a cool clock!

Game Boy Colour Clock

PlayStation Clock

PS3 Clock

Game Boy Clock

Nintendo Wii Clock

Xbox 360 Clock

PS2 Clock

Xbox Clock

Source: SlothJunk on Etsy via Cheezburger

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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2015 Supanova Pop Culture Expo – Melbourne

April 19, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

The 2015 Supanova Pop Culture Expo began at the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds last weekend (10-12 April) (followed by Gold Coast 17-19 Apr, Sydney 19-21 Jun, Perth 26-28 Jun, Adelaide 20-22 Nov and Brisbane 27-29 Nov). Ausretrogamer and I visited primarily to watch the Australian 2015 Timezone Supanova Pinball Championship: Victorian State Final, but we could not resist checking out all the other geeky delights on offer.

Celebrities

There was a plethora of cool celebrities for autographs and photos – Christopher Lloyd, James Cosmo, George Takei, Charisma Carpenter, James Marsters, Dolph Lundgren and John Jarratt to name a few!

Cosplay

We spotted some awesome cosplay in real life (and on twitter).

It’s not a great photo, but this was my favourite cosplay – the Belcher kids from Bob’s Burgers in Halloween costumes (Tina as a Mummy Mommy, Louise as Edward Scissorhands & Gene as Queen Latifah).

Image source: Flavorwire

An awesome display by the Mandalorian Mercs

All the Robins
Image source: @australianwords

MYAAH!!
Image source: @JamesAndersen94

Katarina from LoL – beautiful!
Image source: @Japandaman71

A very cool Marceline, the Vampire Queen
Image source: @Madman

Skull Kid vs. Link
Image source: @Nomteg

Braaaains!
A terrifyingly-realistic zombie advertising the Oz Apocalypse Zombie Apocalypse Survival Game
Image source: @sootmag

Marvel-ous Cosplay!
Image source: @Japandaman71

The Exhibition Hall

There was a lot going on in the Exhibition Hall including the WETA Workshop booth, a De Lorean for photos, Australasian Wrestling Federation matches, Popcultcha and EB Games stores, the Australian 2015 Timezone Supanova Pinball Championship: Victorian State Final, and many artists.

Ausretrogamer met Gollum at the WETA Workshop booth!

Terminator v Superman

A life-size Incredible Hulk!

… And life-size Iron Man Hulkbuster Armor

Have your photo taken in a real De Lorean

The wrestling matches drew huge crowds

The Australian Pinball League‘s the Australian 2015 Timezone Supanova Pinball Championship also generated a lot of interest

A beautiful art book by Anthony ChristouShop till you drop!

Events

There were plenty of seminars, workshops and screenings (see the program for full details).

The verdict

We had a great time, see you next year Supanova!

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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‘Man at Arms’ Makes Link’s Hylian Shield

April 15, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Watch the Man at Arms: Reforged team of blacksmiths and craftspeople from Baltimore Knife and Sword (Maryland’s premiere shop for stage combat weaponry) make an absolutely beautiful replica of Link’s Hylian Shield.

Source: AWE me on YouTube

Source: AWE me on YouTube via Geekologie, DEFY Media

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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The Beautiful Pixel Art Of ‘Pixels Huh’

April 10, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Inspired by his love for classic video games, Barcelona-based graphic designer and illustrator Octavi Navarro ‘Pixels Huh’ creates simply beautiful, unique and highly-detailed pixel art scenes.

He remembers ‘being blown away with the rich worlds those (classic video game) designers and artists were able to create with such heavy limitations’.

Here are a few of his works – I could literally spend hours looking at them! Be sure to visit the Pixels Huh website to see the rest.

Close The Gates!

Cats

The Tree

1979

Moon Base

Midnight Carnival

Ben

Watch Octavi create the gorgeous ‘Ben’ image (and visit Pixels Huh on YouTube to see his other videos).

Source: Pixels Huh on YouTube

You can buy prints (and many other items) or even learn how to make your own pixel art via Octavi’s tutorials!

Source: Pixels Huh, Pixels Huh on YouTube

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Tomb Raider: The LEGO Valley

April 4, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Tomb Raider is one of my all-time favourite games, and ‘The Lost Valley’ is one of my favourite levels – and I must not be alone, as Janet Van D has built a model of the level out of LEGO. 18,000+ pieces of LEGO in fact! The model took her four months to build and was completed in June 2014. It was displayed at Brick2014 in London.

Watch The Brick Show take us on a video tour of Janet’s awesome work of brick art.

Source: The Brick Show on YouTube

Here are some beautiful still shots for your visual pleasure.

Overview

Overview – Dinosaurs!

Broken Bridge – Medipack

Broken Bridge

Large Waterfall

Secret Passage!

Medipack

Valley Floor

T-Rex

Lara Minifig

Finally, watch this walkthough of the original ‘The Lost Valley’ if you want to refresh your memory.

Source: Richard Halloran on YouTube

Source: Janet Van D on Deviant Art, The Brick Show on YouTube, Richard Halloran on YouTube

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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1Up Living: Furniture And Homewares For Geeks

April 2, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

1Up Living makes and sells furniture and homewares for geeks – pixel art chopping boards, coffee tables, pixel wall art and Tetris shelves! But if you prefer to DIY – they also provide step by step guides, see here and here.

Chopping Boards

Coffee Tables

Pixel Wall Art

Tetris Shelves

Source: 1Up Living via @thinkgeek

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Ms. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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