Mario + Matryoshka = Marioshka!

What do you get when you toss Mario (Tanooki Mario, to be more specific) and a trio of Russian matryoshka dolls into a blender and make a t-shirt design out of the resulting sludge?

If you're Mat Hudson (aka Orphan Elliott), you get the following:

Tees bearing Hudson's design will be sold via Threadless should the design garner enough positive votes within the next two days. (Go here if you'd like to add to the tally.)

(Via gonintendo.com)

Raise your hand if you'd like to play a game as a Russian nesting doll

The folks at Double Fine are busily readying their second downloadable gem (with their first being last month's Costume Quest), according to the crew at IGN.com.

It has me tingling (in a good way) for two reasons: 1) it's set in 1930s Russia and 2) it puts gamers in control of matryoshka (or Russian nesting) dolls.

I'd highly recommend watching the following teaser trailer if that description has you tingling, too.



The game--titled, appropriately enough, Stacking--is expected to hit both PSN and XBLA next spring.