I think I'll stick with the arcade version

Hardcore Donkey Kong fans will either be delighted or disgusted to hear that a cartoonish remake of the arcade (and NES) classic has hit the Web courtesy of coder Mick Farrow.

After spending a few minutes with said remake, I wouldn't put myself in either of the aforementioned camps (delighted or disgusted). If anything, I'd consider myself disinterested.

Sure, there's not much to complain about in Farrow's remake--aside from the iffy jumping--but there's not much to cheer about, either, as the arcade original's controls, graphics, music and sound effects were and are, in my opinion, darn near perfect as is.

Anyway, head on over to the Retro Remake forums ASAP if you want to give it a go, as it'll likely be squashed like the girders beneath Donkey Kong's formidable feet as soon as the folks at Nintendo hear about it.

(Via gamesetwatch.com)

'Z is for Zelda'

Artist Carlos Ramos recently shared the following image--created, he says, "a million years ago"--on his tumblr site.

Oh, and don't bother giving him a hard time about the fact that the focus of the drawing isn't, in fact, Zelda. In a note that accompanies the image he says, "Yes, I know it’s Link--but ‘L is for Link’ wasn’t as catchy."

(Via boingboing.net)

I think I'm going to faint

OK, so I'm being a bit dramatic. Still, I wouldn't consider fainting to be an altogether inappropriate reaction to the following image, would you?



By the way, the image--titled "Melty Monster Galaxy"--was created by the fabulously talented artist, hiimdaisy. Check out more of her stuff at hiimdaisy.livejournal.com and peachifruit.deviantart.com.

(Via tinycartridge.com)

I'd rather watch this than Prince of Persia

Of course, that's not really saying much.



"A brother dies. A challenge arises. A friendship is forged. And so it begins."

You know, I think it's entirely possible that Tetris: The Movie features better writing than the aforementioned Jake Gyllenhaal star vehicle.

See also: '8-bit invasion'

Nintendo shows its hand (literally)

Nintendo of Japan will soon return to its roots by releasing a series of Mario-themed playing cards.

The Kyoto-based company, which began life (in 1889) as a producer of hanafuda cards, will start selling the "Mario Trump" cards in July for ¥1,050 (approximately $11.50) per set.

Three different designs will be available from the get-go: "Dot" (featuring Mario et al in sprite form), "standard" (Mario et al in hand-drawn form) and "neon" (Mario et al in 3D form).

For a closer look at each design, check out andriasang.com.