Turn your Nintendo DS into a sketchbook, or audio sequencer
One of my favorite toys is the Nintendo DS.
The abundance of side scrolling, pixel-based video games on the system initially attracted me to the platform, which I’m a complete sucker for.
A few days ago someone put me up on Colors, which is a digital sketching / painting program for the DS.
To use Colors, it seems you have to have a homebrew capable card loader. Tonight I ordered a DSTT, as this Wired article on Colors mentions.
Can’t wait to install colors, and NitroTracker, and this scratching program.
Maybe I’ll have some fun things to share with you all soon.
Logos from the 70s
Before computers, people made logos by hand. Imagine that.
Lots of interesting work over here on this flickr set.
The logos are from a mid-70’s edition of the book World of Logotypes.
Kings of Power 4 Billion %
I’m a huge fan of pixel-based video games – blame it on the era I grew up in.
Oldschool Nintendo and Sega were what I was raised on. I bought a Nintendo DS just because it’s the only modern system which offers new pixel-based side scrolling games.
Imagine my delight when I stumbled upon this 12minute-ish long animation done in that classic style.
It’s ultra-violent, laced with tons of inside jokes, and contains cameos by multiple famous characters hidden in quick action scenes.
My only question is…Why isn’t this a game? Please someone make it happen. I’ll throw down my $40…even for a homebrew.
Garfield minus garfield.
Ever wonder what happens when you remove the starring character from a famous comic strip?
..the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life.
Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb.
Disturbing yet highly compelling. Somehow I never saw this when I read the funnies as a kid.
PS: Does anyone else miss Calvin and Hobbes as much as I do?
