I’m back in Sydney’s Inner West at the moment, and on Saturday, on my way to Newtown station, I passed through the markets on the other side of the road. And you know how people make Mario and stuff by sticking little plastic beads together? Well I saw a bit of that! Check it out, homedogs:
I reckon brooches made from an old keyboard is a great idea:
All of this was done by two people who call themselves ‘SkullMonkey’:
They have a MySpace page, if you do the MySpace thing. Probably there is a way to contact them, and/or order their doodads? I’m not sure! I am an old man and find MySpace loud and confusing. But they were friendly and polite in person! Hi guys! |
Once again, we trounce the increasingly redundant, good-for-nothing cretins at Kotaku, with their Star Fox birthday cakes, Pac-Man cross-stitch, and similarly ordinary, unexciting crap. Why waste your time with such floppy-dicked falderal, when here at Eegra -- and only here at Eegra -- you can marvel at this SPACE INVADER SNOW SCULPTURE, BITCHES!
Top that, Kotaku! I bloody dare you!
(Taken at the recent Sapporo Snow Festival in, er, Sapporo.)
(Was it sent in by a reader, you ask? Of course it bloody was not. I braved the bitter, bitter cold of northern Japan, and walked around on my own legs, and took this photo of a videogame snowman myself, and adjusted the contrast in Photoshop with my own cracked and bleeding hands -- for you, dear reader, and for all the internet, and for future generations. THIS IS GAMES JOURNALISM, DEAR READER -- THIS IS BLOODY GAMES JOURNALISM RIGHT HERE.)
And now, a YMCK gachapon machine, outside a shop in Sendai that also sold their albums:
HOLY JESUS OF GOD!! I'm hyperventilating!
Seriously, call for help! |
As you may recall, using your flawless robot brain, I went to Tokyo on Saturday to attend Fami-mode, an all-night chiptune concert – FULL REPORT COMING SOON; TELL YOUR FRIENDS. But before Fami-mode, I had a whole day in which to do activities. Golly!
Do you remember, from my Archime-DS review, the great big art event called Design Festa? Of course you do – robot brain. Well, Design Festa is also a location – an art gallery in Harajuku, to be specific. Two art galleries, actually, because they recently opened a second one: Design Festa East. I decided to visit it! I am a grown-up and can decide things.
Upstairs at Design Festa East was (and still is; check it out if you live in Tokyo) an exhibition of happi, each one decorated by what we humans call an ‘artist’ – you wouldn’t understand. A happi is a sort of traditional Japanese jacket. Here’s a photo:
So anyway, guess what! One of the happi designs was VIDEOGAME RELATED OMG!!!
Ha-HAH! Take that, Kotaku! We will beat you at your own game!
TOMORROW: A bowl of icecream with sprinkles that look a bit like Mega Man, with a bit of imagination! |
The great thing about game mascots with cat faces is that anyone can make them at home, using toilet rolls, pipe cleaners and crêpe paper. Here are a few more examples to help you get started!