Majesco has smartly teamed up with the Craftster forum, turning one of the forum’s periodic challenges into a Crafting Mama-themed contest that charges entrants with “Pixelating” Mama. Entries will be accepted starting October 1, which gives people time to make something. 

“With Mama as your inspiration, your pixel project might be a quilt where the squares create an image of just Mama’s face, Mama’s entire body, or even Mama in her garden or kitchen.  Maybe you’ll use tiles to create a mosaic wallhanging of Mama.  Maybe you’ll use sequins to represent your pixels and you’ll create a tote bag adorned with Mama.”

The person whose project receives the most votes will get a prize package including every Mama game. Maybe Majesco will set us up with a contest like this when it releases Self-Effacing Blog Post Writing Mama.

Pre-order: Crafting Mama

tags / crafting mama / jc / majesco / craftster / contest

I’ve mentioned before that you can buy the same Duo Rest Chair model featured in episodes of Game Center CX (if you have $559+ to blow), but you can now acquire the actual chair that GCCX section chief Shinya Arino sits on when filming the retro video game show!

SKY PerfecTV is auctioning off the autographed office chair for charity, sending all the proceeds to Japan’s UNESCO association. The auction ends in five days, and the current highest bid is at ¥12,000, $142.

Now you, too, can play classic games in your office while enjoying maximum comfort in a teal chair. And after you finally defeat Bowser in Super Mario World following dozens of failed attempts that leave you with only one life left, when you lean back and throw your arms up in victory, know that it wasn’t just a chair supporting you during this trial, it was Arino’s spirit that empowered you.

Who knows what strange powers might still be imbued in the seat, and whether it’s capable of passing on that arcane force from Arino’s butt to yours?

Import: Game Center CX 2

Buy: Retro Game Challenge

[Via rdb_aaa]

tags / auctions / shinya arino / game center cx / retro game challenge / retro game master / imports / ec

Surprise! I didn’t expect an update to the Cave Story Remix Project after four years, but one has been released. The project, featuring fan-made covers and remixes of music from Cave Story, now has a third “disc” with seven songs by k-wix.

You can download the whole three-disc set for free here or at Cave Story WiiWare dev Nicalis’s mirror.

[Via Nintendo Life]

tags / k-wix / cave story remix project / cave story / music / jc