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Ocarina of Timepieces by Matt Needham (click for a larger image). This makes for a pretty nice wallpaper, but Needham is also trying to get it printed as a tee and has submitted the design to Shirt.Woot’s latest Derby competition — you can vote for it here.

Buy: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

Find: Nintendo DS/3DS release dates, discounts, & more

See also: Our Ocarina of Time 3D preview

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“And we never got tired. And we never got old. We just ran through the streets forever. And everything was perfect.”

Nintendo comic maker Zac Gorman is selling 13”x19” prints of his moonstruck Earthbound comic, but he’s only making 50 signed and numbered copies ($30 each), so order one before this sells out in the next hour.

So, uh, did I mention my birthday is next week?

Buy: Earthbound

See also: More Zac Gorman comics

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“1986 02” by Ashley Anderson (click for a less blurrier version). A day late but still a poignant image.

Anderson explains the artwork’s creation:

“I heard on the radio this morning today was the 25th anniversary of the Challenger Disaster.

I figured I would throw this up today, not only for the commemoration, but also as a tribute to my fellow artist and friend Jason Kofke, who was very much influenced by this disaster, which he witnessed on television as a young boy.

The base image for this piece was found on Google, crushed down to the approximate dimensions of a cut scene from a video game, and then recolored pixel by pixel. The resulting image was then accidentally pasted into a color-indexed PNG file, which resulted in the odd dithering you see.”

Buy: Space Shuttle Project

See also: Ashley Anderson’s “10048”, “Yin Yang”, and “Michael Jackson, Moonwalker”

[Via .tiff, Ashley Anderson]

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Pac-Man art by Mitsuru Sugaya, Game Center Arashi artist. It’s available as wallpaper here. This artwork portrays Pac-Man as a carnivorous, sadistic monster, which reminds me of the Pac-Mania flyer in which Pac-Man jovially informs the ghosts that “YUM YUM I’LL EAT YOU UP.” “CRAZYMAN!” one of the ghosts exclaims in terror.

I mean, if ghosts are afraid of you, you are a dangerous entity.

See also: More Pac-Man stuff

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“The Notorious P.A.C.” by Doctor Popular. This piece, which casts Pac-Man and Blinky as The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, victims of the East Coast/West Ghost Coast rap rivalry, was created as a commission for nerdcore rapper Beefy.

I’m going to have to remember to show this to Eric when he gets back. I think he’s going to like this one.

[Via technabob]

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“Monster In My City” by Leonid Zarubin (click for a larger version). This could be one of the made-up games featured in Famicom Collector! It seems like a fun concept, though not as amazing as my Devil Cop idea, in which you play a half-man, half-demon who uses his satanic powers for good by tracking down evildoers, foiling their criminal plots, and arresting them.

Back to Monster In My City, there seems like so much gameplay potential in just this single image. You could play as the attacking helicopters, the giant beast terrorizing the city, one of the guys trying to escape out of the brute’s belly, or even the man trapped on the burning building’s rooftop. Someone turn this into a playable game!

See also: Buffalo Boy

[Via Leonid Zarubin]

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“Buffalo Boy” by Polygraph, from a 2008 issue of the graphic design magazine MdN. Polygraph is also responsible for the Famicase exhibits, the Pokemon 151 line and several YMCK album covers, as well as the nice “8-Bit Girl” t-shirt design being used both in the Resonance of Fate game and as a real tie-in item.

Press Miracle to continue! But save often, or you’ll lose progress when you run out of buffalo.

[Via Famitsu, gamovr]

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“Video Game Complex” by Seitaro (click for a larger version). Takes me back to my childhood years spent playing Famicom with an alligator in a magical forest.

See also: A Life Well Wasted art by Nick Derington

[Via Seitaro]

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