Gamespotting – Pa pa pa poker face

South Park’s boys are always playing video games, so it was no surprise to see Kyle, Kenny and Cartman jamming to Lady Gaga on Rock Band in last night’s new episode, “Whale Whores.” But what makes it extra-special is the Eric Cartman from-the-diaphragm-spin on “Poker Face” (including the bit of anti-dolphin improv at the end). Watch at southparkstudios.com by clicking here.

(via Kotaku)

P.S. Their dead-faced concentration is so, so true to life. Like, when was the last time you even registered your avatar dancing around on the stage? Never, that’s when.

Yes, sir!

Obama wants you to get a Pacman Sticker on your mac.

How cute is that? (via geekologie)

Yesterday someone linked me to this clever Snow White laptop decal, and I realized there must be tons of ways to creatively augment the laptop’s design with decoration! Here are a couple from etsy, and I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for more.

Left: Vinyl Decal Sticker MacBookPro Magritte inspired / Son of Mac ($9) by artwallproject

Right: PLUGG’D IN Laptop Decal ($20) by vinylville

Quickie vid

Carrying on the 8-bit tradition, in this video a group of skaters roll down San Francisco streets wearing lit-up hat contraptions in the shape of Tetris pieces.

Oh snap! Kanye Layton

I love it when a meme comes together.

(via)

Braaaark

People in the US who pre-ordered Scribblenauts at GameStop were the lucky recipients (if they were still in stock) of the incredibly cute and awesome Maxwell Rooster Hat, as seen here:

Funny hats are always a key ingredient to WIN, and if I’m honest, picking up the hat was just as exciting as collecting the game itself. Which I was pretty dang excited about. The great thing is, the chickenhat is good quality — and stretches enough to fit onto my giant noggin.

Browsing Twitter, I found I was not alone in my appreciation for the awesomeness of the roosterhat. Click for the large size (totally worth it):

I will add more pics as they turn up, and if anyone who happens to read this would like to be added, post a comment with a link to your pic.

Photo credits
Row 1:
1: @lauraehall (me!)
2: @gotee12
3: @vznet
4: @vixorien
5: @sampagan

Row 2:
1: @rondhi
2: @ravensvoice
3: @nbcrescendo
4: @monique_soto
5: @matthewrex

Row 3:
1: @levihaag
2: @jugglerofgeese
3: @jaimeorourke
4: One of the Scribblenauts developers
5: @duckyvonkarma

Row 4:
1: @briguyd
2: @czarneckid
3: @bigopinion
4: @gogoroflcopter
5: @rosakam

Obviously Not Gamers

According to the following video, a “group of people made a prank to C5N TV news network, ultimate defender of young people against alcohol abuse, by sending them an email denouncing the existence of a drink with absurd ingredients.”

The actual recipe from the game?

kerosene
propylene glycol
artificial sweeteners
sulphuric acid
rum
acetone
red dye no. 2
scumm
axle grease
battery acid
pepperoni

While using Monkey Island to point out the absurdities and fallibility of the alarmist 24-hour news cycle is cute, the most impressive thing as far as I’m concerned is the voice acting for the Pirate Leaders in the Spanish version of The Secret of Monkey Island (shown in the video). That’s some heavy-duty pirating.

And as the Tales of Monkey Island Blog points out, the reporter also failed to notice the XD smiley in the recipe title. N00b.

8-Bit Trip

Check out 8-bit Trip, a very cool tribute to the pixel-y games we all know and love, rendered in incredible Lego stopmotion. It took 1500 hours to create, which is probably the same amount of hours I’ve accumulated playing Tetris.

The chiptune soundtrack is available on iTunes. If you’re into 8-bit music, check out Nobuooo, user-generated videogame music news. They’re also on Twitter at @Nobuooo.

Just funnin’

Re: my last post — duh! of course I was going to buy Layton, the sequel to the bestest DS game ever.

Thanks to GameSetWatch for alerting me that Layton is Twittering. Find him at @TopHatProfessor.

In honor of purchasing the game last night, I have set my desktop wallpaper to one of the promotional images kindly provided by IGN. Grab one here if you’re similarly inclined.

The real dilemma now, of course, is when to buy Fat Princess for PS3 — before or after the Layton cartridge arrives?

The Gamer’s Dilemma

Have: copies of Henry Hatsworth (stalled by unlocking the hardest bonus level in the game and having to replay other levels to open normal path) and Elite Beat Agents, both at approx. 50% completion

Want: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

Dare I indulge in Layton and return later to my current plays? Or should I be true to the two cartridges I’ve got in rotation now?

Real life video games

Spotted these excellent photos by Hamburg photographer Partrick Runte of video games brought to life and figured it was as good an excuse as any to update this old thing again.

This shot especially speaks to me, as it reminds me of Pac-Manhattan, “a large-scale urban game that utilizes the New York City grid to recreate the 1980’s video game sensation Pac-Man.”

Also, the figures in the Tetris photo (specifically the square and the L shape in the foreground) look like an 8-bit version of Romeo and Juliet, discovering that they fit together despite their differences, while their various-shaped family and friends look on.