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Blip Fest Game Boys

photos by Dean Putney

Taking place this past weekend in New York, Blip Fest showcases some of the best bleeps and bloops from chiptune artists across the globe. Dean got a few pictures of some of the performers’ main weapon of choice: modded Game Boys customized with ProSound and running Korg software, but unfortunately replacing the vintage green on green on green screens (most of these are backlit so the performers can actually see what they’re doing while on stage). Check out the entire set over at Dean’s flickr.

via: boingboing / ianbrooks

wearefreakinweirdinhere:

Hackers turned MIT’s Green Building into a giant, playable, and multi-color Tetris game. A console allowed players to move, rotate, and drop blocks.

The Green Building (Building 54) is home to the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences department.

MIT hackers have long considered “Tetris on the Green Building” to be the Holy Grail of hacks, as the side of the building is a wonderful grid for the game.

The game started off scrolling the words “TETRIS” and then wouldstart into the first level. As the player progressed, the second level would start with more pale colors, making it harder to identify the type of block. The third level involved the colors shifting on-screen. Upon losing the game, all of the blocks would fall to the bottom of the building.

THIS IS GODLY. 

Awesome pokemon art exhibit that just opened up in Minneapolis, where each of 151 artists were assigned a Generation 1 Pokemon to create, and you can see/buy some of the results!