LITTLEBIGWATCH: GHOSTBUSTERS GETTING THE LBP TREATMENT

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7.6.2009

Brandon Boyer

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Weren’t expecting that, were you: following the release of Terminal Reality’s Xbox 360/PS3 and Red Fly’s Wii versions of Ghostbusters: The Game, Media Molecule are following suit and offering up their own tribute in burlap form. No word yet if — as usual — it will come simply in the form of costume and sticker packs, or whether more level-packs are in the works as well, but even if it’s just the former, insert your own crossing-the-Paintinator-stream joke here.

ONE SHOT: THE MANY FACES OF SPACE INVADERS

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7.5.2009

Brandon Boyer

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Logan Walters’ invaders design requires no explanation, does require further meme exploration. (via Puit)

Pinging quietly on my radar for some months and now finally shown off in gloriously overblown video form: UK indie Positech’s forthcoming PC game Gratuitous Space Battles, which may be the new best thing to happen in operatic chaos since, what, Homeworld? [via Positech]

ONE SHOT: WAYOFTHEPIXEL’S EXQUISITE HEXQUISITE CORPSE

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7.3.2009

Brandon Boyer

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91 pixel artists, one ‘exquisite corpse‘ image (that must be clicked and seen in full res). [via minusbaby]

NINTENDO RE-RELEASING ELECTROPLANKTON IN DOWNLOADABLE DSIWARE FORM

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7.3.2009

Brandon Boyer

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Toshio Iwai’s Electroplankton was one of the Nintendo DSs first, best surprises: a collection of sentient, interactive musical creatures that were, in effect, a reductive retrospective of the past decade plus of Iwai’s gallery art explorations (who had, there, too, focused on the interplay of light/music/touch) made mass-market accessible.

Though it never quite got the attention it truly deserved — nor was it ever really fully understood by consumers, who (having never actually heard of Iwai himself) came in expecting a music tracker and came out befuddled and frustrated by the ‘plankton’s wily wanderings — Nintendo are planning a round-two comeback.

Nintendo has announced that it will be re-releasing the ‘plankton in downloadable DSiWare form over the coming weeks, in three 200 Point (~$2) packs each — but only, for now, in Japan. It would surprise me if they didn’t make their way over soon (after the current backlog of ArtStyle games is cleared out), and six dollars is an unmissable way to collect the package, even if you do miss out on Iwai’s brilliantly hand-illustrated full-color manual. [via andriasang]

HEY EUROPE, GET YOURSELF TO THE INAUGURAL BLIP FESTIVAL: EUROPE

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7.2.2009

Brandon Boyer

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I’m honestly not entirely sure how my European readership breaks down, especially those that might not already be well aware of this, but for the stragglers that aren’t: July 24th and 25th will see the first official Blip Festival: Europe, at Aalborg, Denmark’s Platform4.

The lineup includes an international laundry list of familiar names previously seen on Offworld, as well as a number of locals:

Binärpilot [Norway],
Bit Shifter [United States],
Bodenständig 2000 [Germany],
Bu Bu Kitty Fuckers [Denmark],
cheap dinosaurs [United States],
glomag [United States],
GOTO80 [Sweden],
Hally [Japan],
La Belle Indifference [Denmark],
minusbaby [United States],
Nullsleep [United States],
Rabato [Spain],
Random [Sweden],
RECEPTORS [United States],
Saskrotch [United States]

With visuals handled by BlipFest regulars No Carrier and Paris, alongside The Netherlands’ The C-Men and Spain’s Raquel Meyers.

Check the official BlipFest:Euro site for ticketing information and specifics on its accompanying workshops and screenings, which will of course include 2 Player Productions’ Reformat the Planet doc, and No Carrier on doing NES visuals.