Savannah College of Art and Design and Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab have jointly unveiled ARhrrrr, the latest proof of concept handheld augmented reality game that lets players set up and then defend a small town from zombie hordes, using, yes!, orange and green Skittles as proximity mines.

As always (or at least, since we started to see these high profile AR demos on mobile games devices like the catastrophically ill-fated Gizmondo), the only drawback is its platform: a devkit running Nvidia’s Tegra mobile chip, which puts it sadly out of reach for iPhone/DSi/PSP players.

ARhrrrr! [Augmented Environments Lab]

HEY LA: DON’T FORGET TO PLAY J.OTTO/KYLE PULVER’S JOTTOBOTS TOMORROW

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6.12.2009

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Citizens of Los Angeles, your friendly Offworld PSA reminder: tomorrow marks the opening night of J.otto Seibold’s gallery show at Giant Robot’s GR2, located at 2062 Sawtelle Blvd, complete with your chance to play the fifth artxgame, Jottobots.

See the official Offworld unveiling for more information!

ONE SHOT: THIS #FEZFRIDAY, DON’T CALL IT A POW BLOCK

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6.12.2009

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But admits creator Phil Fish, “It wouldn’t be a videogame without some sort of explosive crate!”

ST. HUBBINS & TUFNEL & SMALLS: SPINAL TAP TRACKS COMING TO ROCK BAND

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6.12.2009

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It’s been too long since I made mention of notable Rock Band track pack additions, but with the imminent release of four new Spinal Tap tracks, that’s going to change for the moment.

Due June 16th and 18th (on Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively) alongside the release of their new album itself, Rock Band will be getting “Back from the Dead,” Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare” and “Warmer Than Hell” from Tap’s new Back From The Dead album, as well as Jack The Ripper-based themetune “Saucy Jack.”

Said bassist Harry Shear– err, Derek Smalls, “Tap has always gone where the audience is. We hope this time the audience reciprocates. Whatever that means.” [via Harmonix]

OFFWORLD WEEKEND GIVEAWAY: WINDOSILL & SPACE INVADERS EXTREME

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6.12.2009

Brandon Boyer

In celebration of the now online playable (as opposed to the original downloadable) version of Patrick Smith’s fantastic surreal adventure Windosill, the ongoing greatness of Backbone and Taito’s Xbox Live Arcade version of Space Invaders Extreme, and partially because I’ve simply got codes to spare, let’s have a weekend giveaway.

I’ll make it easy, this time: at any point from now until let’s say noon CST Monday morning, simply send me the following message on twitter: “I wanna be invaded. @brandonnn http://is.gd/10fzR” or “I do wanna see it at my Windosill. @brandonnn http://is.gd/10fzR” to specify which game you’d like (click either message to auto-generate the tweet, all due sincere apologies to both The Ramones and Arcade Fire).

I’ll pick two people at random for Space Invaders Extreme, and three people for Windosill and send the codes from there. Note that while the Windosill codes will work worldwide, the SIE codes are available for North America only. Good luck!

MORE MOBILE MADNESS: SALTYANDSWEET TAKES ON LEFT 4 DEAD

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6.12.2009

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As spotted, and subsequently purchased by Wonderland’s Alice, SaltyandSweet — creator of the previously linked Team Fortress 2 mobile — has moved on to undeader pursuits with this official unofficial Left 4 Dead version, best for the rotted cut-outs of its various Infected.

Left 4 Dead Mobile [Etsy, via Wonderland]

16-SHOT, XL: HUDSON’S TAKAHASHI MEIJIN TEES

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6.12.2009

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Another merciless tease from overseas: Hudson not only debuts but puts on tantalizing clearance sale (down to ~$10!) this set of five shirts extolling the “gold finger” of company spokesman Takahashi Meijin, known best (as previously mentioned) for his ability to hummingbird-finger-press controller buttons at 16 times a second.

We very much need some kind of official middleman for all these overseas tees. [via TinyCartridge]

It’s hard to hone in on just one favorite thing in this latest trailer for Katamari Damacy Tribute — the forthcoming PS3 remake of the PS2 original (to be called Katamari Forever in the states). There’s the puppet show and prince racer, the mecha-King, Sexy Synthesizer‘s remix of the original Katamari on the Swing laden with Namco arcade sounds — it’s an all-out affront of Katamari madness.

Katamari Tribute home [katamaridamacy.jp, via TinyCartridge, and special thanks to TC’s Eric for the YouTube upload]