Via new favorite tumblr Geo A Day, a reminder/plea that videogames totally can & definitely totally should look like this (though admittedly, TearAway is coming close). See the sun-lit equivalent here, and there are many more amazing abstractions spread across the whole site.

Several years back, a handful of us received cryptic instructions to visit a particular office on a particular floor of an otherwise nondescript high-rise in San Francisco’s financial district. What happened next, as soon as we entered the seemingly unremarkable Jejune Institute Center for Socio-Reengineering offices, was one of the strangest trips we’d go on: an unravelling mystery-tour through the city that was most remarkable because it was landmarked by clues that we and everyone else in the city nonchalantly walk past every single day.

Nonchalance, it turned out, also happens to be the name of the group that produced the real-world adventure, which sadly closed its doors last year before we had a chance to complete the expanded quest. Enter Cardhouse, which has just published an exhaustive breakdown of every step of the journey, fully annotated with photos and video of each locale — my most recommended read of the day. [Jejune Institute (Where Else?), via Ricky Haggett]

A rough cut of a Samus portrait created by Joshua Agerstrand for Jimmy Giegerich‘s recently-Kickstarted “Bits in Multiples of 8” zine, which I actually almost prefer to the cleaner completed version. [via Joshua Agerstrand]

A 4chan user makes the ultra-severe Dark Souls a touch more approachable with ‘chibi‘fication. [via Anamanaguchi‘s Peter Berkman]

Mega Man 2‘s Wood Man braces for attack, by former ‘Dude-a-Day‘ & Metal Gear tribute artist Andy ‘oktotally‘ Helms. [via oktotally]

The ghost of Nintendo fans past, a Sam Bosma tribute to Mike Mitchell, after the latter’s “quasi self portrait of my formative years“. [via sbmosma]

Not safe for human consumption, apparently, and honestly not a half-step away from these old & apparently now forever discontinued “Stage Scene” models, Tubbypaws imagines an instant DIY Mushroom Kingdom of your very own. [via Tubbypaws]

A hand-crafted wooden idol by local favorite artist Amanda Visell (find the rest of her work here, and see especially her extremely awesome Posters For Girls), part of an entire pop/fantasy character series that appears to have unfortunately entirely sold out almost instantly. [via Switcheroo]

And, related to the last post, Sachin Teng’s [i]nventory, complete with whiskey and Wind Up Bird. If you dig Teng’s stuff, you might also be interested in his print shop, where you can find more little Links and rainbow melting Macs. [via Sachin Teng]

“How I feel every time we get groceries”, a dorm-room dilemma from artist Sachin Teng, who you might know from his fantastic fine art work (see, most notably: his Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing and other related interwoven anatomy/geometry). [via Sachin Teng]