Make Music New York celebrates the first day of summer by organizing thousands of musicians who play free shows all over New York City. The Tank, a non-profit organization where independent artists and performers congregate, hosted one of these shows in downtown Manhattan. It was literally on Church Street, the hot sun was softening the blacktop and baking the intimate number of fans that came out. But with Bit Shifter and Anamanaguchi set to play, people were waiting for the chiptunes love.
As Bit Shifter busted out his Game Boys, the numbers started to increase as fans were waiting and locals looked on at the tiny stage. (By the way, enjoying live music in the middle of the street is fucking cool.) Mr. Shifter played a few songs including "Reformat The Planet":
Bit Shifter was amazing, as usual, but the set was definitely too short. The crowd continued to grow as Anamanaguchi came on. When I last saw these guys, the technical problems were horrendous. To see them with decent sound and a couple of new songs, I was very pleased with the results. Check it:
The word is that they have two new EP's slated for a fall release. Finally, goddam.
The Royal Chains (the only non-chiptunes artist of the day) did their thing and there was still a good amount of time until the street would be opened to traffic. Nullsleep conveniently had his gear (for a chiptunes show later that night), setup and proceeded to melt faces off unexpectedly and everyone was joyous. He introduced a couple of songs I've never heard. It was the tasty cherry on top of a great afternoon.
I've been raving about King of Games for a while now here on Dtoid. Now there's more reason to praise these shirt gods. They've announced new shirts and reprints of some fan favorites. Step into my office...
Kid Icarus! Need I say more?
Fap.
FAAAP!
Reprints of previously sold out shirts, including some of my personal favorites
Hideo Kojima doesn't come to the U.S. very often. So when this faptastic man of a man strolls into your town, you should definitely extend a warm welcome. In addition to signing for his fans, Uniqlo's limited edition MGS4 shirts would be unleashed for hundreds of patient gamers that baked in the hot summer sun today. All of the mediums and larges vanished and people began to realize that there would be no shirts for them. The employees of the store had mistakingly put out the event shirts out for normal display and the general public bought most of the product before the fans could get the sizes they wanted. But despite the mishap (on Uniqlo and not my homies at New York-Tokyo, who did a great job of organizing everything), it was time to meet the Hideo that is Kojima. The sweaty and faithful masses were in high spirits, periodically bursting into chant sessions.
One signature per person we were told and I was very excited. Earlier that day, I had decided to stop by Videogames New York, who amazingly has employees that follow and dig Dtoid, to scoop up a copy of Metal Gear. My man had to dig through the back to find the remaining handful of cartridges left. He told me he went through all of the display copies because of the signing event. It was good to feel the game in my hands again after all of these years since my parents gave away my old video games. Forgiveness, friends. Forgiveness...
(thanks to my new friend Yoshi who snapped some shots for me)
"GTA... GTA?" Kojima asked about the GTA4 shirt I had on. I assume he played it. How else would he know the Burger Shot logo? Hmmmmm....
I'm PSTriple-less. But I'm still excited for MGS4, I've always been a huge Kojima fan. Uniqlo is also feeling Hideo-San, they are the new clothing store imported from Japan to New York City. Hip tees with top-notch international designer folk providing the prints, the main staple of this place. They recently caught the attention of the gamer community by putting out a line of shirts with the help of Sega. (God, don't you love that Sonic shirt?)
We love our Dreamcasts around here. I've owned two consoles and have been without one for a long ass time now. Until yesterday... Galagabug hooked up a Dreamcast for me and I'm so grateful he was able to satisfy my craving. Yes, White Castle in video game form. Who would of thunk it?
So upon the Dreamcast's arrival, I figured I would let Mr. Destructoid do a little inspection before I hook it up and reminisce to some Power Stone.
Console. Check.
He's all about a thorough examination.
Those wires are really tricky for him for some reason.
Mr. Destructoid is Googling for a VMU at the moment, wish us luck. Say hello to R.O.B.toid, enjoy the new banner. read more
Here in the land of the robot, we are eagerly awaiting the release of Advance Wars: Days of Ruin. According to people that have played it already, it's obvious that this game is going to be even better than the first classic installment on the DS. The graphic style looks slicker than Exxon Valdes and the improved nuances will kick ass (and take names) over Big N's Wifi.
In the latest issue of EGM, a Days of Ruin ad spreads across 2 pages to grab your attention and tell you what the critics are saying:
"Features like Wi-Fi play with voice chat, and map creation and sharing remake the title while keeping its addictive strategy gameplay." - Joystiq.com
(Lemon's poopy-stained undeepants writes with more originality than whoever wrote that.)
"Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin looks to be the most exciting entry in the series since its introduction. Any fans of previous installments should find an incredible new depth with the title, as well as the maturity that a game about war should have." - UGO.com
(Oh really? Then why is it rated E for Everyone? Hmmmmm?? Please fix this, Wombat!)
"It may be a big change, but Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin is a welcome addition to the series and one that should breathe new life into the game." - Kotaku.com
(Thank you, Kotaku. At least better than the other guys.)
How dare you leave the mighty robot out of your little comment party, Nintendo! Here's my piece:
"This game gon' rock your face off! Buy that shit. Pick up 20 copies. Teach your dog how to play it. Print some dolla dolla bills y'all and sprinkle it on your favorite cereal. Worship the Advance Wars, cretin!" - Some Asian guy from Destructoid.com
(See what I did there? Concise, touching upon aesthetics, scoring style points and brutal honesty. When will you sissy blogs ever learn?)
Don't forget, New York area Dtoiders. Nintendo World is hosting a special event this Sunday:
"Visit the Nintendo World store for a special sneak-peek celebration a day before the game's launch. From 1-3 PM, fans will have the chance to win cool prizes by participating in Nintendo trivia challenges and an Advance Wars tournament! Come early - the first 25 people in line for this awesome event will receive a free copy of Advance Wars: Days of Ruin!"
BahamutZero, EternalDarkWing, myself and other community members will be there. Come show us your Pokemans. And maybe we can get a quick game of Advance Wars in and publicly insult Bahamaslut. Boom. read more
I've been thinking about buying a 360 for the longest. I was torn between three choices (wasn't even considering a Core). I go with the Halo edition so I don't have to worry about a Play & Charge thingy. And yes, I like the puke coloring. I've been flamed quite a few times for liking the nauseating color scheme and fancy designy stuff on the sides. Well, I like it. So there. My Halos, let me show you them:
The box is pretty cool. Puke controller and headset don't look too bad. Just to let you know, the colors don't match perfectly between the two.
Obvious emo angles:
Here's what the exclusive Halo dashboard theme looks like:
Wii60 FTW.
I'm still pissed at the fact that Microsoft didn't bother to pack in Halo 3 with this bundle. It's obvious that they were more concerned with making everyone give them more moneys. I do like the console inside and out. New heatsink, possibly the new chipset - can't go wrong with that. Gamer pics and theme, meh, not all that. The theme even makes half the buttons (especially the keyboard) in the menus almost unreadable.
Mr. Destructoid is the shiznit in Bomberman Live (go download now or die the slowest and most painful death possible). Teh Halos is very fun, funnest when Workman is eating my bullets. XBLA is the hotness, but wish I was rich and buy almost every goddam game in the library. PC sync wins many Halos (even connected my iPod with no problems, rocked Anamanaguchi while playing Geometry Wars). And Yaris, can't forget the Yaris.
Bill Gates, you won this Applehead over many times with your 360s. Ok, time to break 1000 gamer points. I'll see you on Live. read more
1up.com Ziff Davis doesn't even mention the Dtoid name and refer to us as "popular gaming blog" for whatever reason. We have a name, assholes. Not directed towards 1up staff who some of us know.)
Joystiq Joystiq. Oh, Joystiq. Sooner or later you have to report it. It's a trap! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!)
**UPDATE** Xbox 360 Fanboy (thanks BFeld Joystiq's side blog thing, not making much of a whoop about the news.
Gaming Nexus (thanks DMV LOLZ, we have such a negative effect on the industry.
**UPDATE** IGN (thanks Grim I can't read their article right now:
(that's what you get for suckin' cockass...)
**To all of the special mentions above, crank up that hate machine all you want. Ain't no stoppin this groove!**
Dtoiders, thanks for all of the love these past 2 days. I am still shocked by the whole thing. Workman advised me to not gay out (I try, Ron). I hope to continue to do many yobs for Niero San in the future... (Salutes) read more
Way back in the ye olde days of the Clogs, I posted about The King of Games. KOG reaches the inner video game hipster inside all of us (nevermind, I take that back). I've always loved their product despite the astronomical prices (mainly due to the costs of importing, not forgetting to mention their high standards of quality). The Electronic Pocket (Game & Watch), Mother and Famicom shirts are my top picks. AngelsDontBurn would be all about the Balloon Fight.
So here's the latest:
"...we've put up a secret page for another line of EDITMODE "game lifestyle" shirts. Quite a few of you have been asking about these shirts after spotting them on the Japanese KOG site, and we're pleased to make them available for y'all outside of Japan."
If you haven't seen already, Gamevideos has a Nintendo Museum feature with the KOG crew. Spanning almost 15 minutes, very cool:
And, another quick mention of future products:
"Despite the lack of activity on the KOG site, we've been busy taking care of a couple upcoming designs that we're very excited about. They're not quite ready yet, but hopefully we'll have some good news soon. If you haven't seen it already, take a look at the "IT'S COMING" teaser on the KOG site. Those of you "in the know" will figure it out quickly..."
Okay, there's an animated pic under "It's Coming". It pans from a blue sky down to a wooden bench on some grass with a gift box sitting on it. I have no fucking clue. Bastards. Whatever these crazy Japanese trendsetters are trying to tell us, I guarantee the hotness.
I'll post about the new shirts when they drop... read more
"Features like Wi-Fi play with voice chat, and map creation and sharing remake the title while keeping its addictive strategy gameplay."
