I like a good half-baked design every now and then, and this modular cell phone caught my eye. Each of my past few cell phones have met their end from just one component failing. With a Phonebloks phone, you could simply replace the bad component and be good as new. Motorola’s on board with this now, and I hope the project continues to gain traction. How about blocks for buttons and a D-pad?
Source: Phonebloks – YouTube via WebUrbanist
Today Phonebloks is launched!
I love watching people break games. This tool-assisted glitchfest of the SNES International Superstar Soccer Deluxe replaces the referees with dogs that apparently can’t keep score and don’t take issue with players messing around behind the goals. If you like this, the mad scientists at TASVideos have plenty more.
Source: TASVideos – SNES International Superstar Soccer Deluxe via TASVideos Top Rated Movies RSS feed
Japan will make anything cute. To make metal cute, ex-Megadeth lead guitarist Marty Friedman brought in pop idol group AKB48 to create Death Panda. Friedman loves J-pop’s complicated song structures and how bands like Babymetal apply them to metal.
Source: YouTube via the Lost Gamers Japanese metal panel at Matsuricon
30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 2: Opening level music From Eschatos (Xbox 360, 2011)
This song sold me this game. I don't mind hearing it every time I have to start over. Super Hard Mode means this will be my only pick from any Xbox 360 game.
Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
I haven’t done one of these artist posts in over a year. Let’s fix that with PiNe. PiNe delivers vivid scenes and cool character designs in a handy RSS feed.
When I saw this on today's Pixivision Halloween post, I knew today I'd have to post this too. Google Translate translates the Japanese title to "I do not have to make sweets!"
Source: PiNe – Trick or Treat! via Pixiv
“Trick or Treat!”
Happy Halloween ☾
I started listening to RadioSEGA again and they’ve been playing this song from Ollie King, an arcade skateboarding game that was the spiritual successor of Top Skater. Sampling artist Hideki Naganuma provided the soundtrack, including remixes of a couple of his own songs from Jet Set Radio Future. I had no idea Ollie King had beats like this.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXqxg3FpuDA via a DuckDuckGo search via RadioSEGA
Anime Hell once again delivered the Japanese weirdness at Ohayocon. I expected that 2016’s Japanese commercials would be just as good as 2015’s. The one that surprised me was a Tissot watch ad as a music video for the band World Order’s song World Order. I wish all my clocks could sync up like this band. This reminds me of OK Go.
Source: Tissot YouTube via Anime Hell
30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 27: Music from a handheld game From Bravely Default (3DS, 2012)
JDetan keeps telling me about Bravely Default’s fantasy rock soundtrack. He also says I should never trust a fairy, whatever that means. If a portable RPG rocks this hard throughout, I’ve got to play it.
Edit: Yikes! The first YouTube video I had here was taken down today! Here's a different upload. I use official YouTube Music uploads where possible, but none exist for Bravely Default's soundtrack. Edit 2: I had to replace the YouTube video again.
Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun
(I’ve actually met a few acquaintances by way of Sayonara Umihara Kawase’s North American leaderboards.)
Source: Stuplr via Yumi’s Odd Odyssey leaderboards (records) and his comment on my video
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