When the discussion of archaic, iconic games hits any group of young geeks or old nerds, the topic often turns towards PAC-MAN, Space Invaders, Pong, or Frogger. Invariably, depending on how long the conversation lasts, someone brings up one of the other classics that many often forget because it is one of the only ones with a popular series of continuations in modern gaming: Donkey Kong. Artist Baznet created an amazing series of 8-bit images that put characters like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones into the game. Check it out: [caption id="attachment_36307" align="aligncenter" width="600"]…

Creating a likeable character can be one of the most challenging aspects of building a game, like our “Boomie vs Pirates.” The characters in your app can be the biggest pull for the users to engage and re-engage. So much thought and research can go into development that it can become overwhelming. There is no need to worry; let’s go over a few things to help you navigate the process of character development.   A few common likable qualities There are three major qualities in characters that are essential to building a game that will be memorable for many generations. I’ll give you some…

Donkey Kong Country Returns comes out in two months, and as a hardcore fan of the franchise (Country in particular, not DK in general) I am tickled completely undiscovered shades of pink. This video by co-DK fanatics Angie Griffin and Chad Nikolaus helps explain my lust. It’s the cheesiest, most horribly-produced video you’ll see all day. It is also, by a large margin, the best video you’ll see all day. Assuming you dig Donkey Kong. Everyone digs Donkey Kong. I give this song two green and red balloons out of a possible blue….

A product designer for Keysfactory has let fly with a tweet which may or may not have inadvertently leaked the release date of Nintendo’s 3DS: November 20th. Now, my understanding of Japanese is limited to sporadic dickings around with Translation Party, but thankfully, Nintendo3DSblog has gone to the trouble of doing the dirty work for the rest of us: On November 20th, the 11 goods I designed for use with the 3DS will go on sale simultaneously. Those of you buying the 3DS, please buy them while you’re at it! This will be officially announced on the homepage eventually, lol. Best regards. The tweet…

Mama always said video games were going to ruin the next generation – and now look what’s happened! In this delightful short film by One More Productions, a cloud of pixels is released from a old rundown TV and form into a series of well-known video game icons and characters. As if you needed to ask, they then proceed to then wreak  a great deal of highly enjoyable havoc. What’s worse, they turn half the things they touch into more pixels! Disaster! If you have even the slightest sense of nostalgia for the video games of your youth, you will probably love this video. [Source: Geek Sugar]…