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video games get vectorized

Vector Mario by Philipp Lenssen

Check out these awesome vector art variations on classic arcade game characters.

Game enthusiast Philipp Lenssen took partial screenshots from famous arcade games and ran them through VectorMagic, a nifty online bitmap-to-vector conversion tool, then enlarged them to exaggerate the line-art effect.

I’m so used to seeing all these gaming icons in their traditional pixel…

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December 29th, 2007 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design video games

plusdeck ex: usb audio conversion powerhouse

BTO Plusdeck EX

This compact device sits alongside your computer, and turns it into a serious analog audio conversion system.
Simply connect BTO’s plusdeck EX to your computer’s USB port, and you can take all your old cassette tapes and easily convert them into MP3, WAV or OGG digital audio files. You can also record from the device’s…

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July 29th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing home entertainment