Technabob » iam8bit http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Super Mario and Zelda Roombas: Beware the Goomba Roomba http://technabob.com/blog/2012/02/26/super-mario-zelda-roombas/ http://technabob.com/blog/2012/02/26/super-mario-zelda-roombas/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:00:12 +0000 Conner Flynn http://technabob.com/blog/?p=85498 Super Mario and Zelda… themed Roomba covers are awesome and adorable. It’s like the games coming alive in your living room, while your place is simultaneously getting cleaned. How cool is that? Sadly we can’t have these in our own homes, because these particular covers were created for]]> These custom Super Mario and Zelda themed Roomba covers are awesome and adorable. It’s like the games coming alive in your living room, while your place is simultaneously getting cleaned. How cool is that?

Super Mario Goomba

Sadly we can’t have these in our own homes, because these particular covers were created for last Fall’s SUPER iam8bit, a group art exhibition that showcased over 100 artists bringing to life their 80′s video game memories, and they’re already spoken for. These cute floor dwellers come from a collaboration between iRobot and fiber artist Kelice Penney.

There’s the Goomba from the Super Mario games, green and red Koopa shells from Super Mario Kart and even the Octorok from The Legend of Zelda. I wish I could have these guys roaming around my house. Maybe they will be mass-produced some day. What other spinny video game characters do you think would make a good Roomba?

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2012/02/26/super-mario-zelda-roombas/feed/ 0 Great Showdowns of the 8-Bit Era [Video Game Art] http://technabob.com/blog/2008/08/25/great-showdowns-of-the-8-bit-era-video-game-art/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/08/25/great-showdowns-of-the-8-bit-era-video-game-art/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:30:37 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=3853 I think I have a new favorite video game artist. I’ve already got a set of Scott Campbell’s hilarious Pac-Man illustrations in my house, and now I’m totally in love with his new “Great Showdowns (of the 8-Bit era)” series that he did for the 2008 iam8-bit video game art show at the World of Wonder gallery in Hollywood, Ca.

great showdowns 8 bit

Scott’s mini paintings (3″ x 5″ each) offer a whimsical take on the confrontations between classic video game characters and their various nemeses. Dig Dug tries to make friends with Pooka and Fygar instead of exploding their insides, while Frogger contemplates how exactly he’ll jump onto that damned log so he can make it home from work once again. Back in the day, I pumped so many quarters into Moon Patrol, that the moon buggy vs. happy rock scene is my personal favorite.

While the original paintings have already found good homes, for $100 you can get your hands on a set of 5 mini prints (limited to just 30 per edition), signed and numbered by Campbell over on A Paper Tiger If you want a set for your wall, you’d better hurry.

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