A LiveJournal user by the name of studiojfish has found a massive amount of artwork from the original NES version of The Legend of Zelda lying around on his computer - and it’s of a completely different style than many of us have become accustomed to.
Don’t know what you buy your Wii obsessed friend for the holiday season? How about a sculpture of their very own Mii. Paul Pape Designs store over at Etsy will do all the hard work for you by creating your custom Mii for only US$50. The 3D sculpture of your little guy measures between 6” and 8” tall.
Some clever gamer has made his own version of Paper Mario DS…out of paper. The only thing I’m disappointed about is that something so cool was filmed on what looks to be a camera phone - someone get this guy some real gear!
Midway, the developer behind such classics as Mortal Kombat, The Suffering, Gauntlet and Stranglehold has seen it fit to release an art book titled, The Art of Midway: Before Pixels and Polygon. The book features around 200 works of art from many of Midway’s illustrious franchises. While it might not be everyone’s cup of tea it’s defiantly nice to see a bit more of a caring approach to game artist’s work rather than the usual pre-release concept art on a website.