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Delta Heavy – White Flag

Delta Heavy's new music vid 'White Flag' is a pixel art masterpiece

Directed by Najeeb Tarazi, who worked on films for Pixar such as Toy Story 3 and Monsters Inc., this awesome pixel art music video created for the superb track ‘White Flag’ by British electro duo Delta Heavy from their Paradise Lost EP is heavily inspired by a retro 16-bit aesthetic and the world of the early 90s gaming. Love it! 🙂

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Nintendo’s Classic NES Console is Back!

Nintendo's releasing a miniature classic NES console loaded with 30 games

Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition is a recently announced miniature version of their console preloaded with 30 classic Nintendo games

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including:

Balloon Fight™
BUBBLE BOBBLE
Castlevania™
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest™
Donkey Kong™
Donkey Kong Jr. ™
DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE
Dr. Mario™
Excitebike™
FINAL FANTASY®
Galaga™
GHOSTS’N GOBLINS®
GRADIUS™
Ice Climber™
Kid Icarus™
Kirby’s Adventure™
Mario Bros. ™
MEGA MAN® 2
Metroid™
NINJA GAIDEN
PAC-MAN™
Punch-Out!! ™ Featuring Mr. Dream
StarTropics™
SUPER C™
Super Mario Bros.™
Super Mario Bros. ™ 2
Super Mario Bros. ™ 3
TECMO BOWL
The Legend of Zelda™
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link™

The system is modelled on the original NES, but is smaller and has updated HDMI output. Each system will include one controller with additional controllers purchased separately when released on 11th November 2016. This is the best news we have heard all week! – Bring. It. On. 🙂

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Butcher Billy – Trump x Magritte

Butcher Billy imagines a portrait sitting between painter René Magritte & Donald Trump

With his new series of mashups Trump x Magritte, Brazilian artist and illustrator Butcher Billy imagines an improbable encounter between painter René Magritte, the master of Surrealism, and American politician, wanna-be president, and billionaire Donald Trump. Love it! 🙂

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Ghostbusters Japanese Style

Sony Pictures release a Japanese version of the original Ghostbusters theme song

Starring Yukiko Tomochika, Naomi Watanabe, Oniyakko Tsubaki, and Shizuyo Yamasaki, Sony Pictures Japan have released a great music video promoting the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot film with four female comedians in full gear performing a Japanese version of the original theme song by Ray Parker Jr. Nice work 🙂

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Buvette’s New Music Vid ‘Staring at the Lines’

Directed by Félicien Colmet-Daâge and Ludovic Versace, ‘Staring at the Lines’, the latest music video from Buvette, is a little visual gem leading us into a surreal and mesmerising world, a futuristic dystopia populated with clones. With its colourful compositions and particular aesthetic, this animated vid has some nice references to the famous manga ‘Akira‘. Love it! 🙂

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Product OTD: Sushi Backpacks

Sushi Backpacks are the ultimate tribute to raw fish

Available from Rakuten, Sushi Backpacks pay tribute to three great classics of sushi – the Sake Nigiri (salmon), the Ebi Nigiri (shrimp), and the Tamagoyaki Nigiri (Japanese omelette). Clearly for those of you who want to shout out your love of sushi to the world and are not afraid of ridicule 😉 Lots of fun – Happy Friday! 🙂

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Kanye West – ‘Famous’

Kanye West's new video is an interesting commentary on fame & celebrity

Kanye West has unveiled the slightly bizarre yet interesting new video for his track ‘Famous’ featuring an array of naked celebrities in bed together including wife Kim Kardashian naked and asleep, along with Taylor Swift and Kim’s sex tape buddy ex, Ray J. A slow zoom out reveals their other bedmates to be Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner, Bill Cosby, George W. Bush, Donald Trump, Anna Wintour, Rihanna, and Chris Brown, all snuggled up beside them in an enormous bed. Controversial yet an interesting visual commentary on the intertwined, exposed nature of fame and the cult of celebrity. Check it out 🙂

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Game Boy Camera Man

Game Boy Camera Man is an instagram dedicated to the nintendo game boy camera

Kids of the 90s, check out Game Boy Camera Man, an Instagram account dedicated to the Nintendo Game Boy camera. This nostalgic feed pays tribute to the forerunner of the digital camera by creating all images using this gadget and posting black and white photos with a groundbreaking resolution of 128 × 128 pixels. Love it! – Happy Friday, everyone 🙂

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Japanese Donald Trump Commercial…Kawaii!

In case you missed it, Donald Trump gets a Japanese TVC

A fake, tongue-in-cheek ad directed by Mike Diva entitled Japanese Donald Trump Commercial, this WTF video imagines what a commercial announcing Donald Trump as new president of the world would look like in Japan. Kawaii!! 🙂

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Pete’s Dragon Official Trailer

Disney's 'Pete's Dragon' remake is coming very soon

Disney have released the official trailer for Pete’s Dragon, an upcoming remake/reimagining of the 1977 film of the same name, directed by David Lowery. The trailer follows a young boy named Pete, who was lost in the woods for six years, as he introduces his magical dragon ‘Elliott’ to forest ranger Grace Meacham and her family. Starring Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Robert Redford, Pete’s Dragon is scheduled for release in August 2016. Brings back so many fond childhood memories – check it out 🙂

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