Free Stuff Makes Me Giggle

And who doesn’t giggle when they get free stuff? Especially from a contest, because putting forth some amount of effort makes a victory all the more sweet. Recently, Guild Wars released their winners for their annual Halloween Art contest, in which participants are asked to create some spooky works of art that combine Halloween and their online MMO. Now, while I’m not really too gifted with the pencil and eraser, I am somewhat decent with photoshop and video editing, but regardless I decided to enter in hopes of winning swag.

So I entered with a simple movie poster-esque image based on an old zombie flick, I Walked with a Zombie. Yeah it’s not Romero, but it’s still a good movie I watched once, and so, I created…after the jump!

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Atari Hero 2600: Play Atari 2600 Games Like a Rock Star

File this one under “Freaking Awesome”.

So over at SlipperyBrick.com, Connor Flyyn has modded an Atari 2600 and a Guitar Hero guitar controller together into an fusion of awesomeness.

“This is not my first console mod, but I think it’s the neatest. As far as I know it hasn’t been done before. I wanted to be able play Atari 2600 games like you play Guitar Hero… With a guitar,” Flyyn said.

I’m not old enough to have been around when the 2600 was out, but it’s gaming history, of which I can’t ignore, and who wouldn’t want to play a console using a guitar? Flyyn also discusses how he wanted to do the same, except instead of an Atari, a NES. Now the NES I remember, very well. Full article and pictures after the jump!

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