If there's one adjective we would apply to Space Invaders Extreme, that adjective would be ... intense. Just watching footage of Taito's stylishly remade shmup is enough to make us draw breath at the game's frenetic pace. When we do get to try it out for ourselves, there's a good chance that the sheer intensity of the experience will cause us to perspire wildly, as we carve our way through wave after wave of psychedelically colored extra-terrestrial intruders.
In which case, this Space Invaders Extreme towel would be just the ticket for wiping our fevered, moist brows. Not only is it extremely stylish (it's the kind of desirable item that would encourage us to visit the beach again, forchrissakes), but it's available for free. If you preorderSpace Invaders Extreme. In Japan. Damn.
Any knitters out there in DS Fanboy land? We've seen a few in the comments from time to time, so we've got something for you: patterns for mushroom toys! Now you can make your own mushrooms for extra lives or embiggening (that look a little like stuffed socks), and hug them and squeeze them for hours on end. We do not, however, recommend that you eat them.
This blogger, sadly, cannot knit, and not for lack of trying. After a single row, it all becomes very alien. Maybe it's time for Knitting Training or something ....
... Just boring stuff like playing games and existing in three dimensions. Other than that, this tutorial from reader Jillian S will show you how to make your very own DS Lite. Picture. In Photoshop.
Jillian's instructions are clear and logical, with example images throughout. You'll probably end up learning a bit about Photoshop as you go along, and, if you do well, you'll end up with an image that looks like you spent seconds searching the Internet for product images. You'll know, however, that this particular product image held a price in blood, sweat, and tears repetitive stress injuries.
We love the kinds of exceedingly detailed tutorials that people online put together for various random tasks, for no reason at all other than maybe boredom and a genuine desire to share ... that one task. Without this compulsion, there would be no GameFAQs, for one thing.
We also love the above in-progress picture of a DS with no screens and no interface. It could get a lot of use for mocking up fake DS successors.
The DS Life is a weekly feature in which we scour the known world for narrative images of Nintendo's handhelds and handheld gamers. If you have a photo and a story to match it with, send both to thedslife at dsfanboy dot com.
We have another gallery of work for you to scroll through and enjoy, this time for a photographer, though his pictures might look like paintings when you first see them. El Silencio pushes his high dynamic range imaging techniques to the extreme, producing images suffused with warmth and a suggestion of something transmundane. Take a peek past the break for El Silencio's photos and this week's installment of The DS Life.
While it's true that we love almost anything that has to do with Space Invaders, this jacket is particularly drool-worthy. This isn't the first time that we've seen Space Invadersbe fashionable, but for only 239 Denmark Kroner ($47 USD), this retro piece of yum is right up our alley.
The catch? This jacket (made by Scandinavian design label Junk de Luxe) is only being sold, to our knowledge, at this Danish shop. If you can make it through the foreign language checkout, it seems like they will ship internationally. Since our Danish is really rusty, though (as in, we've never actually spoken any before), we can't actually be sure
We usually don't feel warm and fuzzy when thinking about piranha plants, but we suppose it can't be helped when one actually is warm and fuzzy. Still, years of training (read: playing Mario games) have conditioned us to keep our fingers away from these beasts, even if they look harmless.
This precious pincushion was made by a Toronto artist named FoulFowl, and was wet and needle felted. Since we're domestically challenged, we're not exactly sure what that entails, but it sounds impressive -- at least, we hope so, since the craft is set at $25.
You know what's missing from your living room? A glistening four-foot statue of Mario with eyes that will follow you everywhere that you go. Note that we're putting this in your living room? That's because, as much as we like Mario, we're not sure we'd want it in ours. Collectibles are great and all, and we're big fans, but crazy price aside ... we're just not sure this particular treasure is for us.
He's got his eyes on you. And he's just so cheerful. Well, that's eight hundred dollars saved!
Further demonstrating the insane success of our favorite lawyer adventure game series, Del Rey Manga, publisher of Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes, will be translating the official Gyakuten Saibanmanga and releasing it in the U.S. The first volume of Phoenix Wright is set to be released on August 26th, at a retail price of $13.95. Amazon, of course, is preselling it for $2 less.
The manga features all the familiar Phoenix Wright characters you know, love, and object to, along with new characters, in completely new cases. With Apollo Justice on the way next month, we're glad to have a line on some new content, even if it's somewhat less interactive than the games.
We often poke fun at custom Lites (usually with good reason, but sometimes, just because), but this one actually looks alright. The new Gloss Silver DS Lites are pretty, but a little plain; the buttons are also silver, so the whole thing is very monochromatic. The original Phat was also silver, but had black buttons to shake things up a little. Maybe we like variety, or maybe we're just nostalgic for the good ol' days of less battery power, but this Lite Redux that turned up on eBay really seems like the best of both worlds. It's got the sleek, slender sophistication of the silver Lite, but the black buttons just scream "old school." The price ($175) may be a little high for our tastes, but hey -- we're on board with the idea.
Does this count as a furry pinup? Is "fur" a requirement for these sort of dealings? And if you're the kind of person who is really intodragons, wouldn't these anthropomorphised features (e.g. blonde hair, humanoid limbs, and dragon breasts all up in your grill) turn you off?
Apparently not! Upon seeing the above piece, deviantART member RajginKisaragi commented, "Very beautiful job! I'm glad to be a dragon looking at this ... *Boing*" There you have it, straight from the dragon's maw! A real-life dragon, at that!
Natasha "Dark Natasha" Mleynek painted the lid of this Black GBA SP back in 2004 for a friend. While the subject doesn't fit our tastes in either women or dragons, we recognize that Natasha is very skilled in her craft; there are few, if any, technical flaws with this customization. Believe us, she could have done a lot worse. Also, she added a layer of clear coat paint to protect her artwork from any man-handling.
eBay seller and DSdecorator viper640_0 is back, this time with an Onyx Lite worked over with a Zelda motif. We're digging the color scheme and the general approach, but the triforce seems like a bit much. Disagree? Well, the whole spiffy package can be yours for a mere $200, and it comes straight from POWER SELLER VILLAGE. That's how you know it's quality.
Signed units are nothing new to us here at DS Fanboy. We've seen our fair share of them. But, when you have a limited edition GBA SP like this, signed by the man who made so many of our beloved Nintendo mascots a reality, we take special notice.
Should you be the bidding type, this auction for the pictured GBA SP is live until January 19th, giving you enough time to go over the decision to toss your coin in for this Miyamoto-signed GBA SP. It's a pretty sweet handheld, if we may say so. However, the starting bid of $500 is probably a tad bit ridiculous and has us questioning the seller's state of mind. We wouldn't drop that much dough on this item ourselves.
What about you, though? Is this GBA worth several hundred dollars?
GameSniped has a roundup of one eBay seller's truly bizarre Nintendo employee items -- not just the usual retail demo units, but stuff like pins awarded for 1, 2, and 3 years of service, and, well, this hat. We can't say enough about the hat.
We'd look like huge nerds wearing a hat like that (being non-cowboys/farmers/people who see sunlight), and Nintendo-logo-emblazoned hats are nerdy as a rule, so this beautiful piece of haberdashery, swag from Nintendo's 1996 semi-annual company meeting in Nashville, is a nexus of nerdity.
Okay, there are actually a lot of retail demo units, too, and a neat Nintendo Power display stand. We've been jaded by the Internet if we have allowed ourselves to stop being impressed by the availability of old store demo systems on eBay.
Have a hankering to pave your outdoor areas with the souls of Game Boys? Have a great deal of money to sink into such a project? The answer is here, friends: Game Boy garden bricks. Shipping charges for those outside of Europe are painful -- and the bricks themselves aren't cheap -- but these handmade accents are definitely unique.
It saddens us to say that none of us are wealthy people. If we were, we'd fund the purchase of a ludicrously expensive high-end color printer, which we would then use to print this fantastic promotional poster for Professor Layton and the Curious Village. We'd laminate it, pin it proudly to our wall, and then do the same for all of our friends.
Yes, even the promotional material for this game rocks. This flyer was circulated as part of a recent Nintendo email, and is just like the game it promotes: inventive, quirky, and a little bit different from the usual promotional baloney we encounter.
Hit the break for a far bigger version, and see how quickly you can solve the puzzle.
If there's one adjective we would apply to Space Invaders Extreme, that adjective would be ... intense. Just watching footage of Taito's stylishly remade shmup is enough to make us draw breath at the game's frenetic pace. When we do get to try it out for ourselves, there's a good chance that the sheer intensity of the experience will cause us to perspire wildly, as we carve our way through wave after wave of psychedelically colored extra-terrestrial intruders.
While it's true that we love almost anything that has to do with Space Invaders, this jacket is particularly drool-worthy. This isn't the first time that we've seen Space Invaders 
Further demonstrating the insane success of our favorite lawyer adventure game series, Del Rey Manga, publisher of Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes, will be translating the official Gyakuten Saiban 
It saddens us to say that none of us are wealthy people. If we were, we'd fund the purchase of a ludicrously expensive high-end color printer, which we would then use to print this fantastic promotional poster for 
