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For awesome NES mods, just add legends



Thanks to its largely flat surface, the NES doubles up as an ideal canvas for those wishing to spruce up their consoles with a custom paint job. Of course, you also need artistic ability, which is where we fail hideously, and eBay user hellokitty11111111111 (yes) excels.

Well, "excels" most of the time, anyway. The quality of these mods does vary a little -- we're not big fans of the Kid Icarus design -- but we do absolutely love the Earthbound, Super Mario Bros. 3, and (highly topical) River City Ransom examples. Are they worth (up to) $149.99, though? At a stretch, we'd be tempted. There's more past the break, complete with auction links.

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Game art collecting can be wacky


We aren't sure how we missed collecting the original stickers, when we were hardcore Garbage Pail Kids devotees, but we completely skipped Topps' 1991 refresh of their Wacky Packages trading card series, featuring parodies of various products' box designs.

Patrick Pigott's oiled-up design for a "Slippery Murry-O Bros. 3" also skipped the series, having been commissioned for Wacky Packages, but never used. It was finally rediscovered for the 2007 "Lost Wackys Series 2" fan release of unused Wacky Packages art. And now this vaguely upsetting, potentially offensive image can be displayed full-size in your home, a piece of (trading card) history. The original painting is being auctioned on eBay, with a current bid of $102.50.

[Via GameSniped]

Bob Ross game contest


Announced on the first day of E3 week, we feel absolutely ashamed that we neglected to bring this wonderful bit of news to you. Turns out 6 lucky winners will have the chance to showcase their art in the upcoming Bob Ross video game. Guidelines, for the moment, are:
  • Only landscape paintings completed using the Bob Ross Wet-on-Wet Technique ® will be accepted.
  • Submission must be the entrant's own original work (using the instructions from Bob's books and DVDs is encouraged)
  • Entrants will be required to assign all copyrights for their submitted work to Bob Ross Interactive LLC, AGFRAG Entertainment Group and Bob Ross Incorporated.
  • Entrants will be required to authorize use of their name, brief biographical information and images for publicity and publication to Bob Ross Interactive LLC, AGFRAG Entertainment Group and Bob Ross Incorporated.
A more comprehensive set of guidelines is due to be posted in June.

[Thanks AssemblyLineHuman!]

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