Link roundup

1. The established video game reviewing press has known for at least a week that Brink was a disaster.

2. Steel Divers, which is supposed to really show the 3DS off, was essentially completed for the DS and then repurposed for the 3DS.

3. Captain America wallpaper.

Art Contest: Fix the Nintendo 3DS's red screen of death

UPDATE: It was tough to pick a winner, and of the artists I asked for advice, everyone had a different favorite. But I picked Cormac McEvoy's Dr. Mario as the grand prize winner. Thanks everyone, I'll post a new contest soon.



This month's art contest was improving the Nintendo's 3DS's red screen of death. Below are the wonderful entries. I'll announce a winner later today.



Chris Beaumont.



Joe D!.





Blayne Scott.




Helder Silva.




Lee Jackson.




Cormac McEvoy.




Ben Knight.

*Buy the 3DS at Amazon.

Super Mario Converse All-Stars

Super Mario Chuck Taylor's by Converse Japan for Mario's 25th Anniversary. Via.

*Previously: High-heeled Converse All-Stars.

Link roundup

1. From LA Magazine:

My parents both worked at the park in the summer of 1959, a year into their marriage and just four years after Disneyland opened. My dad was assigned to the cars of Autopia (back then kids would frequently knock out their teeth on steering wheels)

2. Zero Punctuation reviews the 3DS (and hates it).

3. Phil Saunders has been posting lots of Tron Legacy concept art.

*Buy Disneyland posters at eBay.