Team Genius is behind this musical tribute to Donkey Kong Country it’s the 10th epsiode their web series Boy Friends. You can listen to the song by clicking the play button of our audio player or watch the full episode of “Donkey Kong” in the embedded video below. Enjoy.

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With over 100 artists contributing to the upcoming I am 8-bit show opening August 14th at:

World of Wonder Storefront Gallery
6650 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, California

The exhibit runs runs through Sunday September 7th and features performances by Computer Jay and
DJ R-Rated. Check out some of the art that will be featured below.

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Rock Band 2 gets national media exposure yesterday on NBC’s Today Show when hosts Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira, Al Roker, and Natalie Morales play Bon Jovi’s “Living On A Prayer” in front of a crowd in front of their Time Square studio in New York City.

Over on The Colbert Report Nas plays Rock Band while backstage scoring 95% accuracy with a 255 note streak. Not too bad.

Scott Ransoomair understands how “hardcore” gamers feel after the disappointing Nintendo E3 showing with his recent VG Cats entitled “Waiting”. This really is what Nintendo’s faithful are doing right now, waiting. George Walker posted an article over at Aeropause that discusses this very subject and he makes an excellent point that you may find it of interest.

Scott Ransoomair recent VG Cats parodies 300 featuring Mario and friends reenacting an early scene from the film.

A lonely Final Fantasy fan attempts to impress a female friend with his knowledge of Square Enix titles.

Grand Theft Auto has finally succeeded in converting the masses into mindless murdering machines and it’s up to one man to save the day: Jack Thompson.

In this episode of The Reboot, host Rio Pesino speaks with video game recruiters from Bungie, LucasArts, BioWare, Ubisoft, THQ and FullSail about the hiring process, what they look for in a candidate and some insiders’ advice on how to break into the industry.

Check out Sarcastic Gamer’s satire of the Nintendo Wii Fit sung to the tune of Joni Mitchell’s ‘They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot’.

DigitalPh33r made the following tutorial covering the in’s and out’s of machinima. What is “machinima”? Well it’s a portmanteau word, or a fusing of two different words together into one machine cinema.

This first installment of DigitalPh33r’s Guide to Making Halo 3 Machinima covers the pros and cons of machinima, the games to use as a medium and legal issues regarding game content and use of music.

Check it out.