Archive for the 'retro' Category

Here at the Therapy, we love all things retro arcade. That of course includes Space Invaders. Check out this mysterious appearance of a Space Invaders crop circle. There are those who believe that aliens built the pyramids and also gave us the atari 2600. I think this proves it.

What is more likely? A group of drunk ass and geeky college kids all jacked up on arcade games and Red Bull? Or aliens warning us to stop shooting at them in our games?

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As if you didn’t have enough Space Invaders crap in your home, they have now invaded your kitchen and want to help you chop your Earthly food for consumption. It does have an awesome retro look.

Slam your knife down on this guy again and again in revenge for quarters lost in the 80’s.

[Technabob]

Check out this great post from the people at Mightygodking.com who claimed to have found a genuine working Atari 2600 at a garage sale, complete with a huge stack of classic games. In reality, it’s a huge post of classic video game artwork that’s been updated with titles and descriptions that more accurately reflect what’s being depicted on the cover. I mean really, how did the artist come up with those over-the-top covers when the games barely featured a few pixelated sprites? It’s pretty amusing.

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GK World’s “Usual Suspects” t-shirt features all 4 of our favorite ghosts from Namco. Only $17.95. Wear Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde proudly and show off your inner geek.

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The Moonwalk lamp by Thomas De Lussac, is made of lacquered aluminum and available in several colors. Soon an army of them will be on the march, like a million little men that just had a bright idea.

They certainly make a statement. And that statement is, “I’m scared!”

[Designspotter]

Just in case your home isn’t quite full of retro video game awesomeness, a UK product designer by the name of Soner Ozenc has created this Tetris Mirror.

And let’s face it, unlike me, some of you out there are pretty fugly. A mirror comprised of thirteen interlocking mirrored acrylic panels, might make you look better. Or at least turn your face into many separate parts like a funhouse mirror.

It can be arranged on your wall to form a rectangle, or displayed broken apart as individual puzzle blocks. It would be awesome if it had a high score on top based on who is the most good looking. You know, if your household is competitive AND conceited.

[Technabob]

Some guy made an awesome Space Invaders coffee table and is now selling it on Craigslist for $450.

Bad stuff can go down when you combine Space Invaders and coffee. Like in the 80’s when I stayed awake for 2 days and beat the high score. When the sun came out on the second day, some guy thought he was helping by leaning against the machine. I was so hopped up on caffeine, I accidentally slammed a quarter through his skull as I let out a girlly scream and then quietly resumed my game. The police thought it best that I stop soon after that.

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You know we love retro arcade games here at the Therapy. To all my groupies: If I see you get out of the pool and wrap a Space Invaders towel around you, you will have a geek on your hands trying to seduce you.

They come in the 3 varities shown. You can get them in mid-late June 2008 at $19.90 per towel.

Yes. More retro gaming towels please.

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These cupcake photos have been zinging across the web and making geeks like me hungry. These are true retro arcade works of art. They make me want to play vintage games while munching away. They were created by hello naomi and arranged to look just like the game screen.

Clearly I need me a new Betty Crocker in the kitchen. I would ask my wife to make these, but I don’t fancy a punch to my face.

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If I had a quarter for every quarter I put into the Space Invaders arcade game, I would be a rich man today. At the very least, able to afford the actual machine.

Here’s a great door mat sure to lure fellow geeks to your house and hopefully not scare away the opposite sex when they see what a geek you are.

When stepped on, the invaders start animating across the top of the door mat. It runs off of 4 AAA Batteries and will cost you $49.99.

[ThinkGeek] VIA [Gadgets-Weblog]