Kamasi Washington – The Rhythm Changes

Super Mario Bros. 3Mix

For Super Mario Bros. 3‘s 25th anniversary, I present Captain Southbird’s romhack Super Mario Bros. 3Mix. Similar to Rockman 4 Minus Infinity, it implements great ideas from several later Mario games, but this one stays true to the level design lessons of the original. The Rev 1 release from two days ago fixes bugs Mike Matei found in his review, so make sure you get that one.

Update: Captain Southbird has released Rev 2B which fixes a couple bugs, so get that one instead.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck_a8Y3Gefo via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9rIGa9R9bE via YouTube subscription, also http://sonicepoch.com/sm3mix/

Shattered Skies – The End and the Rebirth

Hello from Tumblr! I’ve been thinking, and I realize that my WordPress blog posts are basically Tumblr posts anyway. I might as well make it a Tumblr blog because I lose almost nothing. I plan to re-make all of my WordPress posts as proper Tumblr posts, properly reblogging the Tumblr stuff this time to comply with the posters’ wishes. For instance, my post for PiNe’s illustrations will become reblogs of every image when possible. Once I learn to Tumblr properly and get my theme and cross-posts working correctly, this is going to be good.

Source: Shattered Skies via Google Play Music radio

Fumio Ito – Rush a Difficulty 2006 Arrange Ver.

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 20: Music from a racing game From OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (Xbox, 2006)

OutRun 2 with Turbo OutRun music is a lot more fun than actually playing Turbo OutRun.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Kevin Birrell – Ti Classic Grand Master

Tetris the Grand Master 3 has the subtitle “Terror-Instinct”. KevinDDR has become the sixth player in the world and the first outside Japan to tame this beast and earn the rank of Grand Master in Classic Master mode. Only the best players who can get to and and beat the invisible credits roll consistently earn the right be tested for Grand Master rank, and Kevin pulled it off under pressure. Congratulations!

I really should have posted this one last night. Kevin's a friend, and I should have realized that his run was on YouTube and could have been blogged about. Sorry about that. Click for the full-size image.

Update: Replaced the unofficial AGDQ YouTube archive with the official one.

Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_b6H8dHHm0, Games Done Quick YouTube (was the unofficial YouTube archive), and Kawaiikochan Gaming No Korner

GRAND MASTER!! “DEMONIC GAMESOFT

It’s Comics for the recent amazing feat. It looks like a foreigner has obtained "Grand Master,” huh… we’ll discuss “Gosh, that’s difficult”. What’s more difficult, in gamesoft? Shiranai~

It’s a news piece on such a subject. It’s IIDX. Dolce vs “Mei.” It’s “Dodonpachi Crazy Run”.

It’s the Last Dragon and “The Master.”

It’s “Patreon Fan/Fun Club For The Support Of Kawaiis”.

My Life in Gaming – retroUSB's AVS NES

The certified video nerds at My Life in Gaming got to review the retroUSB AVS, a new system that plays NES carts and accessories accurately in glorious 720p. I’m still playing my Famicom carts on a Power Joy, so I really want this.

Source: My Life in Gaming via the Backloggery

Chart Party – The search for the saddest punt in the world

Sports geekery is geekery like anything else. SB Nation's Chart Party answers tricky questions by doing deep dives into a vast amounts of statistics. The show has tackled what if Barry Bonds didn't have a bat and just how profoundly bad the Cleveland Browns are. This one's still my favorite. It uses a complex formula to determine how "sad" a punt is, and then runs it on every punt in the modern NFL. This inspired me to do my own absurdly complicated formula to decide what retro games I should put on my handhelds' limited storage space. I might report on that later, but I should stop punting and finish a blog post already.

Source: Chart Party via GeekNights

Wave – Commission - More Meowvels

Getting into MUGEN territory here. You know, in case Marvel wasn't broken enough for you.

Source: Suzuran’s DeviantArt via Capcom Unity five years ago

A commission from someone on DA to draw more Meowvel vs Catcom. XD

Kaido – Death of Stars

While looking around on pixiv and adding bookmarks, I found out that good artists tend to have really good bookmarks of their own. This is how I find stuff like Anime Galactus destroying some planets. Also, things that users tag as “Futsukushii”, “Hisense”, and “Click Recommended” are usually great picks, and this one has all three.

Actually, she seems sad about this. I guess that's where all the ice came from.

Source: 「星の死」/「カイドウ」のイラスト [pixiv] via Ask’s bookmarks via several recommendations for Ask’s art

Revo – Wicked Flight

30-Day Video Game Music Challenge (Super Hard Mode) Day 27: Music from a handheld game From Bravely Default (3DS, 2012)

JDetan keeps telling me about Bravely Default’s fantasy rock soundtrack. He also says I should never trust a fairy, whatever that means. If a portable RPG rocks this hard throughout, I’ve got to play it.

Edit: Yikes! The first YouTube video I had here was taken down today! Here's a different upload. I use official YouTube Music uploads where possible, but none exist for Bravely Default's soundtrack. Edit 2: I had to replace the YouTube video again.

Source: YouTube, challenge by OverClocked ReMix I think?, via NintendoCapriSun

Psychostick – Obey the Beard

Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist hit me with another doozy today. Comedy metal band Psychostick really wants me to grow a beard. Now, I respect a good beard and I want to improve myself, but I’m afraid that a beard would look weird on me. It’s too much maintenance!

Eh, I’ll think about it.

Source: Psychostick via Spotify