In celebration of the its 20 year anniversary (damn we’re old), The Beastie Boys recently gave their sophomore album a re-release, laden with such goodies as track-by-track commentary, a fold-out poster, and even trading cards (yes).
The album was a stray from the original Beastie fare–rapping about beer and “girlies” over Led Zeppelin– and instead was a master-class in copyright infringement. Crafted by the Dust Brothers, Paul’s Boutique layered Beatles and Rap when Danger Mouse and Jay Z were learning how to tie their shoes.
Sample Trading Cards:
Still on the fence? “Chiggidy Check” the “dope beats” below (I try).
Patrick once saved a drowning dog from an icey pond, so he is probably better than you. 
Gaming and beverages have a wide and varied history, from 7up mascot Spot’s 16-bit adventures, PlayStation’s Pepsi Man and the Donkey Kong Jungle Juice energy drink. I believe in the business world they call this synergy. In the 90′s SEGA and Coca-Cola took such cross-promotional teamwork to the next level, releasing a complete beverage-branded console bundle. In it, you got [...]
Man, Nintendo certainly had a lot of awesome merchandising back in the day. In game-branded food alone there was Nintendo-themed cereal, mac-and-cheese and fruit snacks. Way better than those shitty mint tins they now sell at FYE and Newbury Comics. But here’s a Nintendo product you definitely should not eat: The Legend of Zelda Model Set. Currently [...]
(NOTE: This was a contribution to a feature that ran @NintendoLife about the 25th Anniversary of the NES. You should go read it.) The first video game I ever saw was Kung-Fu for the NES. My older sister’s friend down the street had just gotten the system, so she kindly escorted me down to their [...]
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