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).
(NOTE: This was my contribution to a feature that ran @NintendoLife about the 25th Anniversary of the NES. I just wanted to archive these memories for myself.) 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 [...]
What if a deranged Santa Robot decided we all didn’t deserve gifts this year? Mega Man would come and bust ‘em up, that’s what! AceSparks of Sprite Inc. has re-imagined Charles Dicken’s classic, A Christmas Carol into a Mega Man game where the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, Future and Jacob Marley are evil robots [...]
Mario may be the master of Mushroom Kingdom, but that hasn’t stopped programmer Jay Pavlina from dragging other classic NES icons into goomba territory in his new aptly-titled game Super Mario Bros. Crossover. In this undefinabley-awesome act of retro bliss, players get the chance to rampage through all the levels of the original Super Mario [...]
