16 Nov 2011

Blarticle: Meme-bombing

There’s a new kind of graffiti art on the block, people. By ‘the block’, of course I mean the giant void of cyberspace in which we are all linked and more personally involved than we are with the elderly neighbours that have been living across the street for thirty years. With the internet as the No 1. port of call for those who feel in their hearts that they must procrastinate, it was inevitable that the more subversive types of humour would slowly start to creep out of the screen and into the third dimension, taking the form of little signs and quips in all manner of inappropriate places and contexts - the best of which is, of course, the world of work.

Triview: Mario & Luigi Franchise (GBA & DS)

God, I love Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. I’ve played it so many times, I keep forgetting that video games make me as bad tempered as a goat and as apt to spout obscenities as a small electronic box with buttons that swear when you press them, designed for 12 year old boys and forbidden to anyone under the age of 16.

Triview: Phonex Wright Franchise (DS)

Phonex Wright is not a game series it’s easy to find fans for. I’ve got two brothers, one of whom hates slow paced games with lots of dialogue and the other is so lazy he won’t even take a game suggestion from me because that would involve borrowing a DS and putting some time aside to play it. It truly is a mystery. Anyone would think I was asking him to dig me a military war bunker lined with currency that’s been out of circulation for thirty years.