This R-Kaid-R portable arcade console is like your old Gameboy, only cooler, and with a handle. And that’s an open and shut case. Literally. Now, when you open up your briefcase you may not find top secret files or a half drunken bottle of scotch, but you might find a round of Super Mario Brothers […]
Ahh the 80’s… so many classic pieces of pop culture that we can’t seem to stop loving the crap out of. A few of my personal faves? MTV, Miami Vice, Better Off Dead, Smoking in public places, cocaine in public places, puking in… OK, sorry got carried away in my 80s memories. But fret not, […]
For children of the 1980s, the arcade holds a unique and holy place in our hearts. Oh how many countless hours I spent at New England Grand Prix (RIP), endlessly pumping quarters into Dragon’s Lair, Spy Hunter, Gauntlet, Super Sprint, Cyberball, Crystal Castles, Smash TV, Punch Out, et al like crackheads in the dark, inhaling […]
Swiss watch maker Romain Jerome, who we featured before with the release of his rather otherworldly Space Invaders watch, is back with another arcade game inspired timepiece: the iconic Pac-Man. Made of Moon SilverRJ (a low-oxidation silver fused with actual moon rocks) and gems, the headturning watch features a Swiss automatic Concepto movement. The PAC-MAN […]
People can’t seem to get over seminal arcade game Space Invaders invading all forms of their design. Its simple, pixelated genius has so sunk so deep in our cultural consciousness that you can find that 2-bit celestial aggressor on everything from Silver Pendents to Multi-Tool Keychains to Limited Edition Watches to of course street artist […]
British label Passarella Death Squad has spawned an American-made sub-label in order to bring their price points down to a more civilian level. Where as PDS items are made in England using very expensive premium Japanese fabric, the new line Kempes will be made in America using American fabric. Of course, the fabric is still […]
We started off our Rock (Poster Art) Gods! series with Dan Stiles, and next up was Casey Burns. In the third installment we hit up Mike King with a couple questions to bounce off his artistic head. Another rock poster artiste extraordinaire hailing from the raining climes of Portland, Oregon, King heads his Crash America design […]
It seems you just can’t get away from Space Invaders — they’ve permeated the American (and international, to a lesser degree) psyche. We want to sit on them, stare up at them as street art, and now pop a cold one with ’em. The stainless steel multi-tool keychain features a flat-head screwdriver, a Phillips-head screwdriver […]