What do you get when you mix the classic arcade video game Asteroids and rock legends Van Halen? Apart from wondering what the hell was this programmer smoking you get: Assteroidz the Diamond Dave Edition.

A short look at the history of video games, as told in 4 minutes.

A Short Visual History of Videogames from Kyle Downes on Vimeo.

Thank you Tron Guy, thank you for saving us. Although next time, please have your outfit adjusted in the crotch area. That’s somewhat disturbing to look at.

Every child of the 80′s knows about Tron. Tron was our first real peek into what goes on inside our computers every time we play games and run complex accounting programs. The highly futuristic world of Tron was the setting for many hit Arcade games, including the excellent Disks of Tron.

Tron’s popularity inspired many cosplayers, the king of these being Tron Guy. Tron Guy is a mild-mannered computer engineer named Jay Maynard. However, when Maynard dons his Tron suit, he becomes Tron Guy, the greatest superhero of our era. Tron Guy battles evil all across cyberspace, keeping the world safe from hackers. Tron Guy’s greatest victory came when he single handedly defeated the dreaded Y2K bug, saving the world’s economy from certain doom.

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Barack Obama recently admitted to having played a lot of Pong when he was a kid. Something tells me this isn’t the type of Pong he was playing.

I love the effort and time that was put into this pacman / candle emulation video. I would never do it personally, but I’m so thankful someone else did.

Sweet tears of joy flowed down my cheeks earlier today when I stumbled upon the 1981 Atari Catalog. A catalog I owned and lost a long time ago.

1981 Atari Catalog

I may not be a fashion expert of any kind, but I do really like these old school arcade inspired badges that I’m sure every hipster from here to Spain will be wearing to the clubs.

Unleash your ferocious oldschool combo on your unsuspecting opponent and watch him slide all the way to K.O.

Ten high quality limited edition hand pressed badges featuring a mix of arcade buttons for showing off your oldschool combos.

• 2.5 cm badges
• set of 10
• handmade
• limited edition
• comes in plastic envelope

Badges available from Supermandolini

Fubiz are featuring an amusing selection of retro-gaming games like Donkey Kong imposed on real photographs. What character will show up at your pad?

Check out the entire collection.