Bioshock painting by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell

Big Daddy and Little Sister by Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell available as a desktop wallpaper.

*Previously: Sander Cohen cosplay.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Justice League Unlimited Metallo (link roundup)

Justice League Unlimited Metallo. He's part of an upcoming three pack.

And a few more links:

1. Stormy sea and sea monster "etching" by Jim Woodring.

2. Red Bull yin and yang sculpture.

3. Futuristic city desktop wallpaper.

*Previously: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea etching.

*Buy Metallo toys at eBay.

Huge collection of nature-themed desktop wallpapers

You'll find a huge collection of nature-themed desktop wallpapers at Desktopography. The web is by Daniel Qaiyumi. The tiger is by Justin Maller. And the rainbow is by iunewind.

*Previously: Realistic Tony the Tiger.

*Buy wind-up spiders at eBay.

Down goes the Gungan

A Stormtrooper devastates a Gungan - - one of dozens of images made by Kai of Imaginary Friends Studios for the Star Wars Galaxies trading card game available as desktop wallpapers here.

*Previously: Steampunk Stormtrooper.

*Buy Stormtrooper armor at eBay.

Dick Tracy and Kick-Ass paper toys (link roundup)

Available for download, Dick Tracy and Kick-Ass paper toys.

And a few more links:

1. Desktop wallpapers by John Fan.

2. Cory Doctorow says, "I directly sell over 25,000 books a year through reviews on this site, which makes me a fairly large independent bookstore all on my own."

3. Space is strange:

In this rational age, we have come to recognise constellations as chance alignments of groups of stars. … Yet it seems that an unseen hand may after all have been responsible for placing these stars in the sky. Hints are emerging that around 30 million years ago, a giant clump of dark matter struck our part of the Milky Way, creating a rippling disc of star formation that eventually produced Orion’s belt, the bright ruby jewel of Antares in Scorpius, and many more of the sky’s most notable stars.

Read on.

*Previously: A milky space opera.

*Buy Kick-Ass movie posters at eBay.

Syfy's Alice in Wonderland

Starting December 6, the Syfy channel will air a two-part sci-fi update of Alice in Wonderland. (Maybe they shouldn't emphasize that it's by the same people who made Tinman.) The official site has desktop wallpapers, and the Kay jewelry minisite features more concept art. Via.

*Previously: Desktop Wallpaper Sized Stills From The Infinite Oz Tinman Microsite.

*Buy Alice in Wonderland toys at eBay.

New Old Republic desktop wallpapers

The Old Republic site has posted concept art available in high-res for the planet Alderaan. (I'm going to have to try to generate a month's worth of blog posts in advance of the game's release.)

*Previously: Old Republic bounty hunter desktop wallpaper.

*Buy KOTOR toys at eBay.

Rapture's heyday; Big Daddy desktop wallpapers

Rapture's ballroom in happier days by Craig Mullins. No word on availability.

And in other Bioshock news, the Big Daddy and Little Sister photographs by Dim Horizon Studios have been posted as desktop wallpapers.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Minimalist papercraft Nativity (link roundup)

Papercraft Nativity by Carlos Molina.

And a few more links:

1. Lots of desktop wallpapers to choose from at National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009. This one looks like an octopus has adhered to your monitor. Via.

2. Linus Twitter icon by Adam Koford.

3. A positive review for the Wii Energizer 4x Charge Station, available at Amazon.

4. Fanboy and Chum Chum meets A Clockwork Orange.

*Previously: Linus regrets seeing The Great Pumpkin.

*Buy Peanuts toys at eBay.

Adorable plush bulldog (link roundup)

Tiny plush bulldog by Sian Keegan.

And a few more links:

1. Opening this Thursday, a Blade Runner-inspired art show in Singapore.

2. A very melancholy Alice in Wonderland.

3. Lots of desktop wallpapers at the Mass Effect 2 site. This one reminds me of Syd Mead's Blade Runner art. Via.

*Previously: Dogs licking your monitor clean.

*Buy Blade Runner posters at eBay.

Retro Futuristic Limousine by Syd Mead(link roundup)

The Sentinel 400 limousine design by Syd Mead:



The Lego homage by Jordan Schwartz:



And a few more links:

1. Some insight into the business strategy behind I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog, and related sites.

2. Nice selection of desktop wallpapers here. Via these sites.

3. The Alice 2 video I posted earlier this week was not an official teaser.

*Previously: LOL Cats costumes.

*Buy Sentinel 400 toys at eBay.

Till death do we part

Today's $9 plus shipping Tee Fury t-shirt is by Zerobriant. I took the liberty of creating a desktop wallpaper out of the design:



*Previously: Death of The Endless as a Garbage Pail Kid.

*Teach your children about death with these books at Amazon.

Epic Mickey desktop wallpaper (link roundup)

Destructoid posted lots of concept art from the new Epic Mickey game. I took the liberty of creating a widescreen desktop wallpaper using Oswald and the creepy zombie/robo Donald. Also, Kotaku posted an interview with Warren Spector about the game.

And a few more links:

1. Longtime Los Angeles Times columnists Steve Lopez describes visiting a doctor to get a medical marijuana prescription. The doctor was a gynecologist. He prescribed the marijuana for Lopez's reported back pain. (He's also at least the third LA Times columnist to write about obtaining medical marijuana.)

2. Vercorin, Switzerland features an optical illusion created by Felice Varini, called "Cercle et suite d'éclats." When you view the town from the right spot, a bunch of circles appear. Via these sites.

3. The U.S. Military has a technology for catching bombplanters called Vader ("Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar").

*Previously: Vintage Oswald the Lucky Rabbit toy.

*Buy Oswald the Lucky Rabbit toys at eBay.

Batman desktop wallpaper (and more)

Cute desktop wallpapers by Andy Awesome, who has items on sale here.

*Previously: Homemade Batman costume.

*Buy Adam West Batman toys at eBay.

Play Machinarium

You can play the demo for adventure game Machinarium right in your browser. Aside from some really long loading screens, I liked it a lot. The site also features several desktop wallpapers.

*Previously: Found item robot.

*Buy wind up robots at eBay.

$10 horror t-shirts at Threadless

Horror-themed t-shirts are $10 at Threadless. Above are a few of my favorites that have been rereleased for the occasion. And below are two new shirts that I took the liberty of turning into 1024x768 desktop wallpapers:


Three Dimensions of Terror by James Stayte.



The Horde by Aled Lewis.

Bioshock 2 desktop wallpaper

Eric Maruscak's Bioshock 2 mural was turned into a desktop wallpaper available in various resolutions at the official site.

*Previously: Splicer cosplay.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Alice as a suicide bomber?

Some of Mark Meyer's art for an iPhone game called Alice in Bomberland. You can learn more and download desktop wallpapers at the official site. And you can watch gameplay here (it does not appear that she wants to blow herself up):



*Previously: Art from a vintage Alice in Wonderland album.

*Buy Alice in Wonderland toys at eBay.