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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Little Big Planet/Watchmen desktop wallpaper

I took the liberty of creating widescreen and fullscreen desktop wallpapers using the Watchmen designs for Little Big Planet.

*Previously: Silk Spectre I and II cosplay.

*Buy Little Big Planet collectibles at eBay.

Big Daddy Dolls; New Bioshock Desktop Wallpaper

Nathan Alexander made three Big Daddy dolls and plans on posting them for sale in the near future.




Also, Mike Krahulik's Mr. Bubbles illustration has been posted as a desktop wallpaper.

*Previously: How to make a Big Daddy costume.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

To hell with forgiveness (link roundup)

Spotted here. Anyone know where it's from?

Update: More information here.

And a few more links:

1. Panhandler Klingon.

2. Comment and win a copy of We Are Strong.

3. Three desktop wallpapers for video game Shank.

*Previously: Hell's Playground features Grimace.

*Buy Star Trek posters at eBay.

The Secret World concept art and desktop wallpaper

Go here for a large gallery of concept art from the upcoming game The Secret World. Below is a widescreen desktop wallpaper I whipped up featuring the Dragon logo:



*Previously: Concept art for Chris Sanders' How to Train Your Dragon.

*Buy wind-up dinosaurs at eBay.

Headless Point sculptures (link roundup)

The Three Faces of Man and Leaping Giants - - sculptures by Headless Point. I highly recommend browsing photos tagged at Flickr with HeadlessPoint.

And a few more links:

1. For my favorite reader: Maltese puppies (I think).

2. Nice collection of Daft Punk and Mario Bros. desktop wallpapers.

3. That's a lot of swings.

*Previously: Wild West Headless Horseman, perhaps.

*Buy "The Mechanical Man / The Headless Horseman" from 1922 at Amazon.

Marvel vs. Capcom desktop wallpapers

Udon Crew posted some art for the downloadable version of Marvel vs. Capcom. I took the liberty of whipping up desktop wallpapers featuring Zangief, Hulk, Mega Man, Spider-Man, Bison, Magneto, Jill Valentine, and Iron Man.

*Previously: Highly-posable Mega Man toy.

*Buy Street Fighter action figures at eBay.

Star Wars: The Old Republic desktop wallpapers

The Old Republic official site unveiled concept art and desktop wallpapers featuring the Sith Warrior.





But as usual, the wallpapers were overly busy and ugly. So I whipped up two of my own that allow the tremendous concept art to speak for itself:


Old Republic Bounty Hunter 1680x1050



Sith Lord and Assassin Droid 1024x768

*At Toycutter: Lord Angral custom action figure.

*Buy KOTOR toys at eBay.

Star Wars: The Old Republic desktop wallpaper (link roundup)

There's a great new desktop wallpaper featuring Lord Angral from Star Wars: The Old Republic available in various high resolutions here.

And a few more links:

1. Gallery of Rosie the Riveter homages, including baby Rosie.

2. Abe Lincoln Stein's Infernal Device.

3. Twi'lek Sith Lord illustration.

*Previously: Stills from the Old Republic trailer.

*Buy KOTOR toys at eBay.

Bioshock 2, Death Star desktop wallpapers

Jhonen Vasquez's "The Sisters" image can now be downloaded as a desktop wallpaper.




Death Star over San Francisco desktop wallpaper. Via.

*Previously: EA puts tiny billboard in San Francisco to promote Spore.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

No More Heroes 2 desktop wallpaper

I whipped up a No More Heroes 2 desktop wallpaper featuring Travis Touchdown and his dual beam katanas.

*Previously: Neal Stephenson considers whether a katana is a match for a rapier.

*Buy samurai helmets at eBay.

Photos from the Bioshock 2 beach event

As part of the Bioshock 2 ARG "Something in the Sea," bottles of Arcadia Wine from the Worley Winery were left at various beaches around the world:





Inside, were rolled-up posters featuring imagery familiar to any Bioshock fan:



Courtesy of forum user Journeyman, here's images of the posters:






You can find high-res versions of some of the images above at these links. And bottles are on sale at eBay.

Relatedly, Alexander Shen posted a cartoony Big Sister desktop wallpaper here.



*Previously: Splicer cosplay.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.