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Here, artist AgentScarlet imagines Nintendo's mustachioed mascot handled by a modern Western studio, or Super Mario with a gun. It's predictable, but I bet it would be a lot more fun than Hotel Mario! AgentScarlet explains, "Peach is now a scientist that gets kidnapped all the time, and Mario is a veteran spec ops commando.

Make sure to check out the other AgentScarlet's deviantArt gallery for more video game-inspired work like Team Fortress pin-ups, Nintendo punks, and more. Of course, I've included a couple of my favorite fanart pieces after the break:

[Via Gamefreaks]

I'm going to post this on the front page because a few people might not have noticed this trailer when the Gamma IV write-up went live just a couple of days ago. According to Mike:

"4Fourths is a 4-player team game, and is probably my favourite Gamma IV winner. Created by Mikengreg, two spaceships adorn the left and right edge of the screen, with a player controlling each (tapping the button boosts the ship up the screen, while releasing it lets the ship fall slowly down). The other two players control the guns, which are both facing into the centre of the level.

Huge boss ships are then sent one by one down the centre of the screen, and the 4 players work together to take each out. Being on opposite sides of the action, it is possible to shoot your team-mates and kill them, so careful blasting is necessary. Of course, you'll probably want to shoot your team-mates anyway since, let's face it, killing each other is fun. Mikengreg are looking for someone to help them take the idea to the next stage, so if you're a publisher-type person reading this - make this happen please." Continue reading

Super Search 60 is a fast paced searching game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The game contains a bunch of different objects splattered all over the screen and players must find a certain item. The game is a different take on hidden object games. Instead of searching for a list of objects set in a background [...] Continue reading

Some fun, miscellaneous links for Friday:

- Bejeweled: "A copy is sold, on one of many devices, every 4.3 seconds." [Opposable Thumbs]

- Crime: Thief enters arcade, threatens attendant with his cup of hot coffee, gets away with the cash drawer. *yawn* [Arcade Heroes]

- Free: 12-track compilation for download, Beep City Presents: Love Songs from the Future

- Sega: "Too late to change Yakuza 3's box art." [Examiner]

- Today: Indie Love Bundle, five games for US$20. Including Machinarium! [Byte Jacker]

Postman Pat is a puzzle game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The puzzles consist of a few different types of mini-games. Sometimes players will have to stamp envelopes as they are coming off of a conveyor belt and other times they will have to match two letters going to the same person. Each game requires the [...] Continue reading

GunFu Deadlands is a fun and challenging action game that does a good job of capturing the spirit of the Old West showdowns we’ve all admired on the silver screen. The player aims with the mouse and can do a John Woo-style bullet-time dive by pressing the right mouse button. This is an essential move for getting the jump on bad guys, who fire on sight and from long distances.

It’s extremely gratifying to kill enemy cowboys in both bullet-time and real-time when the bullets are flying so fast and deadly. Somehow creator Christiaan Janssen figured out all the necessary ingredients for a Western shoot-out and distilled them into a tight little package. GunFu Deadlands even comes with a level editor to make your own OK Corral to share with friends. Continue reading

Manic Monkey Mayhem is an arcade style game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The goal of the game is to knock the monkeys off of their platforms or dodge bananas as monkeys try to knock you off of the platform. The controls for the game are simple and take advantage of all the iPhone/iPod Touch features. Players [...] Continue reading