Arcade Lounge

Looking for the perfect fuel for a late night gaming marathon on your surface tension coffee table? You should try 9-Bit Mega Coffee. As you can probably tell from the packaging, it was inspired from Sega’s Mega Drive system, to give you a retro cup of coffee which serves as a great fuel for gamers or anyone who appreciates good coffee.

But where on earth did a retro gaming icon and coffee blend find themselves thrown into the mix? Cornwall, actually, or to be more precise the Loading Games Bar in Falmouth: the South West’s spiritual home for gamers, techie types, nostalgia junkies and anyone who likes their coffee made properly.

Created for gamers, by gamers (FGBG), this awesome coffee is blended from 9 different kinds of coffee bean. So grab yourself a can, warm the espresso machine, pull on your sweat bands and load one of those big clunky cartridges – we’re powering back to the 1990’s!

If you don’t live close enough to Falmouth to pop into Loading Games Bar, their 9-Bit Mega Coffee is now available from Firefox for pre-order priced at £14.99.

Coca-Cola’s famous can design just got pixelated and Space Invaded in a series of mockups by designer Erin McGuire. McGuire says her cans are a tribute to both Space Invaders and Space Invader (the Paris-based street artist).

It’s too bad these designs didn’t hit a few years earlier. The 30th anniversary of Space Invaders, back in 2008, would have been a perfect opportunity to convince Coke to make these awesome can designs real.

Check out the Diet and Zero versions on the Erin McGuire link above.

McDonalds recently became interactive with their advertising, offering up games of Pong to passers-by on a huge billboard, controlled by their smartphone.

All you have to do is stand in front of the display, log on to Pick n’ Play’s site from your handheld, and wait for your phone to verify your location. From there, you’ll have to manipulate an onscreen paddle using your device’s touchscreen, while doing battle with a game that gets increasingly more difficult. Named Pick n’ Play, the idea is that if you last at least 30 seconds, you win a fat-filled treat of your choice!

According to the source, this is a wedding cake, though a closer look at the 2 figures gives that one away. It’s probably not worth analysing this one too much as a marriage based on Tetris blocks could amount to some rough times. Let’s just assume they are both retro-gaming fans and end the speculation right there.

I would be all for this for many reasons. First it’s a Tetris cake. Second it’s colourful and a break from your standard big white cake. Third there’s no cutting involved, so table-to-mouth time dramatically reduced. Fourth, no family feuds due to Uncle Benny having more than you. Fifth, it’s a Tetris cake! OK OK, so only 1 and 5 are important here.

If the mix of cola and that coloured icing doesn’t liven the kids up at the wedding disco, I don’t know what will.

Tetris cake :: technabob

Not long ago we posted about the space invader cake mould. Well, on Sunday, the dream became a reality when one of the team knocked up a fine space invader cake which was devoured in minutes!

The colour difference is due to the addition of Guinness and not because it was in the oven too long!