Super Power Bros

Red Coca-Cola Game Gear – A Real Thing

Patrick — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:40:05 +0000

Gaming and beverages have a wide and varied history, from 7up mascot Spot’s 16-bit adventures, PlayStation’s Pepsi Man and the Donkey Kong Jungle Juice energy drink. I believe in the business world they call this synergy. In the 90′s SEGA and Coca-Cola took such cross-promotional teamwork to the next level, releasing a complete beverage-branded console bundle. In it, you got [...]

Chiptune Essentials: Virt

Patrick — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:50:47 +0000

Chiptune Essentials is a feature where the Bros highlight chiptune musicians deemed important/interesting/pleasantly fragranted or otherwise Awesome. Basically you should listen to them. Next up, Virt. Remember HBO? No, I don’t mean the 2012 HBO. I mean 80′s HBO. The one that always did this: Virt certainly does. He’s got a new album out, FX4, and [...]

Legend of Zelda Model Set is Legendary – Retro Radness

Patrick — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:48:35 +0000

Man, Nintendo certainly had a lot of awesome merchandising back in the day. In game-branded food alone there was Nintendo-themed cereal, mac-and-cheese and fruit snacks. Way better than those shitty mint tins they now sell at FYE and Newbury Comics. But here’s a Nintendo product you definitely should not eat: The Legend of Zelda Model Set. Currently [...]

Top 10 Hidden Gems of Film Noir

Patrick — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:40:02 +0000

The dark detective office. A gruff, down-on-his-luck private eye. Smoke-filled air, dimly lit by a jagged, slanted window shade. Then “she” walks through the door. It’s a premise many film noir lovers are familiar with. Classics like Out of the Past and Maltese Falcon employ a familiar motif that helped to define a genre. But [...]

Golgo 13 Hits Netflix Instant View

Patrick — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:56:04 +0000

The anime for the Golgo 13 series has made its way to the Netflix instant streaming service, complete with a fully-voiced English translation. You can watch it here. The only reason I know of Golgo 13 is from playing the NES game based off the series, titled Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode. My grandma had [...]

Chiptune Essentials: Disasterpeace

Patrick — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:01:35 +0000

Chiptune Essentials is a feature where the Bros highlight chiptune musicians deemed important/interesting/pleasantly fragranted or otherwise Awesome. Basically you should listen to them. First up, Disasterpeace. Disasterpeace has been uploading various tracks in different states of completion to 8-bit Collective for years, many of which have been composed into the fantastic album Rise of the [...]

Select Button Podcast: Link’s Awakening and Game Boy Love

Patrick — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:51:05 +0000

There's some great GB Zelda talk in here. Link's Awakening and its melancholy Wind Fish theme, the DX version's color dungeon and the two Capcom Oracle titles, great TLoZ: LA music and pretty spot-on thematic comparisons to Shadow of the Colossus.

Biker Mice From Mars – Intro Theme Song

Patrick — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:14:34 +0000

Here is the opening theme song from the 90s cartoon Biker Mice From Mars: