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Peeps! Incredible dioramas created with marshmallow Peeps

via Washington Post

Or in other words, obligatory post of a Super Mario Bros. diorama created with Peeps. Look! It's a green Bowser Peep! And a Princess Peep! Ahhh!

But seriously folks, I have never heard of Washington Post's Peeps Diorama contest, aka the "Peeps Show", but this gallery showcasing 37 of their favorite entries is showing some pretty inspired stuff. It's easy to see why the Up Peeps balloons got the winner's crown, but the scenes resembling Goodnight Moon, Where the Wild Things Are, and that ridiculous scene in Mad Men that everyone was talking about (situated at Sterling CooPeep, *giggle*) are terrific too!

Check out the full set of favorite entries over at Washington Post!

via Chad Concelmo

"Still Alive" from Portal sung by adorable children that glow in the dark!

via kotaku.com

Undoubtedly the most ADORABLE.COM cover of Jonathan Coulton's song from the game Portal, "Still Alive". Per the description on YouTube:

The Gifford Children's Choir performs "Still Alive" by Jonathan Coulton from the credits of the video game Portal. Soloist is in an el-wire dress. We are hoping to shoot a better video soon. A few choir members had played the game before the concert. The director is a VG addict that fell off the wagon to play Portal. The kids understood the words. The piece was chosen because it is an excellent piece of music with just the right timbre for the choir.

I almost teared up a little listening to this. They just sound so wonderful! I would give them all cakes if I could.

"LETTERS TO AN ABSENT FATHER" starring Ash Ketchum

Now that I think of it, I'm not really sure how I found Maré Odomo (or did he find me first...). I've come to realize that he's a terrific comic artist, creating inspiring daily comics on his flickr and other great illustrated works on his personal site.

Anyway, the other day I was browsing around his flickr and discovered this series of short strips called "LETTERS TO AN ABSENT FATHER". The strips feature Ash Ketchum of Pokémon fame wondering about his forever absent father (who has never been officially revealed in any Pokémon works, sad huh). The comics are sweet and simple, captivating the life of Ash as a wonderful little kid who misses his pop. I hope he makes more.

Keep an eye out for Mr. Maré Odomo. He's thinking up great things (and eats a lot of nachos)!

"The native language of videogames is neither spoken nor written."

I'm feeding the wildfire here, as I'm sure the lot of you have seen and drooled over Brandon Boyer's collaborative post with Superbrothers on Boing Boing, but Less Talk More Rock simply isn't to be missed. Inspired by Superbrother's talk at GDC this year, the article argues through words and signature Superbrother illustrations that "the native language of videogames is neither spoken nor written."

Do the illustrations appear wonderful/amazing/and vaguely familiar? That's right, this is the same guy who's coming out with Sword & Sworcery EP later this year. In other words, Superbrothers is doing everything right. Don't miss this post!

Scott Campbell's GREAT SHOWDOWNS

Scott Campbell, illustrator of all things great, just announced a new tumblr site titled The GREAT SHOWDOWNS on which he will post a new comic of a famous showdown every day. Campbell's work for The LOST Underground Art Show last year included a series of LOST themed showdowns, and were my favorite pieces of the bunch. This is that, but more! So great!