Kotaku is site where video game addicts, and those with too much time on their hands, go to keep up with the virtual worlds they know and love.
So it comes as no surprise that Kotaku is a great place to check out video game themed Halloween costumes when the night of tricks and treats rolls around each year.
This particular assortment of gamer themed Halloween gear is from 2010, when Angry Birds were still the cream of the mobile gaming crop and Bioshock wasn't considered old news.
The Stranger Factory gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico is hosting a bunch of fantabulous Halloween themed art shows full of magical multimedia tricks and eye candy treats!
The ghoulish creatures in attendance include: Brandt Peters, Gary Ham, Andrew Bell, Yohei Kaneko, Rick Klink and Doktor A, just to name a few.
It's sure to be more fun than smashing a pumpkin over your own head, and much more hygienic! Road trip anyone?
Hallmark stores tend to come up with some rather clever holiday gift ideas, and this year they've outdone themselves by introducing My Pet Ghost in a bottle.
It's a cute little spirit trapped in a bottle, waiting to amuse you with animated spectral antics and spooky sounds, sure to entertain kids (and adults who act like kids) for hours on end simply by pushing down on the lid.
Marge and Homer Simpson were spotted taking a stroll down the sidewalks of Waikiki, Hawaii and boy are they looking good!
Homer looks like he's lost a few pounds, and marge is pretty as a picture despite always having to put up with her donut loving husband's childish antics.
This is Simpsons costuming done right, they even got the yellow skin tone down pat. I wonder where Bart, Maggie and Lisa have run off to?
Because they're so easily carved, there's so much food crafting that you can do with mushrooms. Zachary Kominar made these skulls for a pirate-themed party, but they'd also work well for Halloween.
If the Admiral Ackbar costume pictured above is a trap, consider me captured! *eyelash flutter*
This is the finest example of A.A. costuming I've ever seen, and that's saying a lot considering how popular this fish headed fellow is in the world of cosplay.
The full head mask and hands were finely crafted by Mr. Bungle, an artist from Alabama who used the Force to create an amazingly sculpted, painted and extremely faithful rendition of the Mon Calamari, and did I mention this guy's head is animatronic?
Feast your eyes on some great, and not so great, gamer themed pumpkins created by people who take their gaming, and their pumpkin carving, very seriously.
See, gamers can do something else besides put a dent in the couch and consume massive quantities of snacks!
Illustrator and Halloweenie Ian Joyner recently presented his rendition of Count Orlok from the 1922 silent film classic Nosferatu for the interwebs to enjoy.
Halloween is nearly upon us dearies, so be sure Orlok's mad henchman Knock isn't lurking in your basement!
Want to be a pirate who sails under a more modern emblem than the Jolly Roger? Then maybe you'd enjoy this great pirate sash embroidered with the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Yarr my Pastafarian brothers!
Well the NASA JPL engineer behind the clever simulate a chest wound using two iPads costume is back with a fun, cheap and much easier to create costume idea- download the Digital Dudz app onto any smartphone or tablet and attach it to your shirt/costume and voila!
You've got an animated digital display on your costume that will astound and delight anyone who sees it, and they'll be left guessing how you accomplished such a spectacular costuming feat!
Awww, those nasty little neckbiters sure are cute when they're young! I wonder where things go so horribly wrong along the way?
According to Elizabeth Bathory blood is the key to looking young and living forever, so why do vampires grow up to be so ugly? If illustrator Skottie Young had his way they'd all be cute and cuddly for eternity...
Just in time for Halloween, Frankenweenie is hitting theaters today, giving viewers a chance to enjoy all the campiness of black-and-white classic horror films while still offering them something delightfully new and unique. In honor of the movie’s release, here are some things you should know about the development and creation of Tim Burton’s newest baby.
The Original
Even casual Tim Burton fans probably already know that the new movie is a remake of his 1984 short of the same name. But there are a lot of things you might not know about the original as well. For example, Tim always wanted the story to be a stop motion animation, he only settled for live action because the million dollar budget was simply too small to do a full stop motion project.
The original Frankenweenie also has two interesting distinctions in Disney history –first, it’s the last movie they ever released with the Buena Vista Distribution logo. More importantly, it’s the film that got Tim Burton fired from the company back when he was still working as a story board and concept artist. That’s because they considered the film to be an utter waste of money, as it was intended to be shown with the theatrical re-release of Pinocchio, but the film proved too scary for the children in their test audiences. Interestingly, while it was never released in American theaters, it was played in U.K. theaters before the movie Baby: Secret of Lost Legend.
Unsurprisingly, after Burton moved to Warner Bros. and released a string of successful titles including Beetlejuice, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Batman, as well as releasing Edward Scissorhands with 20th Century Fox, Disney reconsidered how they treated the young director and they gladly worked with him again to create The Nightmare Before Christmas. The original Frankenweenie finally reached a large audience when it was released as an extra on The Nightmare Before Christmas DVD and Blu-ray.
Of course, throughout this entire period, Burton continued to dream of finally shooting the story the way he had always dreamed –in stop motion.
Success At Long Last
Finally, after The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and The Corpse Bride were all made with stop motion and all did well, Burton was able to start working on his pet project again. A first-draft of the feature-length script was created in 2005 and the final rewrite was completed in 2009 when Tim signed a contract with Disney to shoot two films in their new Digital 3D technology –Alice in Wonderland and Frankenweenie.
Creating a perfect Halloween costume based on hit movies like Drive, Bridesmaids and Hanna has never been easier thanks to Flavorwire's guide to DIY movie costumes.
These costumes are subtle, not flashy, and those who haven't seen the movie, or don't recognize you as the character from the movie, will be totally underwhelmed by your lack of effort.
But you'll know the truth- you are living out your movie character dreams, and life is one big hot set.
Be a responsible pet owner- don't terrify your cat while wearing a Halloween mask, even if their hilarious reaction gets a million views on YouTube, because it's just plain mean!
Now that we've gotten that over with, I'm going to watch this video once again, for the sake of research... *grin*
