Game Break has linked to Boing Boing Theater before, but
today, their parody of old Atari-style console games is full of wacky pop
culture references: There’s a English voice with wizard-like omniscience taking
you through a fake game that’s all blocky and ancient-looking. Occasionally,
you’ll go to a modern-ish level where, oddly, Lite Brite and My Little Pony
come up to fight you. Then, there’s a level on Pompano Beach– watch out for jellyfish and
used needles, says the voice. Finally, your big boss battle is against the
giant head of David Bowie, his teeth chomping at you, screaming-skull style.
It’s all cute and smart, if not laugh-out-loud funny. After a commercial from
Dell, you can watch a video of some artful dude who’s changed Contra to look
like something out of a night of raves and Ecstasy back in the early 90s.
http://tv.boingboing.net/2008/01/17/8bit-theater-adventu.html