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Brandon Boyer

AT 2:54 PM
Wednesday April 29, 2009

Culture

Home invasion: Backbone/Taito's Space Invaders Extreme print

spaceinvadersextremeprint.jpgI don't often make much ado of the press swag that filters its way into the Offworld offices (though I can say that drinking my morning joe out of a Minotaur China Shop mug regularly makes my day [and I've yet to smash it in clumsy rage]), but sometimes there comes an object too good to not capture for posterity.

Case in point, the contents of today's golden padded envelope: a Space Invaders Extreme print signed by original series creator Tomohiro Nishikado, to mark the occasion of next week's downloadable release, courtesy Taito and console-version developer Backbone.

My wrist-tattoo invaders glowed on opening the package, as if they'd been waiting their entire lives to be reunited.

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5 Comments

jcfletcher

#1 – 9:23 PM April 29, 2009

Oh my god. You just... got Tomohiro Nishikado's autograph in the mail. Just for liking Space Invaders Extreme, which is the most natural thing in the world.

mister mo

#2 – 10:57 PM April 29, 2009

Gorgeous! Could we get a couple more photos?

neokimchi

#3 – 9:20 AM April 30, 2009

look, this is very cool. i like it a lot.

but i've been reading boing boing for a long time now, and i've never felt super-strongly compelled to register for an account to comment, but i felt something here was... was too much for me to bear. too much for an anonymous comment.

"...an object too good to not capture for posterity."

YOU SPLIT THE INFINITIVE

anyway, that's a very nice print.

Gloria

#4 – 3:15 PM April 30, 2009

@Neokimchi: Not sure if you're aware of this, but sometimes that's done for style.

John Scott Tynes

#5 – 11:33 AM May 4, 2009

Definitely could use a bigger/fuller photo of this awesome swag!

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