Posted By Chris Perkins on October 31, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future instalment. In Bonus Stage this time: it’s a Halloween Special!

This Silent Hill Nurse cosplay will give you the willies. It’s almost too good. *shudder*. See more pics at Geek X Girls

Brilliant Resident Evil 3 fanart from Cuson.

More creepy cosplay, this time inspired by Fatal Frame/Project Zero

This Ico Pumpkin is just one of the many awesome gaming pumpkins carved by the super-talented Ceemdee

Resident Evil- How It should have ended.

Much less scary, but no less excellent Cosplay, this time from Capcom’s Darkstalkers.

Mario and friends turned into zombies by artist Marko Saari.

As always, time to end on some music- this time a kick-ass version of the Resident Evil 3 closing music. Don’t have nightmares!

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Posted By Chris Perkins on October 9, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future instalment. In Bonus Stage this time:

Fantastic cosplay featuring Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite by TigerLily [Geek x Girls]

A smart and funny Star Wars The Old Republic comic from Linda Kindt.

What would Grand Theft Auto V have looked like if it had been made in 1993? Maybe something like this awesome video; GTA V SNES style!

Gender-swapped Mario/Game Of Thrones crossover [Geeks are Sexy]

Ladies! Show off your retro-gaming credentials with this Mario map dress from Koala Art & Design

Scribblenauts in real life! Caution: spoilers for The Walking Dead, the Sixth Sense and Seven (for some reason)

Fantastic Skyrim group cosplay

We can’t get enough of the amazingly talented Lyndsey Stirling here on Bonus Stage! She’s back on this great dubstep remix of the Pokemon theme song with Kurt Hugo Schneider.

 

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Posted By Chris Perkins on September 21, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future instalment. In Bonus Stage this time: It’s all about GTA V!

 

Aussie artist Patrick Brown is one of GTA’s biggest fans. He’s produced some fantastic art based on the franchise, and this recent piece was created to celebrate the eagerly anticipated fifth game!

The release of GTA has put the violent games debate back into focus. Gaming’s critics are skewered nicely in this smart comic from dorkly.

Hilarious spoof review of GTAV from the folks at College Humor: So Realistic it’s boring!

Classy GTA art from Mark of Fear

GTA art from Krystyna Mojsejova

Screen Team have appeared here on Bonus Stage several times: and for good reason… they’re geeky and produce awesome stuff. Their latest song and video is here to mark the release of Grand Theft Auto, and it certainly captures the feel of playing the games!

Behind The scenes:

 

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Posted By Chris Perkins on September 10, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future installment. In Bonus Stage this time:

 

This funny comic from Nerd Rage perfectly captures the reaction from certain gamer’s to Nintendo’s 2DS:

This Portal 2 GLaDOS cosplay has to be the most elaborate we’ve ever seen [laughing squid]

 

I hope you’re not sick of covers of Daft Punk’s ace Get Lucky yet, because here’s one like you’ve never seen before- Get Lucky in Mario Paint!

Legend of Zelda spirit stones.

While we (im)patiently await the arrival of the new Mirror’s Edge this beautiful video brings it to life. Perfectly capturing the game’s first-person parkour in live-action, this video is well worth a watch.

This awesome cute take on Final Fantasy is available on a T-shirt.

When I woke up this morning I would never have imagined that I’d be writing the word’s “Live-action Rayman Legends Fan Film”, but… I just did. Because that’s exactly what this is. Returning Bonus Stage champions Corridor Digital put together this tribute to Ubisoft’s platforming star that is both fun and kind of freaky.

Princess Peach: Pin-up style from la Esmerelda

Sing along with the song of Skyrim! (Or don’t, it’s all good)

Check out this fun League Of Legends Miss Fortune cosplay.

An excellent version of Portal’s Still Alive from The Video Games Music Choir!

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Posted By Chris Perkins on August 18, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future installment. In Bonus Stage this time:

 

This Bioshock cosplay is so effective, it’s almost creepy! [MTV Geek]

ThinkGeek are selling this awesome Legend Of Zelda Backpack.

Why you should never buy a (modern) console at launch…

 

Glorious Space Channel 5 fanart from Monoguru.

You’ve already seen first person Goomba and first person Sonic- now check out First Person Street Fighter. Hadoken!

How popular is Borderlands 2 with cosplayers? So popular that Sneaky Zebra was able to make  a whole music video featuring only them at a single convention! Shot a few months back at London Comic Con.

I’m not quite sure how a fan film can be ‘official’, but never mind because this live-action Last of Us fan film is impressive stuff any way you look at it. (Contains violence and salty language).

The forthcoming DLC for Bioshock Infinite :Burial at Sea has already inspired this  fantastic  Cosplay from Vicky Redfield.

What if the DuckTales Amazon theme had lyrics? Well… they’d probably have a lot less swearing than this video!

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Posted By Chris Perkins on August 10, 2013

After a short break welcome back to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future installment. In Bonus Stage this time:

 

The Legend Of Zelda’s Link reimagined as a Steam-Punk character. See more pics here.

This painstakingly crafted stop-motion Donkey Kong tribute is almost like the real thing! Amazing!

 

Bioshock Infinite manga-style by Silver Hyena.

Is this the cutest Assassin’s Creed cosplayer you’ve ever seen? I wouldn’t bet against it.

At last month’s San Diego ComicCon, Sneaky Zebra shot this awesome video with some of the finest cosplayers you will see anywhere.

 

This is a mighty fine piece of animation showing the classic platformer Sonic The Hedgehog from a first-person perspective. Or that should be first-hedgehog perspective, I suppose! Whatever you call it, it’s worth watching.

Lovely mexican Cosplayer  Dalin stars as Bonne Jenet from King Of Fighters!

Rock out with this “Symphonic Metal ” cover of the Assassin’s Creed III theme by  Ferdk.

 

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Posted By Chris Perkins on July 19, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future installment!

This is the 20th edition of Bonus Stage here on NerdSpan and it’s the biggest one yet!

 

UK-based Insert Coin will soon be selling awesome PaRappa the Rapper inspired stuff, including this authentic PaRappa beanie hat! You gotta believe!

 

Check out this amazing Legend of Zelda cosplay from Anime Expo [Geek x Girls]

Waka waka! It’s Pacman the musical in this very funny video from the fine folks at Random Encounters.

Beware The Blue Shell: awesome Mario Kart art from Winter artwork.

This The Last Of Us cosplay gives me the willies. This might actually be too good. [Kotaku]

Remember Mario Warfare the video series that reimagined the world of Mario as an action movie? Good news! The third episode has just recently arrived on the interwebs!

Poképocalypse- an awesome comic from Dueling Analogs.

OK, so this is not new by any means, but I’ve managed not to see it until now. Real Life Goldeneye 64 is pretty hilarious. Caution: video contains swears and violence.

Getting hitched? Why not nerdify your wedding with this Zelda Ring Bearer Pillow?

 

 

Assassin’s Creed versus Game Of Thrones anyone? Peter Dinklage meets Ezio in this hilarious picture from Fashionably Geek.

IT8Bit is selling these fantastic Mario Bros inspired backpacks.

More musical goodness- this time it’s all about the console wars!

This brilliant Last of Us comic comes from Hejibits  [via Dorkly]

The Famicom turned 30 this week- to mark the occasion here’s an awesome NES cake! More gaming cakes here

Finally to finish up one more video, and it’s a doozy! We’ve featured a number of Cosplay Videos from various conventions before, and this one from London Film and Comic Con is among the best so far. Not only does is feature a load of great cosplayers (game related and otherwise) but look out for cameos from the Hoff, Hodor and some others besides….

 

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Posted By Chris Perkins on July 3, 2013

2013 has already seen some pretty huge films hit the cinema screens of the world. Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness and Man Of Steel have seemed to delight and disappoint in almost equal measures. There’s still a whole lot for film geeks to look forward to, even though we’re a little over halfway through the year, and it seems as good a time as any to look at some of the (potential) delights this year still has in store…

10. You’re Next

This low-budget horror has been building up a reputation since it screened at Austin’s Fantastic Fest way back in 2011, bagging itself four awards in the process. It’s been a long time coming, but why should we care? The trailer is effectively creepy, but suggests a fairly standard home-invasion shocker. Apparently, it has enough twists on the formula to make it something more. It has been described as “the horror movie which turns the genre’s clichés on their head” and features a seriously kick-ass heroine who gives as good as she gets.

9. Ender’s Game

Orson Scott Card might have issues with certain people, but the book series he created is considered a legitimate Sci-Fi classic. This long-awaited adaptation follows a world where kids are forced to fight off an alien menace, and sees Harrison Ford making his return to Science-Fiction.

8. Frozen

2012 was a bumper crop for animation fans, with Frankenweenie, Wreck It Ralph, ParaNorman and many more. 2013, not so much. This new computer-animated flick from Disney is a return to fairy-tale territory (it’s inspired by The Snow Queen). Last time the Mouse House went back there, we got the rather lovely Tangled. This also has the claim to fame as the first Disney film to be directed by a woman (although Jennifer Lee shares the credit with Tarzan‘s Chris Buck). The teaser may tell us nothing, but it’s a whole lot of fun.

7. Kick Ass 2

Jim Carrey may be refusing to promote this, but this adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic will still be on fans’ radars. Original director Matthew Vaughan may have moved on, but the trailer suggests that this will continue to be anarchic fun in the vein of the original. With Christopher Mintz-Plasse playing a character who’s name we can’t even say on a family friendly website, this could be an enjoyable antidote to a summer of clean-cut super-heroics.

6. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

In truth, the adaptation of the first of Suzanne Collins’ fantastic young-adult novels was a bit of a mixed bag. The requirement to get a PG-13 saw the action afflicted with an over-abundance of shaky-cam, but the casting was fantastic and the world well realized. The fact that this sequel is arriving the year after the original may be a cause for concern, but nonetheless, the first trailer will get you suitably excited.

5. Thor: The Dark World

The original Thor was a hoot, largely thanks to game performances by Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston (as the villainous Loki). The sequel lost original director Kenneth Branagh and replaced him with Alan Taylor. Who? Although this is his feature début, he is no stranger to directing by having directed six episodes of Game Of Thrones. For added Geek-cred, this film also features a former Doctor (Doctor Who) in the form of Christopher Eccleston taking on villain duties this time around.

 

4.Elysium

In this Sci-Fi film starring Matt Damon, the population that are wealthy live in a space-station while the rest live in poverty below. As Sci-Fi set-ups go, it’s nothing ground breaking. Why should you care about this film? Because it is written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. That’s why. The first flick from the South African filmmaker since District 9, we will finally get to see if he can deliver on the promise of his blistering début.

3. The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

It was easy to feel cynical going into the release of An Unexpected Journey, the first part of Peter Jackson’s return to Middle-Earth. Three movies for The Hobbit? Many fans found their cynicism melting away the minute they found themselves swept up once again in Tolkien’s world. Does it need three films? Almost certainly not, but, when it’s made this well, who cares? Martin Freeman is cast perfectly as young Bilbo, while the dwarves include some of Britain and Ireland’s finest actors. So, a return visit is more than welcome. Not to be forgotten, this time we actually get to see that dragon, who is voiced by Freeman’s Sherlock co-star, Benedict Cumberbatch!

 

2.Pacific Rim

Giant Monsters versus Giant Robots. I’ve just explained why you need to see this. Oh, you need more? It’s directed by Guillermo Del Toro, the visionary director behind Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth, and sees humanity fighting off a threat from beneath the sea with the aid of giant anime-style mechas. It also features Idris Elba (Stringer Bell from The Wire, BBC’s Luther) in his first full-on Hollywood lead. If the trailer doesn’t make you want to watch it, then I’m not sure we can be friends anymore.

 

1. The World’s End

Simon Pegg is a geek god. He was already in another film this summer (Star Trek Into Darkness), but here he also nabs a co-writer credit too. Any film geek worth their salt should be familiar with Pegg’s earlier collaborations with writer/director Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz). This is the long-awaited third team-up between the duo, the third part of the so-called Blood and Ice Cream trilogy. Pegg teams up again with Shaun and Fuzz co-star Nick Frost alongside a whole host of the finest talent in UK comedy, including Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey). The plot sees a pub crawl comedy combined with an Invasion Of The Body Snatchers-style alien invasion flick. At least, that’s what the trailer suggests. We need to see this film as of yesterday.

 

Have we missed your most awaited film? Let us know, below!

 

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Posted By Chris Perkins on June 27, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future installment. In Bonus Stage this time:

 

Layton Vs Phoenix Wright fanart from Maximo V Lorenzo.

 

I don’t know about you guys, buy I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve spent pondering how much better Street Fighter II would be with kittens. Luckily, someone has finally answered my prayers, and the answer is “loads”. Check it out for yourself.

 

Great Last Of Us inspired artwork from Feli P Tomkinson.

For many gamers of a certain vintage, Super Mario World is considered one of the finest games ever made. It’s also marked out by some memorable music, that’s recreated brilliantly here, alongside tap dancing!

This Metroid necklace is available from Etsy.

Yet more Nintendo related awesomeness, as The Legend Of Zelda goes stop-motion.

Gorgeous Bayonetta cosplay.

The thoroughly talented geeky power-couple Screen Team were one of the earliest Bonus Stage discoveries, going back to even before the column came to NerdSpan, so it’s great to be able to feature another great work from them. This time it’s a tribute to Smash Bros. The work that’s gone in to every second of this video is a thing to behold!

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Posted By Chris Perkins on June 20, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future installment. In case you’ve been living under a rock, last week was the gaming industry’s biggest show- the E3. So this week Bonus Stage features posts mainly inspired by this year’s announcements at E3!

 

Internet animation Superstar Weebl (aka Jonti Picking) has his own take on the controversial Xbox One reveal, and it’s hilarious.

 

Mario‘s returning in the Wii U,  but I hope no plumbers stomp on this  real-life Bowser!

One of the best received E3 announcement was a new Mirror’s Edge sequel. Check out this fantastic Mirror’s Edge cosplay

While you wait for the new Super Smash Brothers, why not reminisce about past games in the series with this musical tribute to Brawl?

 

A new Final Fantasy game was also announced.  So, here’s some old-school Final Fantasy cosplay- a mightily impressive Barett from FFVII.

Ridiculously good artist type Olly Moss has been producing some gaming inspired doodles- these are from the Last Of Us and Parappa the Rapper,  You can see them all at his site. 

Awesome Lady Link Cosplay.

I’m sure I don’t need an excuse to share with you more of the ace Lindsey Stirling, but seeing as a new Halo game has been announced for Xbox One, it’s as good an excuse as any. Here’s Lindsey’s spectacular cover of the Halo theme, featuring William Joseph. Enjoy!

 

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Posted By Chris Perkins on June 5, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future installment. In Bonus Stage this time:

Silk Dog Films are gearing up to release a Red Dead Redemption Fan Flick. Check out this glorious, grindhouse-style trailer for it, and revel in it’s retro feel!

 

Incredible “Real-Life” Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite art by the incredible Maohwolf

Somebody has created this very impressive Portal themed bedroom.

See the Legend of Zelda’s Link take on Dark Link in another great fan film from the talented folks at Corridor Digital.

 

Geek X Girls has a great photoshoot with this Skyrim High Elf cosplay.

Amazing Bioshock/My Neighbour Totoro mash-up shirt

Lovely Ni No Kuni art by artist Richy Truong.

The hirsute and talented Smooth McGroove has carved out quite a reputation by producing some fan-freaking-tastic  Accapella renditions of some much-loved games music. This video of Guile’s theme from Street Fighter II shows just why.

 

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Posted By Chris Perkins on May 27, 2013

Welcome once again to yet another edition of Bonus Stage! Bonus Stage is your regular dose of gaming goodness, where we bring you the finest game inspired art, videos , cosplay, music and more!  If you’ve created or found something you’d like to see featured in Bonus Stage drop me a line via twitter: @misterchristor, or drop a comment down below and maybe it will feature in a future installment. In Bonus Stage this time: Mario, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Borderlands and more….

 

The Xbox One reveal summed up brilliantly in one short video…

 

Mario Cosplay... from a dog. Or more accurately, two dogs. How cute?

 

This past weekend was the 2013  MCM London Comic Con. Check out some of the best cosplayers strutting their stuff in this vid from KBLNoodles.

 

UK based Insert Coin specialise in some very nifty games related apparel. One of their latest additions are these cool Street Fighter leggings, that will be right at home in the wardrobe of any hardcore retro girl gamer.

Man At Arms built a real-life replica of Cloud’s Buster Sword from the classic Final Fantasy VII

 

Fantastic cartoonified Walking Dead (the game) art from the incredibly talented Michael Bisparulz.

Listen to this lovely cover of the classic Green Hill Zone music from the original Sonic Hedgehog, on violin. Great work!

 

Check out this amazingly accurate cosplay of Borderland’s Lilith from American Cosplayer Mel.

 

 

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