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The Game Over 3 show features some great art. Check out this Team Macho cartridge! It’s carved from wood, and painted in the coolest way. There’s three versions and if you’re a true game fan or game executive, this is a must have. There’s plenty of great art on the wall at GRSF and the fans and friends from GDC were there in force. I dig the pencil sketch mature Mario by the guy pictured: Jake Gillespie! Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall Petri, a game maker from Europe! LA in the house. Souris Hustler of Culture, Lulu, and Silvio Porretta, game maker and artist, and their friend Wayne. Aww blurrrr. Can’t recognize them?
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Backyard BBQs are usually about hot dog, hamburgers, and maybe chicken. That's what you do on the bare minimum. Sho from Yoshi's in San Francisco does things differently when food is involved. He goes all out. It's not an event to miss. Here's Sams hands making toro sushi. It's obviously amazing. Look at the pink color. Sushi was being made inside the house while a BBQ of amazing flavors happened...
Backyard BBQs are usually about hot dog, hamburgers, and maybe chicken. That’s what you do on the bare minimum. Sho from Yoshi’s in San Francisco does things differently when food is involved. He goes all out. It’s not an event to miss. Here’s Sams hands making toro sushi. It’s obviously amazing. Look at the pink color. Sushi was being made inside the house while a BBQ of amazing flavors happened outside. Look at the rich orange color of this uni from Hokkaido. The label is below. The package it came in still had the shipping labels from Japan. Uni is usually a lighter orange, this one possessed a deep, rich color and tasted that way too. The kitchen arena The ikura was also a deeper orange than what you typically see. Sam dealing with the ikura Miles Nakamura and Daniel Wu. What kind of kicks are those? Sho with the straw hat holding a bag of marinated tongue which was amazing. Dan Automator on left, Sam the sushi man and friends Intestines in two flavors and organic chicken. a larger crew Dan and Dan The uni
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Backyard BBQs are usually about hot dog, hamburgers, and maybe chicken. That’s what you do on the bare minimum. Sho from Yoshi’s in San Francisco does things differently when food is involved. He goes all out. It’s not an event to miss. Here’s Sams hands making toro sushi. It’s obviously amazing. Look at the pink color. Sushi was being made inside the house while a BBQ of amazing flavors happened outside. Look at the rich orange color of this uni from Hokkaido. The label is below. The package it came in still had the shipping labels from Japan. Uni is usually a lighter orange, this one possessed a deep, rich color and tasted that way too. The kitchen arena The ikura was also a deeper orange than what you typically see. Sam dealing with the ikura Miles Nakamura and Daniel Wu. What kind of kicks are those? Sho with the straw hat holding a bag of marinated tongue which was amazing. Dan Automator on left, Sam the sushi man and friends Intestines in two flavors and organic chicken. a larger crew Dan and Dan The uni
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[nggallery id=88] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Art Show Game Over III at GRSF, March 12, 2010 – April 14, 2010 Reception: Friday, March 12, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to present Game Over III, a group show that pays homage to the continuous evolution of videogames and their massive influence on popular culture. The impact and inspiration of videogames will be represented through a wide assortment of styles and genres provided by top artists in the fields of illustration, painting, sewing, indie comics, and videogames. Contributors are scheduled to include the following: Sasha Barr Brandon Bird Blinky Sean Boyles Eric Butler Kris Chau Shawn Cheng Ryan De La Hoz Elayne Dixon E. Dubois Theo Ellsworth Everybody Get Up Matt Furie Mark Giglio Jake Gillespie Girafa Tim Gough Andrew Holder Paul Hornschemeier David Horvath Jay Howell Martin Hsu Mari Inukai Marc Johns James Kochalka Le Merde Phil Lumbang Aaron Martinez Andrew Perry Mike Perry Ferris Plock Silvio Porretta Carlos Ramos Albert Reyes Grant Reynolds Alexander Shen Snaggs Kaz Strzepek Team Macho Daria Tessler Jeremy Tinder Joe To Kelly Tunstall Aiyana Udesen Amy Vazquez Connie Wong Anthony Wu Lawrence Yang Derek Yu Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent. A reception featuring many of the artists will be held from 6:30 – 10:00 on Friday, March 12. For more information about the show, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311
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