Obsessions and Possessions

Of all the (probably unhealthy) obsessions that I have, I really enjoy (certain) video games and art.  When these 2 combine, it can sometimes blow my mind.  When it's affordable, I induldge myself.  There is currently a show at Gallery 1988 (Venice, California location) about old school videogames.  One of the most popular of these games series is anything within Nintendo's Zelda line.  I LOVE these games.  I buy them as soon as they are released and labor over them for many hours (painful arms and hands be damned!) until I beat every level/beast/boss and master every puzzle and skill.  Then, I replay them over and over.  They are delightfully full of fun in their many iterations.  I really hope that Nintendo comes out with a new one as it has been a few years now.  Anyway, I noticed that one particular artist made a really cool piece of Zelda-influenced art with which he included  a golden record with the triforce on it ('natch).  Here's a (borrowed) picture from the gallery's blog showing this work and the cover art of the "album" itself and then also a closer look at the cover art by Joey Spiotto (http://www.etsy.com/shop/joebot?ref=pr_shop).  For those who don't know (gasp!) this is Princess Zelda with The Hero or Link.  Nearly always, your character with whom you play the game is Link.  I found the artist's Etsy page and bought the front and back prints of this album art.  Sadly, the record itself will have already been sold at the show and was quite pricey, I'm sure.  The prints on Etsy were much more economically priced.  The available prints from that show should be able this weekend.  I'm looking forward to what is available as I really like another of the prints that will be available.  If my wallet is lucky, however, maybe it will already have sold out.

Also speaking of obsessions and possessions, I've neglected to post any pictures of my toy collections.  Here is one small part of the (much) larger collection - my Rose Vampires.  There are 2 sizes of this toy.  The original size was the small size you see here in the various colors.  The newer, larger version is behind these.  I haven't set him up properly yet, so you can't see all of him.  (I had a different set of toys sitting behind these guys, but moved them now that there are larger versions available.) This is not all of the Rose Vampires that were released (sadly), but I do have most of them.  I think they're beautiful.  The original version is the one on the far left with the green body and red head.  The one on the far right is last one made available which was meant to echo the original (but has a clear body - a clear head would have been too pricey I read).