http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/space invaders http://io9.com/tag/space invaders

Say goodbye to your innocent childhood vision of multi-colored Space Invader bugs dancing happily across the sky. Character artist Tom Carruthers would like to replace it with a fang-filled piece of fleshy nightmare fuel. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5880261&view=rss&microfeed=true

Winter is the perfect time to cozy up in front of a fire and knit. But there's no reason those yarn projects can't celebrate our love for all things science fiction and fantasy. Here are 20 awesome free knit/crochet patterns. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5717724&view=rss&microfeed=true

Death Star plus Space Invaders equals awesome. And for $20 - yes, this is a classy, classy tee. Pick one up at MySoti (spotted on Hide Your Arms). More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5583735&view=rss&microfeed=true

Asteroids, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Missile Command... and now Space Invaders? Is no arcade game safe from Hollywood adaptations? Rumor has it, Warner Brothers wants to get into the neon green, slowly-charging aliens game. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5484367&view=rss&microfeed=true

If you live in one of the snowy parts of the world, you could make a boring snowman out of three round balls. Or, you could take your cue from these folks and make snowy robots, aliens, superheroes, and monsters. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5433866&view=rss&microfeed=true

Adam Richardson has added pixelated alien invaders to actual war photos from Iraq and Afghanistan. And when the Space Invaders descend on a war zone, they find that they have more to contend with more than laser cannons. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5407703&view=rss&microfeed=true

Wondering what Space Invaders would look like in the real world? This Threadless t-shirt by Jean Salamin reveals all. We're surprised that they're spaceships and not just weirdly shaped aliens, but we kind of like it. They're Real [Threadless] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5398862&view=rss&microfeed=true

Ryan Snieder blends a classic photo spread with a classic video game to commemorate those more innocent days when young men would grab their dog and their shotgun and bring home a Space Invader for supper. [Behance Network via GeekTyrant] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5363860&view=rss&microfeed=true

Fresh on the heels of their carnivalesque Space Invaders video, Norwegian electronica duo Röyksopp have created an epic romantic saga for our time in "The Girl and the Robot," their new single featuring Swedish diva Robyn. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5284944&view=rss&microfeed=true

A video-game creature in London warns us that spy cameras are everywhere in public spaces. It's almost as if the proliferation of CCTV cameras were the real "Space Invaders," intruding into our lives whenever we go outside and subjecting us to intense scrutiny that might as well be a rain of laser blasts. The Space Invaders graffiti, using tiles to simulate 8-bit video game pixels, has been a constant in London since 1999, but it seems to have started featuring the CCTV warning only recently. Click through for a couple more images. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5023480&view=rss&microfeed=true

It's been 30 years since Space Invaders started, but the game is making a huge comeback. This year we'll see both Space Invaders Extreme for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable, as well as Space Invaders Get Even on the Wii, which lets you take control of the invading aliens and have them smash up cities. Like a line of aliens marching inexorably downward, the game continues to make its impact on our culture. But how much do you know about these pixellated extraterrestrials who are intent on wiping us out? Learn all the facts, and see a gallery — including more screens from the new Wii version — after the jump. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=366474&view=rss&microfeed=true