Ink Whiskey: Nintendo Themed Hip Flasks!

Gaming and drinking often go hand in hand, especially when a few friends are also involved too. Portland, Oregon based company Ink Whiskey combines the gaming and drinking with their specially designed hip flasks.

Currently available to pre-order via their Kickstarter campaign, these flasks look and feel exactly like a classic Nintendo cartridge, except they're not designed for playing-they will hold your whisky!

These concealable flasks can fit into a back pocket, and give the illusion that the owner is carrying around a retro games cartridge, rather than their sneakily concealed beverage of choice. Available to hold about 4oz/120ml, these flasks are made from durable plastic, are watertight and are available in feature five label designs that are based on classic Nes games.

Current labels available are: "Drunk Hunt", "Super Bar-Hop Bros.", "Castlevodka", "Metal Beer" and "The Legend of Drink".

Here's a few shots of the flasks:

I think these look absolutely brilliant, and no doubt they'll prove to be a talking point when taken out and about.

Ink Whiskey's Kickstarter campaign has 21 days to go. Support a great product whilst getting a flask of your own by pledging here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inkwhiskey/ink-whiskey-concealable-entertainment-flask

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Alice: Otherlands Kickstarter Details

It has been two years since Alice: Madness Returns was released on PC and home consoles. Earning a respectable fanbase, American McGee's creepy recreation of Lewis Carroll's classic tale of Alice Lidell and Wonderland is definitely worth checking out.

Spicy Horse recently announced an Alice Kickstarter campaign, which upon this post being published, has 13 days left to go.

Achieving the rights for a third game in the trilogy was proving to be a little difficult at this point in time, so instead of creating a Kickstarter to fund a predecessor to Alice: Madness Returns, the company is proposing a series of short films to be released in a collection entitled Alice: Otherlands.

Alice: Otherlands will find Alice using her mental powers to explore the minds of others. Set in 1875, there are plenty of famous minds for Alice to escape to, such as Darwin, French artists, Queen Victoria and Jack the Ripper. Alice will most likely be tasked with battling an organization or single villain who's sole intent is to capture society in a nightmarish "prison of the mind."

Featuring animation like those seen in the cardboard-cut-out style cut scenes in Alice: Madness Returns, contributions from a host of artists, writers and film makers and music by acclaimed composer Chris Vrenna, Alice: Otherlands seems like an exciting proposition. 

Check out some of the concept art below, including the DVD cover. The Kickstarter page, including more information and donation incentives, can be found here.

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Welcome to Boon Hill

There are plenty of indie games that are being promoted on Kickstarter-some look intriguing, some, I'm sad to say it, look awful. Thankfully, Boon Hill appears to fall into the former.

Created by small games studio 14 Hours Production under Matthew Ritter, Boon Hill is a graveyard simulator that gives you the experience of exploring a graveyard. As the developers explain, Boon Hill is a 'story of epitaphs, a tale of ghosts that haunt, a game with no goal.'

Bizarrely, a game that is dedicated to reading gravestones and getting glimpses of the deceased lives should not be this engaging, yet Boon Hill indeed looks promising. The 16-Bit graphics are also rather charming.

14 Hours Production recently achieved their Kickstarter goal, meaning that the game is now currently in production. Check out the video above to get a taster of things to come.

Check out the Kickstarter page for Boon Hill here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1607565961/welcome-to-boon-hill