Geekend Updates – February 19th, 2010

Games

Steve Wiebe is the new King of Kong (Jr.)via RetroGamer.net

World of Warcraft Plushies: On the Wings of Cutenessvia Kotaku

Goldeneye 64 Multiplayer Maps Coming to Perfect Dark XBLAvia Destructoid

Plants vs. Zombies hits the iPhonevia TUAW

Fable III Press Releasevia Lionhead Studios

Dear Videogame Industry, Please Stop Making Games – via GameSpy

Technology

30 Useful (And Unknown) Web Apps You Need to Bookmarkvia Maximum PC

Google Goggles to Translate Text in Photosvia Mashable

Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft has Out-Appled Applevia Gizmodo

WordPress for Android Writes and Edits Posts on the Govia Lifehacker

Productivity

Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Colorvia Smashing Magazine

Top 10 Tools for Finding Cool Stuff Nearbyvia Lifehacker

Miscellaneous Geekery

Finalily!: New and Improved Ketchup Packetsvia Geekologie

Pass the Butter: Giant Crab is Giant!via Geekologie

I Think R.L. Stine is Phoning it invia Collegehumor

5 Reasons you Should be Scared of Applevia Cracked

Connected Life Sucksvia Newz on Fire

Donkey Kong Easter Egg…from 26 Years Ago

Donkey KongWhile this isn’t necessarily an overly interesting easter egg, it’s still an easter egg nonetheless and it’s  cool that a game as old as Donkey Kong still has secrets in it that we haven’t discovered.  Plus, the amount of time and effort the finder had to put into locating this particular secret in such an old game is more than commendable.  Check out this link to see the long, ardurous process that this guy had to go through to find out one of Kong’s dirtiest secrets (save for why he felt compelled to start wearing a tie later in life.)