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A desktop wallpaper for the ninja heads out there

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The wallpaper is taken from the cover artwork of DJ Hype’s drum & bass mix CD : Dubplate Killaz 2 - Return of the Ninja released in June 2006. Preview the CD at Juno Records.

Available in 800×600, 1024×768 and 1280×768 resolutions. Download at www.playazonline.co.uk. (Scroll to the bottom)

Even if you only like Lego a little bit, do check out www.brothers-brick.com, a blog about Lego plus tons of creative Lego models people come out with.

There’s Lego models with movie influences e.g a King Leonidas I (300) minifig, military themed Lego e.g It’s not easy being green, Lego art imitating real art - Contemporary Art, LEGO’d, video game characters in Lego - Gears of War Lego minfigs and even ninjas! (I love ninjas - download the awesome Shinobido Imashime cinematic trailer I posted previously)

Some previews of the cool stuff you can see on the Brothers Brick. All images are copyright of the Brothers Bricks and their respective creators, of course.

Clockwise from top left: Gears of War, Ninjas, Ghost Rider and King Leonidas I (300).

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The opening movie for the PS2 game Shinobido Imashime must be one of the most stylish CG videos for the stealthy ninja videogame genre I have seen in a long time. Accompanied by a lush Japanese instrumental soundtrack, this trailer really displays the violent skills of the ninja as the ninja Gou infiltrates a fortress by scaling the walls and dispatches the sentries inside with clinical precision.

One of my favourite scenes in the video is a fight between a acrobatic female ninja armed with a kusari (chain weapon with a weight at the end) and two guards on the roof on a mooblit night. She switches between using the chain to entangle her opponent’s weapons and the mace at the other end to strike the opponent.

Some screen captures from the opening movie.

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You can visit the official Japanese site or English site here. The wallpapers and videos can be accessed from the Japanese site from the first and second buttons on the bottom right corner of the Flash site. As the video is embedded into the web page, a direct link is provided here (24 MB). Wallpapers and videos are not available from the English site.

Alternatively you can download a similar video at Gametrailers here. It’s a combination of segments of the opening movie + some gameplay footage. The soundtrack used in this version is STYLE ~get glory in this hand~ by the Japanese rock band HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR.