The Weekly Links: New He-Man Art Book, NES Grunge Music, Zelda Virtual Reality

The Weekly Links, The Weekly Links, Thaaaaaaaa Weekly Links! We've finally made it to Friday again which means it's time to offer up some of the best nostalgic stories from this past week. Here's a few things I learned first:

• I've never had the urge to buy a Rubik's Cube since I was a kid...until now.
• Hallmark has a killer lineup of retro ornaments for Christmas this year.
• The new Mad Max sequel is looking pretty awesome.
• Brett Michaels has endless love for Nissan...for keeping him out of retirement.
• There are plenty of Back To The Future novelties online to celebrate its 30th anniversary early.
• If you can't decide which TMNT weapon is your favorite, just build all four in one.
• John Tesh is bringing his radio show to TV which will be his first time back since co-hosting "ET" in the 80s and 90s.

My favorite video this week was the upcoming trailer for the E.T. landfill documentary titled Atari: Game Over. For those of us who don't have an Xbox, I'm hoping it gets released online later so I have a chance to watch it. I still say too much blame if put on the E.T. game, but maybe after hearing some first hand reaction to the fallout my opinion might be altered slightly.

TWL Video of the Week
"Atari: Game Over Trailer" by Xbox

Movies

30 Things We LOVE about…TMNT! - Cult Film Club
Something Wild: 1986's Weirdest Movie - Do You Remember
'Purple Rain' at 30: Preview the Definitive Book on Prince's Hit Film - Rolling Stone
Back to the 80s: Interview with Skip Griparis from Major League - Kickin' it Old School

‘Purple Rain’ At 30: 30 Thoughts For Its 30th Anniversary - UPROXX

How Baby Boom Set the Template for Future Movies About Working Mothers - Vulture

NERDS!!! 15 Facts You Might Not Know About Revenge Of The Nerds - Neatorama

TV

5 Ways to Bring G.I. Joe Back to Television - UnderScoopFire!
'Wizards and Warriors': Cult '80s TV series comes to DVD - USA Today
7 Times the Golden Girls Talked It Out Over Cheesecake - mental_floss
25 Greatest ’80s TV Stars: Then & Now - Do You Remember

Saturday Morning Slow Jams finishes with a cover of the old My Little Pony theme - The A.V. Club
Which "Fraggle Rock" Character Are You? - BuzzFeed Rewind
Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are developing an 'Evil Dead' TV show - Hitfix

Music

See Nirvana, Pearl Jam, And More Grunge Bands As 8-Bit Characters In Awesome NES-Style Medley - UPROXX
Here's to Future Days: Tom Bailey of the Thompson Twins Returns - Yahoo! Music

Here’s the finished mural celebrating Beastie Boys’ 25th anniversary of Paul’s Boutique - Conssequence of Sound

'Weird Al' Pics & Video From 1980s VMAs Prove He's Always Been Weird - MTV News
Dire Straits Sold Tons of CDs Because They Were Pimping the New Format - Gizmodo
14 Weird Al Covers Illustrated in One Amazing White Board Video - Mashable

Fighting Fire With Fire: Metallica Look Back on 'Ride the Lightning' - Rolling Stone

The Girl in the Video: “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (1989) - Noblemania

The Girl in the Video: “Kiss and Tell” (1988) - Noblemania

The Girl in the Video: “Endless Summer Nights” (1988) - Noblemania

The Girl in the Video: “Father Figure” (1988) - Noblemania

Video Games

Legend of Zelda in virtual reality is both familiar and completely terrifying - Polygon
A Clever Series of Tic Tac Ads Designed to Look Like Classic Video Games - Laughing Squid

The Vintage Videogames That You Still Want To Play - io9

An Exhaustive Look At One Of The 80s' Coolest Games - Kotaku
NECA Announce Nintendo NES Inspired Batman Action Figure - RetroCollect

Culture

Dark Horse to publish The Art of He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe - Action Figure Insider
Here's what WWE Raw would look like as a 1980s sitcom - Guyism
KITT, Batmobile, Ecto-1, Bigfoot, TMNT Van & more as Transformers - UnderScoopFire!
15 Great Robots of 1980s Film & TV - Design News
The 80s Underage Dance Club - Like Totally 80s

Saturday Night's Main Event's 7 Greatest Moments of the 1980s - Bleacher Report