Bert Pins and Buttons
Description: This playful design features the phrase "Meepers Gonna Meep" with a puppet-inspired character set against a retro sunset. Perfect for fans of classic puppet shows and quirky humor, it’s a fun nod to lovable science sidekicks and their unmistakable meeps. Ideal for nostalgic nerds and vintage pop culture lovers.
Description: Q*bert /ˈkjuːbərt/ is an arcade game developed and published for the North American market by Gottlieb in 1982. It is a 2D action game with puzzle elements that uses isometric graphics to create a pseudo-3D effect. The objective of each level in the game is to change every cube in a pyramid to a target color by making Q*bert, the on-screen character, hop on top of the cube while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Players use a joystick to control the character and when Q*bert collides with an enemy or harmful object in his path, he 'swears' by displaying a comic-style speech bubble and utters an incoherent phrase made of synthesized speech generated by the game's soundchip.
Description: The Pike in Long Beach was a seaside amusement area that offered a variety of entertainment options to the public. The streets were bustling with a mix of locals, sailors, and sea merchants who made Long Beach their port of call. The Pike had everything from bathhouses and arcades to food stands and fortune-tellers, and of course, tattoo parlors. At its height, The Pike was home to a dozen tattoo parlors and had quite a reputation for being a seedy destination. In 1954, The Pike changed its name to Nu-Pike in an attempt to rebrand itself to keep up with new family-friendly theme parks that had opened nearby. A lot of the seedier attractions either cleaned up their act or were forced to ship out. As a result, the former photography studio tu
