Godzilla Desktops for Your Computer

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Ack, it’s been a while since last post. I’m working on a really good article (I think), but in the meantime, I thought I’d show you a sample of something you might see in our “free store,” which will come out along side our “normal store” hopefully in the next couple of weeks. We’ll see though, I might go on vacation first and wait to start it afterwards (otherwise, who will send stuff out?)

First things I’m going to share is four Godzilla desktop wallpapers I designed for your computers. I don’t have every resolution size down there, but hopefully I will increase the available sizes when it comes out officially. Still, most standard resolutions should be supported, I think.

Godzilla Versus King Kong Desktop

Godzilla vs. King Kong: 1024×768 pixels
Godzilla vs. King Kong: 1280×800 pixels
Godzilla vs. King Kong: 1600×1200 pixels
Godzilla vs. King Kong: 1680×1050 pixels

Godzilla Versus Ghidora Desktop

Godzilla vs. Ghidora 1024×768 pixels
Godzilla vs. Ghidora 1280×800 pixels
Godzilla vs. Ghidora 1600×1200 pixels
Godzilla vs. Ghidora: 1680×1050 pixels

Godzilla Versus Mothra Desktop

Godzilla vs. Mothra 1024×768 pixels
Godzilla vs. Mothra 1280×800 pixels
Godzilla vs. Mothra 1600×1200 pixels
Godzilla vs. Mothra: 1680×1050 pixels

Godzilla Versus Gigan Desktop

Godzilla vs. Gigan 1024×768 pixels
Godzilla vs. Gigan 1280×800 pixels
Godzilla vs. Gigan 1600×1200 pixels
Godzilla vs. Gigan: 1680×1050 pixels

There you have it. I’m even using one of these desktops in a recent video reviewing the website Lang-8. They actually rotate every 15 minutes, so I always have something fresh going on in the background.

In other news, two out of three Tofugu writers have started personal blogs. If you’re feeling stalkerish, check them out here (Koichi) and here (Erin).

  • http://www.tofugu.com Viet

    Wouldn’t it make sense just to offer the maximum 4:3 and 16:10 resolutions of the wallpaper instead of offering multiple sizes? I mean 1600×1200 and 1024×768 are 4:3 aspect ratio. Someone using 1024×768 can just resize the 1600×1200… Just seems more economical to me to offer only two options for each aspect ratio (one 1920×1440 and one 1920×1200).

    What I’m getting at is you offer a good sized 4:3 ratio wallpaper (1600×1200), but offer a small 16:10 ratio wallpaper (1280×800). What about people using 1680×1050 or 1920×1200 :( (Haha yes, I use these resolutions).

    Erin’s personal blog link leads to Koichiben….

  • http://www.tofugu.com koichi

    Thanks for the info on screen res. I’ll definitely do that when these are “officially” released. And damn man, those are big resolutions you use.

    Also, thanks for the heads-up on the link. Don’t know what I was doing there.

  • ghindo

    I agree.

  • http://www.tofugu.com Viet

    I wish there were bigger :P

    Actually, 1680×1050 isn’t that big… It’s common among 20″ widescreens. You had a 20″ iMac, so you should know what it felt like using it.

  • http://www.tofugu.com koichi

    jeeesh, you guys are resolution snobs :P

  • http://www.tofugu.com koichi

    now look what you made me do

  • WOTDsctoo

    I will not complain or whine about all of this resolution nonsense! (mostly because I know so little that I have to guess when downloading backgrounds…>.>)

    Woot! Gigan is amaaaazing! Although I’m not sure what three of him are doing on Godzilla’s breath… XD

  • yoyokirby

    Man, no one likes us 1280×1024 guys. Lol, just kidding, don’t go and make one for that res now.

  • http://www.myspace.com/redbrainmatter YoyoKirby

    I dunno why it didn’t “claim” this post… weird.

  • http://tofugu.com Tofugu_Erin

    Normally, when offered multiple resolution options, I just find the smallest resolution wallpaper that fills my screen completely (it’s almost never exact) and resize + crop it myself in PS.

  • http://www.tofugu.com Viet

    Yeah, that res is an oddball :P

  • http://rimkaizumo.deviantart.com/ Rimka

    Unfortunately my Gateway 22′ Only goes up to 1680×1050 (My old CRT used to go into the 1900s and 2000s) Man I miss those days…

    Great wallpapers by the way! I LOVE the Mothra one XD

  • http://tofugu.com Tofugu_Erin

    By the way, thanks for pimping my photo blog, haha.

  • fredydb327

    Cool. I should use one. I read the thank you card.
    Back from Japan! Cannot sleep in airplanes at all…
    I’ve been staying awake all day so I can sleep at a normal time… kinda.
    I left Japan at 3:30pm on Wednesday and got to my house at 3:30pm on Wednesday.
    I’m like Hiro Nakamura from Heroes. :D
    Japan is awesome. I want to go back. :P

  • http://www.sanokame.com Sano

    Nice wallpapers, I especially like the Mothra and Ghidora desktops! Fits my MacBook perfectly ^^

  • http://www.tofugu.com koichi

    awesome, you got back!
    you should join the postcard contest, since you got it.
    you know, yours happened to be the very last one I had to write, haha. I don’t remember if I wrote that on the card or not, though.

  • http://www.tofugu.com koichi

    mine toooo

  • http://www.tofugu.com Viet

    Welcome back. How was the flight back? I remember the flight to Japan wasn’t that bad, but the flight back took a lot out of me.

  • http://tofugu.com Tofugu_Erin

    What movie did we see on the way back? I don’t remember…

  • http://www.tofugu.com koichi

    There were like four of them, that’s why you can’t remember ;P

  • http://tofugu.com Tofugu_Erin

    Wait, I kind of remember now. One was the Wicker Man…

    What were the others?

  • http://youtube.com/profile?user=chokudori クリス

    I’m usually running the 1600×1200 res on my desktop, I need the desktop space. My friends get pissed when they use my computer because everything is ‘so’ small for them. IDK, I see everything just fine, haha. I also wish my Macbook had a bigger res than 1280×800.

  • http://youtube.com/profile?user=chokudori クリス

    Is this vector (illustrator)? I did a project in my computer multimedia class similar to this kind of art. I did a giant portrait of Leonard Nimoy. It took me a good 30+ hours filling in with the pen tool. I also think the have a program for doing it now…

  • WillSoup

    I agree with the whole res size ratio thing, but at the same time… I run 1280 x 1024, so apparently my res is an oddball.

  • http://kento2410345.cocolog-nifty.com/kentoyehyeh/ デリひこ

    youtubeから来ました。マクドナルドのお話、とても参考になりました。

  • fredydb327

    Flight to Japan was not so bad! Continental is nice. They had these touch screens on every seat that let you choose movies, tv shows, and listen to music. I watched Kill Bill, Scrubs, and listen to a bunch of random songs. They also had some games. They had to change our seat order to due to something got wrong, so I ended up sitting alone surrounded by Japanese people.
    The flight to Japan… didn’t have those fancy screen things anymore. You couldn’t choose to see a movie, since it was like TV channels and radio stations and had to wait for them to restart. I wanted to watch some of the Japane movies that seemed pretty cool. For some reason, this movie called “I just didn’t do it” caught my eye and then some other ones. I just listened to my PSP and played some solitaire. I can’t sleep on planes. I ended up staying up 31 hours.

  • mmnessa

    Oh nice, but I’m still I’m debating between having Gojira versus Gigan plastered across my screen, or my current Tally Hall desktop. It’s a tough decision. I’m very picky about what goes on in my desktop…

  • mmnessa

    that’s why it’s so awesome :P

  • WOTDsctoo

    I see. XD Well, I downloaded it. Gigan + Me = “luv4eva”

  • http://www.Jimo.co.uk Jimo

    Nice backgrounds! Im using the Godzilla v Gigan one!
    Hopefully you can get around to releasing a 1600×1024 version!

  • http://www.Jimo.co.uk Jimo

    Nice backgrounds! Im using the Godzilla v Gigan one!
    Hopefully you can get around to releasing a 1600×1024 version!

  • emiko

    great job on the backgrounds ^^

  • Eevee

    haha. These are awesome!
    I use 1152×864
    I dunno why, I’ve been using it on PC’s since I was 10. xD
    Just comfortable, I guess. I usually end up centering the wallpaper on a black backround anyhow. I don’t like ones that don’t fit, and I’m too lazy to fix it.

  • Kevin

    Nice wallpapers! They have a really cool vector feel to them. Now if only the monsters covered more of the wallpaper…

  • Ajay

    …but the simplicity does add a sort of relaxing mood to the pictures even though it is meant to be a battle scene.

  • Joe

    Nabbed myself the godzilla/king kong one. Thanks!

  • Zaakro

    Hey Koichi where is the store I want to buy a spongebob shirt

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  • http://www.yonosedibujar.blogspot.com cualquierchica

    wow.. they are beautiful … my laptop will be happy

  • http://www.yonosedibujar.blogspot.com cualquierchica

    oh! i love them … i have a happy and pink desktop now