Filed under 8 bit, 8 bit art, 8-bit animation, Arts and Crafts, graffiti, stop motion animation, street view by Ehud Riven
You know something becomes a big hit when it starts crossing over and expanding from its original domain into other fields. The 8-bit animation phenomena keeps getting bigger, with the web obviously being the ideal place to spread the word and talent.
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Filed under 8 bit, Arts and Crafts, cube art, pixel art, pixel cube art by Jack Kieffer
All geeks can appreciate a good piece of 8-bit retro art, but it sometimes is difficult to effectively build your own 3D model of a character. The 8 Bit Pixel Cube changes that. These vibrant, magnetic blocks allow you to easily recreate the Galaga…
Continue Reading "8 Bit Pixel Cube Lets You Make Your Own Geeky Pixel Art"Filed under 8 bit, Gaming, left 4 dead, Valve, zombie game by Federico Lo Giudice
Nothing spells love for a company like a nice tribute in 8-bit, and this last decade Valve has been nothing but deserving of this. By creating awesome games like Team Fortress 2, Portal, the Half-Life series and Left 4 Dead (which we’ll talk abou…
Continue Reading "Left 4 Dead Goes 8-Bit"Filed under 16 bit, 8 bit, Arts and Crafts, final fantasy XIII, junkboy, resident evil 5, video game demakes by Federico Lo Giudice
Who needs polygons? Video games died as soon as 3D was first introduced… right? Demake, as it name implies, is sort of the opposite of a remake: recreating something with less resources than it originally had, to make it look older and from the p…
Continue Reading "Modern Goes Old School – 16 Bit Video Game Demakes"Filed under 8 bit, Arts and Crafts, legend of zelda, model kits, Nintendo, super mario bros by Jack Kieffer
Ty Lettau has created 8-Bit model kits for Samus, Mario, and Link to satisfy that unmet desire deep inside of you to dress up your favorite Nintendo characters in snazzy clothes and fashionable powerups. These three model kits are retro, super pixell…
Continue Reading "Geeky 8-Bit Model Kits for Samus, Mario, and Link"Filed under 8 bit, comics art, fan art, fan video, Geek Culture, stop motion by David Delony
Stop-motion and 8-bit videos are fun, and YouTube is full of them. We’ve picked some of the best.
YouTube is a haven for anyone with a camera and an idea. Sure you have to wade through a lot of stuff that’s not so good, but the gems you fin…
Filed under 8 bit, legend of zelda, mega man, Nintendo, sandcastle, super mario bros by Darrick Mattsen
There are so many different ways to create art that I find it amazing how the sand sculpture still exists today as an incredible source of beautiful art. Even better, this example juxtaposes the simplicity of sand with the high-tech video games we know…
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