His minimal Star Wars characters remind me of Mega Man, which is appropriate since they’re supposed to be in Mega Star Wars. The funniest thing is that when I take my glasses off, the images become smooth, and less pixelated, which is cool, but reminds me that my eyesight is gradually going.

I wonder if we’ll ever end up playing as these characters in some retro platformer on Xbox Live. I sure hope so.

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Michael Crow of Mike’s Mosaics created these Mario and Mega Man mosaics using glazed terracotta and ceramic tiles, and they look awesome. I love that Mario is wearing his Tanooki look, though I think he’d have trouble getting off the ground with all the added weight of the tile and concrete backing board.

Mega Man looks mighty fine too, sporting his classic blue costume.

Mario is really substantial, measuring in at 27.5″ x 23.25″, while Mega Man is a bit smaller at 12.5″ x 15.5″. Since both have been sealed, they’re okay for indoor or outdoor use. I’d be so thrilled with these guys in my garden instead of gnomes (hint-hint). Mario is priced at $250 (USD), and Mega Man is going for $200. Both can be found over at Mike’s Mosaics Etsy Shop. Mike will also make custom mosaics of your favorite character on request.

Pahito designed pixelated versions of famous superheroes from DC Comics, Marvel, Dark Horse and other publishers. You’ll find superheroes and supervillains alike, including Superman, Batman, Joker, Wonder Woman, Iron Man, and others.

The best part is that his Pixelithos are available via his Society6 site as art prints, iPad, iPhone, MacBook and PC laptop skins. The skins cost from $15 to $30(USD) and are available as the large ensemble image that features all of the characters he’s redesigned.

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In his original post, Kuwahara simply says “No you can’t scan this .” Perhaps the juxtaposition between QR codes and 8-bit gaming imply that QR codes are already a relic of the past. Or maybe he created it for fun. Let’s go with that.

It does make you wonder if it would be possible to create a QR code with an image like this that could still be scanned.

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This is exactly how I perceive things without my glasses on. On second thought, my eyesight’s not that bad – I probably have 16-bit/16-bit vision. The current gen systems also get their own prints, so there’s something for young gamers as well. No iOS devices though.

Head to Biscotto Cotto’s Etsy shop to order the 8-bit series. A4-sized prints sell for $15 (USD) while A3-sized prints sell for $25.

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Puxxle is the brainchild of two sisters, who have always been fascinated by puzzles. They took this love for puzzles, and combined it with pixel art to come up with these. Puxxle tiles are adhesive vinyl, and will work on a number of surfaces. They can be easily removed and shouldn’t leave any residue, though once removed, they can’t be reused.

Unlike a jigsaw puzzle, though, Puxxles include an instruction guide to help make sure you get the pattern right. They come in a variety of designs including a squirrel, alligator, hedgehog, reindeer and shark, as well as a cactus if you’re into plants more than animals.

The kits are available from the Puxxle website for €18 (~$24 USD) to €45 ($59 USD).

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To be honest, unless Pac-Man’s ghosts run very fast, they don’t stand a chance against the Ghostbusters with their proton packs. Though once they are stored in the ghost trap, they might be able to escape when they stop being blue.

The prints are available for £22 ($35 USD) from Raid71′s Emporium and they ship worldwide. All profits from the sale of these and other Raid71 prints go to the Royal Manchester’s Cancer Charity, since the artist received extensive support and care from them, and wanted to give something back.

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Jesus was born in Chile, but now lives in Toronto and like many designers, loves pixel-art. You’ll find Superman, The Hulk, Batman, Robin, Deadpool, Mystique, Frodo and Sam, Harry Potter, Wolverine, Boba Fett, Ironman and a few others.

You can buy all of these images in prints at Jesus’ Society6 store. They cost $15 (USD) a piece. I’d like to see them made into pendants.

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Each one is handmade by Virginie Millefiori, who creates all sorts of cool jewelry, including an entire collection of Invaders-inspired wares. In this particular case, the ring is made from gold-plated brass, then hand-enameled in white to create the pixel effect.

While the ring in the picture above is clearly a different (non-pixellated) Invader, I couldn’t resist posting a picture of a cute girl rockin’ an awesome Space Invaders ring, and showing it off for the camera.  This particular ring sells for $50 (USD) over on Etsy, and it would look great along with a matching pendant, don’t you think? You can also order them in silver-plate or different shades of enamel on request.

You can check out more of Virginie’s Invader collection over on flickr.

For his Anrealage fashion line, Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga took inspiration from the squared-off pixel block to create his F/W 2011 collection, which includes shoes with pixel heels, pixelated prints on on jackets, sweaters and slacks.

But my favorite part of the collection isn’t the clothing. It’s the pixel furniture, which includes a pair of awesome blocky armchairs, a matching café table, a pixel-patterned Oriental rug, and some awesome pixel light bulb fixtures.

I would live in a house filled with this stuff if I could. But I can’t. So for now, the only way to experience this is to head to the Anrealage showroom in Harajuku, Tokyo.

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Mario gets two bodies, but Luigi gets none? Come on guys, show the skinny guy some love!

No Morph Ball Samus?

Mega Man would also be a neat fit for this kind of toy. He’s good for like a hundred and one kits. Check out Ty Lettau’s Flickr page for more geeky art.

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These particular pixelated cartoons are the creation of Ty Lettau.

To date, he’s created 696 characters from cartoons, movies, and video games, all rendered in that pixelated feel. Highlights include Star Wars, Alien, Final Fantasy, all sorts of superheroes and more.

It’s kind of amazing how easily you can recognize these pixelated characters, despite the relative lack of detail. It just shows you that your brain really doesn’t need much information to distinguish different characters.

You can check out the entire Super Bros collection here.

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She’s made three (1, 2, 3) animations that I found especially funny. Once you check them out, it’s obvious why she used Flash files. They are quite long and it’s easy to miss if you don’t pay attention. Those aren’t the only pixel animations she’s made. There are others, but they don’t include Doctor Who characters or jokes.

She definitely managed to capture the essence of Donna Noble in one of the animations. It’s surprising how accurate it feels, one you start hearing her going on about “mating” and “sunshine”. And her Amy Pond isn’t bad either…

You can check out all of these and other animations over at Lucile’s blog.

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I bet Dhalsim knows how to stretch his dollar, amirite? These banknotes were created by members of Pixel Joint as entries to one of the website’s weekly contests. The top prize went to Stefan Bogdanovic aka Mrmo Taurus for his Space Invaders-themed currency, which he called 40 Credits:

I had to enlarge each piece from their original 200 x 100 resolution to 600 x 300, so any degradation in quality is my fault. Check out the gallery for more:

You don’t have to pay a cent to view the other entries on Pixel Joint. I wish someone made an “It’s Over 9000″ dollar bill. Or a Mushroom Kingdom gold coin – save up a hundred and you get an extra life! Or Hyrulean Rupees. Man, I should’ve joined the contest.

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The smartphone itself is a new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and it has pixelated Minecraft blocks all over the front and back of phone thanks to custom graphics along with the Minecraft logo. The screen of the phone also has Minecraft wallpaper too that matches up with the graphics on the back and side for full coverage with pixel block graphics.

The phone is a special edition being auctioned off for charity by Mojang, creators of the game. Whatever the smartphone sells for will be donated to  charity. When I wrote this the bid amount was up to $1,350 (USD) with five days left to go.

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With the Jigazo, however, that won’t be the case.

Jigazo is a 300-piece interactive puzzle set that makes sure you won’t get bored every time you decide to give puzzling a go. I call it “interactive” because you’re the one who chooses what picture to put together, using the same puzzle pieces each and every time. This is possible because what’s printed on each of the puzzle pieces isn’t an actual part of a specific picture. Instead, the puzzle pieces are printed with a unique hue and tone with an accompanying pattern instead.

This means that you can put together Mona Lisa today, a panda tomorrow, and something else the next.

Jigazo also comes with software that you can use to convert your photos and digital images into puzzles to put together. Cool, right? It definitely puts a whole new twist to puzzles and gives them more of a personality with these new additions. The Jigazo is available from Firebox for ~$35 (USD)

For starters, there’s the cool new foam Minecraft axe that looks like the one you would use in the game. The Pickaxe is a replica of a stone axe from the game and the foam should be soft enough that you can belt people with it without going to prison. ThinkGeek has something else for its Minecraft line too.

The other thing is the Minecraft sticky note cube. We all need sticky notes, if for no other reason than they are fun to stick on thing. If you like the game and have a real job where you actually have to take notes this cube is the perfect accessory. The Minecraft Foam Pickaxe is available for $19.99 (USD) and the Sticky Note Cube will cost you $9.99.

The Minecraft grass mousepad was made by the guys over at DesignNoym who have printed their pixels on a nice cloth-topped surface with vibrant browns and greens. Sure, it’s not the highest resolution image you’ve ever seen, but if you stand back really, really, really far, it sorta looks like grass. Or not. But it does look like Minecraft grass. And pixels. And that’s a good thing.

You can grab the Minecraft grass mousepad over at DesignNoy’s Etsy shop for $12 (USD).

Yep, you heard me right. Minecraft and Kleenex. They go together like peanut butter lima beans and chocolate rutabagas. Or something like that. Sure, it doesn’t really make all that much sense. I suppose the fact that the Kleenex box is a cube and Minecraft has cubes makes it somehow work, even if it is pretty much nonsensical.

Snotty Bots is offering these custom-printed canvas cubes in Grass/Dirt, Moss Stone, TNT, Dispenser Cube and Creeper variants for $15 (USD) each.

The video was created by Mike Scott along with a 14 pixel artists from around the globe, as well as 3D voxel artists, chiptunes and a little bit of claymation thrown in for good measure. Watch the awesome video below, then see if you can name all the different gaming and geeky references in the clip. Bonus points for that voxelized Cactaur.

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Right from the the SEGA-ized opening logo and sound, I knew this video would be great, and I’m just glad that the tune is just as great as the animation itself. I’ll be adding this track to iTunes tonight.

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