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13 minutes and 42 seconds of 3d dot game heroes gameplay

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The folks at Gamersyde were handed some footage of the opening minutes of the PS3 gameĀ 3D Dot Game Heroes, From Software’s upcoming homage to classic RPG/Adventure games. The graphics are really neat – it’s like everything is made of cardboard LEGO dot things.

If you’ve seen the trailers before then you’re probably familiar with the…

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November 5th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: geek art + craft retro strange + wonderful video games

keeping things simple with an 8-bit wedding

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How can you liven up the traditional wedding? True quirkiness goes beyond interesting dresses and video game cakes, as one California couple proved with their 8-bit DIY wedding theme. Forget a regular ol’ bouquet. Let’s get pixelated.

When a graphic designer and a video game programmer get married, this is what happens: a profusion of…

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October 23rd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun

a tale of two mega men

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It was the biggest of sprites, it was the smallest of sprites… no, wait, I mean they’re both right here next to one another, these Perler bead projects. It’s big Mega Man versus smaller Mega Man:

The bigger Mega Man is almost two feet tall–and would look awesome on the wall–but I personally find this…

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August 30th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft video games

pixelpop: slap-chop your way to greatness [flash game]

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Looking for a nice little time-waster this weekend? PixelPop is a quirky little Flash game that should burn at least 5 minutes of your spare time.

The objective of PixelPop is simple. You just stand there in your hot pink Japanese super hero leotard, gyrating your hips to the music. Watermelons fly by and you karate chop…

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August 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: strange + wonderful technology video games

even the best pixel art is kinda square

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You know, square? Like pixels? Oh, lame jokes, never desert me… and internets, please never stop supplying fantastic fan art. Even the dog from Duck Hunt–my most despised video game nemesis ever–looks great here.

Pixel art is a funny thing: it’s both simple and complicated. Artist and Sprite Stitch forum poster Brit.knee reports that, in…

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July 16th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

space invaders explain their simple plan on your wall, courtesy of blik vinyl decals

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How do you think the Space Invaders figured out their marching orders? With this simple plan, of course!

Now you too can embellish your bedroom wall with a constant reminder of exactly how to increase speed, drop down and reverse direction – just in case you need to do that sort of thing for your…

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June 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design geek art + craft retro video games

futurama fans get invaders! possibly from space!

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Remember the classic episode of Futurama where Fry has to save the planet from “Invaders! Possibly from Space?” Pretty soon, you’ll be able to take down those aliens while listening to your own all-Rush mix tape while chugging a 2-liter bottle of Shasta too.

Retro game maker/Futurama fan Shinobi is putting the finishing touches on a playable…

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June 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro video games

art lebedev studios’ digitus pixelated address numbers are retro-bitmap-font-a-licious

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Here’s a great way to dress up your office or apartment with some 80s retro-geek style.

Designed by Daniil Dadiomov for Russia’s Art Lebedev Studio, these Digitus address numbers get their chunky, funky shapes from the classic bitmap computer fonts of days gone bye.

I’m pretty sure this was the same font that my old…

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May 18th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design retro

pinky the ghost pixel art mosaic made from 3.5-inch floppy disks [pac-man]

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Got 256 old 3.5-inch floppy disks lying around the house? I can’t think of a better use for a bunch of floppies but to make a giant 16×16 pixel art Pinky ghost mosaic out of them. Can you?

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March 24th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

nes quilt celebrates nostalgic diversity

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There’ve been a lot of bad-ass 8-bit quilts spread across the Internet, but usually, they’re dedicated to one game, serving as a showcase for a single NES-era memory. Not so with this quilt; this bad boy is more about the entire experience, so it’s fitting that it’s called “THE” Nintendo Quilt.

The gang’s all here……

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February 10th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: geek art + craft technology video games

click oven mitts: pixelated potholders

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I don’t usually associate computers with cooking, but that doesn’t mean that your geek style shouldn’t find its way into your kitchen.

Brazilian designer Anderson Horta’s Clicking Kitchen Grip oven mitts are inspired by the little pixels of the hand cursor from your computer.

It’s too bad that there’s no way to make version that…

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January 17th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun strange + wonderful

bandai luminodot: like a lite-brite on steroids

The Lite-Brite is one of my fondest childhood toy memories. Maybe it was the fact that it was THE original way to make pixel art. Or maybe it was the “living on the edge” thrill that any minute I could choke on one of the of hundreds of tiny candy-like pegs. Delicious. Of course, the…

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September 15th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys gadgets interactive

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