Mauri Helme’s 8-Bit Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mauri Helme is a Brazilian animator who’s turned his attention to remaking the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer; 8-bit style!
You can follow Mauri on his blog or Twitter account @MauriHelme.…
Give your bum the 8-bit treatment
There was so many quirky headlines I could have written for this quirky Indiegogo project. It took willpower to avoid them; after all we’re talking about bits and underwear.
Slightly NSFW warning; panties fashion shoot video.…
An 8-bit history of the world: Weddings & Wars
Singer-songwriter Will Varley created this quirky “8-bit” music video himself on demo software from the 90s. That’ll go a long way to explain the SNES look and feel.
It reminds me of Frak!…
Retro gaming in tile designs
With the combination of the new gaming consoles and Christmas coming up I fully expect to see plenty of gaming and game memorabilia marketing over the next few months. Not sure I expected Topps Tiles to join in – but they have with this post celebrating gaming history and design inspiration.…
Street art 8-bit Spider-man
This isn’t your average site in Paris.
You have to wonder how it got there. Long ladders? With or without permission? Do the owners approve? Did the owners do it?
What do you think?…
The battle of the computer game generations
Freddie just goes from strength to strength. By the time Geek Native posted this video it had been seen more than 2 million times. Freddie’s channel has 3.5m subscribers and nearly 700,000,000 video plays.…
8-bit life heart bookends
Back in April Geek Native posted a collection of bookends for geeks and gamers. Not only are they a thing – they’re pretty popular too.
Knob Creek Metal Arts have caught onto the fact that it’s the geek community who has been buying up their clever designs.…
8-bit butcher chop diagrams
I don’t suppose you have ever wondered how some of the most iconic 8-bit character creations would chop up. Jude Buffum has. Working for the Giant Robot curated show “Pixel Pushers”, Buffum created a set of butcher diagrams that showed how certain 8-bit characters could be prepared for dinner.…
A quick tour of the 8-bit art world
What is 8-bit art to you? Is it just nostalgia?
There are now “8-bit artists” who have pushed the genre beyond nostalgia and into something contemporary. The culture includes 8-bit painting and even 8-bit music that is composed on GameBoys and still looks to evolve beyond gaming.…
Transform your living room into an RPG with an 8-bit fire
This piece on Etsy from JamesBit is simply called Fireplace Art. What it does, however, is let you use your fireplace to transform the room into an cRPG setting.
Fireplace Art is an 8-bit flame.…
