Cave Story was kind of like Mega Man, but artistic and free-roaming and free. It was released as freeware on the net before being HD-fied and deified by plenty of players who thought it was pretty much perfect. We’ve been waiting awhile for how the enigmatic Japanese game figure Pixel would follow i
Something about developer 2bam’s depiction of Walter from The Big Lebowski getting his head blown off is distinctly Henri Matisse. The art direction in their game Heli Brawl, alternatively, Helibrawl, has a similar striking color palette and deformed abstract quality. But the other half of it—the fi
We already knew action-role-player Hyper Light Drifter was easy on the eyes. That was a done deal. But this new trailer really hammers the point home. In case you missed the Kickstarter campaign that blew up last year, this gorgeous showpiece of pixel art is also a game, and judging from the footag
I know that art is supposedly the ultimate expression of human emotions and whatnot, but THIS ARTBOT. Like clockwork, it creates and churns out abstract and frequently mesmerizing pixel art four times a day. It’s called Great Artist and it lives up to the moniker. This is truly impressive work for a
Fight Club belongs to that set of movies that successfully established Brad Pitt as a nutcase, along with Se7en and 12 Monkeys, that you saw and liked in high school, but never returned to because you a.) no longer trust your high school tastes b.) already know the twist ending c.) Brad Pitt is not
There is a certain school of thought that says that coding is a world of beauty. The trouble is, it’s largely an invisible world; i.e. you have to know programming language in order to appreciate it. It’s not like the average person is going to look at a page of HTML and be blown away. But after see
Teletext the World is a photo-editing website and tool that can transform any photo into primary, abrasive teletext imagery. It kinda looks like an Anna Anthropy game. But what’s a teletext anyway? A brief history lesson: teletext predated the World Wide Web by transmitting info like news and weath
The cube gets no respect. Well, until now. YouTube video producers The Hamster Alliance have edited together this wonderful montage of various videogames that feature the versatile cube. From Mario’s question block to the collapsing florescent walls of Super Hexagon, our four-sided friend has played
Small dick vs. medium dick. Medium dick vs. small dick. Big dick vs. big dick. These are choices you should assess before entering into any dick fight. What’s a dick fight? Well, don’t google it. Play Pippin Barr’s game Lo-fi Dick Fight instead. It continues his habit of publishing funny, way-too-di
In all the hoopla that surrounded Sony’s PlayStation 4 conference, the creators of Little Big Planet showed off a newfangled tech demo that lets players sculpt statues, which vaguely look like the Venus of Willendorf. Judging from what was shown, you take a Move motion-controller and dutifully sketc
There’s something special about the aesthetic of pixel art as applied to sports. Maybe it’s a sort of purity and simplicity – each little chunk of color needs to be arranged just
