In Real Life

New York’s Pixelated Water Flows Again

The water supply in New York City goes 8-bit once more, with this update to the 2008 version, now flowing bigger, more 3D than before. Photographed by Benjamin Norman and seen at Make.


January 5, 2011
In Real Life

Not A Creature Was Stirring, Except For These Video Game Heroes

We know, Christmas was so last week, but indulge us. This is so good it doesn’t matter what time of the year you watch it.


January 4, 2011
Retro

What If Fallout: New Vegas Was A Japanese RPG From 1987?

Bethesda beats any potential fan-made Fallout: New Vegas demakes to the punch by creating its own for the Japanese New Vegas website. It’s all in Japanese, but old school role-playing is the universal language.


December 11, 2010
In Real Life

When Quarters Attack, Things Get Magical

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Before you scrutinise this video, sit back and absorb it. Take it for what it is said to be: an unbelievable stop-action ode to video games made entirely of quarters.


December 8, 2010
In Real Life

The 8-Bit Guide To Safe Sex

I always figured practising safe sex in 8-bit was as easy as defeating Condom Man and stealing his powers. Not so says the Leicestershire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership. There’s also jumping involved.


September 23, 2010
In Real Life

Would You Like Some 8-Bit Wood?

8 Bit Wood specialises in making video-game themed pixel art with thousands of little blocks of wood, stained and glued together and then sealed.


September 20, 2010

Alan Wake — The 8-Bit Demake

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August 14, 2010
In Real Life

A Life In 8-Bit

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A man is born, lives, loves, loses, dies and restarts in Consoul, an 8-bit movie by Lasse Gjertsen.


August 7, 2010
In Real Life

Mega Marvellous

Marvel characters rendered Mega Man-style by DeviantArt’s suzuran, seen via Capcom-Unity. See an even larger version, with even more Marvel Super Heroes, on the jump. It’ll display tiny, so click for full size. Can you ID them all?


July 30, 2010
In Real Life

Space Invaders Make For A Cute, Uncomfortable Seating Option

Designer and motorcycle enthusiast Igor Chak‘s Space Invaders couch concept, which exists in the virtual world until Taito sees fit to start releasing designer furniture. More renders at Chak’s personal site.