PlayStation

The Weird Art Of The Video Game Massacre

We’ve all done it. Anyone who’s played an open-world game, from Grand Theft Auto III to Fallout 3 to Red Dead Redemption, has gone on a murderous rampage.


May 19, 2012
Retro

This Is How You Make Retro Video Game Characters Even More Retro

Kotaku AU

Time for your yearly dose of video game art from feudal Japan. What, you’ve never seen Megaman, Link and Samus drawn as woodblock prints? Well, let’s do something about that.


May 15, 2012
Retro

Fresh New Images Of Tired Old Hardware

If you’re short on ideas for new wallpaper, and have a bit of a thing for old video game hardware, check out French artist Alan Cloiseau’s collection of vintage Sega, Sony and Nintendo systems and controllers.


May 14, 2012
Mobile

Some Stylish Tributes To Sword & Sworcery, One Hell Of A Stylish Game

The Sworcery A/V Jam was a chance for artists to pay a little tribute to one of the coolest games around, Sword & Sworcery. The developers of the game asked for submissions from fans, and submissions is what they got. They got a ton of them.


May 11, 2012
In Real Life

Video Gaming’s A-Team Brings Samus, Shepard, Master Chief And Jim Raynor Together

Using the magic of Photoshop and the wizardry of Garry’s Mod, Ariel Flores has brought together some of video gaming’s greatest heroes in the one team.


In Real Life

Awesome New Racer Drives Outside Your TV Screen

Hobbyist Blair Kelly has been working on a project called Arduino Wifly Mini, which takes a remote-controlled Mini Cooper, crams it full of cameras and has you controlling it with your choice of video game peripherals.


May 10, 2012
In Real Life

When Anime And Real Life Collide, Things Get Freaky

Before people in Asia and the West were Photoshopping the hell out of their faces to look like anime characters, artist Chris Scarborough was doing it to his subjects. For art.


May 9, 2012
In Real Life

A Documentary About People Drawing Pictures Of Their Favourite Nerd Heroes

“Fan art is often the viewer’s reaction to the show projected onto the character”. Not a bad summary, that.


Nintendo

If Only They’d Actually Released An All-White NES

I’ve got a basic rule when it comes to consumer electronics: the white the better. The white PS3, the original Xbox in its rare white, the DSi in glossy white, the new white 360, they all look great.


May 7, 2012
In Real Life

Video Games Are Coming To Life And Destroying (or At Least Confusing) San Francisco

Kenny Kong is an artist who, for the past three years, has been working with Zenimax on The Elder Scrolls Online. Having since chucked that in to pursue a Masters at California College of the Arts, he’s been able to do things a little more interesting.