In Real Life

Fukushima Ghost Towns

On March 11, a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan. In its wake, the country’s Northeast was ravaged. Buildings and lives were destroyed and lost.


February 4, 2012
In Real Life

Ex-Game Developer’s Terrific Photos Of Cops

Antonio Bolfo was an animator at Harominx, working on video games such as Guitar Hero. Then, with the legacy of September 11 on his mind, he joined the New York Police Department. He started bringing a camera along and snapped photos of the police at work. And then he left the force and made photography his main gig.


July 21, 2011
In Real Life

And Then Luigi Went On Mr Toad’s Wild Ride

Photographer Jeff Junio gets up-close and personal with Nintendo characters in his Super Macro Bros set, crafting this image of Toad and Luigi that’s either delightful or very sinister, I can’t tell. See more at the 8-Bit Cubist.


April 22, 2011
Mobile

Play Kalei Twists Your Photos Into Endless Entertainment

Thanks to its wonderfully convenient camera, most iPhones are home to dozens if not hundreds of random photos, depicting everything from smiling friends’ faces to particularly interesting bits of plastic, all fuel for Chillingo’s twisted new photo game Play Kalei.


January 22, 2011
In Real Life

Pretty Little Pictures

Trey Ratcliff sees the world with a gamer’s eye.


January 14, 2011
In Real Life

Mordor Is Real, And It’s In Sicily

It’s been nearly 350 years since Mt Etna blew its top in a major way. Until yesterday, when Europe’s largest active volcano spewed hot lava for two hours – within shouting distance of these people’s houses. Location, location, location.


January 5, 2011
In Real Life

Stunning Pictures Only A Gamer’s Eye Could Have Captured

Trey Ratcliff runs one of the most popular travel photo blogs in the world, he is also the first person to have an HDR picture hang in the Smithsonian. His photos may feel familiar to gamers, perhaps that’s because Ratcliff himself is one.


November 18, 2010
In Real Life

Video Game Characters Are Older Than You Think

How old is your favourite video game character? Ten? Twenty? That’s nothing. Some of Nintendo’s characters are as old as the 121-year-old company itself if these old black and white photos are anything to go by.


July 15, 2010

Can Screenshots Also Be Art?

Dead End Thrills is a site about the art of video game screenshots. Not in the way marketing teams use art to lie via bullshot; in the way actual screenshots can use real world photography rules to look amazing.


August 20, 2009
News

Photographer: PS3 Slim Campaign “Happily Ripped Me Off”

Back in 2006, artist Phil Toledano did a photos series of the difference faces gamers make while playing. Now in 2009, Sony is doing the same.