Style Buzz SAMALdesign has been making these glasses in an ’80s retro pixelated style. If they weren’t so spendy I would already own a pair. (via The Uniblog)
Culture Buzz Michael Myers found his inspiration for these pixelated posters in the iOS game Sword and Sorcery. (Via The BuzzBrewery)
The glitchy video art genre called DATAMOSH has a theme song, and it, along with its trippy music video, is tremendous. Big hat tip to Animal New York for this one.
http://theuniblog.evilspacerobot.com/?p=4594
I love the pixel art of Andy Helms. As he puts it, his art is “silly artwork that is only serious about not being serious.”
Culture Buzz Shawn Smith creates images with wood and paint that, “investigate the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality.” I am a huge fan of how pixel art has proliferated fine art. (Via The Uniblog)
Style Buzz The ideal gift for the fashion-conscious paranoid-delusional in your life.
This is so fucking poignant somehow. I want to have the 8-bit blip version of Mad World played at my funeral. (BoingBoing, via @mccarrick)
Culture Buzz 8-bit computer characters placed into real life. This guy is Awesome.
http://www.colorcave.com/january.html
January is an experimental “algorithmic music generation” game by Rich Vreeland. Now that it's February and 60° in New York you can wistfully re-live that peaceful era when snow blanketed the US. (via waxy)
Illustrator, Jeff Buffum takes an in-depth look into the black market of video game character meat. Here’s one of his clever diagrams that illustrates what your favorite dinosaur/dragon/chameleon is really made of. You can check out the rest of his meaty charts on his blog.
Style Buzz This awesome 8-bit retro-gaming Halloween costume was created by Dan Liuzzi. It's a 8 bit mask of his own head!
Culture Buzz Shawn Smith is responsible for these pixelated animal sculptures made from square rods cut from plywood which are colored with ink. Click here to view more.
Have you ever wondered what NES characters would look like if they were animated with small plastic beads? Yeah, me too.
French photographer Jean-Yves Lemoigne takes your standard, cliche porn images (pool table, high heels) and then goes lo-res. Or are they just made of Legos?
Tech Buzz A new Flash game from Pixel Jam, the same people who brought you the 8-bit classic Gamma Brothers. Dino Run has a great blippy soundtrack and is way more fun than a game where you make a dinosaur run from destruction should be.