Important Importables: Finding video game fan-art
This week Important Importables continues the whole fan-creation theme. Last week we looked at video game doujinshi, which are fan-made comics inspired by video games. This week, we’re moving onto video game fan-art, the other way fans can express their devotion to a particular game. In particular, we’re going to… Continue Reading »
Doctor Octoroc’s wonderous video game bead art
I remember working with perler beads as a child. Nothing elaborate - just flat designs from kits that my mom would later iron to make permanent. Never did I even imagine that works of video game art, like the ones by Doctor Octoroc were even possible. Just look at the… Continue Reading »
Little King’s Story needs works of art - fan art
Game art contests are fairly common, but they seldom have rewards like the Little King’s Story art contest. The art contest for the Marvelous Entertainment and XSeed game will have 100 winners, and the winning pieces of art will appear in the game, which will be released Q4 2008. See,… Continue Reading »
Hamtaro cross stitch
I like hamsters. In fact, I’ve always had pet dwarf hamsters. So naturally I was drawn to the cuteness that is Hamtaro, from the series anime/manga series Hamtaro. So when I came across Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite sprites at The Shyguy Kingdom while looking for other sprites to use as potential… Continue Reading »
Super Mario if he were a real man
The artist from Pixeloo has accomplished an interesting feat. The artist has created a picture of what Mario from Super Mario Brothers would look like if he were a real human being. The photo is jarring to say the least, and definitely isn’t one for the weak of stomach. Maybe… Continue Reading »
Burgertime cross stitch
My latest cross stitch creation was a very special gift for my mom. She too loves video games (my dad and her owned an original Intellivision), and Burgertime was one of her favorite classic titles. Once she heard I was making cross stitch creations from video game sprites, she asked… Continue Reading »
Legend of Zelda cross stitch
My latest cross stitch was a request from one of my best friends. She’s a Legend of Zelda fan, so she asked if I could make a Link for her. This was the result. It is Link, accompanied by a little Navi. (If you’re a Phantom Hourglass fan, you can… Continue Reading »
Little Nemo: The Dream Master cross stitch
Growing up, owning a NES was a big deal, and every game became part of a treasured memory. This is, in part, what drew me to Little Nemo: The Dream Master for my second video game cross stitch. For my second cross stitch I wanted to do a slightly larger… Continue Reading »
Getting into video game cross-stitching
A recent post on Kotaku displayed a stunning example of video game devotion in a cross-stitch. The above creation, “Luigi’s Revenge” by John at Sprite Stitch is really just too cool for words. The amazing thing is how simple it is to create an intricate and detailed creation such as… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
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