NES Circa 1986
1986 was a pretty phenomenal year for video games, and if you don’t believe me, check out the tribute art from Nuri Durr above. That’s right, Metroid, Kid Icarus and The Legend of Zelda all…
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Six Video Game Locations That Feel Like Home
Video games are supposedly a relaxing pastime but damn if they aren’t sometimes stressful, too. Some of the best games ever made can also be some of the most remorseless, jamming the player into a…
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DC Characters Turned Pokemon Trainers
Superheroes plus Pokemon? I’m all over it. In this series of illustrations from Creees Lee, he imagined which Pokemon would pair well with which famed DC superhero (or occasionally, villain). Obviously Batman would be surrounding by…
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Fall 2014: The Most Exciting Time for Video Games?
I used to think that last fall was the most exciting time in video games in the last five years. With the arrival of new consoles, who wouldn’t feel excited about video games last November?…
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Adorable Little Super/Video Game Heroes
Artist Rocky Davies is the man responsible for creating these sickeningly cute superhero/video game hero portraits seen above and below. Tony Stark’s is a little weird considering he still has a beard, but the rest…
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All Pokemon as Alpacas
Am I supposed to have some sort of deep explanation as to where there are 152 Pokemon in alpaca form above here? An explanation other than “well, this is the internet?” I didn’t think so….
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It Should Be A Movie By Now: Final Fantasy VII
Just hear me out. Granted, there are many GREAT stories in the Final Fantasy spectrum, but none seemed to really resonate with me the way FFVII did. The love interest, the inner turmoil, and the…
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The Last of Us by Janice Chu
I kind of love this piece of art from Janice Chu, which shows all the various ways you can kill Clickers and bandits in The Last of Us. Granted, you run into a lot more…
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You Guys, Nier Is Even Better Than I Thought
When I first wrote about Nier about a month ago (original article here), I called attention to its music, its minimalist storytelling, its pastiche of familiar titles and genres, and its flawed brilliance. When I…