Showing posts with label i am 8-bit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i am 8-bit. Show all posts

Friday, May 04, 2007

I'm Back!

It's been a busy holiday week, and I finally get to sit down and blog. First of all, the visitor count has broken through 3000, since March (when the counter was installed). Secondly, a warm thank you to those who commented. A big shout out to El Maz, who took the time to comment on my post regarding the i am 8-bit exhibition even though he really didn't have to. Thanks man, I really appreciate the gesture.

El Maz, on the inclusion of Earthworm Jim in the exhibition:

"hey there, a friend of mine directed me to this site. i might be able to clear something up for you. i am the artist that painted the earthworm jim piece in the "i am 8-bit 2.007" show. anyways the title of the piece is "sixteen versus eight". the idea of the piece is to have a 16 bit character(earthworm jim) hunting a bunch of old 8-bit characters(paratroopas, bullet bills, duck hunt, etc). hope that clears up why jim was included in this piece/show."

On to other things, American Idol is probably the only thing I watch on TV these days, and did you catch Blake's performance on Wednesday? My brother and I were watching the show and at first when Blake mentioned that he was going to perform "You Give Love A Bad Name", we were really skeptical. Come on, this was to us the ultimate rock song when we were kids, and I still sing along to it whenever it comes on radio. Thank goodness his rendition was safe to say, jaw-dropping.

Compare them for yourself:








Last night was Spiderman 3's night, as I was lucky enough to get tickets for the movie. No spoilers here, but interested parties would like to know that it makes for a rather satisfying end to a trilogy.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

i am 8-bit?

What happens when you pair modern day artistes with oldie but goldie games such as Pacman, Mario, Metroid, Centipede and etc? You get the i am 8-bit art exhibition currently being held at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight in California.

Featuring over 200 works of art by over a hundred artistes, this is a showcase of their take on gaming icons and themes. I wouldn't say that the games are retro, as some of them (such as Earthworm Jim) don't qualify in my book. One thing is for sure, I wish I'm there now to attend this exhibition (it's FOC by the way). Here are some of the works on exhibit, taken from the gallery's website.

What's the next best thing for those of us who can't make it to California? Well, get the book, but the only problem is that it is a little bit expensive at USD 40 + inclusive of shipping for international customers but what you are getting for that kind of money is a signed book! In any case, Amazon has the book (unsigned) as well, and it's going for around USD 15, shipping not included...yet.