Popped Culture: 8-bit

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Game & Watch: For Hours And Hours

Game & Watch was my first introduction to Nintendo and video games (I don’t think Merlin counts). Illustrator Mark Borgions made posters of three classics for the iam8bit 10th anniversary show: Parachute, Octopus and more.

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Who Wants To Play Video Games?
NES Zappers At 10 Paces
The Creation of Mario

When 8-Bit Worlds Collide

An immense 8-bit battle with over 170 characters from I-Mockery. Seriously epic.

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Where No Pixel Has Gone Before

8-Bit Last Supper

Kill Pixel Bill

Kill Pixel Bill & 300 Pixels

Designer Eric Palmer imagines some very cool 8-bit games. I totally would have played these. (8-Bit Movie Posters via Comics Alliance)

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8-Bit Pulp Fiction

Where No Pixel Has Gone Before

8-Bit Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

8-Bit Gary Oldman

For the longest time I thought Gary Oldman wouldn't play a role where the character didn't die at the end. (Gary Oldman iotacons by Andy Rash)

TOP ROW: Sid Vicious, Rosencrantz, Lee Harvey Oswald, Dracula

MIDDLE ROW: Drexl Spivey, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, Dr. Zachary Smith

BOTTOM ROW: Mason Verger, Sirius Black, Jim Gordon, George Smiley

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Nicolas Cage: Snow Monkey

You Talkin' To Me, Six De Niro's?

Astronaut To Tranny: The Many Roles Of Johnny Depp

Kennedy Assassination: The Game

What better way to commemorate the 48th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination than an 8-bit recreation of of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald? Yeah, take that Stephen King. (Iotacons by Andy Rash)

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Jackie Kennedy Is Out For Revenge in... Kill Oswald
Fantastic Forefathers
Pezidents Of The United States

Make Your Own Mario Model

Nintendo model kits by Ty Lettau for the 8 Bit Champions show. Pass the glue and check out the kits for Link and Samus. (Link via Geek-Art)

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8-Bit Terrarium

Super Mario Anatomy

Choose Your (Video Game) Weapon

The Wire: 8-Bit

A man got to have a code. This would make an awesome King's Quest-style video game. (The Wire iotacons by Andy Rash)

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The Wire: The Animated Series

Muppet Babies Meets The Wire

Omar's Coming! The Wire Alignment Chart

The Death Of 8-Bit

Alas, poor Pac-Man! I knew him, wokka, wokka, wokka... (Greg "Craola" Simkins for Gallery 1988's Old School Video Game Art Show.)

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The Tragedy Of Blinky, Pinky, Inky And Clyde

I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghosts

Pac-Man's Last Supper

8-Bit Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

We can't stop here. This is bat country. (By Dann Matthews)

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Fear and Loathing In The Mushroom Kingdom

Fear And Loathing On Sesame Street

8-Bit Pulp Fiction

8-Bit Breaking Bad

The inclusion of Victor under the ATM machine is a nice touch. Click through for the full character legend. We started watching Breaking Bad this summer and caught up just in time to realize we'd missed the first three episodes of the new season. Arrggghhhh! (Breaking Bad iotacons by Andy Rash)

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CSI: 8-Bit

8-Bit Pulp Fiction

Street Fighter Kiss

8-Bit Last Supper

Divine Intervention by Aled Lewis for the iam8bit art show. Wow, it's been awhile since I've posted a Last Supper, and it used to be my blogging bread and butter.

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Suddenly Last Supper

King's Quest's Silver Hammer

Where No Pixel Has Gone Before

8-Bit Pulp Fiction

Andy Rash's Iotacons are extremely low-res full-body portraits of celebrities and characters from pop culture. They are usually no more than 25 pixels high, and end up looking like they walked out of an early video game. (From Fuel Your Illustration's interview with Rash)

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Where No Pixel Has Gone Before

Street Fighter Kiss

8-Bit Terrarium

8-Bit Little Shop Of Horrors

"Cause if you feed me, Seymour, I can grow up big and strong." (8-bit little shop of horrors by Dann Matthews, via Gamefreaks)

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Where No Pixel Has Gone Before

Street Fighter Kiss

8-Bit Terrarium

Where No Pixel Has Gone Before

Can you name all 235 of these pixelated Star Trek characters? I know I can't, but if you are that steeped in Trek you can win a print of this from artist John Martz and Koyama Press. Head to his site for details. (Link via Comics Alliance)

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Reservoir Trek

There Are Four Lights!

The Trouble with Rogens (And Hills And Farrells)

Street Fighter Kiss

Street Fighter's Chun Li and Cammy kiss and make up, based on Tanya Chalkin's iconic Kiss photograph. (Kiss by Aled Lewis)

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Hieroglyphics Fighter

Sesame Street Fighter II

Kisshrooms

8-Bit Terrarium

"I actually see a lot of similarities between video games and terrariums; they are both closed systems that seek to nurture and sustain an entire world within a small viewing space. And I get equal enjoyment out of interacting and watching both," says Jude Buffum of Game Over IV, a show on the influence of video games on pop culture.

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Angry Big Bird

The Ultimate Video Game Party

Darth Vader Blackhawks Vs. Master Chief Blues