Games
[ Apr 29 2013 ]

Rediscovering: Metal Warriors

How is Metal Warriors, 20 years after it was released for the SNES? Still brilliant.





Personal
[ Apr 18 2013 ]

Australia, lol

Australia bickers over the internet. 25 megabits, or 100 megabits? Meanwhile Japan is rolling out 2 gigabit – 20x faster than Australia’s biggest dream.





Games
[ Apr 14 2013 ]

Ghouls n Ghosts Sprite History

Capcom’s Ghouls n Ghosts series had some brilliant sprite art. Here’s a look back at Arthur, the series’ protagonist.





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[ Apr 12 2013 ]

Bonk Sprite History

Announcing the NFG book! Back in the day.





Games
[ Apr 12 2013 ]

Android Review: Into the Dead

A quick look at a fun, short Android Zombie killin’ game.





Games
[ Apr 7 2013 ]

Interview with Henk Nieborg (2)

This is a followup interview I did with Henk Nieborg, focusing mostly on the Nintendo DS release of Contra 4. Sadly I promptly lost this text, and finally published it a loooong time later. And now I’m re-posting it because stuff and etc but whatever! Henk’s an awesome guy with awesome pixel skills. check out […]





Games
[ Apr 7 2013 ]

Interview with Henk Nieborg

Near the end of 2005 I interviewed Henk Nieborg, one of the greatest pixel artists around. He’s been pixelling since the earliest days of the C64, and he’s still going strong today – he recently completed all the backgrounds and boss art for Konami’s DS release of Contra 4. The interview was printed in my […]





Games
[ Apr 5 2013 ]

WonderBoy Sprite History

This is one of a series of articles about sprite histories (see: Mario, Sonic, Castlevania, Bonk, and MegaMan). There’s an updated version of this page right here!





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