Sometimes I miss the days of low quality graphics like SNES’s Mode 7 graphics and ANSI art. There was something great about seeing an image not quite resolve properly and get all pixelated. It was so cutting edge to see Bowser fly out from the background, even if he looked like a bunch of blocks when he got to the front of the screen. I loved it then and I love it now.
Continue reading ANSI Art – A Long Dead Form of Pixelated Goodness
Patreon’s Tayrn Arnold interviewed me today for their series Calling All Creators. She caught me offguard, and I shared a few stories about my history as Dj CUTMAN and my experience with Patreon.
The SNES holds a special nostalgic place for most gamers. Super Mario World definitely helped make it a success as it took the famous Mario Brothers into the next generation of 16-bit consoles in a very successful and memorable way. Its no surprise that this game has generating some amazing Rom Hacks. Here’s three must-play remakes of this classic 16-bit masterpiece.
Continue reading The Best Super Mario World Hacks You’ve Never Played
GameChops has released a full-length video game remix album dedicated to chill-out and house mixes of classic NES and SNES titles. Produced by Doni, a Canadian musician living in Taiwan, Button Masher Remastered includes updated and polished versions of his most notable video game tracks from the past decade. The album includes a brilliant remix of Stickerbrush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2, along with a tongue-in-cheek remix of Pokemon’s famed Lavender Town Theme, to a progressive re-imagination of Final Fantasy X’s Mt. Gagazet.
Download this album on Loudr, iTunes, Amazon, or Google Play.
Continue reading Doni – Button Masher – Chillout VGM from GameChops
