The 8-Bit Games! from Flikli on Vimeo.
Lauren Collins recommends eight key Brits to follow on Twitter whose dispatches “regularly serve to create a sense of the city as much as they reflect it”: http://nyr.kr/QlhIMd
See more posts like this on Tumblr
#olympics #video game #8-bitMore you might like
While competition is the name of the game for the 10,000 athletes competing in the Summer Olympics, the same can’t be said for the viewing audience. In fact, the Olympics show what happens when viewers don’t have enough options at their disposal.
“I love this resurgence of the GIF that’s going on right now. I think it’s amazing to see what you can come up with when you are forced to be creative in a restrictive environment. This is true for all creative endeavors: If you remove some of the tools that are available to you, it forces you to be extra creative with the tools that remain.”
Great moments in 8-bit GIF history.
Think you’re faster than Olympic gold medal-winner Usain Bolt?
Battle the Olympians: The Guardian readers a nostalgic, 8-bit glance at how their athletic capabilities stack up against previous winners of Olympic gold. Nothing too fancy, but sometimes you just need something fun after a day of heavy news. (ht AntDeRosa) source
Watch this: stop-motion ‘Super Mario’ video made with thousands of Post-it notes
Post-it notes are a great tool for recreating the pixelated video game characters of yore, but this video from Zach King goes a step further by actually bringing those characters to life. The stop-motion clip features 7,000 Post-its and while it’s mainly focused on Super Mario, there are a few guest appearances as well, both from Pac-Man and the blocks from Tetris. It’s a great way to get in the mood for New Super Mario Bros. 2 next month — that is, if you’re not too busy already playing discounted Mario games on your 3DS.
The London Games – The First Olympics That Will Be Told In 140 Characters
In most things in life, four years is a long time, but it’s a really long time in the world of tech and social media.
HUGE NEWS: Democrats in Congress have introduced new legislation that would restore Net Neutrality!
Tell Congress: Keep the Internet WEIRD — and SAVE NET NEUTRALITY
phonejustice