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  • Digital Wabi-Sabi: Pixel Art on CRTs

    or “Is it nostalgia or stockholm syndrome?”

  • Thank you early-90s Konami. For Everything

    But especially for one game in particular..

  • Why #2DWillNeverDie

    And what happens when common sense gets forgotten in the face of flashy spectacle.

  • You’ve never even heard of my two favorite NES horror games

    Well it’s August, and we all know what that means – Halloween’s here.

  • Add an interactive game character to your web page

    Something a little different this time. Death to templates!

  • Sprite Art Spotlight: Mega Man DOS

    The grandfather of the indie Steam game, and an example of why you don’t go it alone.

  • Sewers, exploding eyeballs and other kinds of good taste Sewers, exploding eyeballs and other kinds of good taste

    Ectoplasm makes the heart grow fonder.

  • How Much Should A Sprite Cost? How much do sprites cost?

    Or more specifically, how much *should* they cost?

  • Game Art Spotlight: LucasArts Adventure Games

    Could these people do no wrong?

  • The completion principle in pixel art The Completion Principle in Pixel Art

    The smile you get from looking at old 8-bit game art is more than just nostalgia

  • Kuribo's Shoe Kuribo’s Shoe: an ode to simple pleasures

    And how low-budget sometimes beats big-budget

  • Kiwi's 7-step program for learning pixel art Kiwi’s 7-step program for learning pixel art

    The most natural way to learn how to sprite

  • The Art of Wabi-Sabi for Sprites

    Imperfection is beauty, and other paradoxes

  • Super Puppy Kicker 2: Turbo

    I AM NOT PUNCHING THAT, JAPAN!

  • Sprite Art Spotlight: Golden Axe The Duel Sprite Art Spotlight: Golden Axe – The Duel

    Frank Frazetta pixel art!

  • Moon Phases and the Urge to Pixel Moon phases and the urge to pixel

    Sometimes it’s hard getting back on the pixel wagon.

  • An Ode to Narrative Free Games Old-school games and action figures

    An ode to narrative-less games

  • Spider-Man the Videogame Game Art Spotlight: SpiderMan the Videogame

    An amazing example of pixel comic book inking

  • The limited palette The limited palette for painters and gamers

    Expand your horizons through ..more restrictions?

  • Rise From Your Grave “Rise From Your Grave!”

    2D Will Never Die is online

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