Category Archives: Art

Highlights from the 2017 My Famicase Exhibition

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Oliver Jameson

We introduced this year’s My Famicase Exhibition, an art show consisting entirely of creative designs for make-believe Famicom games, at the end of last month. Hosts METEOR have now uploaded their full online gallery of every cartridge on display. After … Continue reading →

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A Peek Behind the Curtain on Captain Toad with 1-Up Studio’s Company Recruitment Guide

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Oliver Jameson

Nintendo second party developers 1-UP Studio Inc. have recently shared their 2017 company recruitment guide, for use by prospective employees to better understand the company and roles on offer in anticipation for a recruitment seminar at the end of the month. … Continue reading →

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The Playful, Sinister Graphic Design of a Surrealist Art Game Luminary

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Oliver Jameson

It would be a stretch to say that the work of Osamu Sato has made a significant mark on the video games industry. A digital artist, photographer, composer and champion of what can only be described as psychedelia, Sato’s wide … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Games Culture, People, Posts | Tagged Art, Art Games, Design, Games Culture, Graphic Design, LSD, Osamu Sato, People, PlayStation | Leave a comment

2017’s My Famicase Exhibition Is Open for Business

Posted on Apr 30, 2017 by Oliver Jameson

Nakano design store METEOR is once again playing host to the My Famicase Exhibition, an art show of make-believe Famicom games featuring original label artwork from over 160 contributors around the world. The show runs until the end of May … Continue reading →

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Risk & Reward – Revisiting How CiNG Brought Kyle Hyde’s World to Life

Posted on Apr 7, 2017 by Oliver Jameson

A little over seven years have passed since CiNG, the Fukuoka-based developers behind critically acclaimed titles such as Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and the Another Code (Trace Memory) series, filed for bankruptcy. Fans of CiNG’s atmospheric mystery titles in particular – games … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Games Culture, Musings, Posts, Video | Tagged Art, CiNG, DS, Hotel Dusk: Room 215, Kyle Hyde, Last Window: The Secret of Cape West, Nintendo, Taisuke Kanasaki, Touch! Generations | Leave a comment

When Yakuza met Sylvanian Families – Culture Collection #12

Posted on Aug 21, 2016 by Oliver Jameson

What happens when you cross the gentle country lifestyle championed by Sylvanian Families, the internationally popular line of anthropomorphic animal mini-figures, with the hard-boiled, gripping criminal underworld that plays host to SEGA’s Yakuza series of crime games? Twitter user @momomousoumomo calls it ‘Yakuzania’ … Continue reading →

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Gorgeous minimalist prints celebrate 20 years of iconic Pokémon design

Posted on Jul 22, 2016 by Oliver Jameson

Designer Dan Clarke has produced some stunning work for Arkotype, a passion project of his creation that stylishly combines gaming and graphic design, which we have featured on numerous occasions. His latest project is a minimalist design for a print featuring all … Continue reading →

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A ridiculously stylish R-Type animation made mostly by one person

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Oliver Jameson

Irem‘s side scrolling shoot-em-up classic R-Type, known for its grotesque alien bosses and intense difficulty amongst other things, has been remarkably captured in this unique animated short that tells the story of a young man trapped inside what has been labelled as one … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Games Culture, Posts | Tagged Animation, Anime, Arcade, Fan Works, Games Culture, Irem, R-Type, Shoot 'em up | 2 Comments

Highlights from the 2016 My Famicase Exhibition

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Oliver Jameson

METEOR‘s yearly ‘My Famicase Exhibition’ cartridge design show is finally open for 2016! Just like last year, a wide selection of different artists from around the world have contributed their own unique designs for fictional Famicom cartridge labels that take advantage … Continue reading →

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Career Spotlight – Tsubasa Sakaguchi

Posted on Apr 23, 2016 by Oliver Jameson

Tsubasa Sakaguchi Residence: Kyoto Role: Character Designer/Art Director/Director Association: Nintendo EAD Production Department Tenure: 2004-present The likes of Takashi Tezuka, Katsuya Eguchi and of course, Shigeru Miyamoto, are world-renowned for their roles as designers, producers and directors at Nintendo, acting … Continue reading →