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Toronto Hand Eye Society Social Tonight

May 27, 2010 drsquid Brandon Boyer, event, Gaming, Hand Eye Society, independent, indie gaming, Mark Essen, PC games, PC gaming, Toronto1 Comment

The Toronto Hand Eye Society, a “not-for-profit coalition of projects and people in support of Toronto’s videogame communities”, is holding their third social of 2010, at Unit Bar, 1198 Queen West. In addition to having a presentation by Brandon Boyer, founder of Offworld, contributing editor of Boing Boing & newly appointed IGF Chairman, the Society just announced that indie game artist Mark Essen will also be attending: Mark Essen Hoffman aka MESSHOF, a bona fide indie videogame rockstar & educator, will be rocking Unit Bar this Thursday alongside Mr. Boyer….

A Brief History of the Modern Pixel, 8-bit Heroes, and more…

May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 drsquid Adam Atomic, Adam Saltsman, Amiga, Army of Trolls, art, Commodore 64, Dot.AY, Gaming, Gary J. Lucken, independent, indie, Jason Rohrer, Nintendo, Pixel, Pixel Art, SiD, Simon Cottee, Sleep is Death, Studio Joho, video3 Comments

Simon Cottee, animator of the pixel art cartoon Rule (created in Sleep is Death, see it after the jump) has put together this short documentary on pixel art, where he talks to SiD creator Jason Rohrer, chiptune musician Dot.AY, and Studio Joho, creators of the Dan the Man video (also after the jump) Ars Technica also recently posted a great pixel art article, 8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art. They talked to some of the field’s best artists and developers, such as Gary J. Lucken (Army of…