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Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

You can check out the artwork below from Reddit user Red_O_Zone who shared the incredible Gen 1 creation within the Pokemon subreddit. The artist who came up with the idea and executed on it put all ...

Michael is a huge fan of JRPGs and fighting games that includes the Persona, Final Fantasy, and Guilty Gear franchises. He has worked as a journalist for a decade and has written for a number of ...

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We’ve all seen video-game sprite art before, but these five artists on Etsy.com depict their favorite 8-bit characters in different ways. One specializes in bead work, another prefers cross-stitch, a ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “What is this, a Gameboy for ants?!” Now that the obligatory Zoolander joke is out of the way, let ...