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Loot Crate: Books!

I know we are just starting Mega Man month but I got some new, well used books in today. They were all so cheap the only one with damage was the yellow one the top of the spine is messed up pretty bad but it was only 6 bucks so I can’t really complain. I’ll be doing reviews of the books as I read / explore them. Being a former 10 year Art Director a couple books are technical art books. All were purchased used to save me quite a bit of money. They’ve been on my wish list since they came out and now they have been in circulation long enough to get them for good prices.

Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type
FF DOT: The Pixel Art of Final Fantasy (Final Fantasy Dot)
The Nostalgia Nerd’s Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles and Games (TECH CLASSICS)
The Game Console: A History in Photographs

November 2, 2021 by Pixelcade .:Loot Crate:. 0

November: Month of the Blue Bomber!

Greetings! This month I’ll be doing retrospectives on one of my all time favorite franchises Mega Man / Rock Man. Look for images from my collection, a book review, custom cover art, game reviews and more! I won’t be going past the X series there’s just to much to cover plus to this gamer Mega Man was started 2d and will always be a platformer / run ‘n gun to me! So stay tuned for a month full of Mega Man!

November 1, 2021 by Pixelcade .:Pop Culture:. 0

Happy Halloween!

Today being Halloween I have assembled a great gallery of various things I’ve found around the Web. Fun times from the 70-mid 90’s await you! Enjoy the gallery and the animated gif files!

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October 31, 2021 by Pixelcade .:Pop Culture:. 0

The mid-late 80’s Robot Craze

So here I sat browsing my tumbler feed and came across this picture of a robot called Newton. It looked like a trashy R2-D2 and I have no idea what it does. So I tried to find more information on it. While what I found wasn’t very helpful. I became more and more curious about this craze. Having discovered there were dozens of home robots but none had the charm and visual appeal of newton the rest looked like something Mr. Peltzer from Gremlins would have invented. Remembering when I was a kid “Punchy the Robot” was a big thing at a mall my dad managed. He made arrangements with the school to have it come to the school and I was the lucky kid that got to ride into the assembly on it! There’s a pic below of my friend Punchy!