This is what I came up with! I wanted to stray away from the traditional use of Game Boys, and represent the Emerald City-ness of Seattle more. I also still wanted it to retain an old school gaming/8-bit look, but without a crazy amount of pixel art. I think the colors/tone of it came out nice!

For many years, chiptune musicians from lands far and wide have gathered at the gates outside of PAX. Using portable gaming consoles, these lo-tek buskers would blast their hand-crafted 8-bit tunes onto the streets of Seattle time and time again. Slowly but surely, the humble 8-bit minstrels won the hearts of PAX attendees, who danced and cheered as bleeps and bloops filled the Autumn air.

Now, charmed by their talent and persistence, the beneficent rulers of PAX have opened their doors to these plucky lo-fi performers, and granted them a special chiptune music showcase to take place this year inside the PAX JamSpace! Come indulge your ear drums and pump your fists to the sounds of Fighter X, Spamtron, Seanbad, Knife City and Zen Albatross at the first-ever PAX Prime Chiptune Music Showcase !

For those going to PAX Prime 2010, this event is on Saturday at 1pm in the Jamspace area. If anyone is going to this, let me know, maybe you’ll see me there, heh.

This is an example of the kind of music being showcased…

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This event is sponsored by Magfest and CrunchyCo..

It recently came to my attention that Pump it Up Pro 2 has been released! I mentioned in an earlier blog post that I contributed a few of my animations for Disko Warp to be used in the game. This includes “Deadbeat Boyfriend”, “Oh Oh Oh Sexy Vampire”, and “U.F.O. Catcher”. The game also features a slew of other Disko Warp tracks as well many other great songs. You can view the whole songlist here.

I’m very happy to have contributed to this game and would like to thank the team for putting together a game that I think fans of dancing games will really enjoy. Below are some videos from the beta test for the game, I’m not sure if the steps are the same as they are in the final product, but I’ll just post them to give you an idea of what the videos look like in game. Enjoy!

Oh Oh Oh Sexy Vampire

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U.F.O. Catcher

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Deadbeat Boyfriend

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Get from iTunes here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/disko-warp-presents-speedisko/id382331571

The tracklisting is as follows…

1. Becky / I Wanna Be A Ninja (Speedisko Version)
2. JUSTiNB feat. Charlotte / Need To Find You (Initial P 2010 White Label Remake)
3. Foxxie / Don’t Don’t Go Away (Ian K Remix)
4. Kick & Punch / Space Space Shooter (Disko Warp Brand New Remix)
5. Sonatia / I Love You Goodbye
6. Thomas Howard Lichtenstein / Keep It Real (Disko Warp Techpara Remix)
7. Initial P / My Life Is So Crazy
8. Peroxide Mocha / Don’t Have My Baby (Chris Jay Radio Edit)

Available here…

The charms are made out of laser cut acrylic and feature REALLY chibi versions of my characters. You can pick either a black or collored strap for each one you order too! Great to fashion up your phone or stick on a wiimote!

Some ideas for using the charms!

The charms are both available as singles or in a set. The price also includes shipping. I hope you guys enjoy! Right now these are pretty limited. Look forward to more designs based on my characters in the future!

I’ll also have some merchandise and prints on hand for those interested.

So if anyone local decides to pop in and say hi, then thanks! I hope you enjoy our show!