That guy's a Maniac...

Pixelated and graceful fantastical queen You rule the of the of the bottom my garden, called the 90s Separated by time But my pixelated love for that decade’s alt Japanese pop culture, like you will never die Each year those letters “E” Climb ladders and fall slowly, “X” distancing I try to grasp at you and encapsulate you “T” Grappling back-and-forth, Anxiety heightens The bi-pedal shark The unicorn snake “R” The Amorphous yellow blob with ears All march on to threaten my clenched prize Faster as floristry agglomerations spawn shiny plant buds. *Boom* “A” Love and Deviant art really has everything, Richie X

Bit of Shitty news: Bob Wakelin is dead... You can easily be forgiven for asking who Bob Wakelin is, but truth is he probably touched your life in some way without you realising. Bob Wakelin was particularly famous for "Box Art" back when games were physical, you used to buy games in oversized cardboard boxes or in cassette tape and box form. And on these boxes was box art. And is was art, these guys were given the unenviable task of taking 8-bit sprites and re-imagining them. And imagining is the key word here the wonder of this box art is that is set a precedence for the game itself, no-one was under any false pretences that the box art would emulate the in-game graphics, but when you were playing it it would enhance the level of imagination you placed on it, especially when trying to decipher what some of those pixels were! Bob's portfolio is extensive and I want to just showcase a few of our favourites: The Newzealand Story: The New Zealand (Newzealand?) Sto