We hosting another stiek 8 bit fighting game tournament at Shelf Life. So stiek 8 by 3pm if you want to enter and bring along that neighborhood laanie secret weapon that used to slat everybody with perfects. 8 bit games and good beats all day. stiek 8
NEXT: The future of T-shirt graphics from T-world on Vimeo.
Promo for the Next show in Sydney looking at the past , present and future of the t-shirt industry
2bop look book from ebrahim hajee on Vimeo.
Thanks to Ebrahim Hajee aka Eeb for doing the video and Neil Burton aka Musclehead, aka O’Hara, aka Neilas, aka Piel Burton, aka Die Pantene Pappa, aka Burty for the stills. In stores now.
2080 - My Megadrive (official video) by gourmetsrecordingz
2080’s love song to the sega megadrive aka sega genesis with a bunch of old and new references. I never owned a megadrive but used to drool over its “arcade quality” graphics in the magazines. I wonder if Sega will ever foray back into the hardware world. It doesn’t seem likely.
2Bop - Stocktown X South Africa from Stocktown on Vimeo.
Stocktown Interviewed us as part of their Stocktown x South Africa documentary We’re planning on screening the full film soon so stay tuned.
2Bop draws inspiration primarily from games that were popular in South Africa at corner shops and arcades in the1980’s and early 1990’s when gameplay was key and graphics if they were good were an added bonus. Disadvantaged areas during apartheid South Africa had little to offer in terms of exposure to cutting edge international design or computer technology but the bootleg arcade games that used twenty cent pieces (a 2Bop) to play at the corner shop were a window into what was happening in the outside world. These games granted access to excellent electronic entertainment and exposed the 2Bop crew to intuitive and engaging interface design, game design, graphic and sound design primarily from Japan and North America. And so began a long fascination with the medium that shows no signs of stopping.