CallMeSteven
aka Steve Lefcourt is a 27.65 year old boy, has been a member since November 8, 2008, has scored 644 submissions, giving an average score of 2.16, helping 38 designs get printed.
Welcome to my new project: 8-Bit Fatalities. The idea behind the project stems from growing up at an arcade, and my eventual love affair with Mortal Kombat.
Before Mortal Kombat, violence in video games was largely unheard of or ignored because of its extreme pixelized simplicity. But when Liu Kang and Sub Zero came along to finish off arcade goers the world changed and parents were in an uproar (not mine though).
I couldn't understand what the big deal was though, because as a videogame player all my life I had already considered my actions life and death. Just because you didn't see pac-man violently tearing into the ghosts with his jaws, or mario smashing in the brains of a goomba, thats what I knew was happening. I knew my goal was to kill these enemies, so Mortal Kombat wasn't a big change for me. To me, it was still just a game, where fake deaths happened as part of game progression. To uninformed adults, however, Mortal Kombat was a photo realistic depiction of kids becoming complicit in virtual murders. And so, I decided to show everyone just what I imagined was happening when these little blocky, pixelized abstractions did when they came into contact with eachother, but in a much more visceral, and gory way than could ever be shown with limited graphical systems.
most likely it will always be my favorite, because its the idea that started it all, and the characters lend themselves well to the whole "shiny, fake 3D-ish look"
I will probably avoid contra for now, the violence in that game was kinda obvious...im looking more for the games that dont come across instantly as vicious
these are awesome! although, if we're being chronologically correct, cactuars did not appear in the original final fantasy. they didn't come along until much later in the series. great to see the black mage, though.
tracer: I know that, but cactuars are one of the few pop culture relevant enemies in the game...the good characters like chocobos, mogs and such have always been far more popular than any common enemies in the game
Long time listener, first time caller. This is my (Ste7en) new account for a fresh start. I've been here a while, and over time my priorities started to get confused, and with it, my old account became equally cluttered.
I'm not ashamed of my older designs anymore, as I've had some great successes, but I want a new start where the only reason I submit is to share my art with people who might like it.
So while I may have a fancy new account and a brand new direction, you can still just call me Steven.
Mar 13 '09 by
alexmdc on Mar 13 '09 at 1:36pm
