It may not sound like it at first, but Ninja Gaiden for the NES is the perfect title to get an anime redo. The game was one of the first to really use cut-scenes to tell a story within what was otherwise a general action platformer. This update is certainly stylish and adds the right amount of new while keeping the iconic shots from the original still in there. It would be neat to see the entire game’s story remade this way. If it has been, pass the info along below.
Are video games art? Ask that of most gamers and you will hear angry rants about Roger Ebert and Clive Barker. Ask a fan of other mediums of art, and you might get a more hesitant response. Not so from the Vancouver Art Gallery, who is set to unveil this summer a groundbreaking new exhibition featuring video games.
The exhibition is titled Krazy! The Delirious World Of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art. Yes, that is a mouthful. So how do you feature an exhibit consisting of the above mediums?
Easy, you devote two floors of your museum to original sketches, notes, concept drawings, final production drawings, animation cells, three-dimensional models and published works. Included among the artists who will be featured are Maus author Art Spiegelman, The Sims creator Will Wright, comic artist Seth and animated feature film director Tim Johnson. Yes, a pretty much all-star lineup. (more…)
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