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ContactI joined this site because... its FREE! I especially enjoy retro games for the quick pick-up-and-go gameplay. For the most part, I am quite busy with work, so I don't get as much time as I would like playing video games. But the games I do enjoy playing are usually shmups, FPS, casual RPGs, platformers, and abstract independent games. Sometimes I am not even sure if I like playing games as much as I like staring at sprite pixel art work. It's a weird obsession that has transitioned into my design work. I also have a sick fetish for retro video game logos.
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Hello DToid Community,
I thought I might make a proper introduction about myself. I am a resent grad with a major in Graphic Design. I have always loved retro games and have always tried to incorporate them in my designs and illustrations. I think a lot of what makes an old game great is how much left for the imagination. We can play an old Zelda game now and say, "Hey these old 8bit graphics blow ass, what the hell are those square blocks attacking me," or we can play the same game in retrospect and remember how we once imagined the game . I use to love to look at video game booklets and see what the developers attended the characters should look like. And in the end the character would be a mixture of the pixel sprite, my imagination, and the graphic representation. A lot of what a game is about is tied into the graphical presentation (manual, box art, label, logo). As a kid, the box art was a big part of the game purchase, especially in the days of the NES. I hope to go more into depth about these topics and similar ideas in the near future. I hope you enjoy the following wall paper; my graphic representation of retro artwork. 
1024 x 768 http://www.r2works.net/img_host/RetroTakeOver_1024.jpg 1280 x 1024 http://www.r2works.net/img_host/RetroTakeOver_1280.jpg 1280 x 800 http://www.r2works.net/img_host/RetroTakeOver_1280W.jpg 1440 x 900 http://www.r2works.net/img_host/RetroTakeOver_1440.jpg
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I'm interested in what your new website is all about, I like your graphics design stuff too. I'll add you to my friends since you're a retro guy, hope to see more of ya!
hope to see you around
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