Pixelblocks, or how I won £50!
I bought some Pixelblocks the other day (from firebox), which are some really geeky toys that combine my childhood obsession (lego), and my adult obsession (no, not porn you dirty, dirty people! I meant computers and games)
Pixelblocks are lego for adults, little plastic blocks that look like pixels and can connect in different ways. Of course, the greatest fun is recreating some classic characters from the great 2D era of gaming. (if you're sad you can create your favourite windows icon :p).
Me and Kelly spent an evening together on the weekend creating our 2 of our favourite characters, Yoshi and Toad. After we finished, I put them on the window sill, took some snaps, and sent them to firebox (they encourage people to send snaps of their purchases, they use them on the website).
To my surprise today, I got 2 emails from firebox: one telling me that the picture was now live, and the other one telling me that I'd won £50!!! Little did I know, but firebox had chosen my picture as "picture of the week", and if they do that you win a voucher for £50!
So, there's my little happy story of the day, and my little promotion for firebox, who I've used before and they rock, not only cos of the voucher, but cos they're made for gadget/toy/computer/game/geek boys like me (and you - if you're reading this)
SoB
1 comment:
Ah, I seen a few tetris scenes on the web
I was going to do Kung Lao from Mortal Kombat but couldn't be bothered, only cos 8 bit sprites are so much easier to make..
I've made pacman + a few ghosts now :)
even though it looks simple, which it is, but it's very time consuming and makes your fingers ache. Well worth it though if you end up winning £50 and buying a mini helicopter :) Which is awesome btw
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