spreading jam

Before even typing a word, this post has taken me about half an hour.  I’ll call this initial process ‘research and testing’ – I’m not sure management will be convinced though. they’ll call it ‘playing video games at work’.

I’m happy to split the difference. It’s been a very enjoyable half hour.

eBoy has made a name for himself through creating witty pixelated landscapes which symbolise the modern digital age. Delighfully retro, they tap into the nostalgia of simpler, lower-rez PC graphics. Images that many of us grew up whiling away the hours in front of – a time when 8-bits was all we needed.

FixPix works like all the best iPhone apps do, by being something that couldn’t possibly exist on another platform, iPad aside. Using the accelerometer you arrange layers to fix the three dimensional image, restoring perspective and in the process revealing some bizarre graphical mishaps.

Simple, visual, funny and new. Well worth staying a little late after work for.

… things can get a little strange when you get it wrong…