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I Made A Video About Video Game Graphics

I like how video games look, so I made a video about video game graphics, using squares and cubes. The video is called Cube: A Video About Video Game Graphics. That is the name of the video.

Here it is. This is the video. You can watch it now. Right here:

EPILEPSY WARNING: There are also some rapidly flashing lights in this video.

That was the video. Did you watch it? I hope you did watch it. The video, I mean.

...okay I'll stop typing like this now. Really. Like, right now. Okay. Done.

This idea has been rattling around in my head for about a year now. I started writing the ideas down back in April and the idea has seen many permutations since then. Once everything was (pretty much) locked down it only took about a month to animate the video and score the audio.

It was primarily done in Adobe After Effects with a bit of Adobe Premiere and Source Film Maker usage. The audio was done in Reaper with various VST plugins and samples. The end sequence was done by strapping an iPhone to my forehead...

In fear of setting the bar too high for myself, creating more work than I could possibly do, I had to draw the line somewhere, so a lot of games I had ideas for didn't make it into the video. Stuff like Vectorman, Starfox, Doom, Parappa, and CandyBox had to be left out. I guess there's nothing stopping me from making a sequel at some point though.

Anyway, that's Cube. I can stop thinking about cubes now and go back to just playing video games.

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Yep. That was sweet.

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This is pretty cool!

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That was hot. Super hot.

Nice Virtual Boy nod.

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Cool cubes beans. Must've taken a lot of work to put it all together, I'm impressed.

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Thanks for checking it out, duders! :3

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I love this!

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Brilliant!

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Yo dat was some art son.

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Superb!

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That was really neat duder! S' a real fun idea. I quite like the sound design work in it too

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Nice job. Near the end it reminded me of Sony's Greatness awaits where i was trying to reference the games in the video.

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Fuck yeah dude.

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I have a thing for cubes.

All the 3d models I make for games start out as cubes. (yes really it is almost the only primitive you need for everything even balls.)

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I like the implication that Braid is the pinnacle of video game evolution.

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The part with adlib music made me very happy. FM synthesis is the best.

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@tehbull 0:35 would be the Q*Bert nod. :)

With this color scheme:

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This is fuhhhhhh kiiiiiiihhhnnngggg awesome

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Wasn't a companion cube that fell through that portal? No Q-Bert? Still fantastic as always!

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Thanks, y'all!

28,600 views so far. :O !!

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My take away was the apparently Windows Vista can actually be used for something entertaining. Who knew.

Cool video though. More talent that I have, for sure.

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I am amaze. You are amaze. Amaze.

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So goddamned talented.

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Great video, well done.

Edit: Oh! You're the guy who made Dick Kicker! It's been in my favorites forever. You earned yourself a new subscriber.

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Awesome video duder

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Where is Intelligent Qube?

This is bullshit.

:)

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Stylish!

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Hamst3r

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Woo! Thanks, duders! :D

@rmanthorp: oh my!

@theht: 1:25 is And Yet It Moves. "Ob-Ob-Obvious Reference" is Unreal Tournament. :)

@forteexe21: No Curiosity cube in this one, but I've made note of it for the future.

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Amazing as usual!

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@theht said:

Fan-fucking-tastic.

I'm a bit confused about the reference at 1:25. I thought it was Portal based on the music but then you had an obvious Portal reference later. Funny enough, the "obvious reference" was also lost on me.

The Silent Hill and Mirror's Edge ones are totally my favourite. Did not expect to see those. You did a great job with the music, but that should be no surprise. :P

I think "obvious reference" is a reference to those old Unreal tech demos that just had rotating cubes with bump-mapping and such to show off their new shaders. I could be wrong, though.

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That was really cool, nice job.

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Very nice art. Has a professional feel about it in presentation.

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Virtual Boy, Amnesia, Minecraft, Portal... Haha, wow.

That was an interesting video, though I'll be honest and admit that I didn't get very many of the references, only the more obvious ones.

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Some pretty awesome work.

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You're on Kotaku. That's dope.

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I'm getting Fez, Twisted Pixel and Media Molecule flashbacks watching this.

Also, seizures.

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I always enjoy your videos and this was no exception. Should have had a curiosity (that molyneux "game") reference somewhere or did i miss it?

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Edited By Thiago123

Hamst3r is back at it again.

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This video feels artisanal. Thanks, Hamst3r!

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This is pretty freaking great duder, nice job!

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This is great. Congrats !

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Now make a game about making a video about video game graphics.

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Fan-fucking-tastic.

I'm a bit confused about the reference at 1:25. I thought it was Portal based on the music but then you had an obvious Portal reference later. Funny enough, the "obvious reference" was also lost on me.

The Silent Hill and Mirror's Edge ones are totally my favourite. Did not expect to see those. You did a great job with the music, but that should be no surprise. :P

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Dang, awesome concept and execution.

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Came here to mention that it appeared on Kotaku. They seem to dig it! :D

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Raaaaaaddd! Grats on the Kotaku pick up as well @hamst3r I don't like to overstep here but I say to the front page with this beauty! @marino ??

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This is really really good! Incredible job capturing the essence of each game in such a brief time. It looks/sounds great.

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@thunderslash: The sounds/music are indeed original pieces made for the video.

@49th: That's a good idea. Any suggestions on which sub-reddit? There are like...a billion of them. I'm guessing just "Video Games" if there is such a section.