Few songs have rattled in my head as ceaselessly as the theme to the fake Adult Swim sitcom Too Many Cooks. Now you can experience the earwormy agony of that song in chiptune form! » 11/11/14 12:30pm 11/11/14 12:30pm

Video games have been around long enough that countless musicians have grown up and come into their own, creatively speaking, as gamers. A new documentary series, Diggin' In The Carts, examines the early history of Japanese video game music at it applies to this trend. » 9/08/14 4:00pm 9/08/14 4:00pm

Earlier tonight, chiptune-rock band Anamanaguchi performed their hit song Endless Fantasy on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. And now I've got a sudden hankering for some space pizza. » 6/18/13 7:30am 6/18/13 7:30am

The appeal of 8-bit music, retro graphics and other art forms defined by their limits, beautifully explained by prolific musical artist and producer Brian Eno in his 1996 diary "A Year With Swollen Appendices." » 6/05/13 2:30pm 6/05/13 2:30pm

Free cat inferno simulator Jones on Fire hits iOS on Thursday. Celebrate with the chiptune dubstep trailer of joy. » 2/19/13 9:55am 2/19/13 9:55am

The video above is supposed to be an homage to the 1980s graphic adventure games published by Sierra On-Line. But, if you watch the whole thing, you'll spot some characters who weren't part of that defunct publisher's stable. I've had the pleasure of seeing 8BW perform live and they put on a great show. They'll be… » 1/16/12 9:00am 1/16/12 9:00am

The fifth annual Blip Festival hits New York City's Eyebeam Art + Technology center May 19-21, featuring the best in pixel art and performances by chiptune greats including Anamanaguchi, Bit Shifter, and Nullsleep. It should not be missed. » 3/28/11 1:28pm 3/28/11 1:28pm

Photographer Rodolfo Baretto captured this serene image of live Nintendo DS musical artist Luci Hidaka, otherwise known as Synthesizemii. » 10/05/10 12:40pm 10/05/10 12:40pm

This is South Korean pop outfit Girls' Generation. The ladies are not 8-bit. But what if they were? » 9/28/10 2:00am 9/28/10 2:00am

When a friend asked Swedish software engineer Linus Åkesson to take an old electric organ off his hands, Linus agreed, as long as he could do anything he wanted to it, and what he did is incredibly impressive. » 7/22/10 2:30pm 7/22/10 2:30pm

There's old school Tron, Intellivision style, and then there's 8-Bit Weapon's Tron Tribute EP, featuring five chiptune mixes of Wendy Carlos' iconic music from the first video game movie. » 5/04/10 1:20pm 5/04/10 1:20pm

Bloop and beep in the holidays with 8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer's It's a Chiptune Holiday, an album filled with traditional holiday favorites, only better. » 12/07/09 1:20pm 12/07/09 1:20pm

Swedish hip hop artist Pato Pooh leaves no 8-bit game untouched in this amazing video for his latest track "Follow Me." » 10/16/09 4:20pm 10/16/09 4:20pm

It's just not PAX without an improptu chiptune performance on the stairs outside the Seattle Center. » 9/05/09 12:30pm 9/05/09 12:30pm

Online record label Pterodactyl Squad has released a free 8-bit Weezer tribute album, featuring some of the biggest names in chiptune paying homage to the band's greatest works. » 7/21/09 2:00pm 7/21/09 2:00pm

Ah, yes, 8-bit chiptune. It's music that is performed and composed by using retro game hardware like the Famicom and the Gameboy as instruments. Love it, great stuff. » 5/22/09 5:00am 5/22/09 5:00am