Diode Milliampere holds an ancient Toshiba laptop up to the camera of a more modern laptop, so that the window of our Skype conversation fills with a flickering, constantly refreshing grid of numbers ...

NEW YORK – Haeyoung Kim, a classical pianist, took the stage at a hip Manhattan art space before a crowd of twenty- and thirty-somethings, many shaggy-haired and wearing T-shirts and glasses.As her ...

Remember in high school when mom pawned all your old video games ‘cuz you never played them anymore? Then, as soon as you got to college and first felt homesick, you ended up buying a used SNES and ...

Chiptune music is one the many phenomena that '80s era gaming nostalgia spawned -- but to get into it you need to mod a working 30-year-old NES into an instrument. Now, a company called Assorted Wires ...

The twinkly notes of 8-bit music, also known as ‘chiptune,’ are a definite nostalgia-stirrer. Whether you remember the cheery tunes of the first ‘Super Mario Bros.’ or the looping melody of the Namco ...

Haeyoung Kim, a classical pianist, took the stage at a hip Manhattan art space before a crowd of twenty- and thirty-somethings, many shaggy-haired and wearing T-shirts and glasses. As her performance ...

This article was taken from the August 2012 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

Chiptune DJ is a rythm based game where you play along catchy 8-bit chiptune music to improve your rythmic and coordination skills. Build up your combos and beat your previous scores as you get better ...

Joey Mariano performs at an 8static event. Photo by Marjorie Becker. Joey Mariano performs at an 8static event. Photo by Marjorie Becker. Joey Mariano wants to set the record straight: Chiptune ...