It’s Only an 8-Bit Moon
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“Overture” | Atlas: Year One · Sleeping at Last
Each post this month is set to a different track from this amazing album. “Overture” is about the birth of the adventure of life.
We claim our lands
We tame our seas
We carve our names
On the surface of history
It’s Only an 8-Bit Moon
One of my favorite pieces of imagery in this gorgeous game is the moon, it’s gradient yellows hanging large at the end of a long journey. I’m not sure why, but it symbolizes more than anything else of the first video game adventure I ever had.
Kirby’s Adventure | NES
Despite the retro gloriousness of accomplishing that level of detail on 8-bit hardware, nothing compares to the real thing. When I was a child, maybe nine or ten years old, I remember a prolific fall night with a chill in the air. I was visiting my grandparent’s farm in rural Georgia, U.S., and I had walked outside to see the biggest moon hovering there above the fields. It must have been the size of a quarter held right in front of me. I could count every crater on its surface, and it was so bright that the light actually reflected off the crops which were ready to be harvested. It was on that night I felt an inspiration that to this day has never gone away. Continue reading “It’s Only an 8-Bit Moon”
