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Custom Minecraft Vans by KyozoKicks.
Over time it has become a belief of mine that Minecraft, now an Indie game tsunami from Swedish outfit Mojang, has the power to manipulate the very fabric of time. What I conceive to be minutes of playtime in a world of cubes somehow turns out to be hours. On occasion I fail to perceive the change from day to night in the real world (or more worryingly, the opposite occurs). Minecraft has no real narrative in place nor is one strictly necessary. It does however have a wild and popular a...
Read MoreKyozoKicks in Official Playstation Magazine UK
The amusement and interest in my on going work here at KyozoKicks continues among the gaming press, this time in ever so permanent print. Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe made a comment some months ago on his excitement in reference to his new game appearing on the cover of a magazine and, even with people touting and end to traditional print media how novel it was to have something so tangible reference your work and effort and the pride that came with it. KyozoKicks didn’t quite...
Read MoreCustom Mirrors Edge Converse by KyozoKicks.
Conflict resolution in video games generally comes down to who has the bigger gun. Whether the game is a first person shooter like Call of Duty or a one on one brawler like Street Fighter you are tasked with physically dominating the opposition, to kill or be killed. That works very well in video games, neutralizing those characters we perceive to be a threat is an extremely gratifying experience. Where Mirrors Edge earned a special place with me is that when conflict arises our natural...
Read MoreCustom Portal Converse by KyozoKicks.
Now available to purchase on the KyozoKicks store. Portal, the little game that could. As of writing the recently released sequel to the 2007 original sits atop the Amazon.com bestseller list across all available platforms. A week passed release and I think we can safely call this one a hit. Tracing the timeline of Portal up to this point is nothing short of remarkable. The idea for a game involving portals came from DigiPen students, who created the game Narbacular Drop before being ushered...
Read MoreSonic the Hedgehog Converse by KyozoKicks.
If there is one thing I can say about the original Sonic the Hedgehog game, it sure was a lot of fun. Which is something you can’t say about all games, even the ones you really like. The games we choose to play are always enjoyable, but fun is something different. Waking up on a Saturday morning circa 1992 however, I would forgo my early morning cartoons and celebrity endorsed breakfast cereal in favour of playing Sonic the Hedgehog, I only remember having fun. Sonic is twenty years...
Read MoreCustom God of War Vans by KyozoKicks.
When I first started customising Vans, over two years ago, I had in my mind a bucket list of games I hoped one day to be given the opportunity to paint. Many of those I have been fortunate enough to already realise in Zelda, Little Big Planet and more recently Sonic the Hedgehog. The list of games I have yet to touch on remains long, with appearances from Bioshock, Uncharted : Drakes Fortune, Grand Theft Auto : Vice City and until recently, The God of War franchise. I was recently approached...
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