The Bungie plagiarism incident last week (their 4th, apparently) has led me to a new discovery. The most interesting part of the new Marathon game, the art style, has been partially lifted from an outside artist. The whole style is really cool, and reminds me of the old Designer’s Republic style in the 90’s. Back in an era of physical media I’d pore over the liner notes of PWEI albums, looking for little Easter Egg jokes and references. The WipEout games were the coolest shit ever, the racing was tight and soundtracks were all bangers. The graphic design even extended to the menus.
Turns out this is now a whole aesthetic, called “Vectorheart”. I know 90’s / Millennial nostalgia is the thing right now, but this has been around for a while and I’m here for it, as they (used to?) say.