The thing that bothers me about pixel-art is that too many young artists are obsessed with the past, and not exploring the possibilities of the new technologies

The thing that bothers me about pixel-art is that too many young artists are obsessed with the past, and not exploring the possibilities of the new technologies, tools and modes of thinking that are available to them. It's as if every musician under twenty was content to play in the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Don't get me wrong, I love pixel art — Paul Robertson and the Sword & Sworcery guys are doing some of my favorite work — but if the artists of yesterday were stuck in their own pasts… you know?