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Aled Lewis is a designer, illustrator and author from London, England, and like many of us he is also a life-long gamer with an affinity for the classic video games. So, he created a mash-up of the video game characters and real photographic scenes to express how we saw those worlds as kids growing up playing them. The results are very enjoyable. See if you can name them all (answers at the bottom, via Behance). Answers: Sonic the Hedgehog, Bowser from Mario Kart, Abominable Snow Monster from SkiFree, Ecco the Dolphin, Link from The Legend of Zelda, E. Honda from Street Fighter, Little Mac from Punch-Out!!, Duck Hunt dog, Excitebike, Donkey Kong, Double Dragon, Lemmings ...

Thanks to HD TVs and advanced consoles, video games have gotten incredibly lifelike in the last few years. But nothing on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 is anywhere near as challenging as the below video games based on real-life issues. Via Pleated Jeans ...