Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
8bitsf's annual GDC mega-concert POW returns for its epic FOURTEENTH year, co-presented by MAGFest! Join us for a complete sensory overload of chiptune and video-game-themed live music madness, featuring lush visuals and a celebration of indie gaming.
@ZAKUband is a Philadelphia-based wind-synth-fronted instrumental band that combines 80s jazz fusion, new wave, and British heavy metal. They have been described as sounding like "a long lost Mega Man X soundtrack" or "if Vangelis joined T-Square and got commissioned to make a soundtrack for TMNT IV Part II."
Visuals - Colloquially known as Drip, she is a pixel artist, graphic designer, and tattoo artist based in Brooklyn. Previously, she has traveled throughout the country performing live visuals with animated pixel art along musicians and other artists in the chiptune and video game community. Her current ventures as a tattoo artist have allowed her to expand her travels to the UK and other states to meet with clients seeking her unique pixel art tattoo style. Her inspirations include indie games, graphic novels, food, pop surrealism, psychedelia, and technical/experimental music scenes.
Videography - Jared Cruz
Thumbnail photos - Kyle de la Calzada
MAGFest is run by MAGFest, Inc., a volunteer-supported 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the appreciation of video games, video game culture, and video game music. We achieve this through numerous events, such as Super MAGFest, MAGWest, MAGStock, and Bit Gen Gamer Fest. We also support other not-for-profit organizations, such as Child’s Play. Learn more at https://magfest.org.
8bitsf's annual GDC mega-concert POW returns for its epic FOURTEENTH year, co-presented by MAGFest! Join us for a complete sensory overload of chiptune and video-game-themed live music madness, featuring lush visuals and a celebration of indie gaming.
@ZAKUband is a Philadelphia-based wind-synth-fronted instrumental band that combines 80s jazz fusion, new wave, and British heavy metal. They have been described as sounding like "a long lost Mega Man X soundtrack" or "if Vangelis joined T-Square and got commissioned to make a soundtrack for TMNT IV Part II."
Visuals - Colloquially known as Drip, she is a pixel artist, graphic designer, and tattoo artist based in Brooklyn. Previously, she has traveled throughout the country performing live visuals with animated pixel art along musicians and other artists in the chiptune and video game community. Her current ventures as a tattoo artist have allowed her to expand her travels to the UK and other states to meet with clients seeking her unique pixel art tattoo style. Her inspirations include indie games, graphic novels, food, pop surrealism, psychedelia, and technical/experimental music scenes.
Videography - Jared Cruz
Thumbnail photos - Kyle de la Calzada
MAGFest is run by MAGFest, Inc., a volunteer-supported 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the appreciation of video games, video game culture, and video game music. We achieve this through numerous events, such as Super MAGFest, MAGWest, MAGStock, and Bit Gen Gamer Fest. We also support other not-for-profit organizations, such as Child’s Play. Learn more at https://magfest.org.
