A chronological retelling of Del the Funky Homosapien’s impact on gaming and the otaku culture that inspired him.
Category: Features
Special features that originally appeared on Hieroglyphics.com between 1995-2001, updated for a modern context.
Lyrics to the cult classic ode to video games, “Proto Culture.” From the album, Both Sides of the Brain.
As Hiero’s popularity exploded online in 1997, we sat down with Souls of Mischief’s Tajai & discussed the crew’s newfound independence.
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Hieroglyphics Colorado Tour, 1997
In December of 1997, director, photographer, and Hieroglyphics Dot Com contributor Jacob Rosenberg toured across the state of Colorado with the Hiero Crew as they performed across three cities. “Saucee Jake” captured a wealth of photographs and wrote an excellent travelogue, which became one of our earliest collaborations on the Hiero site.
An ancient Internet audio format is unlocked as we convert our archive of ’90s Hiero freestyles to MP3.
Del reviews 3 of his favorite video games for Sega Saturn & Sony PlayStation in this original web feature that first appeared in 1997.
As Hiero was reaching the finish line during the recording of their debut “family album,” 3rd Eye Vision in 1997, I sat down with Domino to get caught up on how the album was progressing.