What's This Era's Aesthetic Identity?

What a great thing to paint something that has ruled our current generation through personal and familial entertainment: video games. Our popular culture of today is a big contrast to a few decades ago. Pixel art has already appeared on music albums, magazines, and etc. It is a unique style in today's standards compared to aesthetic style of the retro 1980's or the psychedelic style of the 60s. How can one identify the style of our current era of mass media and global entertainment?