Because while the ASCII versions of these photos certainly have a retro charm, there’s a good reason we left ASCII art behind decades ago: they’re pretty crappy.

ASCII art is as much a part of the Internet as emoticons, cats, or lol. We're talking about pictures made from text: letters, numbers, and special characters like # * and \ . They look like this.

If that doesn't make sense, then check out the video below. Basically, it's ASCII art rendered in 3D. The game released as a PS4 exclusive last year, but it's scheduled to hit Steam on February 9.

He recently noticed that Facebook and Instagram automatically turn many public photos into ASCII art just by adding a file extension to the end of the web link -- ".html" if you want a color image ...

Select “Color ASCII art video output; Restart VLC; Older versions might require you to go into advance or “all” settings in order to select this option.