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 June 29th, 2009 | Category: gamesSteam had a good deal this weekend for the game Zeno Clash. The pure weirdness of the story and character design caught my eye immediately. The two day sale was enough to convince me to purchase and give it a shot. [...] June 19th, 2009 | Category: gamesSNK ups the ante of hand drawn sprites in its new 2-D fighter. June 9th, 2009 | Category: gamesI’m a sucker for awesome puzzle games, especially ones like this. The animation and game play look really fun and exciting. Who would have thought barfing rainbows into each other’s mouths could be such a jolly good time? April 18th, 2009 | Category: games1up just released a first look at the opening cinematic and battle tutorial gameplay from the Final Fantasy XIII Japanese Demo on PS3. They’ve got nine new videos, this being the first 10 minutes. I’ve been a fan of the series since Final Fantasy IV (II locally in US). IV was one of the [...] February 21st, 2009 | Category: gamesShepard’s whereabouts? A Geth sporting an N7 insignia? Haha. All that this intrigue does is get me excited for what’s next. There are some good speculations already buzzing at the Mass Effect community forums. Bioware has already announced that you will be able to transfer your character experience and profile directly into the [...] January 14th, 2009 | Category: gamesStreet Fighter 4 is looking nice, and the ground swell of loyalists from decades ago and newcomers alike is an exciting thing to bear witness to. Ever since seeing the first teaser screen shots, the old memories of sho-ryu-kens, groups of onlookers, and endless quarters into the Capcom machines have flooded my memories from [...] Probably not too smart of a move, but I’ve been cooking virtual food on the DS before bed for the past few days. The sound effects and graphics are good, so that makes a human tummy growl. Cooking Mama claps her hands and gets starry eyed when you do an exceptional job. If it weren’t for [...] December 5th, 2008 | Category: gamesMarioKart is probably one of the most well known and entertaining racing games in history. If you’ve had the experience of decimating people with banana peels and green shells on television screens, you’re going to like this. Watch the video below of Remi Gaillard, a full-grown man in a Mario costume [...] November 8th, 2008 | Category: gamesTime for a past art update. You can download a larger version for your desktop here. Watch the video below to see a great rendition of the Chrono Trigger / Chrono Cross themes by [...] Besides Street Fighter 4 and Tatsunoko vs Capcom, there is one other sparring game that is blowing my mind: Ultimate Ninja Storm. The style, timing, and cinematic quality has been translated in a way which I’ve never seen in a 3-d fighter. The frame rate seems to hold stable during game play, even at [...] October 3rd, 2008 | Category: gamesThe concept surrounding this title posed some interesting questions not many explore. Origins, self-awareness, and the evolution of social organizations from bestial necessity to cosmic exploration find themselves under the macroscope. The game in no small way entertains the viewpoints between intelligent design and evolution. To some degree I think it plays a [...] September 4th, 2008 | Category: gamesYou will probably do a double-take after watching the trailer below, thinking it’s an old game for the NES. It tricked me too. This is going to be the new Megaman 9 game released by Capcom! They got back to the basics, and even put in the screen flicker that was a [...] August 16th, 2008 | Category: gamesBelow are some links and great pictures (notcot.com) taken at the I am 8 Bit event that happened a couple of days ago. A few of my friends (Woebots, Peekaboo, 2H) from Pocket Full of Monsters customized an arcade machine that was sitting out in front of the venue. Wow. It looks [...] August 14th, 2008 | Category: gamesEvery once in a while a crazy game comes along that does something to redefine the genre in its time. I was blown away by the play mechanics and logic puzzles in Portal, and it looks like Braid is something of the same category. When I first saw videos if it, the design [...] July 18th, 2008 | Category: gamesIn this picture here you can see the character Frog from the game Chrono Trigger on the left, and Steamboat Willie on the right. Why is there a plus sign between the two? akira toriyama and disney …because those are the two styles I am combining to re-create the characters for the painting I’m working [...] |
On this blog you will find some of my professional work from various media design, as well as personal stories and other random stuff that motivates me to stay creative.
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