[Chell’s suit] is not supposed to look like a sexy Marvel superhero suit. It’s supposed to look like it was designed without any thought of making her look attractive. We don’t want to make her be unattractive, but we want to balance that out. Chell is a test subject, so she should look like one. …
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Quote of the Day: Portal 2
25/03/2010 - 00:34
Sam, Max & The Devil Makes Three
14/03/2010 - 14:10
Sam & Max, season three, “The Devil’s Playhouse.” First episode, “The Penal Zone,” April 15th.
Body of Work: Human Revolution Trailer
12/03/2010 - 21:30
Like the original Deus Ex 3 teaser trailer, the latest Deus Ex: Human Revolution teaser chooses to toy with the concepts - humanism, transhumanism, mechanistic anatomy, corporeality - that fascinated the scientists and artists of the Renaissance:
In the new trailer, the subliminal glimpses from before have now been rendered visible and brought to the fore: …
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
11/03/2010 - 23:20
Below, LucasArts’ all-new Monkey Island 2: Special Edition key art, side by side with my Mac box cover for LeChuck’s Revenge:
When I linked these to a friend, he instantaneously called the new art “’special.’” Yeah… yeah: Even the poor little monkey responsible for numbering the sequel got a visual keelh… uh, overhaul.
If nothing else, contrasting …
20th Anniversary NeoGeo Museum
09/03/2010 - 22:05
SNK Playmore have put up a dedicated, if Engrish-ridden 20th anniversary website for their console, the “NeoGeo Museum,” ten years after the last NeoGeo console was shipped:
Looking back 20 years ago to 1990, a video game company by the name of SNK teamed up with ALPHA DENSHI (ADK) to develop a video game console. That …