I already knew Dark Souls was going to be awesome, then they lay this on us:
Almost as cool as:
That’s me in the video thumbnail. Adrianne Curry hasn’t been returning my voice mails, I don’t know what happened.
Videos
The World Is Saved – Any Games Like This?
I was blown away by the artistry and animation in this video. I can always count on Brian to find stuff like this, including the making-of post.
The art reminded me of old rotoscoped classics like Out of This World. Have there been any low-res, low-color, high-frame-count, non-tiled animation style games in the last 15 years? It would take a good amount of work, but there’s a classic waiting to be revealed to the world.
Infirmed For A Day
Take this guy’s advice and do proper stretching. There must be something seriously wrong with my new home office setup because I had to take a full day off work due to paralyzing upper back pain. I think my monitor is too low to the desk which makes me lean forward a bit too much. (Actually the real reason is that I didn’t take enough breaks working at the computer.) When I get back after this weekend, I’m going to be doing some ergonomics measurements around here.