Sun 21 Feb 2010
Look Elseweb! #001: Simon’s Deranged Brains
Posted by Igor Hardy under Look Elseweb
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Doing posts dedicated solely to recommending interesting and relevant stuff found around the web, and to stop packing it all up into Links and The Compendium, is an old idea I had. However, before now I wasn’t content with the amount of HardyDev‘s original content and felt such posts would cheapen the blog. Not anymore. Also, this is a great way to appear less self-centered and give the rest of the Internet a chance to shine…
Let’s start with a shameless plug and other Game Related articles:
My Psychonauts Review - the game may have had excellent press, but after Tim Schafer’s brilliant Grim Fandango I was very much disappointed with this promising, yet ultimately very clumsy and Microsoft-butchered title
Aggie Awards 2009 - possibly the biggest awards event in the Adventure Kingdom; hosted by AdventureGamers.com
Rock, Paper, Shotgun, And Why We Need To Make Publications Into Homes, Or Maybe Just Local Pubs - Jim Rossignol reveals a couple of secrets behind RPS success and writes about modern media in general
Ben304 On Drawing Backgrounds for adventure games
Indie Animation:
Trichrome Blue – the critics say: “Sublime!”
Muzorama - the critics say: “Surreal!”
Simon’s Cat Winter - the critics say: “The latest must-see for cat lovers!”
Movie Curiosities:
Slightly Deranged - covers cult cinema and cult games, even provides video clips from super-rare films; a blog by Agustin Cordes – the developer of Scratches adventure game
Interviews:
with Barokyoudan Rue creator Joshua Nuernberger
with Machinarium creator Jakub Dvorsky
with Guybrush Threepwood aka Dominic Armato a handful of in-depth mini-interviews
Indie Comics:
For today I’ll just mention two authors I always read if I need to be cheered up (or when I feel like reading them): 1) Kate Beaton & 2) Rebecca Clements
Freeware Indie Games:
Lately, I’ve been playing a lot of 2009 AGS games so to be prepared for the AGS Awards voting. Out of these I especially recommend 3 less popular ones, that I think shouldn’t be forgotten:
1) Mr Danger’s Contest 2) Areonuts 3) Death Wore Endless Feathers
Also, I’ve played an excellent atmospheric Flash game which is something between Zelda, Shadow of The Colossus, and something else: Where We Remain
Good writeup on Psychonauts, and Simon’s Cat is funny – a link to send to your wife if you have one (and I do). Also, Rossignol’s rant was an interesting read.
So, link collection posts = good. And that “Links” link you mention takes time to find!
Lastly, speaking of webcomics, what do you think of Dresden Codak? Its only downside for me is irregularity.
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Thanks. Future link collections may be actually better, as from now on I’m going to bookmark stuff specifically for these posts.
#”Links” link:
To be honest I’m not entirely happy with the site’s current design and positioning of links, but at the moment I don’t have the time (nor volunteers) to redo these things. Maybe I should just search for a better blog theme.
#Dresden Codak:
Incidentally, I stumbled upon Dresden Codak about a month ago. His works seem to be some of the best escapist comics that can be found on the Internet, not to mention amazingly polished visually. But I had time to only read a couple of them so far, so it’s not a fully established opinion yet.
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