I always liked the loading screens of Commodore 64 games - they often gave you a glimpse of a game's world and atmosphere before you got to see it for yourself. Yesterday, I revisited an old favourite which was proof positive that some games didn't have very good loading screens... And who said that advertising and product-placement in games was a new thing?
Lomax is a platform game released for the Sony PlayStation in 1996 (it was released in North America under the name "The Adventures of Lomax", though the title screen still bears the same title that was used for the rest of the world). It is the spiritual sequel to The Misadventures of Flink (Mega CD, Mega Drive, and Amiga CD32), and is part of the four-game lineage of platform games worked on by artist Henk Nieborg and programmer Erwin Kloibhofer, which also includes Ghost Battle (Amiga, ...
Updated 25th August 2014 at 20:05 by NinjaRabbit
As I mentioned in another blog entry, I really rather like dice. I figured that I'd post about my collection so far, today. I started collecting dice a couple of years ago, as my interest in modern video games began to decline more sharply than it had been doing previously. This image shows my collection to date, and it's a pretty eclectic one, as you can see (deliberately so - I like the variety). Of particular note ...
Updated 22nd August 2014 at 02:27 by NinjaRabbit
I like dice quite a lot, and have a collection of unusual ones. I'll write about those some other time, as today I'm writing about a very specific part of my dice collection, which also overlaps with my collection of video game merchandise. It's an officially-licensed Yahtzee game set, based on the Super Mario series. Here's the dice shaker. It's modelled after the iconic "?" Blocks first seen in Super Mario Bros. for the ...
Updated 20th August 2014 at 23:53 by NinjaRabbit
Max is my mascot-lemming. Because of his status as a mascot, he gets to wear various outfits, and wield various accessories. Here's his wardrobe so far. Samurai Max. Hoodie Max. Bandana Max. ...
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