Saw this on The AV Club:
Terrifying horse mask has the greatest customer image gallery on Amazon
I have no shame in seeing something and wanting to get on the train if it means
fun will come of it. Haven’t figured out what type of setting would really add to the
mix of the Amazon gallery, but the gears are turning and I have the prop ready.
(Thanks Tom, for snapping the photo)
Link:
A friend’s mother passed away this week and she was laid to rest today.
The unseasonable weather made for a fine backdrop to honor her life.
I don’t spend much time lamenting the Lego of yore. You know, where you had a box of fairly basic
geometric shapes that when put together formed a thing.
They’ve not been replaced, these basic kits are still around. But alongside these sets are more complex endeavors
with injection-molded bits that curve to fit the needs of the thing. There are entire lines licensed to movie tie-ins.
And there is now a new category to lure young girls into the fray as pictured above. (That’s Emma, she comes with
a clothing design workshop.) Lego also makes some mistakes.
The saving grace is watching my friends’ kids actually play with the plastic building blocks.
They pull pieces together from all these different sets and make their own things to act out their own stories.
It’s heartening.
Somewhat related links:
I don’t consider myself a gamer, but denial goes out the window if a new Mario or Zelda game is released.
I’m currently an embarrassing number of hours into Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Not a fan of motion controls usually, but they work very well here. If things get out of alignment,
there’s an easy way to recalibrate and reset.
As for the quest itself, it is your typical Zelda fare: Go find this thing that’s broken up into pieces spread out
over several worlds and one of them is probably going to be a desert. Traversing between areas is the least
annoying in years thanks to flight, but it can still be a little grating.
My biggest peeve is absurd language and animation that repeats and cannot be skipped.
(When collecting an item or buying something from the store.)
Graphics are not high resolution, but they’ve a painterly quality and never detract from the gameplay.
Overall, it’s been a great game to while away the hours, avoid cleaning my closet, doing real exercise
and politics on Facebook.
Sidenote: The level above looks remarkably like Skeletor’s Snake Mountain from He-Man.
Picked up this old sheet music at Duck Creek Antiques for the lettering.
Every stroke is excellent. See for yourself: Zoom out to see all the details.
A continued tradition: brunch with ma and bro at Take the Cake.
Twice now I’ve seen Andrew Neyer’s work outside of YES.
Always a pleasure.
There’s a playfulness there, but also? I think he’s using my favorite font ever: Univers.
Another fine thing spotted down at MiCA: this flask.
