Yes, it's time for the link drawer again
Mar. 19th, 2015 08:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
indigozealOK, here's the deal: I'm stuck in a huge work project - again - and had my posting aspirations derailed - again. So, again, I'm gonna go through my link backlog throughout the evening and, when I have time, post a few noteworthy entries. Such as:
- Big news in the semi-recent past of the world of Resident Evil is the discovery of an ISO of the "Resident Evil 1.5" predecessor to RE2, the version that was scrapped ~90% to completion. Well, someone's post a playthrough of what's available. I'm only halfway through it myself, but appreciated so far: the apparent presence of a shooting gallery puzzle; Ada's job change; Leon using his idle animation to smooth his hair. The redo was a wise decision, but there were some interesting set pieces in this build, like the zombies sporadically breaking through the barriers of the police station. (I would've liked to have seen what would have happened with the Marvin infection subplot. Probably the same thing that happens with all zombie infection subplots, but still.)
- This is a thin but not-bad remix of the Secret of Mana dungeon music. (Note: That account has a lot of doujin VGM remix music posted; I have to go through it myself.)
- I don't understand what any of the elements in the preview image for this Pac-Man game have to do with each other at all.
- Yume Nikki has spawned a slew of fan games where mute protagonists explore their own dreamscapes. I've seen a few gifs from Answered Prayers, and it looks intriguing visually.
- Wrong Angelique. Though you might not think that initially.
(By the way: In looking at that artist's other work, I see there's a thriving Greek mythology art community on Tegaki.)
(By the by: this is a nice Athena, and someone responded with a compliment from what I think is a guy from Dragon Warrior II.)
- Part of a portmortem on how much indie games from the creator of the terrific Cook, Serve, Delicious as he tracks sales of that title. Really honest and intriguing.
- This neat Mystic Ark montage gif of all seven Arks can't be posted on Tumblr due to size, so here.
- - The Baten Kaitos fanfic "The Broken Mirror" follows Skeed & Vallye as they investigate the assassination of Duke Calbren during a humanitarian visit to Alfard. The siblings, who are here depicted in-character as national-minded rich prigs but cast interestingly as protagonists instead of simple villains, find sympathy for the "kind, steady, peaceful" Calbren that surprises even themselves ("she'd almost liked him"), engage in Nick-and-Nora-ish banter with each other (which, er, shouldn't be right, but can anyone really say it'd be surprising given that family & Alfard in general, really), and attempt to form an uneasy working relationship with the newly-minted Duchess Melodia, whose presence in the Empire is discomfiting given recent events and, particularly in a land so dependent on technology, Melodia's affinity for the deeper magics. Lyude is not present, not mentioned, and may not even exist in the universe of the fic. The story's not close to finished, but it's got more than enough - interesting post-game politics and good glimpses at an unusual cast - to make what is present worth the trip.
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- Big news in the semi-recent past of the world of Resident Evil is the discovery of an ISO of the "Resident Evil 1.5" predecessor to RE2, the version that was scrapped ~90% to completion. Well, someone's post a playthrough of what's available. I'm only halfway through it myself, but appreciated so far: the apparent presence of a shooting gallery puzzle; Ada's job change; Leon using his idle animation to smooth his hair. The redo was a wise decision, but there were some interesting set pieces in this build, like the zombies sporadically breaking through the barriers of the police station. (I would've liked to have seen what would have happened with the Marvin infection subplot. Probably the same thing that happens with all zombie infection subplots, but still.)
- This is a thin but not-bad remix of the Secret of Mana dungeon music. (Note: That account has a lot of doujin VGM remix music posted; I have to go through it myself.)
- I don't understand what any of the elements in the preview image for this Pac-Man game have to do with each other at all.
- Yume Nikki has spawned a slew of fan games where mute protagonists explore their own dreamscapes. I've seen a few gifs from Answered Prayers, and it looks intriguing visually.
- Wrong Angelique. Though you might not think that initially.
(By the way: In looking at that artist's other work, I see there's a thriving Greek mythology art community on Tegaki.)
(By the by: this is a nice Athena, and someone responded with a compliment from what I think is a guy from Dragon Warrior II.)
- Part of a portmortem on how much indie games from the creator of the terrific Cook, Serve, Delicious as he tracks sales of that title. Really honest and intriguing.
- This neat Mystic Ark montage gif of all seven Arks can't be posted on Tumblr due to size, so here.
- - The Baten Kaitos fanfic "The Broken Mirror" follows Skeed & Vallye as they investigate the assassination of Duke Calbren during a humanitarian visit to Alfard. The siblings, who are here depicted in-character as national-minded rich prigs but cast interestingly as protagonists instead of simple villains, find sympathy for the "kind, steady, peaceful" Calbren that surprises even themselves ("she'd almost liked him"), engage in Nick-and-Nora-ish banter with each other (which, er, shouldn't be right, but can anyone really say it'd be surprising given that family & Alfard in general, really), and attempt to form an uneasy working relationship with the newly-minted Duchess Melodia, whose presence in the Empire is discomfiting given recent events and, particularly in a land so dependent on technology, Melodia's affinity for the deeper magics. Lyude is not present, not mentioned, and may not even exist in the universe of the fic. The story's not close to finished, but it's got more than enough - interesting post-game politics and good glimpses at an unusual cast - to make what is present worth the trip.
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