Program note
Mar. 14th, 2016 01:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
indigozealI have more to post about Retour, but I'm afraid I've hit a bit of a delay: namely, I did my taxes, and I discovered that I had gotten myself into a higher tax bracket last year and now owe the IRS far more than I had expected. I'm currently scrambling to take on extra work and try to make up the difference. I'll be posting an update as soon as possible, but I've got a bit on my plate right now. I'll shoot for the next few days.
In the meantime, enjoy the work of these two folks:
- Motoki Yoshihara posts watercolor portraits of fighting game characters on his Twitter. The expressiveness and subdued palettes, which go more for a classical realism in a Katsuya Terada-like style rather than the larger-than-life cartooniness that typically defines the genre, are captivating even for a non-fighting game fan like me. Just gorgeous stuff.
- The misnomered SNES Drunk posts short but very informative & friendly reviews of the SNES library (plus some Sega & Steam games). He covers everything from honest takes on the classics to examinations of more obscure titles to highlighting import & fan-translated stuff. Pulls off the welcome combination of being both down-to-earth and knowledgeable. Even if you've already beaten a given title, it's great to hear him talk about it - and you can discover some neat new stuff to put on your to-play list.
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In the meantime, enjoy the work of these two folks:
- Motoki Yoshihara posts watercolor portraits of fighting game characters on his Twitter. The expressiveness and subdued palettes, which go more for a classical realism in a Katsuya Terada-like style rather than the larger-than-life cartooniness that typically defines the genre, are captivating even for a non-fighting game fan like me. Just gorgeous stuff.
- The misnomered SNES Drunk posts short but very informative & friendly reviews of the SNES library (plus some Sega & Steam games). He covers everything from honest takes on the classics to examinations of more obscure titles to highlighting import & fan-translated stuff. Pulls off the welcome combination of being both down-to-earth and knowledgeable. Even if you've already beaten a given title, it's great to hear him talk about it - and you can discover some neat new stuff to put on your to-play list.
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