This is the kind of magazine page that 90s-kid-me would stare at for hours fantasizing over. Even looking at it now, it’s surprisingly easy for me to ignore the objective technical limitations and get hyped.
Side note: can we talk about that 1ST PC GUN on the mid-left there? Dude…
I instinctively read that in Homestar Runner’s voice.
For the people who are still alive!
Onward, men! Full sails to the horizon! On my oath, we’ll make it to Ikeland by morning!
Oh, there will be Ikes as far as the eye can see, I tell you! Tall Ikes, short Ikes, God-fearing Ikes! Our coffers will overflow with the abundance of Ikes!
You who would doubt me, who would claim the impossibility of such a paradise, you cowards who hide from ambition and surround yourselves with the petty offerings of Steve Island or David Cove, why you would not know how to handle the Ikes of Ikeland!
But I am a man of greater mettle, and I will know this new land.
Raise the anchor. The Ikes await.
My dumb nerd brain autocorrected that to Jean Grey and was very confused and curious for a hot second.
Yeah, kinda hard to ignore those themes in a game whose antagonist is a deliberate gender-swap of Ayn Rand.
Have you seen what’s down there? It’s terrifying.
You don’t have to tell me. Deep down at the bottom of the ocean? The whole place is crawling with…capitalists.
Yeah, yeah. I know. Andrew Ryan gave us all the big, shiny speech, “sweat of your brow” and all that, but what’s he got down there now? Just a buncha junkies and opportunists running guns and peeling off all of that pretty art deco veneer.
Thanks but no thanks, Ryan.
Hakuna oblongata.
I really like that the dinosaur is labeled and defined in that diagram.
Refresh me. Which classes can currently equip Gore-Tex?
My immediate thought as well.
Jolly Roger Bay, all day.
Roll for initiative to attack the Easter Bunny.
If it results in new works on par with the Oracle games, bring it on.
As much as I love the sentiment, I can’t believe this post is missing owls, the most obvious honorary cats out there.
I honestly think this makes a pretty good fit.
Castlevania’s flashy, ornate aesthetic and over-the-top dramatics could transition nicely to the stage.
Like, imagine the WHAT IS A MAN monologue being belted out from centerstage under a spotlight and accompanied by organ music.