GOAT recognises GOTY?

In case you missed it, the Katsuhiro Otomo Manben episode silently revealed that he keeps a Bloodborne statue in his studio next to his television screen.

SD Twin Peaks figures made for an issue of Hobby Japan (issue unknown, but safe to say early 90s). Not my scan, so I gotta track down this issue.

The models were designed, sculpted and painted by Yūsuke Takayanagi and his team. Footage of the animation process can be found in the game's ending credits. He also designed the creatures for Maten Densetsu: Senritsu no Ooparts and the dragon maquettes for Panzer Dragoon Orta.

Neo Organic Bioform is a 1995 dungeon crawler exclusive to the 3DO. Unlike other Octagon productions, N.O.B. abdicated the anime look and embraced the gruelling complexities of stop-motion animation. The inspired mutant puppet roster is only coyly showcased by the insipid cover design.

Kitō's work for Wachenröder displays many stylistic similarities to the above piece. He is also credited as the designer of the airship featured in the Treasure Hunter G guide cover; as well as co-author of the seldom seen egg-shaped robot model from Elemental Gear Gimmick alongside Takayuki Takeya.

Glimpses of the additional - and if I may say so, rather exquisite - modelling and character design work for Baroque by Tony Kim and Noriaki Kaneko can be found in the pages of the 1999 "Distorted Delusions" guidebook.

Despite its stylish editing, I always suspected the cover for the original SS and PS Baroque editions featured an actual model, as opposed to a CG render. Today's Baroque-Ya press release made this pristine photo available. I have no reservations attributing this work to Eisaku Kitō.

The internet is guaranteed to remember Redford for that congenial Jeremiah Johnson zoom-in shot made meme. I, for one, have an entirely different zoom-in shot in mind.

All The President's Men
Alan J. Pakula
1976
(4x speed)

Couldn't get a firm grasp of Dreams of Another from its fleeting demo, which only piqued my curiosity. It finds no parallel with previous @baiyon.bsky.social / Pixel Junk collaborations. Except for some vague remembrance of Beyond Eyes and 11:11, it's quite unlike any other game I've ever played.

Spent a fair bit of time this weekend revisiting the episodes that birthed this most macabre horror game series. My unsubtle posture towards game remakes should now be known to all who follow me. And yet I would readily embrace a new rendition of Akai Chō, were it to be directed by Shibata-San.

Solaris. Pitfall. River Raid. Keystone Kapers. Laser Gates. Turmoil. Dark Chambers. Tutankham. I also enjoyed Fast Food as a kid.

Not thoroughly, I'm ashamed to say.

Have you?

Cheers!

I wrote about Siren, in celebration of what was, at the time, the 20th anniversary of the game.

I am grateful for the opportunity to make a small contribution and help the indefatigable Jon Doyle and the team at Lost In Cult make 006 a reality.

Truly, all good things come to those who wait.

Sai No Ohanashi is the title of a small yet cheerful booklet contained in the rare preview edition of the 1998 Shift game XI. The illustrations were created by children’s book author Dan Yaccarino, while the text was authored by Keiko Hidaka.

Scan & translation here: archive.org/details/tale...

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Sai No Ohanashi is the title of a small yet cheerful booklet contained in the rare preview edition of the 1998 Shift game XI. The illustrations were created by children’s book author Dan Yaccarino, while the text was authored by Keiko Hidaka.

Scan & translation here: archive.org/details/tale...

I'm no authority on any subject, not least of which Manga. From what little I know, I would consider Morohoshi to be one of the greatest Manga artists, and possibly the greatest author. I watched this NHK doc for the second time yesterday and recommend it wholeheartedly.

youtu.be/AHlG7I2Z8Ck?...

The newly emerged discmaster archive search tool came bearing gifts. Bsky user rabidrodent dug up crisp new screens from the Mario VB demo that Nintendo dispreferred over the 3D appeal of its minigame concept, which later became Mario Clash. What made this cancelled game so unique? 🧵

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the US release of Yutaka Saito's Seaman, I have scanned and archived this rather rare specimen published in Japan by Vivarium in the year 2000. This is, however, no ordinary guidebook.

More information and links can be found below.

My goal of submitting a serviceable scan of this book was made nearly impossible as a result of its unique format and my reluctance to remove its binding. I also wished I had the time to translate it. Perhaps I'll save that for the 30th anniversary.

archive.org/details/seam...