Art Maybury
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Snatcher [1988/1994]
The last time we checked in on the Japanese adventure gaming tradition, it was with Nakayama Miho No Tokimeki High School [1986], arguably the first “dating sim,” and that is the only r…
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Polybius [198X]
Dear Joseph, I appreciate your request, as I do every reader’s. They’re surprisingly rare and I always do my best to honor them. This particular case turned out to be more difficult tha…
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#WhoWatch S1E30 - The Day Of Darkness
Been a while since we've been in the shadows, which is always where this show shines brightest, ironically. The crossfades are good too.
Been a while since we've been in the shadows, which is always where this show shines brightest, ironically. The crossfades are good too.
June 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
#WhoWatch S1E30 - The Day Of Darkness
Been a while since we've been in the shadows, which is always where this show shines brightest, ironically. The crossfades are good too.
Been a while since we've been in the shadows, which is always where this show shines brightest, ironically. The crossfades are good too.
#WhoWatch S1E29 - The Bride Of Sacrifice
Ixta's "stealth and cunning" is genuinely some of the most impressive double-cross work yet in a show that, other than The Keys Of Marinus, runs on double-crosses. I genuinely didn't see the whole thing coming.
Ixta's "stealth and cunning" is genuinely some of the most impressive double-cross work yet in a show that, other than The Keys Of Marinus, runs on double-crosses. I genuinely didn't see the whole thing coming.
June 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#WhoWatch S1E29 - The Bride Of Sacrifice
Ixta's "stealth and cunning" is genuinely some of the most impressive double-cross work yet in a show that, other than The Keys Of Marinus, runs on double-crosses. I genuinely didn't see the whole thing coming.
Ixta's "stealth and cunning" is genuinely some of the most impressive double-cross work yet in a show that, other than The Keys Of Marinus, runs on double-crosses. I genuinely didn't see the whole thing coming.
June 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
#WhoWatch S1E27 - The Temple Of Evil
Glad Barbara's history education is being put to use but I'm really apprehensive of a Doctor Who arc called The Aztecs.
Glad Barbara's history education is being put to use but I'm really apprehensive of a Doctor Who arc called The Aztecs.
June 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#WhoWatch S1E27 - The Temple Of Evil
Glad Barbara's history education is being put to use but I'm really apprehensive of a Doctor Who arc called The Aztecs.
Glad Barbara's history education is being put to use but I'm really apprehensive of a Doctor Who arc called The Aztecs.
#WhoWatch S1E26 - The Keys Of Marinus
Blast, right when I was almost done I closed the whole browser and lost the thread. So just one post: Why do they code the justice system segment so strongly as Nazis with swastikas and all, if they're just going to handshake them as reasonable and respectable?
Blast, right when I was almost done I closed the whole browser and lost the thread. So just one post: Why do they code the justice system segment so strongly as Nazis with swastikas and all, if they're just going to handshake them as reasonable and respectable?
June 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
#WhoWatch S1E26 - The Keys Of Marinus
Blast, right when I was almost done I closed the whole browser and lost the thread. So just one post: Why do they code the justice system segment so strongly as Nazis with swastikas and all, if they're just going to handshake them as reasonable and respectable?
Blast, right when I was almost done I closed the whole browser and lost the thread. So just one post: Why do they code the justice system segment so strongly as Nazis with swastikas and all, if they're just going to handshake them as reasonable and respectable?
#WhoWatch S1E25 - Sentence Of Death
Okay, so we've had medieval aesthetics, crystal pyramid aesthetics, Roman aesthetics, and now not-quite-Nazi aesthetics. All of history is happening at once on Marinus.
Okay, so we've had medieval aesthetics, crystal pyramid aesthetics, Roman aesthetics, and now not-quite-Nazi aesthetics. All of history is happening at once on Marinus.
June 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#WhoWatch S1E25 - Sentence Of Death
Okay, so we've had medieval aesthetics, crystal pyramid aesthetics, Roman aesthetics, and now not-quite-Nazi aesthetics. All of history is happening at once on Marinus.
Okay, so we've had medieval aesthetics, crystal pyramid aesthetics, Roman aesthetics, and now not-quite-Nazi aesthetics. All of history is happening at once on Marinus.
#WhoWatch S1E24 - The Snows Of Terror
This is just like "By The Law," the 1926 Kuleshov film. In that three people are sequestered from the unsurvivable snowy winter in a wooden cabin.
This is just like "By The Law," the 1926 Kuleshov film. In that three people are sequestered from the unsurvivable snowy winter in a wooden cabin.
June 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#WhoWatch S1E24 - The Snows Of Terror
This is just like "By The Law," the 1926 Kuleshov film. In that three people are sequestered from the unsurvivable snowy winter in a wooden cabin.
This is just like "By The Law," the 1926 Kuleshov film. In that three people are sequestered from the unsurvivable snowy winter in a wooden cabin.
#WhoWatch S1E23 - The Screaming Jungle
"I do wish Ian wouldn't treat us like Dresden china." Barbara correctly calling out the structural misogyny of the plots.
"I do wish Ian wouldn't treat us like Dresden china." Barbara correctly calling out the structural misogyny of the plots.
June 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
#WhoWatch S1E23 - The Screaming Jungle
"I do wish Ian wouldn't treat us like Dresden china." Barbara correctly calling out the structural misogyny of the plots.
"I do wish Ian wouldn't treat us like Dresden china." Barbara correctly calling out the structural misogyny of the plots.
#WhoWatch S1E22 - The Velvet Web
I like how they can just open a door and they're in a Roman-style villa waited on by servants. Literally anything could be around any corner in this show.
I like how they can just open a door and they're in a Roman-style villa waited on by servants. Literally anything could be around any corner in this show.
June 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#WhoWatch S1E22 - The Velvet Web
I like how they can just open a door and they're in a Roman-style villa waited on by servants. Literally anything could be around any corner in this show.
I like how they can just open a door and they're in a Roman-style villa waited on by servants. Literally anything could be around any corner in this show.
#WhoWatch S1E21 - The Sea Of Death
First man in rubber suit! Love the triangle theming of the set, shades of the great Dalek serial set design. Also they are absolutely walking barefoot on glass.
First man in rubber suit! Love the triangle theming of the set, shades of the great Dalek serial set design. Also they are absolutely walking barefoot on glass.
June 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#WhoWatch S1E21 - The Sea Of Death
First man in rubber suit! Love the triangle theming of the set, shades of the great Dalek serial set design. Also they are absolutely walking barefoot on glass.
First man in rubber suit! Love the triangle theming of the set, shades of the great Dalek serial set design. Also they are absolutely walking barefoot on glass.
S1E20 - Assassin At Peking
Aw, the guards cut in to keep the climactic swordfight from happening to keepy-uppy the tension instead of letting it finally explosively boil over... Now I'm wondering if the show ever WON'T back down from the obvious implications of its most intriguing cliffhangers?
Aw, the guards cut in to keep the climactic swordfight from happening to keepy-uppy the tension instead of letting it finally explosively boil over... Now I'm wondering if the show ever WON'T back down from the obvious implications of its most intriguing cliffhangers?
June 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
S1E20 - Assassin At Peking
Aw, the guards cut in to keep the climactic swordfight from happening to keepy-uppy the tension instead of letting it finally explosively boil over... Now I'm wondering if the show ever WON'T back down from the obvious implications of its most intriguing cliffhangers?
Aw, the guards cut in to keep the climactic swordfight from happening to keepy-uppy the tension instead of letting it finally explosively boil over... Now I'm wondering if the show ever WON'T back down from the obvious implications of its most intriguing cliffhangers?
S1E19 - Mighty Kublai Khan
The theme continues playing softly in the background for an unusually long time here. It's disappointing that more of the soundtrack doesn't sound anything like that.
The theme continues playing softly in the background for an unusually long time here. It's disappointing that more of the soundtrack doesn't sound anything like that.
June 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
S1E19 - Mighty Kublai Khan
The theme continues playing softly in the background for an unusually long time here. It's disappointing that more of the soundtrack doesn't sound anything like that.
The theme continues playing softly in the background for an unusually long time here. It's disappointing that more of the soundtrack doesn't sound anything like that.
S1E18 - Rider From Shang-Tu
The obvious beat is that Ian is going to be blamed for killing the guard but that's fair enough if so, that was seemingly his plan.
The obvious beat is that Ian is going to be blamed for killing the guard but that's fair enough if so, that was seemingly his plan.
June 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
S1E18 - Rider From Shang-Tu
The obvious beat is that Ian is going to be blamed for killing the guard but that's fair enough if so, that was seemingly his plan.
The obvious beat is that Ian is going to be blamed for killing the guard but that's fair enough if so, that was seemingly his plan.
June 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#WhoWatch S1E14 - The Roof Of The World
I love this opening unlike anything we've seen with all the cross-dissolves and the subtitle telling us where and when we are, for once not following directly on from the shot of the prior episode. Nicely disorienting!
I love this opening unlike anything we've seen with all the cross-dissolves and the subtitle telling us where and when we are, for once not following directly on from the shot of the prior episode. Nicely disorienting!
June 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#WhoWatch S1E14 - The Roof Of The World
I love this opening unlike anything we've seen with all the cross-dissolves and the subtitle telling us where and when we are, for once not following directly on from the shot of the prior episode. Nicely disorienting!
I love this opening unlike anything we've seen with all the cross-dissolves and the subtitle telling us where and when we are, for once not following directly on from the shot of the prior episode. Nicely disorienting!
#WhoWatch S1E13 - The Brink Of Destruction
It's time for the Dr. Who finale everyone is talking about, the finale to The Edge Of Destruction!
It's time for the Dr. Who finale everyone is talking about, the finale to The Edge Of Destruction!
June 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#WhoWatch S1E13 - The Brink Of Destruction
It's time for the Dr. Who finale everyone is talking about, the finale to The Edge Of Destruction!
It's time for the Dr. Who finale everyone is talking about, the finale to The Edge Of Destruction!
Reposted by Art Maybury
OK, sorry, I'm gonna be That Guy™ - here's a hand-wavy explanation of why there are so many wildly out-of-scale Half-Life era maps!
Oh hey it's a Half-Life or Counter-Strike map using 256x256 texture packs
Game Developers when they import 3D assets:
March 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
OK, sorry, I'm gonna be That Guy™ - here's a hand-wavy explanation of why there are so many wildly out-of-scale Half-Life era maps!
Reposted by Art Maybury
between psycho patrol r and cruelty squad, we're really getting into a fascinating era of "games that spiritually succeed from Forbes Corporate Warrior"
March 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
between psycho patrol r and cruelty squad, we're really getting into a fascinating era of "games that spiritually succeed from Forbes Corporate Warrior"
#WhoWatch S1E12 - The Edge Of Destruction
I gotta pick up the pace... If I do one serial a month I think that puts me at slightly slower than real life, and there's just not enough life for that.
I gotta pick up the pace... If I do one serial a month I think that puts me at slightly slower than real life, and there's just not enough life for that.
March 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#WhoWatch S1E12 - The Edge Of Destruction
I gotta pick up the pace... If I do one serial a month I think that puts me at slightly slower than real life, and there's just not enough life for that.
I gotta pick up the pace... If I do one serial a month I think that puts me at slightly slower than real life, and there's just not enough life for that.
February 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
#WhoWatch S1E10 - The Ordeal
"What happened?" "It must have happened very quickly." It's effective to leave the cause of death so comprehensively ambiguous.
"What happened?" "It must have happened very quickly." It's effective to leave the cause of death so comprehensively ambiguous.
February 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
#WhoWatch S1E10 - The Ordeal
"What happened?" "It must have happened very quickly." It's effective to leave the cause of death so comprehensively ambiguous.
"What happened?" "It must have happened very quickly." It's effective to leave the cause of death so comprehensively ambiguous.