Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Valkyria "art" Chronicles



I must have completely missed the fact that Valkyria Chronicles was just released for the PS3. Yep, I did completely miss that fact.

With all of the major titles out in October and November, this title completely slipped under my gaming radar. So it was with quite some surprise that I noticed it on Metacritic the other day, and was pleased to see so many favorable reviews. Needless to say, I’m tickled.

More than that, I absolutely love the art style of this game, which, I have since learned, resulted in the development team winning the "Best Artistic Graphics of 2008" award from GameSpot (the most prestigious art house on the planet of course).

So, before even picking up the title, I have already spent several hours surfing the web looking for pictures of the artwork from the game. In my artistic wanderings, I have stumbled upon an art book that was given away as a limited edition freebie for those who pre-ordered the game. While I don’t have a physical copy (yet), I did find a great blog where you can download high quality scans of the entire book. If you are like me and enjoy this sort of thing, feel free to check it out.

Monday, December 29, 2008

The ship has sailed...


So I found out about KidRobot's Pirate Store on the second to last day before it was due to close in Chicago. This is especially funny since I made sure to visit both the New York and San Francisco stores when I was in those cities...yet I miss the one in my own back yard.
No worries though. For the poorly informed such as myself, the pirate store had a grand store closing sale with everything 50% off. So I still managed to get some great figures on the last day, while getting to say goodbye to the little kid pirate before he boarded his robot ship and set sail, probably looking for a new city to invade. Although, if rumors can be trusted, KidRobot may very well be invading just down the street on Michigan Avenue. Now that would be absolutely awesome! But I'm sure I won't hear about it until a year after it's happened. News travels my way very very slowly...

Thursday, December 25, 2008

The Power of SIGG


The best Christmas stocking gifts ever!