T w e n t y S i d e d
Via Acksiom, I heard about this very amusing little movie.
There she is!
And there is also a sequel:
There she is! Step 2
The second one Reminds me a great deal of old Bugs Bunny cartoons. Visually it’s very different, but it’s funny, frantic, and wordless. It’s a story told with motion and music, much like many of the classic Loony Toons.
Both animations are clever and charming, and both are pretty generously animated. For example, there is a shot where the camera orbits the two characters for dramatic effect. This is a pretty labor-intensive thing to do, when the animator could have just as easily cut back and forth between two static images of the characters striking different dramatic poses. But the orbit move was a lot more interesting, so the animator went the extra mile. The extra effort shows.
The Mistakes DOOM Didn't Make
How did this game avoid all the usual stupidity that ruins remakes of classic titles?
Do It Again, Stupid
One of the highest-rated games of all time has some of the least interesting gameplay.
Steam Summer Blues
This mess of dross, confusion, and terrible UI design is the storefront the big publishers couldn't beat? Amazing.
Rage 2
The game was a dud, and I'm convinced a big part of that is due to the way the game leaned into its story. Its terrible, cringe-inducing story.
Chainmail Bikini
A horrible, railroading, stupid, contrived, and painfully ill-conceived roleplaying campaign. All in good fun.
I hadn’t heard about the sequel – thanks for the heads up.
Man, those are cute.
The first one is nice, but the sequel is wonderful.
If you got to http://www.sambakza.net/ and poke around a bit, you can download the swf files.
And there’s a third episode due out in August. Coolness.
Screengrabs = perfect, Shamus = teh win.
Also, for the .swfs, and just about everything else video online these days as well, some folks might find it easier to use KeepVid: http://keepvid.com/ . I did.
Of course, if Pixy Misa’d done that, I still wouldn’t know about the upcoming Step 3 in August. Simpler is not always better, if you have the time to explore. So, kudos therefore to Pixy Misa; thank you very much!
Wow u need 2 make more these r so cool please make more please
And a third and fourth have since come out. But man, the story got intense. It’s become a major commentary on racism and it’s pretty crazy.
Oh my god, I loved these! All of them! Well okay, #4 got a little dark, but it all turned out okay.
These little shorts were some of the sweetest things I’ve seen in… I don’t know how long. :) And the music, even if I couldn’t understand a word of it, felt like it fit perfectly.
This seriously made my week. Maybe my month. Maybe even my whole year. Well, okay a lot can happen in a year. But for now, I’m happy. ^_^