Jun 8, 2006

The education Game: Greek style

Visiting Day PSP: the teaser

A new and quite indy game is being developed for the PSP; Visiting Day. A stylized little thingy, apparently having something to do with visiting things. During the day. Also featuring a Simon. More info can be found at the developer's blog. Visit it.

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Jun 7, 2006

A feat of determination: Adventure Lantern - June issue

A man's got to do what a man's got to do. Apparently same thing goes for editors, as Adventure Lantern's Ugur managed to publish another issue of the magazine against the will of the gods. Nature and un-nature fought him, rain, famine, huge dogs and even the plague assaulted him, but he did it, and a nice PDF found (right) here is all the proof you'll ever need. A glorious PDF including (among other stuff) reviews of Dreamfall, Paradise, Barrow Hill, previews of Runaway 2, Belief and Betrayal, interviews and a Dizzy article by yours truly; a quite dizzy gnome.

(direct link to download)

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Jeff Smith's peek...

Jeff Smith, the creator of the Bone graphic novel, and Telltale's partner in reviving (well, at least in trying to revive) the adventure genre, has a personal site. For quite some time actually, but now it's all new and updated. It also has a few pictures of the Telltale HQ (direct link). Quite Lucasarts-y methinks.

Related @ Gnome's Lair: A look at Bone Act Two, Lucasarts' hidden ftp site, Bone Act Two easter eggs

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Jun 6, 2006

Adrian Smith's Art

Adrian Smith's art needs no introduction, it only asks for bandwidth. Thus, this being a post on Adrian Smith's art, it's picture heavy, but words light. In case you'd like to find out more on Mr. Smith, you'd better visit his official website. Or flick through a certain Games Workshop book.

Now, look at the pretty pictures...

Warhammer artwork:


Warhammer 40,000:


Black Library artwork:


Inquisitor artwork:


Sabertooth Games artwork:


Chronopia Artwork:


Related Gnome's Lair articles: HOMM 5 naughty pic, Gnomes in Technicolor, Video game art, the Lucasarts ftp stash



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Images from the Console Wars

Apparently, Wii, is the great console-war favorite. Everyone laughed at the name and then fell in love with the quirky little thing. It's the Brazil of the console-war. What will happen on the high-tech front though, is anyone's guess. Will it be the XBOX 360 or will it be the PS3 (the winner that is)? The answer should be obvious. It is to me, you know. Just compare the web structure of sony.com and microsoft.com, as shown on the following pics (created through this impressive web-thingy), and you'll figure it out too:

microsoft's .com

sony's .com

Everything clear? Good. Now, have a look at something more retro. Then again, why not at some free games or obscure computers?

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