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SyntheticGerbil

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Posted in: 2009 Sketchbook?
  SyntheticGerbil
07-09-2009, 10:35 AM
#1
In tradition of the "2008 Sketchbook?" thread that I posted last year, I thought I would post again this year under a different year. So, does anyone know whether or not there will be a 2009 sketchbook at the SDCC by Mr. Purcell? Really w...  [Read More]
Posted in: New Last Crusade version!
  SyntheticGerbil
07-13-2009, 3:22 PM
#55
But the Tandy sound is AWFUL. It's definitely the worst I've ever heard the Last Crusade soundtrack. All the sound effects are reduced to PC Speaker style noises. Why did they do this?? Er... didn't you know? Everyone was completely in love with the...  [Read More]
Posted in: New Last Crusade version!
  SyntheticGerbil
07-10-2009, 11:01 AM
#41
Yes, Thunderpeel seems to be the only person on the whole internet who knows how to get the most points in an Indiana Jones game....  [Read More]
Posted in: New Last Crusade version!
  SyntheticGerbil
07-09-2009, 3:20 PM
#39
There's six skulls and six music bar thingys available right? It's been a while, but assuming I remember there being six skulls, you just find the one with the high note and do it as you would a math problem. One skull on one end being the highest n...  [Read More]
Posted in: New Last Crusade version!
  SyntheticGerbil
07-09-2009, 11:31 AM
#37
Well, that sure was a failed endeavor. Guess I won't be getting this "new" and "improved" version of the Last Crusade, afterall....  [Read More]
Posted in: New Last Crusade version!
  SyntheticGerbil
07-08-2009, 5:04 PM
#24
Haha, one typo?! Wow... So was the Tandy 1000 sound incorrect?...  [Read More]
Posted in: New Last Crusade version!
  SyntheticGerbil
07-08-2009, 4:05 PM
#22
Did anyone pick this up to compare, so that I know whether I want it over the FM-Towns version or not?...  [Read More]
Posted in: New Last Crusade version!
  SyntheticGerbil
07-07-2009, 12:41 PM
#14
Man, if that's true, that will be so great!...  [Read More]
Posted in: New Last Crusade version!
  SyntheticGerbil
07-07-2009, 10:31 AM
#8
It seems to be a final polish and fix of the game, ensuring all in-game elements are VGA and that sound reproduction is faithful to the original. Where did you see that?...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
07-01-2009, 6:39 PM
#238
It's not really that short considering it's all they'd have been doing for eight working months (something like 1200 hours). It's not like they just do tidbits of it here and there after work like we fans do. Maybe they spent the first two months on...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
07-01-2009, 2:59 PM
#219
Haha, when you put it that way in terms of lo-res sprites, it certainly is a very weird progression for Guybrush in terms of looks....  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
07-01-2009, 12:53 PM
#211
Really nice work there, Parabolee. As much as most of the thread is filled image links from parabolee's website, those sprites are not his doing, it was done by the guy with the username Monkey Mania....  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
06-29-2009, 7:11 PM
#190
Just the idea of a monkey sidekick...why wasn't this done in the games? There could be so much humor potential there. Sometimes the monkey could be a better thinker than Guybrush. Just think of K9 or something like that. And there could be a little s...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
06-29-2009, 4:55 PM
#185
Bluergh. That Staachi stuff was horrible. That's a little harsh. His stuff is all very skillfully drawn even if Guybrush looks like he came out of a Harvey comic for whatever reason....  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
06-29-2009, 3:09 PM
#182
MY MIND -> OFFICIALLY BLOWN. So basically, if more people had bought CMI, the suits might've greenlighted a MONKEY ISLAND movie based on the most awesome and inspiring piratey concept art ever. Maybe, but I don't think it would have ever made it...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
06-29-2009, 1:53 PM
#177
Gorgeous! Just gorgeous. Too bad they never got it off the ground. If this had been made in 1997-1998, the POTC movies would be seen as mere rip-offs! And the plot thicken(s/ed): link (http://www.worldofmi.com/comments.php?type=news&id=1259&...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
06-29-2009, 1:42 PM
#175
Where you got that art and the two posts following are all movie concept, not game concept. It was all done after CMI, which also explains why it is much more elaborate than anything in the first two games, Purcell's further artistic advancement notw...  [Read More]
Posted in: MI: Special Edition - A comparison study
  SyntheticGerbil
06-29-2009, 1:00 PM
#172
This is great, but isn't he a little too cool? Guybrush is supposed to be a dork. That's why I love the SE version of him. At the point in time when that concept art was being done it was for the movie, which may or may not have been an accurate int...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sam & Max Toys!
  SyntheticGerbil
11-18-2008, 3:50 PM
#34
If that happened they'd probably not let you send them back and argue with you about the quality of your figure and call them a prototype or something. I'm hoping Shocker Toys doesn't come back to this thread, they may go nuts. I did take the libert...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sam & Max Toys!
  SyntheticGerbil
11-12-2008, 2:43 PM
#32
If anyone cares here's another thread of Shocker Toys making fools of themselves: http://imagecomics.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=42423&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 They tried to sort of do the same **** they tried here, but dele...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sam & Max Toys!
  SyntheticGerbil
08-24-2008, 4:34 AM
#27
Yeah Vinyl is cool, it means they break less. My favorite figures I own may be these: http://www.fixins.com/blogtest/gorillaz1.jpg Or these: http://www.panikstoybox.com/prod_images_blowup/MILKCHEE1.jpg...  [Read More]
Posted in: Sam & Max Toys!
  SyntheticGerbil
08-22-2008, 12:17 PM
#25
Wait so these are statues and not vinyl figures? Oh well, I'll pass....  [Read More]
Posted in: Sam & Max Toys!
  SyntheticGerbil
08-21-2008, 10:01 AM
#23
That's what you get for being a clumsy oaf....  [Read More]
Posted in: Sam & Max Toys!
  SyntheticGerbil
08-20-2008, 10:29 AM
#21
Well as a rule I don't collect any figures unless they have moving parts. Really it's just a tactic to keep myself from spending money on too many actions figures or avoiding any attempts to get into collecting resin statues or whatever....  [Read More]
Posted in: Sam & Max Toys!
  SyntheticGerbil
08-18-2008, 12:13 PM
#19
If they have moving parts there is a mess to clean up I suppose....  [Read More]
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