The X-COM series has a tremendous impact on gaming. In the conflict between irreplaceable agents and dastardly aliens, luck and skill decide how the battles go. Putting terror and hope into percentages, the same way high stakes bets do. Attempts to tell the origins of … Continue reading The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (2013)
The Gulf War, aside from a couple of films, and references in a couple of shows here and there, it’s not a conflict that gets a lot of media attention, let alone video game adaptations. But it can be done. In 2002, Pivotal games and … Continue reading Conflict: Desert Storm (2002)
Creation can be challenging on its own, but when you have reached the natural conclusion of your existing acclaimed design, it can be increasingly hard to go back to square one. It is best to take what you’ve learned and to throw it into something … Continue reading Agents Of Mayhem (2017)
While the series was acclaimed for its ground-breaking story, the universe, and game play Mass Effect 3’s ending was both controversial and final, with no room to recover. Fans were left with unanswered questions and desires to return. In 2017, Humanity got to see the … Continue reading Mass Effect Andromeda (2017)
There was a time before Facebook and Google, where Microsoft was seen as the omnipotently evil organisation. Rising to market dominance in the 90s, but this reputation was built on a pit of litigation and questionable business practices. Becoming the focus of both envy and … Continue reading Sublime Parroty Part 4: Microshaft Winblows 98 (1998)
What can be said about The X-Files? A Monster-of-the-week mystery show, with overarching narratives. That not only invented those terms but also catapulted a young Anderson and Duchovny into household names. The show spawned countless imitators as it rewrote the book on Televisional narrative. In … Continue reading Sublime Parroty Part 3: The X-Fools (1997)
Star Wars has the Guinness World Record of being one of the “most successful film merchandising franchise”. Before the subsequent trilogies afterwards, many would argue that is one of the most perfect franchises in cinema. As such it has built up a fandom that is … Continue reading Sublime Parroty Part 2: Star Warped (1997)
Few games had the intergenerational appeal of Myst. Its focus on story and graphics struck a chord with practically every age group. So much so it dominated the bestseller charts for ages. With its success, the Multimedia boon from a few years ago was truly … Continue reading Sublime Parroty Part 1: Pyst (1996)
As storytelling takes us to the stars, it often becomes tempting to move beyond the classic conflict of good and evil. But it can be tempting to return to the safe and familiar waters of biblical prophecy, theistic combat. In 2003 Konami teamed up with … Continue reading Apocalyptica (2003)
The art of printing has blossomed somewhat since Guttenberg built his mechanical type, Designer’s and stylist have worked tirelessly to bring a huge library of typefaces to the common lexicon of everyday usage. Some with the intention of not providing a single barrier between the … Continue reading Comic Sans (1995)
