Here is a funny link all about simple web design. The last time I designed a website, it was in HTML 5, it was a Ryouga Hibiki Shrine on angelfire and was WAY too image intensive. Granted, I was accessing with a 14.4k modem, but this taught me to design to my access speed. I learned the basic lessons so hilariously described in the above link, and have occasionally remarked with incredulity at the super complicated websites of today. Even though my access speed is now, something like 1000 times faster, website designers have managed to make things load almost as slow as the giant pile of P-chans that was my first website.
Anyhow, that background helped make this silly link a lot funnier. That and all the swearing. Man, I'm surprised it took me this long to talk about Ranma 1/2 on this blog.
I just found out that Hiroo Isono, visual artist for the Seiken Densetsu series passed away this year. Just about one year ago, I found out who he was, when I did cursory research for the Secret of Mana box art (possibly my favorite box art of all time). His name has been very nearly the most popular search term bringing people to this blog. And his art was really cool!
Links:
http://www.art-licensing.com/artists/Hiroo-Isono-Forests-and-Landscapes/biography.html
Official-seeming-site
http://www.realmofgaming.com/news/Hiroo-Isono-1945-2013/1811.html
brief eulogy
http://shinigamilist.com/2013/06/13/illustrator-hiroo-isono-passed-away/
another brief eulogy
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/hiroo-isono
lots and lots of art
I recently read an article arguing that the Mario Bros movie 'wasn't that bad.' Well, I decided to finally watch it. It's pretty bad, but it's a kids movie, afterall. And they do a great job of putting in a bunch of game references in a movie that is, visually, radically different from the games. Look out for snifits, fireballs, and an allusion to the last fight in Super Mario World. And frankly, the acting is fantastic, Dennis Hopper, in particular. The sum total is a mediocre movie, not a terrible one.
destructoid does a pretty good job of laying it out.
this one's pretty good too, though I still don't think it's the one I read.
I'm between games, so nothing to talk about there. I'm reading Haruki Murikami's book 'Wild Sheep Chase.' I really like it. The flow can be very strange, moving quick at times, slow at times, but I really like the lead character/narrator, and when this book is good, it's really good!
The job search isn't going all that great, but it might help if I had any idea what I want to do with the rest of my life. Except write for this blog. Masters Degree? Teach? Desk Job? Who knows. Eventually I'm going to be tired of staying on couches, that's for sure. Which reminds me, hey Jaconian and Conklederp...
Alright well, I hope I've wasted enough of your time. Have a wonderful December!
-D
P.S. Secret of Mana and the Mario Bros movie both came out in 1993. But I wasn't making websites until '95, I think.
P.P.S. I almost forgot! The Humble Story Bundle! 13 days left! Yeah, I bought it. 8 bucks. I sometimes think I might like to talk about video games more than play them. And this collection is just perfect for that tendency. I'm pretty excited about it, but I wish they were physical copies, and not digital downloads. Maybe if I owned a kindle I could split the difference, but alas, I do not.
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