Friday, September 14, 2018

Final Fantasy anime

An inro for a hypothetical anime adaptation of Final Fantasy 6:


Original video located here. Accessed 14th September 2018

I have no idea who made this (although i recognize the music as a remix of Terra's theme) but DAYUM


Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Tower of Power

Computer opponents in Age of Empires 2: Their single minded commitment to destroy my towers never ceases to amaze me.
By way of example:



Needless to say, these guys aren't heading for those buildings I recently captured.....

Friday, September 7, 2018

I Was Only Nineteen

And so, after nineteen years, Sony has finally ended tech support for the PS2, thus bringing the final curtain down on the console. 

Source

Nineteen years. That is staggering to say the least - especially since this is a field that tends to move at the blink of an eye. Indeed, by the way of comparison it took nineteen years to get from Pacman to System Shock 2.
I've already made my peace with the PS2 but I still have give props to any video game tech that's lasted this long. They are nothing short of a rare thing.