I told you people I'd do this again. I even begged you to keep me away from keyboards, word processors, and Google Images. I simply cannot be contained. I cannot be stopped. It's a compulsion beyond all reason, and I refuse to even entertain the
Oh, you guys are gonna be so pissed. I am a “keep going to the well” kind of dude. You can even tell me the well is dry. I will bring my shovel and dig deeper for groundwater. What I lack in creativity, I make up
I have been away, my RetroFriends, and I apologize for the gap in content. I've been getting involved with some stuff that's kept me pretty busy, and life is good. However, I am never too busy to bring you more of the gaming world's most
Yes, I'm going to the well twice in one month about this box art thing. And yes, this is the eighth installment. Next month we'll spend our time on something else, but April felt like a good month for more weird box art. In previous
I have written a seventh article about video game box art. I cannot help myself. I may need some kind of evaluation or treatment. I don't know. Honestly, I don't care
Here I am once again, sliding headfirst into home to meet monthly deadlines, with a big goofy smile on my face and five more game boxes that raise more questions than they answer. There are just so fun to do that it's hard not to
Before you say anything: yes, we're doing this again, and yes I intend to keep doing them until I can't find any more. The Internet is a vast ocean, and images are easy to conjure from its murky depths. If it exists or it existed,
As the old saying goes, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Sometimes, in my case, I know damn well where I'm laying cobblestones, and I'm taking you folks with me. This
Twice now we have sojourned into the benighted lands beyond. The perpetual twilight realm of “not much of an art budget” and the neighboring nightmare kingdom of “just draw or paint whatever you want, we have a deadline.” We came, we saw, we were disgusted
I've got good news and bad news, Retrofans. To follow the cliché, I'm going to lead with the bad news, because you've hung with me a long time and you can take it. The bad news is, I lied to you at the end of
In some of the older D&D books from the golden days of TSR (namely “1st edition” Advanced D&D), The few incredible images rendered by masters like Erol Otus are surrounded on all sides by what can best be described as “almost art.” It's either strange