Future Islands change their lives with a Letterman performance of 'Seasons (Waiting on You)'
Just bask in Samuel T. Herring’s incredible movements and impassioned vocals, not to mention the propulsive band around him, 12 years ago today.
(📹 via @letterman on IG)
En 1985, un diseñador de Capcom de 24 años pasó semanas en salones recreativos observando jugadores para añadir trampas exactamente donde creían estar a salvo. Así nació el juego más difícil de los ochenta, el legendario Ghosts 'n Goblins. Tira del hilo 🧵👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Why? Why were they ahead of their time? I never get that bogus cliche. They did spectacularly well at the time. Huge.
People always want to claim old acts for themselves now.
He even painted the artwork for the game cover!
Another World (known as Out of This World in North America) for the Amiga was essentially a solo creation by French developer Éric Chahi.
Over roughly two years (1989–1991), Chahi handled nearly everything himself: design, programming (including building his own tools, engine, polygon editor, and a custom scripting language), graphics/artwork, animation (using rotoscoping of his own performances), and much of the sound effects.
This is such an impressive list, the only thing he didn't do was, the music was composed by Jean-François Freitas.
Chahi insisted on creating the box art himself. Disappointed by the publisher-chosen covers of his earlier games, he wanted full creative control as the final step in making the project a personal expression.
Delphine Software agreed, and his oil painting became the official European cover.
In an age when games often take hundreds (or even thousands) of people and longer than two years to make, this solo job by Éric Chahi remains a true masterpiece.
Who else is a fan of this game Éric Chahi created?
Graham Nash once recalled that Jimi Hendrix loved playing the board game “Risk” while under the influence of LSD and that it was practically impossible to beat him. Nash, who played with Hendrix and later became a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash, shared this anecdote during a 2018 interview on SiriusXM.
According to Nash, Hendrix’s mastery of “Risk” may have stemmed from his military background. Before becoming a music icon, Hendrix served as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division and was honorably discharged in 1962.
Cersei Lannister prepares to meet Daenerys Targaryen in King's Landing but nothing could have prepared her for the intimidating sight of Khaleesi dismounting Drogon!
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Scene from Game of Thrones starring Lena Headey, Kit Harington, Peter Dinklage, and Emilia Clarke
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