The Bird from Karateka

I'm your worst winged nightmare from 1984 and I'm back, baby.

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

I liked you better when you forgot to drop into combat stance

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

@kickahaota Kid, I've been taking it for years, and I'm still not impressed with the quality of what's being offered. :)

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

Expect to hear from my lawyer.

[Digital Eclipse @DigitalEclipse]

A lot of actions in games are designed to be fun even though you might perform them repeatedly over the course of the campaign.

As many players will tell you, this is one of the most satisfying actions in #Karateka.

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

@kukarzev @AllHailTemos @jmechner @DigitalEclipse What on earth makes you think you'd be able to defeat me now? Were your youthful reflexes and perfect eyesight a hindrance all those years ago?

Let me post a photographic reminder of what happened last time we met.

So, yeah. I'm ready when you are. 🦅

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

@IndieGamerChick Cathy.

Surrender.

I am eternal.

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

That makes two of us

[Jordan Mechner @jmechner]

“When I killed that damn bird I wept.”
This reminiscence/review of Karateka, 40 years later, made me smile.😎

The Romance of Jordan Mechner's 'Karateka' - https://t.co/FPw0eyYEGj

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

Ready for the rematch.

[Digital Eclipse @DigitalEclipse]

The @JDRFGame2Give #Karateka stream with @kobunheat is live right now!

https://t.co/YQbGPXM82e

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

@Zwataketa Might have been his grandfather.

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

I was multiplatform before it was controversial

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

EXCUSE YOU.

[Digital Eclipse @DigitalEclipse]

A few #Karateka Remastered players have asked why they didn't get the 5 Respectful Victories goal during Act Three. Are you bowing to Akuma?

Four human guards (bow to each), then @KaratekaBird (no bowing to a pile of feathers), then bow after defeating Akuma.

🥋🙇

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

Well, if Jordan says it's okay to give them some credit, then okay.

[Jordan Mechner @jmechner]

Congratulations to Digital Eclipse on this well-deserved @OfficialGDC nomination for The Making of Karateka! They've created a valuable new template for game preservation. I'm grateful and proud they picked Karateka to get such lavish treatment.🥋
https://t.co/cD3G1dl5ru

[Chris Kohler @kobunheat]

Just recorded this morning, a wide-ranging conversation with @jmechner that goes from Karateka to Prince of Persia to Prince of Persia (2008) to a random encounter with Nicolas Cage to AI to... anyway, buckle up and listen in!

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

You are welcome.

[Digital Eclipse @DigitalEclipse]

We are thrilled to be on this list! Thank you! #GDCA2024

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

@kickahaota @DigitalEclipse So why aren't you attacking from above?

Oh that's right you aren't a bird, you're a guy in pajamas forever bound by gravity, slowly shuffling to the right

Keep walking in a straight line, I'll be right there

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

@NeoRetroDiaries Data, I'm guessing? I'm a bird, dude.

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

@edgewalker81 @DanAmrich I've earned my stripes, friend. I do my job well.

[Chris Kohler @kobunheat]

In which @MikeDrucker begs you - begs you! - to play The Making of Karateka. Please. He is begging

https://t.co/otl9N7wZ8j

[Digital Eclipse @DigitalEclipse]

"It’s a love letter to the people who create and are inspired by video games, capturing something that few game remasters before it have: legacy." - @DigitalTrends on The Making of #Karateka

https://t.co/stSqrRTIMY

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

@VGApocalypse Insult me not with this unflattering assumption! Just because the role required no soliloquies does not mean I cannot deliver them.

My public speaking career is hardly a lark, but I could damn well play one.

[The Bird from Karateka @KaratekaBird]

Look, here's the reality. If we win, I do not expect to be thanked in the acceptance speech.

I expect to deliver it.

[Digital Eclipse @DigitalEclipse]

We're honored to learn The Making of #Karateka has been made the list of @bafta's 60 Best Video Games of 2023. We're officially longlisted in the "Games Beyond Entertainment" award. Thank you for all of your support! https://t.co/ImsQh5YvAL