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Jan. 23rd, 2012 12:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
misguidance This is pretty much the grand daddy high king of all Myth and Magic dragons:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRANDIS-BELLATOR-MYTH-MAGIC-3646-Limited-Edition-500-/130634871923
It's 45cm tall. Most of these figures are about 7cm tall. I dread to think how much it weighs.
In Other News:
Today was Ad's Birthday. We went to the pub for lunch with friends, did some DnD, then went over to Charlie's house and watched a load of animated Batman films, which were pretty good. ^__^ So all in all it's been a good day.
Also, Steam has been having a sale on classic Sonic games, so I treated myself to Sonic 1, 2, 3 (including Sonic and Knuckles), Sonic CD, Sonic 3D Blast, and Sonic Adventure DX. I am a huge Sonic fan, despite the sucky recent games (although I really liked Sonic Generations!), and seeing as I no longer have my Mega Drive this is a pretty good, legitimate way to get hold of the series. I am pleased. Especially since my X-Box control pad works with them on the PC, so I don't have to faff about trying to play them on the keyboard. XD
It's a weird thing, playing old computer games that you love. After the amazingly realistic worlds of recent games (such as Skyrim, where I spend a lot of time marvelling at the scenery) it's a bit of a shock to see old graphics again- especially early 3D graphics, which now look so primitive compared to their recent successors. And yet, we seem to keep a kind of mental imprint of how they looked when they were the best of the best, so that even now we get the same enjoyment from them and slip back into the world they create. I noticed it when I loaded up Morrowind again some time ago, which frankly looks frightful (especially when compared to Skyrim, dear gods!), but it applies to the Sonic games too. It's amazing to see how far computer games have come in a relatively short time. Always makes me wonder what they will look like 20 years from now, and how we will feel looking back on today's new releases. ^__-.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GRANDIS-BELLATOR-MYTH-MAGIC-3646-Limited-Edition-500-/130634871923
It's 45cm tall. Most of these figures are about 7cm tall. I dread to think how much it weighs.
In Other News:
Today was Ad's Birthday. We went to the pub for lunch with friends, did some DnD, then went over to Charlie's house and watched a load of animated Batman films, which were pretty good. ^__^ So all in all it's been a good day.
Also, Steam has been having a sale on classic Sonic games, so I treated myself to Sonic 1, 2, 3 (including Sonic and Knuckles), Sonic CD, Sonic 3D Blast, and Sonic Adventure DX. I am a huge Sonic fan, despite the sucky recent games (although I really liked Sonic Generations!), and seeing as I no longer have my Mega Drive this is a pretty good, legitimate way to get hold of the series. I am pleased. Especially since my X-Box control pad works with them on the PC, so I don't have to faff about trying to play them on the keyboard. XD
It's a weird thing, playing old computer games that you love. After the amazingly realistic worlds of recent games (such as Skyrim, where I spend a lot of time marvelling at the scenery) it's a bit of a shock to see old graphics again- especially early 3D graphics, which now look so primitive compared to their recent successors. And yet, we seem to keep a kind of mental imprint of how they looked when they were the best of the best, so that even now we get the same enjoyment from them and slip back into the world they create. I noticed it when I loaded up Morrowind again some time ago, which frankly looks frightful (especially when compared to Skyrim, dear gods!), but it applies to the Sonic games too. It's amazing to see how far computer games have come in a relatively short time. Always makes me wonder what they will look like 20 years from now, and how we will feel looking back on today's new releases. ^__-.
