Richard's Online Journal

Greetings and salutations. In case you were wondering, Richard Cobbett is a writer and journalist and producer of many other things involving words. He likes cats, hates spiders, and plays a lot of games. This is his website...

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Dec

14

Gamer Snap

Filed in: adventure, berthiggins, fps, games, rpg, screenshot

For no particular reason, a few random grabs from my collection of weirdness, picked up for assorted articles over the last couple of years and saved for possible later use. In case you’re wondering, I use SmugMug as my online photo hold. I only mention it because it’s a great service if you’re looking for one to replace something like Flickr.

Sometimes, a picture says a thousand words. Or in this case: “Goddamn it, hire translators who know what English is! Aaaaargh!”

Cower before the greatest villain in all gaming - Lady Evil von Buckethead

From Caesar III - the greatest typo in manual history.

I promise. Totally.

Note to Tabula Rasa developers: When even your NPCs think your world sucks, you’ve got bigger problems than nerfing Spies..

Japanese dating sims in a nutshell. Brr.

And people think I made this game up…

The Discovery Channel presents… RoboHitler’s Downfall: The BJ Blaskowitz Story. Historical authenticity guaranteed!

Time for a game of Spot The Player Controlled Sim!

Fortean Times finally lucks into a Real Story

Pink sails. Ooh. Scary. (And yes, it’s an enemy ship.)

And in case it’s not obvious, we get the coolest toys in our office…

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