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I said it before and I'll say it again - 2D games are so far from dead, and it only takes somebody with amazing talent to show us the way (SOTN - nuff said). Now, will somebody nudge a trust fund baby to please throw money at Paul Robertson to make this game!!! If you missed our first story on this game, track back and check out the sprites that made up this film, and the awesomeness it must be outside of a compressed video window. [Robothanks to Steve Menegozzi for the tip!] More details on the film from the site after the octopus rapist: "Strictly a work of Machinima; Paul Robertson's Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 is a masterpiece animation based on the graphic look and feel of platform handhelds. A kind of machinima recursion; where animations inspired by games have inspired animations. Paul's style did actually get him a job in the games industry, but he was obsessively animating these seductively disturbing game-inspired tales before making games... His work has been shown in many galleries in Australia, but until now hasn't found a big exposure online. For me, his non-interactive animations are more about what games ought to be than what a lot of games are. The kind of indulgence which triggers all the soft spots of delicious wrongness in a way Reality just doesn't appreciate. Pirate Baby has an awesome metal-electro sound track by Cornel Wilczek. You just *know* its going to be a classic because it's Black and White."

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GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 02:38
GuitarAtomik
Oh man I was wondering who did that stuff. I have to see if I can recruit him to do a video for my music project. Didn't he do an Architecture in Helsinki video?
Wizeman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2007 05:18
Wizeman
Not a bad video, game doesn't look much fun though, just like Metal Slug or something. Play some Guardian Heroes or anything else by Treasure (except on the GBA) and you'll feel better about 2D games being absent from the current market and realize that it's the entire current industry in general which sucks. (Results may vary)
ElementalBlazer's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/07/2007 18:10
ElementalBlazer
I like color but the game looks good.
liquidninja's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 19:57
liquidninja
They really should make this into a game.
I'm surprised no one has commissioned Paul for it yet; it's 2008.
mr spooky's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/26/2008 01:47
mr spooky
2008-2009 unleashed
Skribble's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 23:33
Skribble
Oh man, he even had Walter in there from The Big Lebowski firing at the hivemind of channel7 hahahah.

Man I love this guy.
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