Today's topic for discussion is:

The relative merits of playing a Halo soundtrack during historic rains.

posted at: 04:31 | permanent link to this entry

A Loose End, Tied

My netbook ate my Dragon*Con '09 summary, so that's in progress of being re-written. I'm in the middle of several other posts, including Atlanta mayor's race. And oh, by the way, Atlanta metro got [3d6 + 1] inches of rain over the weekend. All sorts of happenings are going on, and I can't coherently describe any of them. I can, however, report that a question which has nagged me for 20 years has finally been answered. From an old Fark/bannination profile: Name that Video Game I vaguely remember a coin-op from the late 80's (maybe 1990), it involved a 1930's adventure setting. The premise involved three archetypes -- Dashing Adventurer (indiana jones-type), Hot Chick Reporter, and Millionaire/Playboy Expedition Sponsor -- being warped by/into an artifact retrieved from the latest expedition. This was an animated, bi-directional scroller, using overlaid tiles, and some fairly blocky animation. The adventurer started with a whip, the millionaire with a revolver. The answer: Dark Adventure (Konami, 1987), an American second release (and revision) of Devil World. A large thanks to VGMuseum.com for including this game (as the original Devil World) in their inventory. I hit on this while aimlessly clicking around, and instantly recognized the screencaps.

posted at: 04:00 | permanent link to this entry