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02-01-2026, 02:50 AM
Given my only knowledge of Grease comes from high school posters I feel like it's mainly relevant to musical communities in the US as one that adapted into a popular film. Though the wikipedia articles on the writer of it aren't very kind to his other works.
The witch forms in Madoka are definitely something I want to see in action, outside of the mixed media theme they also serve to break out of the very regimented character features magical girl shows seem to have now.
Over the past fortnight I have been watching Armor Hunter Mellowlink and playing the Quake Brutalism Jam 3.
It's interesting seeing the art evolution in Mellowlink from VOTOMS, noticeably this is getting into the same era of design as Sailor Moon, and the larger emphasis on animating people over the mecha. Gives it this distinctive feeling of games that use similar assets and engines to do different things.
I wish it did more with the themes it decides to work with in the latter half though, it's a lot more of a meathead battler anime than VOTOMs and that's something given the lead for that was practically non-verbal.
As for the QBJ3? It's honestly been a little bit of a slog, but I'm not hugely into the way Boomer Shooters emphasize their brand of combat. Most of my favourites in the Jam were much slower paced and worked with the lower power weapons provided, and I recommend also setting the pistol (weapon2/shotgun) to right-click to make it more convenient.
I definitely like the bounce shotgun in it as it has a lot of features that help with sloppy aim like rectangular spread and the ability to use walls to ensure all it's pellets hit from beyond effective range, definitely the pinnacle of videogame shotguns.
The following levels ended up being my top ten if you are interested in trying it:
-In the shadow of the machine
-Pollinator
-The Smell of Sunshine
-Concrete maxima (this one's really pretty)
-One Need Not Be A House
-Colour Charge
-Godflesh
-Sector 7
-Section 28
-The Fiendish Concrete City
The witch forms in Madoka are definitely something I want to see in action, outside of the mixed media theme they also serve to break out of the very regimented character features magical girl shows seem to have now.
Over the past fortnight I have been watching Armor Hunter Mellowlink and playing the Quake Brutalism Jam 3.
It's interesting seeing the art evolution in Mellowlink from VOTOMS, noticeably this is getting into the same era of design as Sailor Moon, and the larger emphasis on animating people over the mecha. Gives it this distinctive feeling of games that use similar assets and engines to do different things.
I wish it did more with the themes it decides to work with in the latter half though, it's a lot more of a meathead battler anime than VOTOMs and that's something given the lead for that was practically non-verbal.
As for the QBJ3? It's honestly been a little bit of a slog, but I'm not hugely into the way Boomer Shooters emphasize their brand of combat. Most of my favourites in the Jam were much slower paced and worked with the lower power weapons provided, and I recommend also setting the pistol (weapon2/shotgun) to right-click to make it more convenient.
I definitely like the bounce shotgun in it as it has a lot of features that help with sloppy aim like rectangular spread and the ability to use walls to ensure all it's pellets hit from beyond effective range, definitely the pinnacle of videogame shotguns.
The following levels ended up being my top ten if you are interested in trying it:
-In the shadow of the machine
-Pollinator
-The Smell of Sunshine
-Concrete maxima (this one's really pretty)
-One Need Not Be A House
-Colour Charge
-Godflesh
-Sector 7
-Section 28
-The Fiendish Concrete City