Glad I found this piece. I feel like in the current paradigm of internet culture much of the context behind these communities of older internet phenomena has been eroded as platforms naturally evolved to reinvent themselves and become increasingly ingrained in our lifestyles - you start forgetting why you actually cared about using them in the first place? I’ve found there’s lot of value to be had in creating things with these older tools, whether that be for artistic reasons or just to have fun, but it really seems like there was a clear intersection of both going on at the time that wasn’t fully explored. It feels intimidating to engage with these mediums considering how decrepit some of these tools have become and the embarrassment of sharing anything I genuinely care about with anyone else, so I’m really grateful that you make this little compendium available to others to keep these ideas alive
This is a wonderful creation that I could totally read again (and will). Thank you for sharing this window into a world just a couple years before I began teaching myself how to use Game Maker (~2006/7). I mostly hung around Yoyogames, Game Jolt, and some other non-genre-specific sites, but part of me wishes I'd spent some of that time around the RPG Maker scene. What you've written really seems to capture a kind of magic atmosphere that I feel like I was part of without actually being there at the time, and I really appreciate that. There were several times while reading that I thought "you know, that's actually something profound". Anyone reading this can tell you've spent enough time to understand how the community works at a practical level. I definitely know the charm of the unrefined, almost "innocent", age where people weren't afraid to throw clashing one-off ideas together and just be creative (Bat Castle eavesdropping). Anyway, I remember finding Space Funeral a long time ago (maybe at Game Jolt?) and how it led me to Ruth White's electronic smorgasbords and Charles Baudelaire's poems. I just wanted you to know that all these years later, I'm still checking out your work and learning from what you share. By the way, I just bought Magic Wand, and boy is it phat. It's worth the price just to rotate the worlds and listen to the music, but I love basically everything about it. Still collecting those sweet figurines (:
This awakened so many memories of happier times that I thought were buried forever under the dust of time. Thank you so much for this wonderful trip <3
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Glad I found this piece. I feel like in the current paradigm of internet culture much of the context behind these communities of older internet phenomena has been eroded as platforms naturally evolved to reinvent themselves and become increasingly ingrained in our lifestyles - you start forgetting why you actually cared about using them in the first place? I’ve found there’s lot of value to be had in creating things with these older tools, whether that be for artistic reasons or just to have fun, but it really seems like there was a clear intersection of both going on at the time that wasn’t fully explored. It feels intimidating to engage with these mediums considering how decrepit some of these tools have become and the embarrassment of sharing anything I genuinely care about with anyone else, so I’m really grateful that you make this little compendium available to others to keep these ideas alive
This is a wonderful creation that I could totally read again (and will). Thank you for sharing this window into a world just a couple years before I began teaching myself how to use Game Maker (~2006/7). I mostly hung around Yoyogames, Game Jolt, and some other non-genre-specific sites, but part of me wishes I'd spent some of that time around the RPG Maker scene. What you've written really seems to capture a kind of magic atmosphere that I feel like I was part of without actually being there at the time, and I really appreciate that. There were several times while reading that I thought "you know, that's actually something profound". Anyone reading this can tell you've spent enough time to understand how the community works at a practical level. I definitely know the charm of the unrefined, almost "innocent", age where people weren't afraid to throw clashing one-off ideas together and just be creative (Bat Castle eavesdropping). Anyway, I remember finding Space Funeral a long time ago (maybe at Game Jolt?) and how it led me to Ruth White's electronic smorgasbords and Charles Baudelaire's poems. I just wanted you to know that all these years later, I'm still checking out your work and learning from what you share. By the way, I just bought Magic Wand, and boy is it phat. It's worth the price just to rotate the worlds and listen to the music, but I love basically everything about it. Still collecting those sweet figurines (:
This awakened so many memories of happier times that I thought were buried forever under the dust of time. Thank you so much for this wonderful trip <3
Late to the party but this was such a lovely nostalgia/remembrance piece without the rose-tinted glasses. Also very funny at times.
Having grown up around the RM scene back then... this is such a wonderful read.
<3 awesome to see a picture of my old game (Final Fantasy XAT) on here, thanks!!! super fun to read this!!
would it be possible to put that game up for download again? all the download links i've found are dead
I really enjoyed reading this!
This is great. Thanks for this. ♥
This was beautifully written in a way that elicited the nostalgia it meant to convey.
the mummy game seems right up my alley
would love to find it some day
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