Check this article out over at bit-tech.net:

There are some games that just shouldn’t be messed with. You know the ones - the kind that you play through with a visceral zeal. Maybe they got you into gaming. Maybe they happened to be found along the way. Whether they confounded you, challenged you, or made you cry “Mommy!”, some games just stick in the subconscious…and even as we look at our mighty 185W graphics cards and our quad-core CPUs, we dream of playing them again.

It makes for a good read and I’m pretty stoked that they picked out System Shock, Descent and TIE Fighter, some of my all-time favourite games. There’s a couple on there that I don’t agree with at all (Myth and Return to Zork especially) but overall it’s a good read and got me thinking about games I’d really like to see remade…

Beneath a Steel Sky
Well, any of the classic point-and-click adventures - especially those from LucasArts - would do me. Beneath a Steel Sky is pretty much my favourite of that genre though, and in fact I’ve been playing it again recently thanks to ScummVM. Keep everything the same, just give us super high-res graphics on a par with live animation. That’s doable now, right?

Magic Carpet
Seriously, this could be remade in no time at all. There needn’t be any changes to the gameplay as it was pretty much perfect, but modern multiplayer capabilities and a snazzy new graphics engine would make this a serious blast again.

Motocross Madness
This on LAN was absolutely piss-funny hilarious. Surely it’s about time it was revamped, given the recent popularity around Freestyle MotoX? Same gameplay, maybe a few more tricks (flips!), updated multiplayer support, and you’re away.

Likelihood of any of this happening? Pretty much nil :(

I’ve seen people sticker up some larger lens hoods before (like on the AF-S VR 70-200 2.8 or the AF-S 28-70 2.8 Nikkors), but nothing quite like this:

Pretty cool stuff. Shame they had their kit stolen though :(

A trip to the physio this morning meant that I was diagnosed with a damaged disc in my lower back. Apparently it should heal in ‘about four weeks’, so in the meantime I’m dosing myself up with Ibuprofen and Paracetamol to numb the pain a bit whilst at work. Sitting in cheapo office chairs is apparently one of the worst things that I could be doing though :(

Not much else doing at the minute, unfortunately. Some good gigs coming up soon mind (Dan Sartain, Retisonic, Joe Lally, Trans Am…), which should mean some action on the photography front. Still debating what to do about a portfolio so I’ll probably continue to use Flickr for the time being…

Some of these are absolutely priceless. Favourites have to be “Julie’s Sixteenth Birthday”, “The Handless Organist”, “Karatist Preacher”, and “Devastatin’ Dave”. Mint.