Why I'm Not An Artist

Alien/HR Giger Ripoffs In 80s Video Games That Made No Sense

It genuinely seems like there was a law in place in the late 80s/early 90s that every video game property had to incorporate the aesthetic of bio-mechanical erotic nightmare artist HR Giger (especially related the the Alien movie series) into their work for maximum edge. Psygnosis kinda built a whole thing out of this. As far as I know, there was only a handful of Alien-related games, and one…

Synthesizer Saturday: Prince Symbol Floppy Disk And Font

Found this article by tech writer Anil Dash regarding a purchase of a music industry/press insider floppy disk issued when musician Prince famously changed his name to a custom symbol. This floppy disk contains a font with the symbol so writers in the music press could utilize it. Also included in the article were these instructions for use: Over at Mental Floss, they report that the font has…

Shaq Fu Liberation Site

There’s a website dedicated to “liberating” all copies of the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo game “Shaq Fu“, as well as deterring funding for an upcoming sequel. http://www.shaqfu.com/ Their reasoning is as follows: Reasons for LIBERATING: You prevent other generations from feeling the corruption of this game and its evil. You clear up the enormous copies of Shaq-Fu lying on the shelves in used…

20+ Year-Old Comic On Trans Bathroom Panic &Gender Policing.

This 1995 Dykes To Watch Out For comic by Alison Bechdel (yes the same person/comic the “Bechdel/Wallace Test” concept comes from) covers the idea of “trans bathroom panic” while simultaneously illustrates the absurdity of policing the gender expression of others.

1998 Online Petition To Release Black Cauldron On VHS

Did some digging around and I found the an archived copy of the Geocities online petition I signed in 1998 to have the Disney film Black Cauldron released on VHS. There’s also a short story page which explains the history of the site and petition. I love running into artifacts of my Web 1.0 shenanigans.