17 points peter_d_sherman 2 hours ago 8 comments
krapp 1 hour ago | parent
Oh shit, actual human talent!
raldi 51 minutes ago | parent
These are the original illustrations with just the text changed.
krapp 47 minutes ago | parent
Yes and nowadays no one would even bother put in that much effort. They would have an AI generate the box art and the jokes. The jokes wouldn't even be funny, but no one would care because "human jokes aren't usually funny."
sublinear 24 minutes ago | parent
For something from 2008, this holds up pretty well. The years blend together and I read them in my head in Mr. Plinkett's voice.
Triphibian 21 minutes ago | parent
This feels like stolen Worth1000 content.
gorgoiler 20 minutes ago | parent
“Rainbow Tennis” was actually pretty good, if it’s a reference to International 3D Tennis! The games back then gave a frisson of the glamorous international world of the professional tour by changing the court ambience as follows:
Solid lime green: Wimbledon!
Hard brick red: Roland Garros!
Deep blue: the hard court ones!
Here’s an example of the, at the time in the mid 1980s, some pretty innovative 3D wire rendering in the game: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h1JorNBSs4Q
adzm 12 minutes ago | parent
See also paperback paradise which did sci-fi book cover parodies https://paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/category/prints you can see the Instagram and x links at the bottom too