Comments on: Roger Dean – Barbarian http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/ Welcome to Sci-Fi-O-Rama! A visual scrapbook for cataloging inspiring Art, Graphics and Illustration with a Sci-Fi and Fantasy Slant. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: huizerduo http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 huizerduo Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:50:38 +0000 http://blog.kierankelly.net/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/#comment-1919 For the true glamour aficionado: http://www.huizerduo.com Model identification in vintage men’s magazines – we recognise your fav from the pics! For the true glamour aficionado:

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]]> By: Frasse http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 Frasse Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:27:16 +0000 http://blog.kierankelly.net/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/#comment-1057 I'll be damned if that picture was also used as a sleeve cover for a Steve Howe album, in the 90s i believe. I’ll be damned if that picture was also used as a sleeve cover for a Steve Howe album, in the 90s i believe.

]]> By: admin http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/comment-page-1/#comment-253 admin Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:13:17 +0000 http://blog.kierankelly.net/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/#comment-253 Yeah only too true I reckon, back then it the job of the cover art and back story to set the mood of the game, and suck you in - a good example is the art of Dune II which I posted here: http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/10/18/dune-ii-battle-for-arrakis/ limited in-game graphics, but great cut scenes etc... Anyway yeah for sure there was a lot more invention back then, nowadays some games don't even try.... Yeah only too true I reckon, back then it the job of the cover art and back story to set the mood of the game, and suck you in – a good example is the art of Dune II which I posted here: http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/10/18/dune-ii-battle-for-arrakis/ limited in-game graphics, but great cut scenes etc…

Anyway yeah for sure there was a lot more invention back then, nowadays some games don’t even try….

]]> By: jinka http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/comment-page-1/#comment-155 jinka Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:35:11 +0000 http://blog.kierankelly.net/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/#comment-155 I have not a theory but maybe an interesting point on why game box graphics were so much more striking and powerful back in the day. Its bothered me for a while. I thought maybe its just me being nostalgic but I don't think its me reaching my thirties and getting all misty eyed about my mispent youth. I think maybe because the actual game graphics weren't exactly incredible the games packaging and promotional art had to get your mind to suspend disbelief. Much more like book covers and thus like classic cover art. However, nowadays the games are so hyperreal and all consuming that you don't need extra help to get immersed in the game's universe. Also because gaming is now bigger than Hollywood and acts much the same, the packaging and surrounding activity is usually just a tool for brand recognition so, flashy logos and straplines and nothing that is adventurous. Its all to slick and commercial, even if the games themselves aren't. I have not a theory but maybe an interesting point on why game box graphics were so much more striking and powerful back in the day. Its bothered me for a while. I thought maybe its just me being nostalgic but I don’t think its me reaching my thirties and getting all misty eyed about my mispent youth. I think maybe because the actual game graphics weren’t exactly incredible the games packaging and promotional art had to get your mind to suspend disbelief. Much more like book covers and thus like classic cover art. However, nowadays the games are so hyperreal and all consuming that you don’t need extra help to get immersed in the game’s universe. Also because gaming is now bigger than Hollywood and acts much the same, the packaging and surrounding activity is usually just a tool for brand recognition so, flashy logos and straplines and nothing that is adventurous. Its all to slick and commercial, even if the games themselves aren’t.

]]> By: admin http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/comment-page-1/#comment-62 admin Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:28:37 +0000 http://blog.kierankelly.net/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/#comment-62 hey Jeff, I think this is the lesser known Barbarian http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/barbarian not alas not the one with Maria Whittaker on the cover! maybe I should put that up ! hey Jeff, I think this is the lesser known Barbarian http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/barbarian not alas not the one with Maria Whittaker on the cover! maybe I should put that up !

]]> By: Jeff http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Jeff Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:47:40 +0000 http://blog.kierankelly.net/2008/09/28/roger-dean-barbarian/#comment-61 I used to play this game! Unfortunately I had the later edition, which featured Wolf from Gladiators as Barbarian :S Roger Dean did some brilliant unseen work in the 80's on home computer game-boxes. I used to play this game! Unfortunately I had the later edition, which featured Wolf from Gladiators as Barbarian :S Roger Dean did some brilliant unseen work in the 80′s on home computer game-boxes.

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