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So, we here at 61FPS had some YouTube clips bookmarked for a special occasion. The clips were an in-depth review of Indiana Jones Trilogy for SNES by a die-hard Indy fan who had some choice things to say about the game's faithfulness/lack-thereof to the films; the occasion was the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Well, the occasion has come (Crystal Skull is terrible, by the way), and, go figure, the clips are gone. The best we can do is offer you this, which at least gives a sense of the game's handsome treatment of the series:
If you're the guy who had those reviews up in the first place — bring 'em back, dude! They were great! And if you readers are looking for a game that's really true to the spirit of Indy, you'd be hard-pressed (as you probably already know) to do better than this:
terrible? fucking blogs.
Terrible seems to be going against the grain according to the current 79% on rotten tomatoes (au.rottentomatoes.com/.../indiana_jones_and_the_kingdom_of_the_crystal_skull)
But I haven't seen it, so that's just me spouting hearsay, and praying that it's actually good.
I think critics are just in an unusually charitable mood or something. It was really bad, I thought. Indy just doesn't belong in the '50s, for starters. But, y'know, I'll be happy if everyone loves it--I just didn't, myself.
John Constantine, our superhero, was raised by birds and then attended Penn State University. He is currently working on a novel about a fictional city that exists only in his mind. John has an astonishingly extensive knowledge of Scientology. Ultimately he would like to learn how to effectively use his brain. He continues to keep Wu-Tang's secret to himself.
Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Nerve, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.
Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.
Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines. Based in Toronto, Nadia's prized possession is a certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.
Bob Mackey is a grad student, writer, and cyborg, who uses the powerful girl-repelling nanomachines mad science grafted onto his body to allocate time towards interests of the nerd persuasion. He believes that complaining about things on the Internet is akin to the fine art of wine tasting, but with more spitting into buckets.
Joe Keiser has a programming degree from Johns Hopkins University, a tiny apartment in Brooklyn, and a fake toy guitar built in the hollowed-out shell of a real guitar. He writes about games and technology for a variety of outlets. One day he will stop doing this. The day after that, police will find his body under a collapsed pile of (formerly neatly alphabetized) collector's edition tchotchkes.
Peter Smith is like the lead character of Irwin Shaw's The 80-Yard Run, except less athletic. He considers himself very lucky to have this job. But it's a little premature to take "jack-off of all trades" off his resume. Besides writing, travelling, and painting houses, Pete plays guitar in a rock trio called The Aye-Ayes. He calls them a 'power pop' band, but they generally sound more like Motorhead on a drinking binge.
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Cole Stryker is an American freelance writer living in York, England, where he resides with his archeologist wife. He writes for a travel company by day and argues about pop culture on the internet by night. Find him writing regularly here and here.
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