Znacie “niewielkiego, wiecznie czymś zatroskanego facecika”? Blaki z “Pasków” nim nie jest. “Blaki. Paski” jest kolejnym komiksem o zabawnym zwolenniku mody Wujka Festera i kolejny raz ta postać ma inny charakter. Jaki? Ciężko powiedzieć – okazało się, że przy pomocy pasków trudno jest nadać wyrazistość, do której jesteśmy przyzwyczajeni, najbardziej charakterystycznemu polskiemu bohaterowi komiksowemu ostatnich lat. Paski zostały podzielone na trzy części: “Blaki”, “Blaki na urlopie”, “Pan i pani Blaki”. Najtrudniej jest się doszukać osobowości postaci w tym pierwszym rozdzialiku. Składa się on z pasków, które powstały dość dawno temu, z myślą o nieodżałowanym wrakowym konkursie. W związku z tym, nie uzyskujemy pewnej spójności, która pojawia się w dwóch następnych częściach. Paski z części “Blaki” są pozbawione pewnego lejtmotywu i choć wydawca we wstępie napisał, że tutaj Blaki “pozostawiony jest sam sobie”, tworząc niejako dla nich wspólny mianownik, to niczego więcej się z nich nie wyciśnie. Są to luźne, z założenia (i czasem) zabawne historyjki konkursowe, którym nie potrzeba dorabiania tematyki poza już istniejącą. Z tego powodu uważam, że możnaby zostawić tytuły poszczególnych pasków, co korzystnie wpłynęłoby na ich odbiór (mam tu na myśli chociażby “Wiosnę”).

Najlepszą częścią z “Pasków” jest dla mnie “Blaki na urlopie” i opowiada dokładnie o tym, na co wskazuje jej tytuł. Nie są to już nieskładnie powiązane stripy, lecz zgrabna historyjka opowiadająca o niezbyt udanych wakacjach. To samo tyczy się się “Pana i pani Blaki”, z tą różnicą, że jest to zbiór anegdotek o relacjach damsko-męskich, w którym każdy dostrzeże kawałek swojego związku. Nie jest to jakaś dogłębna analiza, której możnaby się spodziewać po wstępowym “chyba najcelniejszy obraz damsko męskich relacji jaki pojawił się w polskim komiksie ostatnich lat” (pisownia oryginalna), ale nie można odmówić temu rozdzialikowi dużej dozy sympatyczności.

“Blaki. Paski” jest komiksem zupełnie innym niż “Blaki” i “Pan Blaki” – nie ma tego jesiennego, melancholijnego nastroju, Blaki nie filozofuje i nie jest zatroskany. “Paski” nie są ani wybitne, ani najśmieszniejsze, są chyba po prostu rozrywkowe i sympatyczne. Ten bardzo poręczny, w formacie dwóch tabliczek czekolady, album będzie wywoływał podobny dysonans poznawczy jak druga część “Na Szybko Spisane”. “Blaki. Paski” mimo że nie jest tak mocną pozycją jak inne wrześniowe premiery – “Niczym aksamitna rękawica odlana z żelaza” czy “Prosto z piekła” – warto kupić. Nie dlatego żeby przekonać się, że Blaki nie musi być “wiecznie czymś zatroskany”, ale chociażby dla niekwestionowanego magnetyzmu samej postaci. Ale o czym ja mówię? Przez ten magnetyzm i tak kupicie ten album, nieważne jak dobry, bądź nie, by nie był.

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This one was a tough one. I know, I say that almost everytime, but these particular gnomes were really hardest to create. So, this place – it’s in the woods, about 30 min walk from nearest transportation. One day i was around and thought – to hell with it, I’m going there to shoot some gnomes pics. Why did I say ‘to hell with it’ – you might ask. The answer is simple as – because it was raining. So I’m going there on foot, the atmosphere around me is fine, except for that raining part – walk in the woods can be quite nice. As I arrive there – the first big unanswered question vanishes – yes, it is open. I met the guy in charge at the forge door, and I ask him if it’s ok for me to take some pictures. he said – for what purposes – and right there I knew I was screwed. Didn’t want to lie, as it’s not my style ;) I said that I want to create a game situated in the forge. And so it begun. It was drawn to my attention that I cannot just go in, make some pics and post them on the web. No, no, no. And that I have to fill in some departamental papers, describing the project, and then they would send it to Warsaw (the capital of Poland), and then get back to me with the decision.

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If you made that face right now feel no shame as it’s exact expression I made back then. Remember the illegal adventures? This one had to be LEGALIZED. Fortunately we agreed that this can be resolved via email, and so I went back home (it was still raining) and wrote an email about what 10 Gnomes are. The decision arrived shortly after – that it’s all god if I put their logo somewhere in the game. No problem. It’s there.

So, one week later, it was 25th to be exact – usual gnome releasing date – I went there for the second time and was able to shoot the material. No rain this time. Phew. And that’s why these gnomes are bit off schedual.

Anyway, enough of talking, the task was difficult, but mission accomplished.

Enjoy.

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and this is a gem that I found on jayisgames.com:

Gnome Infestation Envelops City

Miniature white gnomes have been spotted all over the city for half a year now, and their number only appears to grow. Their presence seems permanent, and there is no apparent end to them.

It all started on February 5th, when well-known artist Mile Godnia was heading for the grocery store to buy some milk and dog biscuits for her pets, and spotted a small white gnome sitting on a rooftop. She thought her eyes were playing tricks on her, but she saw it again on the way back.

“It was the strangest thing you’d ever seen,” Godnia told the press. “It didn’t do anything, and it just turned its head when it noticed me. Then it was there again several minutes later, in exactly the same place.”

Discussion with her neighbors revealed that other people had seen the gnome as well. It had turned up all over the rooftops, in ten different places. In fact, there appeared to be ten different gnomes.

Weeks later, gnomes began turning up in other locations, from the city park to the the local shipyard to a large warehouse. Sightings grew as rapidly as their numbers did. Reports showed interesting phenomena: they always turned up in groups of ten spread out around an area, and they always behaved the same, never moving from their locations. Attempts to shoo them away were always in vain, as they remained obediently in their spots.

“It’s the darndest thing,” businessman Matthew Mothball commented. “They don’t do anything but loaf there, but they’re driving me nuts! It’s ruining my concentration just thinking about them!”

“We’d like to classify them as pests,” city official Myrtle Auggh explained, “but they don’t do anything. All they do is sit around. They don’t spread disease, they don’t steal anything, they don’t even make noise. They don’t fit the definition of a pest, end of story.”

Whether or not the gnomes will ever go away, or whether their behavior will become any peskier, both remain to be seen.

written By SonicLover

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The squirrel goes scuba in this underwater fish hunt. Watch out for falling snails and the octopus. This one is a simple reload. No changes made to the actual gameplay, changed just graphics and main api, so the game is pausable, quittable and saveable scorable.

This time it’s from Czech Republik – Mnisek pod Brdy – the picture was taken by Katerina Vojkuvkova and reported by Olga Pavlickova. Gnome on the roof. I think I’ve seen that before…

Long story short:

• The incoming traffic gets greater everyday.
• The server couldn’t handle that amount of players.
• And that wasn’t a bandwidth issue, for I had plenty.
• I had to change the server.

Let’s see how long this one lasts. :D

(still looking good… [add. Mat XI.2014])
(looking better than ever, after moving to ssd :D [add.Mat.VII.2015]).

Anyway – since I had to move the wordpress database from one server to another – all in-post links are screwed.

I’ll be able to rebuilt the site’s inside linkage, but that will take some time, so please be patient and forgiving if some links to walkthroughs, reviews, or even games themselves won’t work. All games are linked in the top menu anyway, you can always dig there.

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Now this one is an interesting case of reloading taken to the extreme. You might not  recognize this, but this game is based on Mars Rider. The only thing that survived the reloading is that rainbow in the background. Everything else is sparkling new and I must say that this game is one of my most advanced engines ever. Jumping, shooting, dodging, fighting enemies and bosses? Not enough? Ok, how about an interlevel workshop where you can improove every single feature of your vehicle. That’s right. Now play.

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31-level platformer adventure. This time we’re trying to escape from a dungeon. Well, in fact we manage to do that in the first game screen, but there are a lot obstacles on the way home.

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I have a big problem. My city is flooded with tourists and most of the locations that I’d like to show you are occupied with picture snapping hordes of foreigners. That doesn’t sound like a good setup for the gnomes, does it. Then I remembered that there is this one place in the very centre of the old town of my city that hardly no one knows about and no one goes there. For real, it’s 5 metres away from the outside crowd and biggest tourist’s attractions of my old town, not speaking that it gives a nice cool shadow relaxation and is quiet and peaceful. And beautiful as well. Yet it’s always empty. It’s open for the public, but you have to go through two doors to get into that inside yard. That’s the solitude I was looking for in a city overrun by people in shorts. And the gnomes were there.

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collect as many nuts as you can, but these are tough times, as the room gets more crowded with every single nut collected. Use star power up to make some room.

Thanks to reloading this game gained: six characters to choose from, option to choose control method (keys or mouse) and some fast music background.

It’s summer time. It’s so hot out there that grilled chicken legs are falling right from the sky. With that said – one question remains – what does that mean machine’s janitor do with the grill here? The answer seems obvious…
p.s. – finally after four years my “Four Seasons” game tetralogy is finished and I can feel fulfilled. :D