Designers' Aesthetics

An interview with designers Jeff Powell and Tom Muller, conducted by me.

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PAGE ONE HUNDRED – 3 panels


Panel 1: The POV is as if we’re on a taller building looking down on the scene playing out: we see the back of the monster and Roopster and Eddie hanging on.

ROOPSTER: LIKE THEM?!

ROOPSTER: I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LET ME DO MY THING.

Panel 2: Same shot, but a shadow falls on the scene (originating from the building we’re standing on)...

EDDIE: PURPLE IS THE COLOR OF JEALOUSY.

Panel 3: Close on Roopster’s face. He’s looking up and off-panel, at whatever is standing on the building next to them, casting the shadow. It’s made him stop mid-lecture.

ROOPSTER: NO, IT’S NOT! IT’S...

ROOPSTER: GREEN.

(44 script pages to go, and ROOPSTER ROUX will be in the can)

If Ryu was Trained by Oro

I love re-imagined video game icons like Ryu here. Artist Gobi draws Ryu as if he were trained by Oro, as was hinted at in Oro's Street Fighter 3 ending.

Notice the grey hair, alluding some time has passed; he's a little more serene, and has his arm tied up (just like Oro did in SF3).

Now trained under the likes of Gouken and Oro, a true World Warrior.

Metal Gear Solid: Rising 2010 E3 Trailer

Metal Gear Solid: Rising Box Art

Makes you want, like, 10 copies, doesn't it? One thing missing from the last installment, Guns of the Patriots, was that we couldn't play as Raiden.

Well, now we can.

Mortal Kombat: Rebirth Trailer

So, this is pretty nasty:


Saw this at ComingSoon.net, and you'll note some nice, gritty characters are mentioned: Jax, Sonya, Reptile, Scorpion, Baraka, Jonny Cage, and Sub-Zero. They need to make this movie now.