And now (editors note: “now” as in “a few weeks back”) is a glorious day indeed, for AGDInteractive Studios have released a remake. Oh, all the memories coming back to me now. I’m really looking forward to play this… some day…

Anyway, all who’ve got more time at their hands and are interested in classic adventure/rpg gaming should have a look at the AGDInteractive homepage and check out the game. They also produced remakes of Kings Quest 1 and 2 (which are offline for the moment, but will be back soon).

And try to get hold on the other games of the Quest for Glory series, too. If you manage, you can consider yourself a lucky chum and enjoy some of the best games of all time.

And in case you don’t already know it, you might also want to check out the first open movie the institute made. It’s called Elephants Dream (Project Orange) and the story is… well, not your average kind of story. More like the ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey, even though much more enjoyable thanks to the eye candy.

Coming up from the institute is Project Apricot. Not a movie this time, but a game based on BBB, in collaboration with the Crystal Space Game Engine.

These projects are all great. They not only show nice results, but also lead to huge improvements of the open source software and show the work process/pipeline to anyone who is interested in the topic. Anyone working with 3D, movies, games and open source should pay attention to the projects, regardless if you use the software or not. One can learn very much from there.

But iirc, they stated to do this movie old style, with only a minimum of CGI. So, why do I see so much that came out of a computer? Heck, the first thing they showed wasn’t real (and if it was, give PETA a call). Sure, it’s not as bad as with many other movies. But one shouldn’t brag about something they won’t do.
Just my two cents. Not that I care, as long as I enjoy the flick.

Now, a funny thing came along afterwards. Some Russian Communist Party members want to ban the movie, ’cause it’s anti-Soviet propaganda that distorts history. They are afraid that the teenagers, who are not aware of what happened in 1957, might believe the Soviets were chasing after crystal skulls. So they not only think that their kids missed a few history lessons, but also imply that the modern russian teenager is just frickin’ stupid and can’t distinguish obvious fiction from fact. Better tell them that the world did not get run over by aliens, like in various movies. Hey, we Germans should sue Hollywood as well, since our youth might believe Nazi Germany has been hunting down whip-wielding archeologists in search for a golden box filled with dust or the ancient goblet of a mere carpenter. And better call New-Delhi and give them a hint where they can find the Sankara Stones, which help them solve all problems.

And as a final related thing, I got myself a fedora. Not the wool-made official one, which isn’t more than a non-authentic gimmik, but a real fur fedora. I wonder why all the other movie-goers were eyeing me at the preview. Anyway, I’m considering to become a regular hat wearer. If it just weren’t ruining my hairdo…

So, by all means, please sign the petition! I’m already scared of the AitD sequel…

While we’re at it, can we stop the movie industry from raping good old shows and movies? Magnum P.I. for a quite recent example… McConaughey? What, was Jim Carrey busy?

I lol’ed .