Shelterland is both work and play around Swiss fortifications. In a form where idyllic alpine landscapes meet sci-fi concrete monsters out of a spy novel, we find a country where peace is erected as a prime principle. To confuse both unsuspecting mountain hikers and possible invaders, every trick is employed to blend into the surroundings : fake barns, fake villas, fake alpine chalets, fake rocks even… Around 8000 bunkers have thus been submitted to a precise work of camo. Most of those surround the country at its borders in a concrete belt, a testament to Switzerland as an island of resistance in the middle of the European Union. No contemporary war since World War Two has warranted the use of the concrete sentinels ; they remain, though, useless and aimless.
The game known internationally as Super Mario Bros. 2 is called Super Mario USA in Japan. Top left: the game’s cover as seen in the North American version of Super Mario All-Stars, top right: the cover in the Japanese version.
Bottom: Drawings of “American Mario” from the official Japanese guide for Super Mario All-Stars, based on the name “Super Mario USA”. Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Store | Source: see bottom of all images
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Software Creations: *in the middle of development for Solstice* Okay so we need an intro theme to set the mood. Something folky, like medieval times. Think you can try your hand at that?
Tim Fucking Follin: Yeah I got ya, check this out.
Software Creations: *barely seconds in*Ohhh yes finally, something that isn’t an overwhelming banger. You done good, Mr. Follin.
Tim Follin was a chiptune virtuoso and absolutely deserves to be as famous for it as Liszt or Paganini. Like listen to this thing:
I realize it sounds like it is being played on a chorus of bandsaws, but that is because it is on one-bit sound hardware and is in fact being played on a single bandsaw.
