Windsor McCay and Little Nemo: The Dream Master

So, the first week of school has come and gone and the work is starting to pile up! I actually just came home from school about half an hour ago, yeeesh. Anyway, it's fun times still (even though it's a lot of work) and I enjoy one class in particular, Animation history class!

Now I know, w-t-f, history? (No not Work Time Fun, lol) But it's more interesting than regular history, hell, it's more interesting than a lot of non-history things too! We learned about the father of Animation, Windsor McCay. He is responsible for making Animation what it is today. Just watching his animations made me want to animate and get better.

Winsor McCay (September 26, 1867(?) – July 26, 1934) was a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation. His comic strip work has influenced generations of artists, including creators such as Moebius, Chris Ware, William Joyce, and Maurice Sendak. His early animated films far outshone the work of his contemporaries, and set the model to be followed by Walt Disney and others. His two best-known creations are the newspaper comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland, which ran from 1905 to 1914, and the animated cartoon Gertie the Dinosaur, which he created in 1914.

I was surprised to find that he made Nemo in Slumberland! Why, you ask? Well, back in 1990 Capcom released a game called Little Nemo: The Dream Master for the NES. I remember playing that game and thinking how awesome the gameplay and storyline were so I was excited to find out the connection. Anyway, just being geeky, I thought that connection was pretty cool (well the game is based off the movie, based off the comic), now I want to get the old Nemo comics.

Oh, and in case you've never played the NES game, click here to see a video.

Gifts to me!

I lost my internet for a few days so I wasn't able to see if I could play Tabula Rasa yet, soooo I bought a couple of games to congratulate myself for getting into school!

I bought the Capcom Classics Mini Mix, here's a description from the Capcom website:

GAME FEATURES:
* Bionic Commando®: You play as a commando outfitted with an incredible bionic arm that allows you to navigate levels by latching onto and swinging across various parts of the environment.
* Mighty Final Fight: Play as Haggar, Cody or Guy, and fight through Metro City in order to rescue Haggar’s daughter, Jessica, from the Mad Gear gang.
* Strider: Take Control of Hiryu, a member of a global organization of infiltration specialists called Striders and battle to keep the world safe from evil forces.

I've already tried out all three, Bionic Commando is the same as the NES, I'm glad no one tried to alter it (like they did with my River City Ransom *cries*) I have to compare it with my Game Boy cart and see if it's the same as that too... I think it's pretty similar...

Mighty Final Fight is a side scrolling fighter game, but a super deformed version of it. It's pretty repetitive, but good if you just want to play a "beat-em-up" game.

I'm not too familiar with the older Strider, I've played Strider 2 for PS1 and I vaguely remember Strider 1 included with it and me not liking it very much... when I loaded Strider it was a little frustrating and confusing.

The other game I bought was Rogue Galaxy. I heard it was good so I picked it up, I'm itching for a new RPG. I didn't get a chance to try it out yet though.

Oh and I recently wore my Megaman costume again at the CNAnime Con. I also saw George Romero going for a smoke upstairs, but I didn't realize it was him until my friend pointed it out lol.