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Aquaria => General => Topic started by: Chibi on December 21, 2008, 02:23:46 am
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I recently found a full-page ad for Aquaria while perusing the computer magazines at Barnes and Nobles - did you guys pay for it or did Ambrosia take the initiative? Also, there is an interesting, but fairly melancholy new piece of artwork (of Naija) - did Derek draw it? (Feel free to use this thread for broad discussion of Aquaria's new found publicity.) :)
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Yeah, Ambrosia paid for it and Derek drew it. :)
If anyone has any magazine scans or pics of it, I'd like to see how it turned out! 8)
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I haven't seen that mag in the UK :(
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It's confined to the USA - I think Macworld is the British equivalent, though the publishers don't convert pounds to dollars for the American version.
[EDIT] BTW, this post is the first entry in Google if you search Aquaria Mac Life. (excluding Aquarium)
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Yes I spotted that lol
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Yeah, Ambrosia paid for it and Derek drew it. :)
If anyone has any magazine scans or pics of it, I'd like to see how it turned out! 8)
Merry Christmas :D
(http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/9983/aquariamacworldaddrl1.th.jpg) (http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aquariamacworldaddrl1.jpg)
Click on the image to enlarge it.
So that would be how I found out about this game's existence. I can also send the image via email if anyone wants it.
~ Snowy
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Great - that's the exact one. Thanks for doing the work Snowstorm! :)
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Thank you Snowy it's nice to be able to see it even if it does have to be small :( It looks great though from what I can see of it in the larger version.
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/12/22/review-aquaria-is-the-macs-underwater-zelda
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Ars Technica: The Technical Arse. I somehow doubt it was a Brit who fabricated the title. :)
It's gladdening to see the positive publicity sparked by the new releases - not to mention new screenshots. ::) That was the first review I've seen with new pics.
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that's a real nice review. this is a hard game to describe to someone and they did a good job of making it succinct and appealing at the same time. great poster too! it has a Beatle's Yellow Submarine quality to it, not sure if it's the distinct profile with crisp and bold shapes and colouring, but it has a 60's vibe to it.
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I really didn't feel like registering at another forum, but I thought it best to say that on that link there is someone that wants the game but thinks it's only available for the PC as of December 22nd. Obviously miss-informed.
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When I saw this, I feared it might threaten our small friendly forum family. But then I remembered 2 weeks ago (Schcool got snowed out all week last week, and now theres 8 inches of snow, an inch of ice, and another foot of snow under that) I got mad at my friend when I brought up Mirrors Edge, and he said, "Oh yea, thats that new game by EA, right?"
So now im not as worried.
Off Topic: The Ekkrit is my favorite creature because you can grab onto its back and it circles around. And it makes a cute sound.
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What? Why would the review threaten our small friendly forum family?
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I meant the Advertisement. Its just that in most forums, sometimes I go away for a while, then the community has grown alot, and theres alot more unfriendly people, the worst case was the Maplesim Forums.
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Nice add, nice review, stupid review-comments. I should stop reading comments, it's always too tempting to start flaming. :P