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@GTV reviews the Cosmic Fantasy 1-2 Switch collection by Edia, provides examples of the poor English editing/localization work. It's much worse for CF1. Rated "D" for disappointment, finding that TurboGrafx CF2 is better & while CF1's the real draw, Edia screwed it up... |
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As a child of the '70s and '80s in Appleton, Wisconsin, I grew up on a steady diet of comics, cartoons, monster movies, videogames, and rock 'n' roll. I was immersed in the work of comic book artists like Jack Kirby, John Romita, and John Buscema (and, as I got older, Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz), as well as animators like Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, and John Kricfalusi. In first and second grade I used to get in trouble in class for drawing pictures of Superman and Frankenstein and KISS instead of paying attention. This was my beginning.
From grade school through high school, I took all the art classes I could and spent my free time drawing and printing my own comics and fanzines.
After spending a couple years in the University system as an art major and jumping through their hoops for a generalized Associate's Degree, I attended a technical college and got another AD in Printing and Publishing. I then spent six years as a graphic designer for a local alternative newspaper. During this time, I also spent weekends doing photography and graphic and web design for a local professional wrestling promotion.
Frustrated with a total lack of creative and artistic stimulation in my job, I was offered an opportunity to learn to tattoo, and I made a career change. I spent four years figuring things out at a tattoo shop in Menasha, Wisconsin. Tattooing was a whole new skill set, with a lot of fascinating history, that I really enjoyed learning and doing.
Picking up art where I left off in college (tattooing totally got me fired up about drawing again after six years of mouse-clicking), I continued to find my style. Somewhere in there, I struck upon a combination of two of my favorite things -- cartoons and pin-up girl art -- and started exploring that. In December 2005, I took part in a group art exhibit in Madison, and the positive reaction to my work convinced me that I could still enjoy being an artist.
Over the years I continued to do my own thing and made my way into more exhibits. I launched Krushervision.com, started designing t-shirts and merchandise with my art on them, and began making connections with artists around the world. In August of 2007, I nervously made the jump to a fantastic new tattoo shop in Oshkosh, where I felt I could continue to learn and grow and do good work in a busy, positive environment. Right around that same time, I was preparing new paintings for my first solo exhibit of pinup cartoon art, Knockout!, which happened in January of 2008, and began drawing classic-style one-panel gag cartoons for Bachelor Pad Magazine.
In January 2009, I officially formed Krushervision Art Industries, LLC. I published a sketchbook under the Krushervision Books imprint, began producing art prints of my work, and started taking commissions for art and illustration projects. The Krushervision empire continues to evolve, incorporating tattoos, fine art, cartoons, prints, and merch. I'm always looking for more opportunities: publishing, exhibits, commissions, events, guest tattoo spots. - ❤ Interests:
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Retro Game SuperHyper, a new blog about old videogames. As a gamer since 1980, I've seen and done a lot in this hobby, so let's talk about it!
I'm TJ Rappel, and I've been a part of the online classic gaming community for over 20 years. Starting off as a part of newsgroups such as rec.games.video.classic, and an active member of the IRC channel #rgvc, I contributed information and services to some of the earliest online videogame websites and resources. On October 16, 1996, I launched a website called the Metroid Database, which quickly grew into the largest and most comprehensive online resource for Metroid information, with an enthusiastic user community. I left the MDb in 2007, handing the reigns over to a team of dedicated fans, and the site is still running today. Having bounced around various Atari, PC-Engine, Neo-Geo, arcade, and collectors' forums over the years, I've more recently found Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to host some excellent communities of retro gamers. 20 years to the day after starting the Metroid website, on October 16, 2016, I decided to launch this blog, Retro Game SuperHyper, to talk about all my experiences in gaming over the past years — almost 40 of them! — as well as the new things I'm continually discovering about old games.
My favorite games include Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Elevator Action, Dragon's Lair, Pitfall!, Metroid, Bionic Commando (NES), Mega Man 1 & 2, Super Metroid, Lunar: Silver Star and Lunar: Eternal Blue, the entire Metal Gear series, Darkstalkers, and many, many shmups.
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