Daily Archives: Monday, January 17, 2011

Art

Art | The Art of TERA ONLINE

By Aidan Moher January 17th, 2011

Recently, TheOctagon, a user on the NeoGAF forums, posted a few dozen screenshots he’s taken from a PC MMORPG he’s playing called Tera. Needless to say, I was absolutely blown away. It’s not often that a videogame will be able to deliver the same level of detail, artistry and lushness of the concept art from which it’s derived, but Tera seems to deliver on all fronts. Simply put, it’s beautiful.

Some of TheOctagon’s screens (and remember, these are real-time gameplay shots, not pre-rendered press release images):

Screenshot of TERA, taken by NeoGAF user TheOctagon Screenshot of TERA, taken by NeoGAF user TheOctagon Screenshot of TERA, taken by NeoGAF user TheOctagon Screenshot of TERA, taken by NeoGAF user TheOctagon Screenshot of TERA, taken by NeoGAF user TheOctagon

I can only imagine the rig necessary to play the game with the graphics settings at such high a level. To learn more about Tera, and apply for the Beta, you can visit the official website.

News

An Aside | An Iron Throne-filled trailer for HBO’s GAME OF THRONES

By Aidan Moher January 17th, 2011

 

Yummy. This one’s a little more crafted and stylized than some of the previous trailers, but it, rather than being oblique, like some of the earliest trailers that lacked real footage, it manages to still give a proper sense of the characters and the struggles for power that fuel the series. I can’t get over how perfect the Iron Throne looks. As I’ve seen mentioned elsewhere, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau draped across the throne is almost the spitting image of Michael Komarck‘s famous painting:

Jamie Lannister sitting on the Iron Throne. Art my Michael Komarck

Littlefinger sounds as slick and conniving as he should. Even Catelyn, who I’ve been skeptical about since the re-cast, is looking good. Having just finished watching The Tudors, I’m itchin’ for some more politically charged, period television. Also, I’m hoping it will be a convincing way to introduce my better half to George R.R. Martin’s series. As I say in nearly every post about the show, it’s hard not to be excited.