lost & found vintage toys: ephemera

ghost gamelinks..

ghost's top eleven rpg's:
#1 ~ down the rabbit hole... "here's a riddle.. when is a croquet mallet like a billy club? ..i'll tell you... whenever you want it to be..." cheshire cat to alice (american mcgee's alice: the original) this game is my favorite above all others...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you thank you mr mcgee for alice madness returns!!! (with the original i still rate these the best!)
#2 is primal, especially the wraith world where i felt right at home.. what a relief to play a strong female for a change, and with scree the gargoyle at my side... loved this game and want more!!!
#3 is fable/fable:lost chapters/fable 2.. get lost in this incredible world and determine your own fate... good or evil.. or somewhere in between... fable 3 is out!!!
#4 city of lost children.. based on the french movie of the same name.. you are miette, an orphan, use your thieving and sneaking skills to free the childrens' souls from the evil inventor who is stealing their dreams...
tied at #4 the kingdom hearts games (2).. disney meets final fantasy! play in disney worlds alongside jack skellington in halloweentown, jack sparrow in the caribbean or alice at the mad tea party..
#5 is van helsing.. if you liked the movie, play this gothic masterpiece and face werewolves, the frankenstein monster, mr hyde and count dracula himself...
#6 are all of the lord of the rings games, which are all worth mastering, including the hobbit game.. (watch out for the spiders!)
& the old classic snes lord of the rings.. (another good old favorite.. i spent forever lost in the barrow downs...)
#7 are all the ultima games.. my favorites were 'quest of the avatar' and 'the false prophet'.. but if you like the classics try out 'black gate' and 'exodus' and the other oldies..
#8 is the original nes game shadowgate.. the one that turned me into an rpg junkie in the first place all those years ago.. hunched over my controller in the dark in my camper in the middle of the night.. still a classic...
#9 is final fantasy, but i'm an old time gamer, so i mean the original final fantasy games on nes/snes like 1, 2, 3 + mystic quest.. still the best even without the graphics of the newer games...
#10 is lemony snickett's series of unfortunate events.. ok, so this game is not terribly hard..
(i was able to complete it even while fairly intoxicated..) it is still creative and fun if you enjoyed the movie, which i did...
i needed a #11 on my list for all the honorable mentions.. unforgettable games like wizardry, king arthur's world, tombs & treasures, deja vu, faxanadu, the immortal, breath of fire and the dragon warrior games.. also baldur's gate, the ren & stimpy games that wrecked my nerves, zombies ate my neighbors, fester's quest, maniac mansion!!! ...gasp... too many to remember... aargghh! all those years spent in the dark deep in some labyrinth scribbling cryptic notes and maps.. is that what is was that made me mad? or did they save me from madness...? the world may never know.. (p.s. i never made it without biting..)
!X! a bonus: i absolutely approve of the gamecube's eternal darkness: sanity's requiem.. lovecraftian & hallucinogenic.. i dare you!
the post-apocalyptic fallout games, F3, new vegas & F4 coming soon!
dante's inferno ~ go to hell!
gothic victorian lovecraftian bloodshed :D bloodborne!
i highly approve of the other from software games besides bloodborne, demon's souls & dark souls 1, 2 & 3.. not for the faint of heart, gotta get good for these!

ephemera

ok, so today the new & possibly last radiohead album is supposed to drop & i can't think of anything that would make me happier for mother's day! so my focus is all radiohead today, as i've been obsessed with them from the very beginning.. i even have a radiohead themed playroom for goodness sake ~

of course i have all the cds & dvds & i used to get all the rares from a little shop in belmont shore called fingerprints back in socal ~

the king of limbs, in rainbows vinyl & the universal sigh ~

stanley donwood's kid a & amnesiac books ~

vhs, ephemera & promo items ~

pins, badges & buttons ~

my test specimens page ~

i've just listened to the new album, a moon shaped pool, & i really love the ending of the video for daydreaming ~

by the way, have you been to my art gallery? ~

p.s. happy mom's day to all moms.. here is my card :( :) ~

bren

Posted at 08:16 AM in books, cats, ephemera, holiday, music, novelty, pins & buttons, vinyl | Permalink | Comments (0)

02/27/2021

stickers

hi i'm bren, & i'm addicted to stickers ~

or decals if you prefer ~

so yesterday i posted my old laptop mausoleum post, as i am once again transitioning to a new laptop ~

well, i'm change averse & this can be traumatic for me ~

but choosing new stickers to decorate the outside of it with is helping me through that trauma ~

i snagged this goth lot on amazon because of all the good skelly images ~

but they also turned out to be a bit stoner oriented ~

hey, have you seen the cool scooby doo stamps? i mean, technically they Are stickers..

oh hey, don't forget this guy! more tomorrow ~

bren

Posted at 09:29 AM in alice, cats, disney, ephemera, monsters, nbx, novelty, scooby doo | Permalink | Comments (0)

02/26/2021

flashback friday favorite ~ laptop mausoleum

i'm sharing this old post as a flashback friday favorite as i am again transitioning to a new laptop!

late post today.. i'm wondering how others deal with laptop death? i have a veritable mausoleum in my closet.. this morning i began experiencing what i've come to know as the first signs of laptop death with my trusty toshiba. :( had to wait for help from my IT oriented son to bring it 'round to functioning enough for me to post.. i don't deal with laptop death well. as a reclusive person i probably make connections to things more than the sparse people in my world.. laptops, old toys, kid's books.. go figure ~

i'm not a phone person, actually i may be the only human left who does not have a phone? but i do love my laptops like old friends & they tend to accumulate stickers due to toxic & her forever sticker addiction, adding to the loss when i finally must let one go.. this older one i had to keep kicking back into shape as the screen barely would stay upright near the end, it would start slipping forward or back sadly as i typed out my posts.. (cry) ~

& this one literally Caught Fire, not once but 3 times on its power cord before i could let it go.. i'm never ready for it. i may be at that point again. i guess there is the upside of looking for new stickers?? but my money tree is out of season right now.. will update ~