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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!

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old school

vintage child's desk

09/13/2015

i'm interrupting book month for today for a different kind of oldschool item ~

i just love this vintage falcon children's desk ~

it works as an easel or a desk ~

& it has a chalkboard with some vintage chalk still inside ~

the scrolling paper roll on top features nursery rhyme characters~

trees ~

birds ~

letters & numbers ~

flowers ~

animals ~

designs of the era ~

it feels 30's or 40's to me ~

recently i was able to find this sweet little american seating envoy kindergarden chair to go with it ~

just like toxic remembers from kindergarden ~

back to book month tomorrow ~

bren

Posted at 10:12 AM in birds, novelty, old school | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/28/2021

vintage toy ads ~ toxic's choice

more vintage toy ads ~

these are from toxic's old stomping grounds like her home beach, 62nd street in belmont shore :) ~

there was a 2 guys along toxic's bikeride to school ~

jcpenney's toyland! toxic also often bought her school clothes, bathing suits & gym clothes here for jr high ~

zody's is where we bought our first stereo :D ~

& i still have old 45s i bought at the treasury in lakewood ~

classic fisher price & tinker toys ~

not unlike my old backyard swingset but hey, i wish i'd had the dangerous tent kind! ~

toxic's choice ~

good old toys'r'us, we spent many hours there, especially during the pokemon training league years with my son & his friends, happy times :) ~

bren

Posted at 10:14 AM in ephemera, fisher price, holiday, lost & found, music, novelty, old school, peanuts, vinyl | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/27/2021

vintage toy ads ~ books & dolls

more vintage toy ads today ~

07/22/2021

gumby pencil holder

so i've added a few items recently to gumbyland ~

one of them is this vintage lakeside jumbo pencil box/holder from 1967 ~

although if you look closely you'll realize it's kinda unique ~

because it's actually a pokey pencil holder with a gumby pencil holder top :) ~

here's a couple pix from the internet to illustrate ~

what are the chances i find it's long lost counterpart with the gumby holder & pokey top? lol.. i like to think i got the best of both worlds here & i'm happy with that..

bren

Posted at 09:27 AM in gumby, old school, television | Permalink | Comments (0)