Parka Blogs

Book Review: The Wildlife of Star Wars

February 9, 2010 by Parka

Dante's Inferno Death Edition

February 7, 2010 by Parka

Book Review: Illustration Now! Vol. 2

February 6, 2010 by Parka

Book Review: Illustration Now!

February 6, 2010 by Parka

Sparth (Nicolas Bouvier) on Flickr

February 5, 2010 by Parka

Check out Sparth's Flickr page for some of his beautiful concept art paintings

His out-of-stock Structura: The Art of Sparth is going for a reprint so please don't buy those copies selling at over $1000 right now.

Book Preview: The Complete Peanuts 1975-1976 (Vol. 13)

February 5, 2010 by Parka

Book Preview: Sand & Fury: A Scream Queen Adventure

February 4, 2010 by Parka

Bioshock 2 Special Edition Unboxing

February 4, 2010 by Parka

Here's the unboxing video from 2K for Bioshock Special Edition. The art book looks really good. In fact, everything looks really good, except...

The non-console version comes with SecuROM. The PC version is going to be limited to 15 activations, after which you'll have to call up some office to have the installation limit reset. There's already a SecuROM discussion on 2K forums spanning over 100 pages. Check that out if you have any questions.

I'm getting the PS3 version but even that, the issue with SecuROM is putting me off. If not for the art book, I won't even consider buying the game. I wonder what game companies have learned from all these years of putting these restrictions on discs that punishes authentic customers.

• BioShock 2
• Vinyl 180g LP featuring the orchestral score from the original BioShock
• CD containing the BioShock 2 orchestral score
• A 164 page 8"x11" hardbound artbook chock full of developer commentary
• Three posters featuring vintage ads from Rapture (rolled)

Amazon.com is offering $10 off for future game purchases with any Bioshock 2 pre-orders.

Other Amazon links: US | CA | UK | DE | FR | JP

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Book Review: Drawing Words and Writing Pictures

February 3, 2010 by Parka

Book Review: Keys to Drawing with Imagination

February 2, 2010 by Parka