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Wow, thanks a bunch!

That's some nice knowledge of russian bithday songs, Tabata!

Snarky, indeed!

No, it isn't.

Hint:

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This actor was one of the incarnations of The Doctor on Doctor Who.

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Here's an easy one (I think)

Nice choice! It's 'Adventures of Prince Achmed' by Lotte Reiniger, a wonderful silhouette-animated film from 1920s, right?

Have you seen Michel Ocelot's "Princes and princesses", by the way? I think it's the only other silhouette film that comes close to Achmed.

Just listened to it - good stuff! Really looking forward to the next one!

Also - rotoscoping is the best. I think He-Man proved that.

If I may ask, what part about the graphics seemed ramshackly? Was it a specific element, or that the whole thing just felt a bit rough?

Well, maybe 'ramshackly' is too strong a word. And not even a real word at that. I mostly mean that backgrounds are slightly rougher and less detailed than in some of your games. Now that I look at them - it probably seems that way because there's more empty space due to it being in the sky and that they're brighter than usually. They are still very pretty and nice to look at, and even better than usual from the design point of view, I just felt that they could've used a little more polish. But they still convey the atmosphere perfectly, so no harm done, really.

Oh, and it was fun to play for the second time too, just slightly different.

I want to wholeheartedly agree with Ali's definition of this game as a "puzzle poem" - it is indeed a wonderfully poetic and sentimental experience.

I also think that this is one of 304's most accomplished games, with a very well established and interesting world filled with emotional mix of nostalgia, sadness, longing and hope that accompanies every little bit and piece of the 'old' world - something that SuperGiant Games' "Bastion", with it's somewhat similar premise, completely failed to do in my opinion.

And altough the amount of narrated text and 'use yet another pipe on yet another piece of concrete' puzzles are obvious drawbacks, I didn't care or even notice that on the first playthrough - it all felt very organic and natural. The sound design and music are also spot on and add a lot to the eerie atmosphere. And while I felt that graphics are a bit ramshackly this time, the inventive and consistent graphic design more than makes up for it.

I also agree that it would've made a great 3D game, with all the jumping and stuff, but I still prefer 2D most of the time.

In short - thanks for yet another great game, I loved it, and as always, look forward to seeing more from you! Cheers!

Yep

Ok, here's an easy one:

Oh, it's Grosse Point Blank, isn't it? What a great soundtrack that movie has

I remember a very similar shot in "Memories of Murder", but I wouldn't call it ultra-violent, at least not for a movie about a serial killer, so it's probably no it.

Ha! Well, I guess it's back to guessing Christopher Nolan films for us! It is indeed Mystery Train. And it took only 15 minutes? I think I'll stick to obscure french films from now on.

My guess would be Chris Nolan's early neo-noir "Following". There aren't many outdoors scenes there, but they kinda look like this.

Also, the scary magic of google image search recognizes the car from the screenshot as Honda Civic 1994, so we know the time frame

Happy birthday, ThreeOhFour, you talanted young man! Best wishes! 

Nope, but the robot from this film and the one from "Lost in Space" were designed by the same man.

Noted!

Ok, this one should be quite easy for all the sci-fi geeks out there

If it's the end of their collaboration, then it's probably "Red Beard", but I have to admit that I haven't seen it. Kurosawa has too many great films

Hey, you didn't even wait for a pic with Nick Cave!