Lost Vikings
I do not know what is with my recent video game kick considering I am not a "gamer" by habit. Instead, I would chalk it up as just a general fixation on hobbies that are cool only when compared to model airplane building.
That said, I will swing the blog back towards its intended theme. Vikings. The Norse people have become somewhat of a staple in pop culture. America has the Minnesota football team "The Vikings." And an one time classmate of mine had the 1992 Super
Nintendo game entitled "Lost Vikings." The game is about three Vikings, Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout, who get sucked into various points in time. Sure, it may not be everyone's favorite plumping Italian stereotype, but it had a puzzle solving game play that mirrored "The Lemmings."
The friend who had that game, was a type of buddy every guy had in school: the one whom has all the gaming systems on hand, a pool table, and, best of all, a set of parents too busy feeding coins into an Indian casino. Yes. We all used him. Yes. We took advantage of a slightly overweight guy attempting to fit in. But, in our defense, we were teenage guys. You know. Assholes. It's a phase. Any teenage boy who seems to be the perfect gentleman is trying to nail your daughter.
"Lost Vikings" was one of the very few video games to explore Vikings as a subject matter, even if it was done in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way.
With a quick online search, I found that Blizzard, the makers of "Diablo" and "Warcraft," has actually published an online demo of the original game in promotion of a ported version being released on Gameboy Advance. Click HERE to play it.
Vikings may not by a subject theme that will ever dominate the mainstream pop culture, but it’s a start. We must move on from the vampire obsession at some point. Joss Whedon and Anne Rice, please repeat that last sentence to yourselves a few times each morning. I will be expecting to see Baleog the British Isle Slayer and The Viking Chronicles popping up soon.
Anyway, this Venice Viking will be returning back to the mission statement of this blog shortly.
That said, I will swing the blog back towards its intended theme. Vikings. The Norse people have become somewhat of a staple in pop culture. America has the Minnesota football team "The Vikings." And an one time classmate of mine had the 1992 Super
Nintendo game entitled "Lost Vikings." The game is about three Vikings, Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout, who get sucked into various points in time. Sure, it may not be everyone's favorite plumping Italian stereotype, but it had a puzzle solving game play that mirrored "The Lemmings."The friend who had that game, was a type of buddy every guy had in school: the one whom has all the gaming systems on hand, a pool table, and, best of all, a set of parents too busy feeding coins into an Indian casino. Yes. We all used him. Yes. We took advantage of a slightly overweight guy attempting to fit in. But, in our defense, we were teenage guys. You know. Assholes. It's a phase. Any teenage boy who seems to be the perfect gentleman is trying to nail your daughter.
"Lost Vikings" was one of the very few video games to explore Vikings as a subject matter, even if it was done in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way.
With a quick online search, I found that Blizzard, the makers of "Diablo" and "Warcraft," has actually published an online demo of the original game in promotion of a ported version being released on Gameboy Advance. Click HERE to play it.
Vikings may not by a subject theme that will ever dominate the mainstream pop culture, but it’s a start. We must move on from the vampire obsession at some point. Joss Whedon and Anne Rice, please repeat that last sentence to yourselves a few times each morning. I will be expecting to see Baleog the British Isle Slayer and The Viking Chronicles popping up soon.
Anyway, this Venice Viking will be returning back to the mission statement of this blog shortly.
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