The Last Checkpoint: Archive

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Jan 23rd

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Jan 16th

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Avatar

Hello everyone! Here’s a pic of the avatar I’ve used in the last two Checkpoint and which I’ll be using, going forward! You might also have noticed the change in layout in the last strip I published, it’s an attempt at a more conventional format (namely A5) and at finding a template for upcoming notes… …As well as former ones. Indeed, I might (just might)...

Jan 9th

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Jan 8th

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Retcon

Hi mates, Salut à vous, I’m cleaning up the site and totally retcon-ing the strips to match the new style. Je nettoie le site et je m’apprête à complètement tricher et renommer/dater les strips pour que ça colle avec le nouveau style que j’utilise maintenant. I’m going to rename the old notes as “Archives” and hide the pictures through a “read...

Jan 1st

X-MASS

Merry Xmas, you guys! (go check the hires version on DeviantArt!)

Dec 25th

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ARCHIVES - Preparedness

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Nov 9th

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Now Playing : Animal Crossing

These days I’m playing a lot of Animal Crossing (the City Folk one, although it’s not like there’s any difference between two “iterations”, right, Nintendo?) and what can I say, this game is the devil. (check out the hi-res version on Deviant Art) Despite its light-hearted visual style and its simple premise, AC is a pretty dense game. There’s a lifetime...

Nov 6th

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The Boy Without a Fairy

Hey chaps, Here are a couple of pictures I made for a zine edited by the pretty cool Cory Shmitz. It’s games-related, so it’s not too irrelevant to this tumblr, is it? New actual checkpoint coming soon, promise! ^^ (Check the hi-res version over at Deviant Art) (Check the hi-res version over at Deviant Art) (Check the hi-res version over at Deviant Art)

Oct 26th

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UI RESCUE SQUAD

It’s a dirty job but someone’s gotta do it. Howdiho! Here’s my loonnnng overdue weekly post on this blog! I’d like to thank you all who didn’t unfollow me because I wasn’t posting anything! ^^ Today, a more personal note, yet still games-related. I’m a UI artist and more often than not, I get to help games out by rushing in and make the UI happen,...

Sep 30th

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ARCHIVES - Childish

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Mar 15th

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ARCHIVES - Foundation

This is a thought I’ve had recently, that many of the really good games around have one very strong central game mechanic which you could almost use alone and beat the entire game with, still having a huge fun. Super Mario Bros. is an obvious example of that, the jumping system being that core feature I’m referring to. You could use the fire flowers, it makes the game more...

Mar 6th

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When you leave...

Hey, here’s a little break from the usual theme, although it’s still somewhat related to video games. It’s a short comic I made for Maré Odomo, as a reply to his awesome “Letters To an Absent Father”. I hope you’ll like it! (Tumblr doesn’t like large pictures, so go check them on Deviant Art, if you don’t mind! Page 1 and page 2)

Dec 9th

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ARCHIVES - Cultural

Today, some reflection on basic differences between occidental and japanese game design. Also, watercolour. I suck at it. Please be nice. (go see the hi-res version on Deviant-Art)

Nov 20th

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ARCHIVES - Point

Ok, this is quite a heavy topic so allow me to word it a bit more. I can’t exactly remember when it all started, but I feel it’s been about 15 years since video games started to shout aloud their wish to be considered as an art form. While I certainly cannot say that I don’t want them to be or think they can’t be, I have a hard time justifying ALL of them as pieces...

Oct 18th

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ARCHIVES - Outcome

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Sep 15th

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ARCHIVES - Crossfading

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Sep 14th

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ARCHIVES - Euphemism

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Jul 15th

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ARCHIVES - Volume

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Jul 2nd

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ARCHIVES - Maturity

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Jul 2nd

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Who, me?

Hi, and welcome to my checkpoint! I’m Matthieu ‘Pixoshiru’ Gallais, an aspiring illustrator/comic book artist who, for some reason, is managing to do every other possible job on earth except those two. I’m posting here my occasional thoughts about videogames, game design, and any other aspect of them I could have something to try to sound clever by. I wish you’ll...

Sep 25th

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