You might remember me writing about Bears of War - a Gears of War parody by Śledziu / Mr Herring. My little note got picked up by QJ.Net and more folks learnt about the webcomic. Yesterday, Śledziu released a short animated Bears of War movie to commemorate his birthday (Happy Birthday Śledziu!) and I thought it deserves the mention.
I expected something funny in the vein of general Bears of War humour, probably with Winnie the Pooh getting splattered again. The short animation, however, turned out to be in much more serious mood. Bitter and melancholic, it doesn't make fun of GoW game, but instead just shows the general sadness of war. Most notably it makes the reference to the destruction of Buddhas of Bamyan - I remember hearing about this and feeling sadness that a great relic of the past got blown away by a bunch of fundamentalist troglodytes. Apparently Śledziu felt the same about it.
The author says that his creation looks like 16 bit game introductory sequence - perhaps, but I liked old-school intros and I definitely like this one. There is also version formatted for PSP available for download. Enough talking - just go and watch it!
PS. And I know I promised a list of my favourite online comics already back in March, just bear with me (pun not intended) a little longer...
I expected something funny in the vein of general Bears of War humour, probably with Winnie the Pooh getting splattered again. The short animation, however, turned out to be in much more serious mood. Bitter and melancholic, it doesn't make fun of GoW game, but instead just shows the general sadness of war. Most notably it makes the reference to the destruction of Buddhas of Bamyan - I remember hearing about this and feeling sadness that a great relic of the past got blown away by a bunch of fundamentalist troglodytes. Apparently Śledziu felt the same about it.
The author says that his creation looks like 16 bit game introductory sequence - perhaps, but I liked old-school intros and I definitely like this one. There is also version formatted for PSP available for download. Enough talking - just go and watch it!
PS. And I know I promised a list of my favourite online comics already back in March, just bear with me (pun not intended) a little longer...
