#Blackthorne

[flourish-of-steel]

The duality of Nektar the Bold

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Take The Shot 'Blackthorne' SEGA 32X

[gildengirl]

“Oh, and Cammie.” At the sound of his voice, I spun around, expecting to hear him crack a joke or call me Gallagher Girl. The last thing I expected was to feel his arms sliding around me, to sense the whole world turning upside down as Zach dipped me in the middle of the foyer and pressed his lips to mine. Then he smiled that smile I'd come to know. “I always finish what I start.”

- Ally Carter, Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

[aishien-the-aishien]

Traditional doodles of today!

Been watching the new "Shogun" series, and I've seen the old one a couple years back. Vasco Rodrigues remains my favourite, and him and Blackthorne are one of my favourite fictional duos, it's utterly undeserved yet I still love them far too much

Also they're in modernised designs, only because I felt like it <3

My younger cousin requested some art again, and her wish is my command - Captain Emilia from "Treasure Planet" it is! o7 (I messed up her eyes a bit while lining so she looks too calm SIGH)

And eventually, the raccoon dragon! Because I doodled a dragon and a raccoon on the same page and the cousin gave me this idea haha

[neenersgames]

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[disneyweirdness]

[rydiathesummoner]

OK nobody mention Odin's awesome glowy sword that can cut through buildings to Blackthorne, he'll just get insecure again

[mysteriouslychocolatedestiny]

Yabushige and Blackthorne

The buddy film we need. Mita Komon: Yabushige & Blackthorn

Serving the Shogun, Yabushige and Blackthorn travel Japan finding trouble and leaving their special brand of justice behind them. Aided by gunslinging Lady Fuji and metal diplomatist and naginata fighter Lady Mariko.

[dayasan]

August @ Blackthorne

[queenandkingofthedragons]

Cosmo Jarvis gave puppy eye expression so well and pathetically as an englishman to a very powerful lord (Hiroyuki Sanada) in all feudal japan aka in Shogun

Cosmo Jarvis was also quite sidelined in 'Persuasion' too and sulked throughout the movie (he was rejected as a suitor for Dakota Johnson's character by her parents) with puppy eyes... I guess he must choose that kind of character or scripts end up showing him like a total loser 😂😂 also, he never stood a chance against an actor (Sanada-san) that made T. Cruise look like a total loser 🤣🤣

[techturd]

Started playing Oddworld Abe's Oddysee for PSX recently - and you know what? I got about halfway through the game and literally quit. Frustratingly hard to the point where I was not enjoying it all. Even with save states! I can only think of a few other instances where I quit a game without finishing it at least once. But I admit I'm an action game guy through and through and don't have much patience when it comes to strategery or tactics.

Anyhow - short story long, I got to thinking about the similarities between Oddysee and the prior games it seems to be inspired by (which I DID enjoy, BTW)

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Through The Cold 'Blackthorne' SEGA 32X

[gildengirl]

“Run. It's what people have been telling me to do all year, and now I think it's time I really listen. ... Please don't look for me. Please don't worry. And most of all, please don't think of this as me running away, but of me running toward. Toward answers. Toward hope. Toward wherever I have to go to finish my father's mission and stop this thing, once and for all. ... I'll be back. And when I am, I promise I'll have answers.”

- Ally Carter, Only the Good Spy Young

[cammie-morgan-goode]

Do you think Matt had ever seen blackthorne?

Hi friend!

I do not believe that Matt ever actually saw Blackthorne and here's why.

He had his suspicions and then we find out in the fourth and fifth books that Matt was so close to taking down the circle. He had dedicated so much time and effort towards this mission. He found out that Joe had been recruited and then they decide to work together.

I truly think that Joe was afraid for Matt and I think he wanted to protect him as much as possible and that the only way to do that was to work together, and Joe would handle everything on the inside while Matt handled the outside.

I don't think Joe would have let Matt get anywhere near Blackthorne. it was too risky. I think he gave him clues to it but I don't think he ever showed it to him. Blackthorne was a part of Joe's past, and he didn't want to Matt to think of him like that. He didn't want Matt to hate him.

Which is also why Joe never told Matt about his part in the Circle. He didn't tell him that he had been recruited. He didn't tell him anything. He let Matt figure it out on his own.

So no. I don't think Matt ever saw Blackthorne. I don't think Joe had any intention of showing it to him. Not in the slightest.

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[datcloudboi]

List of Video Games Turning 30 Years Old in 2024

Aggressors of Dark Kombat (what if Mortal Kombat was made by the KoF devs?)

Alone in the Dark 2

Art of Fighting 2

Beneath a Steel Sky (a highly influential point and click adventure game from the same team that would go on to make Broken Sword)

Blackthorne (a 2D platformer made by Blizzard)

Breath of Fire (the 1st one)

Bubsy 2

Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales

Bust-a-Move (known as "Puzzle Bobble" in Japan)

Castlevania: Bloodlines

Contra: Hard Corps (the first game in the series to have multiple endings)

Cosmology of Kyoto

The Death and Return of Superman (a side scrolling beat 'em up made by Blizzard)

Demon's Crest

Donkey Kong (the Game boy version of the arcade original)

Donkey Kong Country

Doom II: Hell on Earth

Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls (as opposed to a beat ‘em up like the other four games were, this one was a fighting game)

Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom

Dynamite Headdy

Earthworm Jim (with music from Tommy Tallarico. His mother is very proud.)

Ecco: The Tides of Time

The Elder Scrolls Arena (the very 1st one)

Final Fantasy VI

Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (the 3rd one)

Ghoul Patrol (the sequel to "Zombies Ate My Neighbors")

Heretic

The Horde (a hybrid action/strategy game made by Toys for Bob, who are known nowadays for making Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time)

Illusion of Gaia

Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures

Killer Instinct

The King of Fighters '94

King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride

Live a Live (the original version, which went unreleased in North America. We wouldn’t get this game until the HD-2D remake 28 years later)

Majin Tensei (a strategy spin-off of the greater Shin Megami Tensei franchise)

Marathon (one of the earliest games made by Bungie)

Mega Man 6

Mega Man Soccer

Mega Man V (on the Game Boy)

Mega Man X

Mortal Kombat II

The Need for Speed (the very 1st one)

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures (as an empath, seeing Pac-Man in pain makes me feel sick)

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

Pocky & Rocky 2

Policenauts (a visual novel and one of the earlier works from Hideo Kojima)

Rise of the Robots (often considered one of the worst fighting games ever made)

Robotrek

Samurai Shodown II

Shadowrun (the Sega Genesis version)

Shaq Fu (also often considered one of the worst fighting games ever made)

Shin Megami Tensei II (which, to this day, has never been officially released outside of Japan)

Shin Megami Tensei If... (also never officially released outside of Japan)

Shining Force II

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (just in time for the third movie)

Sparkster

Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

Streets of Rage 3

Super Adventure Island II

Super Metroid

Super Punch-Out!!

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (this release saw the first playable appearances of T. Hawk, Fei Long, Dee Jay, and Cammy)

Super Street Fighter II Turbo (saw the series’ first secret character, Akuma)

System Shock (a remake came out very recently. It's quite good!)

Ultima VIII: Pagan

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (the very 1st one)

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

X-COM: UFO Defense (the 1st game in the series)

Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II (one of the last first-party releases for the NES)

Zool 2