The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #228 - Heroes V Dungeon Faction

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The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #227 - Second Life

Fantasy Art contributions from talented Second Life photographers and photomanipulators:


by jazmine_morken2000


by trydzia

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #226 - Spellforce

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Fantasy Art in Second Life - The Fantasy Photography of Kim Dench

For more Second Life fantasy photography by Kim Dench, visit her Flickr fantasy set.

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #225 - Bizarre Graphics Bugs in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

In working on my website and blog to grab some great screenshots of fantasy computer games, I obviously play a lot of times. Sounds like pure fun, right? Not all the time, unfortunately.
From time to time, bugs and conflicts occur when using third-party addons (typically mods), and I have to figure it out. I spent over an hour tracking down this bizarre bug in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion:



It's one of the guardhouses in the Imperial City Market District. When I first enter the Market District, all appears fine. I can talk to the guards and people, etcetera.
When I go deeper in, however, I hear two "BONK" sounds, which Windows plays when there's a sudden error. From then on, menus don't show up. I can't press ESC to access the main menu, and I can't talk to people. It's more than just a hidden menu because Oblivion doesn't even pause the game and zoom up to the person's face for dialogue like it normally does when you talk to someone.

Anyway, some of the interior cells are fine, but others, like this guardhouse, show black for some textures.

I started unloading the new mods I added to the list of mods to load, and it came down to two mods: Talos Plaza Home and Frostmourne and Lich King's Armor

This is what the same guardhouse looks like with Talos Plaza Home loaded, but not Frostmourne:



This is what the same guardhouse looks like with Frostmourne and Lich King, but not Talos Plaza Home.



With both taken out, everything *looks* fine. So far...
Also note the dancing lamp on the far side and the mis-placed food and other items. Not sure what that's about, but it's not game-stopping and looks isolated, so I'm going to let it go for now.

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #224 - Second Life

Fantasy Art contributions from talented Second Life photographers and photomanipulators:


by jazmine_morken2000


by jazmine_morken2000

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #223 - Baldur's Gate II

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The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #222 - Heroes V Dungeon Faction

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The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #221 - Second Life

Fantasy Art contributions from talented Second Life photographers and photomanipulators:


by Petter Miles


by Ania Szaberwick

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #220 - Spellforce

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The Fantasy Art of Flondo - Expectation

Flondo has published "Exotica", featuring some of his latest and best works. We reviewed it here.

Expectation by ~flondo on deviantART

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #219 - Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI

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The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #218 - Baldur's Gate II

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The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #217 - Heroes V Dungeon Faction

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Valentines in Oblivion

With any game that can be extensively modded graphically, there seems to be an obsession with bringing in unrealistically perfect beauty and extraordinary fashion. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is one such game. Like its precursor Morrowind, modders have created thousands of free add-ons to break out of the artistic direction and indulge their fantasies, and with as much skill and intensity as Second Lifers, even though their creations are enjoyed in private (Oblivion is a single-player computer fantasy role playing game).
Here are a couple of pictures from one of the zillions of mods out there, especially for Valentines.

(Pictures from The Elder Scrolls Nexus, where the mod can be downloaded).

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #216 - Second Life

Fantasy Art contributions from talented Second Life photographers and photomanipulators:


by Petter Miles


by Petter Miles

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #215 - Spellforce

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The Fantasy Art of Peter Ang

Peter Ang is one of the digital artists featured in Ballistic Publishing's latest portfolio of "the world's most beautiful CG characters", Exotique 5 (page 40).

father and son by *petera on deviantART

bestfriends by *petera on deviantART

the legend of shibashu by *petera on deviantART

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #214 - Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI

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The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #213 - Second Life

Fantasy Art contributions from talented Second Life photographers and photomanipulators:


by Petter Miles


by Petter Miles

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #212 - Baldur's Gate II

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The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #211 - Heroes V Dungeon Faction

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The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #210 - Second Life

Fantasy Art contributions from talented Second Life photographers and photomanipulators:


by Petter Miles


by Petter Miles

The Fantasy Art of Computer Games #209 - Spellforce

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