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Bronstring goes E.T. Special Edition on AG logo 06 Mar, 2009 / Comments: 6

By Jason


An interesting post from last month can be found on Bill Tiller's personal blog. As you may know, Tiller was the artist of the beloved site logo for adventure gaming mega-site and friend of Mojo, Adventure Gamers. But as he reveals, the original design was a trifle less sanitized.
Notice anything different about this logo?

Yep. The guns. I was told that might imply that adventure games have a lot of shooting. So I was asked to changed it. So I did, to an idol and a Torch. I agree. Good call AG!
At least the compromise Marek and Bill cooked up did not involve walkie talkies.
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6 Comments

  • QueZTone on 06 Mar, 2009, 14:48…
    heh, now let's see the previous logos? im not sure if there are many other ones.. but i do recall an Indy-esque one..

    also recall taking it for a personal adventure game site and then being told to remove it (i was such an innocent little cleptomaniac back then)
  • Ascovel on 06 Mar, 2009, 09:48…
    I have to say I never was able to force myself to watch more than 15 minutes of E.T. Special Edition. The CGI E.T. always scared me off.
  • tabacco on 06 Mar, 2009, 06:17…
    Man, now I kind of wish it HAD been a walkie talkie.
  • Metallus on 06 Mar, 2009, 11:16…
    Or maybe Kate Walker's cellphone.
  • Udvarnoky on 06 Mar, 2009, 03:53…
    I'd forgotten that it used to be called Adventure Gamer.
  • Kolzig on 06 Mar, 2009, 15:15…
    Was it UGO or something that took over the old url? Those were the days, heh...