Master Monk http://www.mastermonk.com A search for meaning and beauty Mon, 03 May 2010 01:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=9506 en hourly 1 Spring is here! http://www.mastermonk.com/2010/04/30/spring-is-here/ http://www.mastermonk.com/2010/04/30/spring-is-here/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:32:49 +0000 Master Monk http://www.mastermonk.com/?p=77 Isn’t it a beautiful sight? A wonder of nature, a mystery of God.. After a cold and dark winter from barren ground and seemingly dead branches new life sprouts! Flowers start to bloom as if wanting to celebrate a new warm and fertile season and meadows are suddenly filled with.. little joyful creatures jumping up and down, chasing each other and posing for a passerby’s camera..



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A demo of the first of four chapters of the game has been released recently and is up for download here. Want more? Pre-order here. What do you think?



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Biomega is a story about a cool bike riding, gun wielding hero who seems to team up with a talking bear that protects some girl with healing powers. Under attack from hordes of mutated super ugly humans the hero blasts away and blood splatters all over the place. Yay!

Mushishi is still quite a mystery to me. In part 4 it involves  the story of two sisters, little cocoons containing messages, and a little creepy furball. It’s slower paced and more focused on the story, but the peacefulness of the scenery and the occasional water colored pages make up for it.

Then there is Rainbow part 11, the story of a soldier who gets stuck in a village in the middle of real bad weather. The severe wind and rain are very dramatically depicted, and the flashbacks of our hero’s past keep the story interesting.

Well there you have it! Even with limited understanding of the storyline this was still some really inspiring artwork for just 3 bucks.

Manga comics cover 01 Rainbow manga peek

Biomega manga peek Mushishi manga peek

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Luckily I backup my website ever so often, so all the hard work I did making the site isn’t lost, but from now on I’ll make it a habit of backing up my databases as well..

Anyway, great to be back! Great to to have you here, enjoy the graphic adventure!

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]]> http://www.mastermonk.com/2009/10/06/there-is-only-quiet/feed/ 0 Chapter 01 Destiny Visits The Monastery http://www.mastermonk.com/2009/10/01/chapter-01-destiny-visits-the-monastery/ http://www.mastermonk.com/2009/10/01/chapter-01-destiny-visits-the-monastery/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:00:00 +0000 Master Monk http://www.mastermonk.com/2009/10/01/chapter-01-destiny-visits-the-monastery/ Chapter 01 Destiny Visits The Monastery

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