Scenery Porn/Quotes
Somewhere deep inside my brain my little reviewer voice was gabbing off about the level design being unintuitive and confusing, but I hushed him because it just looked so damn nice it didn't bother me.
—Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw on Crysis, Zero Punctuation
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Lila Tournay: This isn't art. This is cottage porn.
—Dexter, The Dark Defender
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You are on the edge of a breath-taking view. Far below you is an —ADVENT, for room 126.
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On the other hand, movies like Avatar were actually shot with a 3D camera, and though people may bicker about how shitty the story was, they have nothing but praise for the 3D and the visuals. Even people who thought it was a piece of shit thought it was a beautiful piece of shit. Like Treasure Planet. Seriously, get that movie and watch it with the sound off.
—Cracked, 4 Reasons 3-D Movies Don't Have to Suck.
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Tycho: It's a pretty striking piece of technology. It's like stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting. —Penny Arcade, on Mafia II
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Neat! *click!*
—Bender, Futurama
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I tend to find backgrounds can really be the difference between setting the mood and missing the mark completely. With color this adds a whole different level of perspective. Not only do you have the colors themselves to consider but the saturation and tone. The blend and contrast. How the colors relate to each other in the entire composition.
—Naarie Kermie (creator of Ears for Elves) commenting on a filler strip
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