The Mario timeline, 9,999 ligatures, and the last arena shooter

Links worth a look, week 8

A round-up of what I shared on social.omgmog.net between 16 February and 22 February.

Ceave Gaming spent three months trying to make the Super Mario timeline make sense.

A font that displays numbers in a compact format used by Cistercian monks.

Making a font with 9,999 ligatures to display thirteenth-century monk numerals — Digital Seams

Computer Retro Bus revisits Unreal Tournament 2004, maybe the last great arena shooter.

A 35th anniversary documentary on the making of Lemmings.

During the rapid technological advancements of the early 1990s, the video game industry was on the cusp of a massive addition - another dimension.

Rise of the Triforce

A look at recolouring Pokémon sprites and why it's harder than it sounds.

A Pokémon of a Different Color

This Exists on a console that, despite the title, sort of does.

A short from Puppet Sunsun, exactly as strange as the title suggests.

The one where I crowdsource an argument winner.

Death to Scroll Fade!

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