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Posted by: Thanos007 Jul 20 2004, 12:50 PM

Why the absence of the para critter skull? How come?

Thanos

Posted by: Adam Jul 20 2004, 01:16 PM

FASA wanted a more modern-looking logo that they thought was more marketable across multiple mediums.

Posted by: Method Jul 20 2004, 02:38 PM

And with the general public's propensity for believing that all RPGs are of the devil, having what looks like a big goat skull on the cover of the book doesn't help...

Posted by: The Grifter Jul 20 2004, 03:05 PM

But it was just so......FRAGGIN' METAL! I loved it.

Posted by: Arz Jul 20 2004, 05:16 PM

Actually I thought it gave a rather Old West feel to the cover that really tied in with Amerindian art.

Posted by: Shadow Jul 20 2004, 06:11 PM

I like the new one. It is more tech savvy. The original Shadowrun was not nearly advanced enough. The old logo was a very 'lo-tech' looking logo.

Posted by: Garland Jul 20 2004, 08:48 PM

While I like the feathered-serpent/dragon-looking thing, I really thought the ancient parchment with circuitry on it was pretty cool. The skull I could take or leave, it's kind of silly.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Jul 20 2004, 10:53 PM

It is nice that the critter that the skull came from is a part of canon now, though.

~J

Posted by: shadd4d Jul 20 2004, 10:59 PM

What critter? Mutated Cow?

Don

Posted by: Odin Jul 20 2004, 11:00 PM

yes please enlighten the masses. (so we don't need to spend hour scouring our sourcebooks.)

Posted by: Fygg Nuuton Jul 20 2004, 11:03 PM

id say horned bear, although it doesnt look anything like a bear skull, just my guess

Posted by: BitBasher Jul 20 2004, 11:07 PM

Piasma

Posted by: Necrotic Monkey Jul 20 2004, 11:16 PM

It's not a Horned Bear. A http://www.boneclones.com/images/BC_099_Bl_Bear_new.jpg doesn't have anything remotely similar to the shape of the http://www.intercom.net/user/logan1/images/sr10.gif. I also don't remember any descriptions of a Piasma having horns.

Posted by: BitBasher Jul 20 2004, 11:18 PM

A Piasma had horns in it's picture IIRC!

Posted by: Kagetenshi Jul 20 2004, 11:20 PM

Hrm. You're right.

The horns from a horned bear pasted onto a piasma, then?

~J

Posted by: Wireknight Jul 20 2004, 11:22 PM

Actually, I am under the impression that the original logo artwork, done by one Michael Arcana, was never paid for(I believe he sued, but I am unaware if any compromise or judgment was reached) and thus a legal liability.

The logo change was probably in no small part a decision to protect the Shadowrun line from legal action.

Posted by: Kagetenshi Jul 20 2004, 11:26 PM

That would be quite a long run before covering their asses, so I doubt that.

Not that it's impossible.

~J

Posted by: Odin Jul 20 2004, 11:36 PM

well thats assuming they didn't want to taunt the artist for a while before changing the logo first
"neener neener neener we've got your logo and there's nothing you can do about it!"

Posted by: shadd4d Jul 21 2004, 07:48 AM

But look how many books had that logo: Lots of sourcebooks had a miniature on the back cover, while it was glossed on the main handbook. That's a lot of "neener neener neener we've got your logo and there's nothing you can do about it!"

Don

Posted by: Odin Jul 21 2004, 08:53 AM

true but thats what makes it so funny.

Posted by: Moirdryd Jul 21 2004, 11:13 AM

The Old Logo certainly had that gritty Wildwest feel to it and perhaps a hint of MadMax? where as the new/current Logo has that bleeding edge Corp suit feel to it. My Opinion. Both were/are cool .

Posted by: FlakJacket Jul 21 2004, 08:53 PM

Although it's probably showing my age a bit, http://hlair.dumpshock.com/ficshow.php?code=tlc&chapter=5&of=9

Posted by: hobgoblin Jul 21 2004, 11:33 PM

*raises glass*
to flakjacket

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