Thanos007
Jul 20 2004, 12:50 PM
Why the absence of the para critter skull? How come?
Thanos
Adam
Jul 20 2004, 01:16 PM
FASA wanted a more modern-looking logo that they thought was more marketable across multiple mediums.
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...
The Grifter
Jul 20 2004, 03:05 PM
But it was just so......FRAGGIN' METAL! I loved it.
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.
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.
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.
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
shadd4d
Jul 20 2004, 10:59 PM
What critter? Mutated Cow?
Don
Odin
Jul 20 2004, 11:00 PM
yes please enlighten the masses. (so we don't need to spend hour scouring our sourcebooks.)
Fygg Nuuton
Jul 20 2004, 11:03 PM
id say horned bear, although it doesnt look anything like a bear skull, just my guess
BitBasher
Jul 20 2004, 11:07 PM
Piasma
Necrotic Monkey
Jul 20 2004, 11:16 PM
It's not a Horned Bear. A
bear's skull doesn't have anything remotely similar to the shape of the
skull on the old Shadowrun logo. I also don't remember any descriptions of a Piasma having horns.
BitBasher
Jul 20 2004, 11:18 PM
A Piasma had horns in it's picture IIRC!
Kagetenshi
Jul 20 2004, 11:20 PM
Hrm. You're right.
The horns from a horned bear pasted onto a piasma, then?
~J
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.
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
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!"
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
Odin
Jul 21 2004, 08:53 AM
true but thats what makes it so funny.
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 .
FlakJacket
Jul 21 2004, 08:53 PM
Although it's probably showing my age a bit,
a little something.
hobgoblin
Jul 21 2004, 11:33 PM
*raises glass*
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