The best thing that Xombie had
going for it was the satirical
overtones with which it was made.
The graphics were intentionally
childlike, looking as if they had been
scribbled in Windows Paint. It
seemed as if the author recognized
the fact that he sucked at making
graphics, and took it to the extreme
by making extra-sucky graphics. But
it worked, and it was original at the
very least.
The weblog was not as interesting
as one might have hoped, though
there were some humorous remarks
here and there. “Inspiration hit me in
the form of some loose drywall…”
sticks out in my memory.
I had to scroll way to the bottom of
the main page to find the navigation
links for the rest of the site. I don’t
know if it was me or geocities, but I
had to try several times to load the
other pages. The best offering I
could find was a short story under
the “Art” section, which was a
heartfelt tale about making dinner for
a girl.
I wasn’t very interested in the author’s
favorite band list or seeing more than
two of his pictures, and I was
confused by the “Extra” page, which
contained a myriad of subjects that
might be best broken up into
separate pages.Xombie