Category:Sherwood Forest Software - Revision history

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 There is a curious duality to Sherwood's games. Often the basic concepts are unusual and full of potential; instead of ice and lava worlds and sassy rodents, we have waitresses and British imperialists. As time goes on, Sherwood's sprite design and background work grow bold and highly detailed. Yet in many games, the actual design is curiously slapdash. Levels are built with little regard for the player, and often repeated with only minor changes.
-Sherwood and Whalen's efforts extend beyond RSD's Game-Maker. Their most widely known game, the adult-oriented ''The Adventures of Melvin Freebush'', is a product of MVP Software's Game Builder. Aside from their dalliance with porn, the duo's most significant efforts are probably in educational games such as the ''[[:Category:Rascal the Raccoon series|Rascal the Raccoon series]]''.
+Sherwood and Whalen's efforts extend beyond RSD's Game-Maker. Their most widely known game, the adult-oriented ''The Adventures of Melvin Freebush'', is a product of MVP Software's Game Builder. Aside from their dalliance with porn, the duo's most significant efforts are probably in educational games such as the [[:Category:Rascal the Raccoon series|''Rascal the Raccoon'' series]].
 In the new millennium the politically and socially conservative Sherwood expressed displeasure for the industry's trend toward violent games, and ended his relationship with a videogame store that he had been managing. He then applied for a loan and opened a successful HO-scale train store, '''Rob's Hobby Shop''', in downtown Sharon.

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 There is a curious duality to Sherwood's games. Often the basic concepts are unusual and full of potential; instead of ice and lava worlds and sassy rodents, we have waitresses and British imperialists. As time goes on, Sherwood's sprite design and background work grow bold and highly detailed. Yet in many games, the actual design is curiously slapdash. Levels are built with little regard for the player, and often repeated with only minor changes.
-Sherwood and Whalen's efforts extend beyond RSD's Game-Maker. Their most widely known game, the adult-oriented ''The Adventures of Melvin Freebush'', is a product of MVP Software's Game Builder. Aside from their dalliance with porn, the duo's most significant efforts are probably in educational games such as the ''[[Category:Rascal the Raccoon series|Rascal the Raccoon series]]''.
+Sherwood and Whalen's efforts extend beyond RSD's Game-Maker. Their most widely known game, the adult-oriented ''The Adventures of Melvin Freebush'', is a product of MVP Software's Game Builder. Aside from their dalliance with porn, the duo's most significant efforts are probably in educational games such as the ''[[:Category:Rascal the Raccoon series|Rascal the Raccoon series]]''.
 In the new millennium the politically and socially conservative Sherwood expressed displeasure for the industry's trend toward violent games, and ended his relationship with a videogame store that he had been managing. He then applied for a loan and opened a successful HO-scale train store, '''Rob's Hobby Shop''', in downtown Sharon.

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 There is a curious duality to Sherwood's games. Often the basic concepts are unusual and full of potential; instead of ice and lava worlds and sassy rodents, we have waitresses and British imperialists. As time goes on, Sherwood's sprite design and background work grow bold and highly detailed. Yet in many games, the actual design is curiously slapdash. Levels are built with little regard for the player, and often repeated with only minor changes.
-Sherwood and Whalen's efforts extend beyond RSD's Game-Maker. Their most widely known game, the adult-oriented ''The Adventures of Melvin Freebush'', is a product of MVP Software's Game Builder. Aside from their dalliance with porn, the duo's most significant efforts are probably in educational games such as the ''[[Rascal in Numberland|Rascal]]'' series.
+Sherwood and Whalen's efforts extend beyond RSD's Game-Maker. Their most widely known game, the adult-oriented ''The Adventures of Melvin Freebush'', is a product of MVP Software's Game Builder. Aside from their dalliance with porn, the duo's most significant efforts are probably in educational games such as the ''[[Category:Rascal the Raccoon series|Rascal the Raccoon series]]''.
 In the new millennium the politically and socially conservative Sherwood expressed displeasure for the industry's trend toward violent games, and ended his relationship with a videogame store that he had been managing. He then applied for a loan and opened a successful HO-scale train store, '''Rob's Hobby Shop''', in downtown Sharon.

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 : Sharon PA 16146
-== Sites ==
+== Links ==
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/19990427201602/http://www.infonline.net/~sherwood Website (Internet Archive)]
-== Social Media ==
+==== Social Media ====
 * [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003383346896 Facebook profile]
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 * [http://www.diygamer.com/2010/09/gamemaker-archive-part-16-trees-forest/ Trees in the Forest (DIYGamer)]
-== Misc. Links ==
+=== Listings ===
 * [http://www.mobygames.com/company/sherwood-forest-software MobyGames entry (Sherwood Forest Software)]
 * [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,458919/ MobyGames entry (Rob Sherwood)]
 * [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,458920/ MobyGames entry (Dan Whalen)]
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 === Interviews / Articles ===
-* [http://www.skiosk-esd.com/clickteam/SPOTLIGHT6.htm Clickteam interview with "Disney Rob"] ([http://www.skiosk-esd.com/clickteam/SPOTLIGHT46.htm Follow-up interview])
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090402034148/http://www.skiosk-esd.com/clickteam/SPOTLIGHT6.htm Clickteam interview with "Disney Rob"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090402034132/http://www.skiosk-esd.com/clickteam/SPOTLIGHT46.htm Follow-up interview]) (archive.org)
 * [http://www2.sharonherald.com/localnews/recentnews/0312/ln121403e.html Sharon Herald interview]
 * [http://www.diygamer.com/2010/07/gamemaker-archive-part-12-cutandpaste-opportunism/ Cut-and-Paste Opportunism (DIYGamer)]

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 Sherwood and Whalen's efforts extend beyond RSD's Game-Maker. Their most widely known game, the adult-oriented ''The Adventures of Melvin Freebush'', is a product of MVP Software's Game Builder. Aside from their dalliance with porn, the duo's most significant efforts are probably in educational games such as the ''[[Rascal in Numberland|Rascal]]'' series.
-In the new millennium Sherwood expressed displeasure for the industry's trend toward violent games, and ended his relationship with a videogame store that he had been managing. He then applied for a loan and opened a successful HO-scale train store, '''Rob's Hobby Shop''', in downtown Sharon.
+In the new millennium the politically and socially conservative Sherwood expressed displeasure for the industry's trend toward violent games, and ended his relationship with a videogame store that he had been managing. He then applied for a loan and opened a successful HO-scale train store, '''Rob's Hobby Shop''', in downtown Sharon.
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