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It’s been a while since I posted some original content on here, this being Tumblr and all (original content? what is that?), but once in a while something really big happens that compels me to log in and pretend I’m still a quasi-active blogger. (note: scroll down for the TL;DR version)

1. SPACE QUEST IS COMING BACK! This is the game series that got me into gaming (well, closely tied with King’s Quest). It probably won’t be named SQ, but The Two Guys from Andromeda are working on a new game. In terms of what got me started down the path to chronic carpal tunnel syndrome, this game had everything - humor, dialogue, iconic characters, endlessly repeatable gameplay. I made the shit out of those Monolith Burgers. Roger Wilco was a fantastic role model for 11-year-old me. These guys had the Midas touch for memorable world-building and exactly how comic timing, hapless satire and sarcasm should be used in a game. If I wasn’t working on a stupid Mac half the time I would be glued to my laptop wearing a Super Depends and drinking out of a Camelbak. Please, please please, CHECK OUT THEIR KICKSTARTER here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spaceventure/two-guys-spaceventure-by-the-creators-of-space-que

If you haven’t heard of Space Quest, then YOU SHOULD FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT.

2. DIABLO 3 is coming out next week.

Pretty sure I will be doing the adult diapers/Camelbak deal next week. Some of the more “adult” “civilized” people (you guys are lame anyway) who are unaware of my gaming proclivity can’t understand why I want to squat in a dark room for hours on end clicking and raging, but it’s in my blood. On the outside, I am a semi-normal functioning adult. On the inside I’m still twelve. I played the original legit shit when I was 11, and I’ll be damned if I don’t regress into an Altered States blob when this giant timesuck hits the fan (William Hurt looks better than I would).

The only difference here is that Blizzard is a giant money machine, so I have no need to compel you to buy D3.

Space Quest (or whatever it’ll end up being called), on the other hand, is a wholly independently-financed venture.

TL;DR version:

BUY SPACE QUEST, CAN’T WAIT FOR DIABLO 3.

Space Quest yes, D3 no.

idrawnintendo:

Mega Man transformation. I’ve been playing with some pixel art recently.

“Meggy Jr RGB is a new kit that we designed as a platform to develop handheld pixel games. It’s based around a fully addressable 8×8 RGB LED matrix display, and features six big fat buttons for comfy game play. (…) A unique feature of Meggy Jr RGB is that it is designed to be mounted inside a “handle set” — a wooden or plastic case that’s safer and more pleasant to hold than a bare circuit board. You can make, mod and customize your own handle sets to suit your taste– These are like faceplates in that you can switch whenever you want to suit your mood or the game that you’re playing, however different handle sets can radically change what the Meggy Jr looks and feels like. Above, you can see what our basic handles (left) look like, as compared to a set of custom smoke-colored batwing handles (right).“

theairtightgarage:

Blackbeard and the Pirate Brain

Page 1/5

[English version originally printed in Marvel/Epic’s Moebius 4: The Long Tomorrow]

Summary is in the title: “fuck forever and never die.” I don’t see why this needs more thought. This is the pinnacle of editorial writing simply because of the creation and use of the word “fuckfully.” That is all.

The most ridiculous picture of Kim Dotcom (the Megaupload king) ever, ever, ever.

Man, from a writer’s perspective, I want to get my paws on this (hint: boyfriend, if you’re reading this…:3)

You have my attention. Seriously though, am I the only person who misses playing that trivia dungeon thing in the old Encarta 98?

Ruh roh, $_$

Citing “uncovered information” from unnamed sources, the tech blog says that Valve is developing a platform for low-cost, micro-sized PCs that would offer access to Steam’s vast library of games, but in a streamlined console-style experience. It’s possible that Valve be producing a Steam Box of its own, but other manufacturers will also be able to develop hardware for the platform.

The report claims that baseline models will have an Intel Core i7 CPU, NVIDIA GPU and 8GBs of RAM, such as the Alienware X51, which may have been designed to be a Steam Box-capable device.

I digress from techgamemania to indulge my serious Downton Abbey addiction.

luclatulippe:

flannelanimal:

Downton Abbey Paper Dolls

Concepts by Willa Paskin, Illustrations by Kyle Hilton

This morning for me is almost as exciting as Christmas, as I get to share a project I’ve been working on this week.  Vulture was gracious enough to hire me to create four Downton Abbey paper dolls and they’re now up for downloading/printing.  I somehow managed to watch two seasons of this show (much to my wife’s enjoyment) in the span of a few days while working on these, and I have to say.  Not a bad show.

Click through to see the article and all four dolls.

If you’re like me and all the rest of the Sensible Normal People In The World, you too are dying for Season Three of Downton Abbey to start. Did you hear Shirley MacLaine is playing Cora’s mother?? I KNOW! *SHRIEEEK!!* She’s to be pitted against Dame Maggie Smith. POW! ZAP! K-BANG!!

Anyway, to reward your patient waiting, illustrator Kyle Hilton has created a set of Downton themed paper dolls. I’m off to get my scissors!

slang-king:

BBC - Luke Insect

brain-food:

Cartoon Anatomy by Michael Paulus

ianbrooks:

Land of Lovecraft by Nik Holmes

Shirt available at RedBubble, one of the premier Massive Madness Online RPG’s.

Artist: Deviantart / Facebook / Website / tumblr

INCEPTION PARK by Fernando Livschitz

Kind of intrigued by this game. The lines and shapes remind me very vaguely of a particular story chapter of KQ7 (or was it 8? the princeless bride disney-fest one) and its half-assed handling of steampunk tech, but this time this looks like it’s been done right.

“Hatoful Kareshi [J] (hato=dove, kareshi=boyfriend so it is a word play of “full of pigeons boyfriend” and “heartful boyfriend”) is a Japanese style text-and-image virtual school dating game for girls, except all of your school love-life targets are pigeons.”

OH MY GOD WHAT MORE COULD I POSSIBLY ADD TO THIS *brain explodes*