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Google-
I adopted early, because that’s what we do. Turns out that those niggling qualms about where Google+ would fit in my life, if I even wanted to carve out space or time or inclination, those weren’t just latent Luddite tendencies trying to rear their nasty heads. Time is my internet currency, and when it comes to Google+ I’m skint.
(yes, you can sever Google+ from your Google account, just use a sharp, clean blade)
New and Shiny Site!
Sally has finished work on our new HAVAmedia site, woo! All our latest projects and sites are there, and you can check out my likeness on the Our Team page, pretty much the spitting image. What do you think, new Twavatar?
Go Home Dinosaurs Playable at PAX
Feisty indie developer Fire Hose Games will be introducing their brand new title, Go Home Dinosaurs!, at PAX this coming weekend.
Described as a fun, new take on tower defense players will piece together weapons shaped as puzzle pieces – all powered by tiny mammals – in an effort to defend against the invading menace: dinosaurs. Tower defense, gophers with lasers, dinosaurs and meteor showers – how can you resist when BBQs need saving from enemy pterodactyls? The cause is just, folks, time to wage war.
Your character and abilities can level up by collecting and trading cards, “This game has it all, blending short, simple, easy-to-get-into fun with deep mechanics that keep things exciting and new.” While platforms are still up in the air, according to Eitan Glinert, Fire Hose Games’ Fire Chief, they’re hoping for “some combination of console, PC, mobile”.
If you’ll be at PAX you can check out the game at booth 6408, in Indie Alley and next to the PAX 10. Anyone that knows me knows that I’m more than a little fond of the TD genre, so I look forward to getting hands-on with the game and telling you all how it’s shaping up!
Jetpacks Are Cool
If you found the awesome water jetpack lacking – specifically for more land-based pursuits – the Martin Jetpack is on it with a 7+ minute outdoor flight.
James flies the Martin Jetpack by radio control. This is part of a flight that lasted more than 7 minutes, a record for the jetpack.
We use Jetson, our weighted dummy in the aircraft to provide the mass to represent a pilot. The control system of the jetpack has been computer limited to slow speeds and climb rates at this stage of testing.
Reading Books
**If you haven’t yet read The Wise Man’s Fear there are light spoiler-y hints below. Also: Bruce Willis is dead the whole time. Now READ THE BOOK.**
The Name of the Wind is a book you should have read, a mandate that extends to its sequel (second in The Kingkiller Chronicle) The Wise Man’s Fear. Being now mostly through the latter, I get to wonder: The Wise Man’s Fear is a man book.*
As Penny Arcade illustrated, there’s “sexomancy”, which for all the mention to female wiles and skill is definitely a man thing. Kvothe fighting droves of bandits: heroic. Kvothe going out of faerie to spread the knowledge of looooooove: man skank. It’s just the sort of thing a man cares about, a guy going around getting some. Pretty much just makes me want to punch his smug face.
Kvothe is a giant idiot, he knows that about himself, and most of the time it doesn’t affect his likability – except when it comes to Denna. She’s a black hole waste of space that Kvothe should have pretended not to recognize. Instead, he pines after her, spending way too much time trying to find her all while she makes herself unbearably difficult to find. She’s one of the worst kinds of women, but the reader is supposed to understand Kvothe’s affection for her? Lacking man parts, I don’t think I can. Denna’s story is hinted at, and maybe it will yet be revealed that I’m being horribly unfair, but it strikes me that while from a single, catastrophic event Kvothe works to change his fortune, Denna works to keep hers the same while maintaining the illusion of momentum.
These musings don’t change the unchangeable, that this man book is good, very good, and I write that without any of the usual middle-of-the-trilogy disclaimers. The pacing is like being woven into a great big quilt of a story, and you can’t help but wrap yourself up in it. It just so happens that in doing so, you may feel the need to take a rape shower afterward.
*For whatever reason, when I expressed this sentiment last night out loud all my time in the South erupted, so when you read this say it to yourself with a disdainful drawl “ma-an buk”, like you would speak about neighbors that won’t fly the flag of the Confederacy.
Now Wombats Are Depressed
Why? Because you didn’t hug them enough, Australians!
Their primadonna wombat was suffering from depression brought on by a lack of cuddles.
Couple things here:
1) Hug your wombat.
2) I had no idea wombats looked like that. I wouldn’t want to hug one either. Looks a bit too much like a Rodent of Unusual Size.
For me, for Wonder, for vodka!
My friend Wonder Russell is one of Stoli’s finalists for their Originals campaign – more than that, she’s the wild card underdog!!
I really want her win – why? Because she’s awesome, geeky, and I’ve gone drinking with the girl so the vodka cred is no joke.
It would be great if you could post on Stoli’s FaceBook page with a vote for Wonder, thumbs up her video on YouTube, and/or reply to @Stoli on Twitter letting them know that we want Wonder!
(and if you want to follow her on Twitter, @bellawonder)
E3 Life: Food
Sometimes at E3 you get to eat. Sometimes.
We made time on Monday post Microsoft to fill up at Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles!
Dave is either laughing with me, or at me...
Sam ran out of waffles.
Dutifully posing
11×2 World Cup Contest
Our football (a.k.a. “soccer”) site 11×2 is celebrating the World Cup!! Set down your vuvuzela and check it out:
To participate all you have to do is comment on 30 or more news stories under the World Cup and you will get the chance to win one of the following prizes.
1: The new Xbox 360 with two games of your choice
2: The new PS3 slim with two games of your choice
3: The official world cup footballThe winners will be announced shortly after the World Cup has ended. Good luck and we look forward to see you in the comment section.
Note: Though commenting on 30 or more news stories will enter you into the contest, commenting regularly throughout the world cup will increase your chances of winning. For each day you are active on the site we will add an extra ticket for your account into the prize draw.
N4G Sol Survivor Steam Key Giveaway
Thanks to Dylan Barker at Cadenza Interactive, we have a couple Steam Keys to give away over on N4G for the newly released PC version of their XBLA title, Sol Survivor!
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Happy Birthday, Corey!
Now don’t you all go clamoring for birthday wishes – I happen to know this gal makes regular stops by this blog. Oh, and she gets special privileges, being all related to me and whatnot. Happy Birthday to my sis-in-law, Corey!
(and if you bump into her on the street, buy her some cake)
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Some of you may have noticed, ZTGD is not doing updates this week which means no Review Wrap-Up til after the holiday. Have a great weekend!
Chris Cornell drops “Scream” on the top of its head
Chris Cornell’s (you know, Soundgarden and Audioslave) album “Scream” just released in Europe. A project with Timbaland, it has been some months since I heard the first horrifying snippets from this effort (“screaming at the top of my head”?) and the final product does not disappoint. “Scream” is just as hilariously awful as I’d hoped.
You can catch the album on Myspace, where it’s still streaming. Punishingly. Get it together Timbaland.
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