Archive for December, 2006
So here it is kids, the very first episode of my new startpause.com strip, StripShow. It promises some half-ass Photoshop, the occasional drawing or two, and content that amuses at least the two of us, the odd egret or two, and maybe even you. The strip will be presented in the form of Java slides. Why? Because it’s tasty! There will always be some more info and background after the jump if you choose to indulge in such delights. So without further ado, click away:
[Click first big image to start show, mouse over edge for next panel, Java must be enabled]
[who would win in a fight?]
This episode was inspired by a rather heated and interesting debate in this thread of the forums about, among other things, who was the more generic looking character of the aforementioned two. So go check it out and join the debate squiddies.
In terms of design of the strip, bear with me while I work out the kinks and what I like best in terms of formatting, borders, image size etc. but one thing I do know is that I love what the java image function allows for such a strip. I can basically make images as large as I deem fit and have the panels show up as a slide show which will lead to some interesting concepts in terms of delivery I’m already tooling around with. So I hope you enjoy it, and look for more whenever the ideas strike!
December 7th, 2006
by Mike
I’m so freakin’ excited I even donned this armor I nabbed after bagging some shinejob outside of town. Cleaned out the sweat and had the wookie fancy it up a little. Check out that pose, kid. Sometimes I even amaze myself. Anyways, back to the matter at hand. Now, I know a lot of you are jumping all over the damn place trying to find a Wii. Hell, a lot of you are jumping all over the place after you get your Wii. For those of you who managed to smuggle one to the homefront, good work. Just make sure your siblings keep their grubby paws off it.
[psthreepio and artoods won’t be ignored]
So after your years and years of damn waiting, the virtual console is up and running. She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts, kid. I’ve made a lot of special modifications myself. You got your tried and true Super Nintendo, Genesis, N64, and Turbo-whatsamacallsit online and lookin’ at your wallet. We even threw in that old fossil NES business for good measure. Commodore 64 might be on the way, if you sit there nice and pretty and quit your whining.
Now the fancy men up top are gonna shoot some VC titles at ya every Monday, four in fact, and every once in a while I’ll chime in and give you some quick thoughts on the whole mess, maybe a fancy pose or two. Sorry sweetheart, I haven’t got time for anything else.
As it is, the interface is looking slick but we’re working on upping the speed a bit, get it up to par. It doesn’t matter if it’s shiny if the thing doesn’t zip. So even if you can’t find something you want, you can stare at it for a bit and pretend. Use the force or whatever it is you whackjobs use to move rocks, and maybe it’ll move a little faster.
Check it out and let me know what you think. On second thought, keep it to yourself, you want to talk big bring a sidearm and we’ll dance. I’ll take you down no matter how good you are. Good against remotes is one thing. Good against the living, that’s something else. Which reminds me, I’m gonna go engage in some WiiSports. Not sure how everybody else feels about that one yet, but one thing’s for sure, we’re all going to be a lot thinner. Time to go, so stop eyeballin’ me and make yourself useful.
December 6th, 2006
by Mike
Recently was a time of politics. Which means that politicians and voters alike everywhere were getting out there and finding one side of the fence to be on. While I may not be the most politically inclined person, I do know a thing or two about picking sides of a fence. It’s pretty much what we as people do. Now, I do have my preferred sides of the fence when it comes to politics, but those aren’t really the types of things I generally like to discuss, so that isn’t what this is about. This is about the consumeristic nature that drives us to make the decisions we do, this is about us as consumers.
[i want to consume a sandwich]
We as people, are all consumers, I don’t mean for that to have any negative or positive connotation (as it usually does…usually negative). We all buy things, we all sell things, we all expect each other to do the same, and doing any of the following excessively or inexessively really changes nothing. If you tend not to buy as many things, then you’re still a consumer, but you’re more of a consumer of opinion, belief, entertainment, knowledge, and other such generally free commodities. So consumerism as I believe it, is life how we live it; and as such, we as consumers, face everything else, we face the “man,” the “machine,” we face each other, we face figureheads and leaders, propaganda, and anything else you can think of. Thus, I create this as a means to talk about we as the consumer, and whatever audience I choose to face it against; and of course, facing against something, doesn’t necessarily mean opposing it in any way, it’s just a comparison of one to the other.
So anyways, today I choose to begin my first installment of this series. Why today? Well, I’m bored and I really wanted to write this. This first installment will serve as an introduction to the series and what purpose it serves, and also a means of introducing what will be the topic of this series for the few weeks to come. Today we are on the cusp of what, for me and very many other gamers everywhere, is going to be a large time of consuming. With the Wii and the PS3 launching, and a slew of games for them and the 360, I can’t think of too many people (that are gamers) that I know that aren’t planning on investing (”consuming”) soon into one area or another. Within a few days, a lot of things will happen, and I want to make sure I get a lot of what is on my mind now out there before it may change.
Though my next installment will focus on gaming, ‘gaming’ is too broad of a topic to compare upon. I’m going to focus on the whole “picking a side of a fence” kind of consumerism, the reviewing and the critics in gaming. As much as I’d like to get into the aspect of gaming or the release of the new console and the comparison of the state of the industry and the audience it so strongly tries to entertain, especially considering how much more relevance and importance it has, I think I’ll write about that later still. So here’s looking forward to Consumerism versus Critics!
December 5th, 2006
by Anuj
