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Title: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: on Tue 10/07/2007 01:25:41
YES THERE IS!

AGS NEWS #3 (http://www.screen7.co.uk/junc/ags_news_3.pdf) - June 2008

AGS NEWS #2 (http://www.screen7.co.uk/junc/ags_news_2.pdf)
AGS NEWS #1 (http://www.screen7.co.uk/junc/ags_news_1.pdf)

It's short, it's rude & you probably know everything it speaks of already. But there hasn't been anyone publishing crazy PDF magazines or newsletters lately, so here's one to enjoy briefly!! I could get in trouble for this ;) Enjoy though!
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: TheJBurger on Tue 10/07/2007 03:10:30
Hahahaha this thing is hilarious. Don't change the writing style. :D

Keep them coming.  ;D
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: LUniqueDan on Tue 10/07/2007 03:23:10
Hilarious:  ;D

Anyway : THAT'S CALLED FAST NEWS: Less than 1 hour after Dualname Release his game... (maybe usual press payola...)  ::)

*Dan give the AGS-Pulitzer price to Mods*
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: Gilbert on Tue 10/07/2007 05:22:15
Fun!

One suggestion, you should add the date to the paper, or else you won't know what it's about when time passed.
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: Dualnames on Tue 10/07/2007 09:42:30
Wow. I love Mark Lovegrove. I mean I never thought I'd see my game posted in a magazine. Great idea Mods. You should really really make this like AGS pod quest was.

Something we all waited for.
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: Khris on Tue 10/07/2007 10:47:01
Haha, hilarious, I nearly pissed myself laughing :D
More!
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: on Tue 10/07/2007 13:34:49
Many thanks!! I will add a date next time! About the email address, I completely forgot I had it switched off at Brittens.

So instead, send articles to games@screen7.co.uk

:)
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: Andail on Tue 10/07/2007 14:33:34
Funny, I can't remember having said any of that! It sounds like me though!
Ah well, I'm off teaching now.
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: Pumaman on Tue 10/07/2007 21:04:38
Hehe, good stuff ;)

But remember guys, Fact x Importance = News.
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: ManicMatt on Tue 10/07/2007 22:37:00
Hahahahaha!! Groovy!

"Crisps on floor!" oooh I said that!  ;D

Andail you did a typo!  ;)
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: Sam. on Tue 10/07/2007 23:16:47
Quote from: Pumaman on Tue 10/07/2007 21:04:38
But remember guys, Fact x Importance = News.

This is a conversation.
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: radiowaves on Wed 11/07/2007 00:28:59
This virtual paper is just brilliant! :P Can't wait to see next issue. Is this monthly, yearly or weekly?
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: Akatosh on Wed 11/07/2007 09:53:37
Judging by the average AGS related magazine, it's one-issue. Although I hope this one stays alive longer than the AGS Bulletin, Crapgaming Weekly, Extreme Gamedesign and what they all were called.
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: on Wed 25/07/2007 15:46:18
QuoteIs this monthly, yearly or weekly?

Wheneverly ;) Next issue tomorrow!
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: Afflict on Wed 25/07/2007 17:04:14
ROFLMAO awesome.
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: on Fri 13/06/2008 02:03:54
There's more news! Well, hardly!

Still, plenty of interesting & bizarre contributions so enjoy :D

AGS NEWS #3 (http://www.screen7.co.uk/junc/ags_news_3.pdf)

It's short, rude & you probably know it already -- Un-official AGS News is just for fun!! :)

And back issues!
AGS NEWS #2 (http://www.screen7.co.uk/junc/ags_news_2.pdf)
AGS NEWS #1 (http://www.screen7.co.uk/junc/ags_news_1.pdf)

You like? Bookmark the WIKI page!
http://www.americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/index.php?title=AGS_News
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: LimpingFish on Fri 13/06/2008 02:11:36
Excellent stuff. ;D

My name in print! Oh, the joy!
Title: Re: Any AGS news?
Post by: TheJBurger on Fri 13/06/2008 04:09:52
Hooray! :D 

Another fabulous issue.
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Dualnames on Fri 13/06/2008 11:48:47
Make more. Really. I'd love to read one per week.
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Joseph DiPerla on Fri 13/06/2008 12:58:45
YAY I had a blurbed interview!!!!!
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Privateer Puddin' on Fri 13/06/2008 12:59:08
:O i am in the news!

That's years old and my art isn't much better :(
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: ThreeOhFour on Fri 13/06/2008 13:38:50
These are awesome!

I laughed very much.
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Pumaman on Fri 13/06/2008 18:28:03
Hehe brilliant, quality as always m0ds ;)
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: on Tue 17/06/2008 00:37:37
Thanks for the comments :) Glad you enjoyed CJ :D and everyone else! Once a week is a bit too much, but once a month is reasonable. There's generally been plenty of news to report, I just haven't :p This issue was going to come out a lot earlier with funny stuff but I forgot it.  ::) But I'd like to keep this as regular as possible. Just about any article will be included if it's nicely written or seems to fit the AGS theme, so email me some! Otherwise it will just be my writing  :o

I'm still waiting for an interview with Yahtzee for issue 4, and I hope to get back into the swing of interviews from people well within the games industry, and of course AGS. That gives me a secret idea!!! ;) So if there's anyone you particularly wish to see interviewed, retro or not, just let me know why or what here or in an email :) Hopefully Ivy, Gilbert & Andail will return in issue 4. And maybe Ben Jordan will investigate something for us .^^

None the less thanks for reading! They're fun to make!! :D

Oh, and somebody kick Vel and make sure he has content for the next issue :p
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Vel on Tue 17/06/2008 23:14:12
Ah thousands of apologies to you m0ds, in between my law and history exams it just slipped my mind! I'll make it up for the next issue, I promise!
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Joseph DiPerla on Thu 19/06/2008 16:33:28
Some reasonable interviews I guess would David Fox and Al Lowe and I would particularly love to know their thoughts on AGS and its games and community.

Did I solve the piece a puzzle #1? :

Spoiler

The cups on the ground are flipped
The road line is slightly different behind the cactus
The hills on the right have more spikes
The hill on the left, seems to be a boulder in right picture a spikey mountain in the left.
The center background mountains are also different.
[close]

Hope I was right...

And for the #2, which was quite difficult:

Spoiler

Beyond terror
robotragedy
Two of a kind
Tempus fugit --- This was really tough, took me a few days. I had to look through the forums over and over for this one.
enoworld --- What the hell???? I had to search for this one too... I guess the last two were really hard.
[close]
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: on Sun 22/06/2008 13:49:18
Well done, you are teh WIN Joey! You got them both right, kudos!! :D Glad you found the anagrams a bit tricky ;)

I'll see if I can get some words from Al Lowe & your other suggestion. But first I'll need to research who he actually is, hehehe!
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Joseph DiPerla on Sun 22/06/2008 21:21:24
He is the creator of my favorite game, Zak McKracken!!!
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Andail on Mon 23/06/2008 12:14:09
I expect to get paid soon for my hard work, Mods.
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Nikolas on Mon 23/06/2008 12:33:24
Quote from: Andail on Mon 23/06/2008 12:14:09
I expect to get paid soon for my hard work, Mods.
No you shouldn't get paid! :p

You didn't mention ME ME!!! in resonance!  :P :P :P ::)
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Andail on Mon 23/06/2008 12:40:23
This might be the time to tell you that I don't actually write any of that myself; Mods just borrows my name, and also adds that "drunk german" accent.
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: on Mon 23/06/2008 13:00:54
Yes, don't you worry. Andail will be fired at a later date when his column  starts to go downhill and will never recieve his 5 euro per article fee. Nikolas; there just wasn't enough space after all of Andails incoherent rambling!! :P
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Jon on Mon 23/06/2008 18:26:56
Hey Mods, the link doesn't seem to be working for me :(
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: on Mon 23/06/2008 19:31:01
Jon, you may need to right click & save as...it seems to be working ok... :)
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: Jon on Tue 24/06/2008 19:22:20
That worked thanks mods! A very funny newsletter as well!
Title: Re: Any AGS news? Yes - issue #3!!
Post by: on Thu 26/06/2008 15:00:51
Thanks :)

I am slowly reaching a predicament. I have every intention of going up to issue 10 for free, but beyond that I'd like to know if anyone would subscribe to 12 ten page issues a year for $5? That's one a month, toward the end of each month. I have some strong new ideas for the "bigger issue". It would still focus on AGS, the title of the magazine will be directly related (it has a new name but not until issue 11! :P) See, I need to capatalise on this, providing its popular, as I have rent to pay & don't have the resources to make games...although you will see three this year from Screen 7, two of them being freeware. So let me know. If you think its propostorous that I should charge for it, please let me know about that too ;) But you guys have shown an interest & it's doing quite well on my website too.