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oh wow! I don't think I've ever seen anyone look quite so smug!

Oh really?



My other awesome find.

Hail to the King, baby!

The official Fate of Atlantis comic book.

So, how does it compare to the actual game?

Well, it follows the plot points, but the actually story leading to each plot point has been rewritten. For example, instead of Kerner just ransacking Sophia's apartment in New York while she and Indy are in the theatre, Indy first camps out on Sophia's couch for the night while Kerner sneaks in with some dirty Nazi agents. Indy awakes and starts a pretty cool fight where Indy gets shot in the shoulder but still manages to kick a Nazi out of a window.

I found three issues at a recent comic convention (Yah, I'm a geek) and am hunting for the rest.

The first issue also has an afterword by Hal Barwood talking about the game and its adaptation to comic.

Anyone else own it/read it/seen it/ate it?

And that's not really a penguin in the third one. It's a hobble-legged ostrich.

Sticking a notice somewhere that the game is free, and if you paid money for it someone played you for a fool is a good idea, since it's informing your potential audience... Only a fool would pay for that site, for example.

I agree with this sentiment. If someone loses their wallet to the 'wallet inspector' in exchange for any of my games, they deserve to be called a fool. Especially since if they did 5 more mins of googling, they'd find a free copy straight from the offical DG Designs website.

I read their synopsis of my classic game Ultimerr and I am absolutely disappointed!

Ultimerr is a small, but very enjoyable amateur adventure game. It is most of all a parody of the Ultima universe - but isn't restricted to just that. You will, for example, encounter quite a few familiar characters from other well known works, including some from a well known Alfred Hitchcock movie, some from an old children's tale, and some which will be kept a secret in this review, so as to ensure the enjoyability of them during the game itself.

Okay. So far so good. Though I'm not too sure what he means by "secret" characters. It's not like I could have been stuffed putting Easter eggs in the game.

The graphics, although not works of art, are exactly fit for the game. The backgrounds look like the kind you'd expect to find in most elder RPG games. The same goes for the characters, inventory items, and well... the entire game.

What do you mean the graphics aren't a work of art? They're fucking brilliant! And what's this about elder RPGs? My graphics could rival even EverQuest... and my graphics would win with a flying ninja kick to EverQuest's ugly face!

The puzzles are on the easy side. You shouldn't have any trouble solving them in most, or all, of the cases. This again, although probably not on purpose, is something which it has in common with most console RPG games. Some puzzles are quite original, or provide humorous situations between NPC's and the PC. Which is, more than anything else, the point of this game.

Easy?? EASY!?! Do you know how many people I get e-mailing me and asking me for help? Okay, it's not many (in fact, it's zero), but still, the puzzles are DAMN HARD. Like that blue gem. Who'da thought you'd have to [deleted by moderators so as not to reveal puzzle] in order to get the blue gem? NO ONE! THAT'S WHO!

The story is a collection of RPG clichés. You are Avatar, a good knight who has just arrived in town. Upon arrival, you discover that a bad person had kidnapped a good princess. Being the hero that you are, you decide to free her. But to do this, you have to find three gems which will create a portal to his lair. Sound familiar? Well, if it doesn't, then you probably just never played an RPG before in your life.

Cliches? Oh, now you're just insulting me! Plus, WHAT Princess? I'm starting to think this guy playing a different game altogether! Cliches! BAH HUMBUG! You're just imagining cliches and putting them into my game!

The game pulls off this old, worn storyline with grace, though. The game is refreshing and original in most departments, so even though you always have a faint idea of what will follow, the game still manages to surprise you at how it is executed. Again, the strong humor and good dialogue in the game are the strongest points, and are in fact what the game revolves around.

"even though you always have a faint idea of what will follow, the game still manages to surprise "... Wha??? So, you know what's going to happen, but it will SURPRISE YOU ANYWAY! Survey says... CONTRADICTION!

The only negative point I can find is, as stated before, the very short length of the game. You'll left wanting a lot more. But other than this, this is a game worth playing by almost everybody with an interest in funny games and/or RPG games.

So you've just ripped my game to sheds, Mr Reviewer... practically cut the fingers off my baby... and now you're saying you want MORE? WHAAAT? MOOORE!?! (That was a reference to the musical 'Oliver!'. Imagine I'm a big fat guy saying "MOOORE". Yes, pretty witty and clever and pop cultural, aren't I?)

Ooooo, your review makes me angry, Mr Reviewer! You won't like me when I'm angry!










<-- I look like this, only green and muscly.

Yikes, holy crap! That's some serious wreckage! Glad to hear you're okay, though.

And the burning building... Wow, you were totally Mr Action that day!

Have you read about the Google Gulp? I seriously doubt many people would believe any of them (still, there's one born every minute) but they're absolutely hilarious.

Hehe, yeah. I like Google's April Fool's joke last year when they did that totally unbelievable offer where they promised free mailboxes with 1 gig stora...

Oh wait...

Don't worry about it. Having thought about it a little more this afternoon, I could see it was easy to misinterpret what I said, especially when I give no elaboration. But it's something I shouldn't talk about much because it happened to a friend, not me, so I didn't want to say too much.

Anyway, let's forget about this and get back to arranging something.

And I'm a little offended too. What's the roll of the eyes supposed to mean? Do you not believe me? Or do you think I'm blowing it out of proportion?

If the former, trust me, I'm not joking, she got raped in their toilets. And The Beat did squat about it.

If the latter, I only mention it as a point of interest. I'm not saying anyone who goes into their toilets will get raped. But regardless it did happen. And I mention it to say I'm not a big fan of The Beat.

But what I can't abide is someone rolling their eyes at a friend of mine who had something very traumatic happen to her. It's made me lose a lot of respect for you, Peter.

My nemesis is DANGER! I have a date with her!

And a friend of mine got raped in their toilets.

Kiss her. Duh!

Jesus, when did these forums become LJ central?

3D Ben Jordan! Pffft, 3D sux0rs. Anything you can do in 3D you can do in 2D!

And you have to pay for water?
I like free stuff, and it's always free! It has to be! [clubs are shit, or maybe jsut Queensland clubs].

You'll find it with most dance clubs in Queensland. The E trade is pretty heavy here. Most clubs make their money on bottled water since everyone is so dehydrated from taking so many Eccies. And a lot of these clubs refuse to give free glasses of water.

Also, in some clubs they only have warm water in the bathrooms for washing your hands -- that way there's no cold water so people don't refill their water bottles and are forced to buy a new bottle each time they want water. Hooray for consumerism!

Don't know about NSW, but my guess is it's a similar situation in Sydney since the drug trade is similar (if not heavier) there.

I prefer my Uni bar where the drinks are cheap, the pool tables are well-maintained, and they have a working pinball machine. Oh yeah, and a jukebox with some decent music.

Actually, count Layabout out. He's buggered off to the UK.

DownUnderPants

The mistake most people do with 3d is the same they do with 2d, namely animation that's realistic. And realistic animation doesn't look realistic. 2d animator have known this since the golden days, and 3d animators use this technique to get that flow going. Squash and stretch baby, recoils and weight. The only difference between totally goofed out and die hard realism is in how much you use the technique.

This I very much agree. Last year, two films were released that highlight this difference. The Incredibles and The Polar Express. The later used models that were very realistic. The problem was, despite the realism, they looked like lifeless dolls (in fact, they looked like brain-eating Christmas zombies IMO). Meanwhile, the exagerated aspects of The Incredibles' models gave each of them a certain character/life/individuality. Squash and stretch all the way.

I'm in Brisbane. Can go anywhere in Brisbane. Byron sounds nice, though I've never been. But I want to sometime soon.

Glad you suggested it, Kandy.

Iron Giant? Or have I mistaken you?

Points! KA-CHING!

[Photoshopping Muppets]

What is the Photoshop Contest?

Duh! Isn't it obvious.

Okay, see this link if you don't know:
http://www.somethingawful.com/photoshop/

And for other examples, see here:
http://www.worth1000.com/

The two above websites should give a fair idea of what is involved. Also you can check out the earlier Photoshop contests in this forum.

Note: Photoshopping isn't drawing a completely new image -- It's editing images to create a new image, such as editing one image or combining several images.

Also, you don't have to specifically use Photoshop -- Paint Shop Pro, Gimp or any other equally good programs can be used.

Today, kids, we'll be Photoshopping Muppets.

Ever want to see a taxidermic Snuffleupagus on display at the national museum's Ice Age exhibit? Or Bert and Ernie in a pride rally? Maybe Super-Grover flying around the world so fast that time goes backwards? No? Well, too bad, cause that's the competition idea and you're going to have to live with it.

So for the next fortnight, pick a Muppet and stick them somewhere strange, funny, different, pop cultural, whatever.

For example:


And in two weeks I'll pick a winner.

This competition was brought to you by the letters R and ڱ and by the number .