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And the idea that some dude calling you gay will somehow diminish your ability to find a female mate...?  I just can't follow that.  I'd wager that any girl within earshot of someone freaking out upon being called gay would likely be more inclined to assume that your overreaction is due to your sexual insecurity and thus be less inclined to to doodle you. 

I quite agree with this reasoning. Nearly every time I hear of an outrageous, never-in-a-million-years, over the top scandal going on it is by some loud-mouthed anti-gay personality who was caught doing something they supposedly abhorred. It has reached the point where my first instinct if I hear likewise is to assume the perpetrators are indeed homosexual.

Regarding the "flipping out" if being asked if I were gay, Becky has it right. I too have been questioned often, but I tend to respond in the opposite. If a guy asks me out or tries to give me his number or something, despite not being gay myself I think the attention is nice. I am the first to admit that I am not in the least an ideal specimen of testosterone, so can understand why people would be curious.

What I think is really wrong with the culture is that many men feel the need to act in a  certain way that solidifies their sexuality in the eyes of others, even against their true conscience. That sounds to me like one of the easiest ways to waste a life.

It is with much regret and intense fear of abuse that I inform you all that this is indeed an April Fools joke. As interesting as an EGA remake of VGA titles from my favourite series would be, there just aren't enough hours in the day. What IS quite funny however is that you guys are all a bunch of suckers Sorry, but this topic was just too hilarious to watch 

$40 would probably get you a Mars bar on the Eurostar...

Seriously, though, cheapest possible Eurostar is £55, or $110.

Hmm, I seem to remember it not being that much. Gary and I took it one way from Waterloo to Paris and I believe it was 40 something (maybe pounds). Maybe that was a young persons rate.

Anyways if cars are full and it cost that much then I may end up just doing a multi-city flight.

EDIT- Wow, it's actually less expensive than a roundtrip to London O_o

With sis not coming it looks like I will not be flying back from Paris now, but rather London where I shall arrive. Do any of you driving brits have room left in your car for me to get a ride to England on the way back? The Eurostar is something like $40 single if I remember correctly from 2006, but I would like to avoid that if possible, and put the share toward petrol instead.

[Q: Why an EGA remake of a VGA game?]

Impressive Owl Games is proud to present its first AGS production, an EGA remake of Sierra-Online's 1992 hit, Quest for Glory III : Wages of War!

Are you one of those hard-line 16-colour freaks who loved every parsing moment of Hero's Quest and Trial by Fire, but stopped cold when you saw the atrocious 256-colours that made up the remainder of the once-great Quest for Glory series? What about that aggravating icon-based interface? If this in any way describes you then you better hold on to your ass!  8) Our goal is to strip away all the glam and glitz from Wages of War and return the series to its old-old school EGA roots.

Alright, now for the images!



The Hero sprite, updated with the new outfit first seen in Wages of War


The Figther, training to be a Simbani Warrior!


I decline to put up progress totals until further notice, since honestly there are still a few aspects of the remake that we have not finalised, such as how the map is going to work, traveling to other villages, fighting, etc. are going to work. Work on the art however is going quite fast, with the bulk of the Tarna and Simbani village backgrounds well underway.



I have already received several emails since I made my first casual offline announcements. Here are a few of the more common ones:

Q: Why an EGA remake of a VGA game?
A:The idea originally came to me a couple years ago while surfing the AGDI boards in anticipation of their VGA remake of Quest for Glory II when I realised that, once that game is released, every Quest for Glory will be either VGA originally or have a remake counterpart. This leaves every game with an EGA version except for games III, IV, and V. Since there are those who do not believe a remake necessary, in some cases even  preferring the originals, I saw a market for EGA remakes.

Q: Who is working on the project?
A: Impressive Owl as of this moment is a rather small development team (well, duo would be more accurate  ) currently led by me, Disco (sprites and animation), with Grundislav on programming. However, due to his priorities with the Ben Jordan series, Grundislav is essentially my scripting tutor until further notice.

Q: Once QfGIIIEGA  is finished, do you have plans to remake IV to EGA?
A: That question is way too early to even guess. The complexity of these games is such that I have already decided only to make the Fighter class available for the first version in order to expedite this remake. Many games are started and never finished because they get way too out of control size-wise, so in order to (hopefully) avoid that possibility I had to sacrifice some things for the initial release. If the remake proves popular, then we will definitely make updated versions including the Wizard and Thief.

Q: Will I be able to import my character from the first two games?
A: See the answer to the above question. Is he a Fighter? Then YES!



As of 31 March we are looking to recruit a web designer for the official website and at least one animator and background artist each to assist me with particularly the longer cutscenes. Please PM Disco to apply for these postitions.

Kayla is out; she said something about needing 4 wisdom teeth extracted without insurance or some ridiculous excuse like that 

That would be good for me, perfect actually. That is if Brittens/Mittens Venn people are not put off by a 2 1/2 week gap between 

Probably no for me now, but I'm not sure yet. It depends on if I choose Brittens or Mittens this time (probably Mittens, but you never know). Was hoping for a mid-Julyish Brittens.

Not to be outdone....

Oh no way

I wouldn't recommend tithing that extra money you make. Instead you should open an online savings account, deposit that shit and watch it grow 

You can check Bankrate.com for a list of banks and their interest rates, what they require for opening deposits, and how interest is compounded (daily or monthly). Currently I have two internet savings accounts with ING Direct and E-Trade, that pay 3.40 and 4.10 percent interest respectively, which beats my 0.30 percent rate with my traditional savings account at LaSalle Bank/Bank of America, as well as my interest checking which pays a lowly 0.20 percent. Internet-based savings accounts can have higher rates because their staff are centralised and they have much less rent to pay.

The reason I have so many accounts is because the FDIC only insures accounts up to $100,000, forcing me to hold several accounts to be truly covered  it's rather annoying but oh well.

As much as I was looking forward to visiting the land of (apparently*) half of my ancestors, this announcement saves me the pain and anguish of dropping out since I am moving shortly after Mittens. I am now looking at scaling back to 5-6 weeks instead of 8 I will hopefully be making visits for the few weeks after arrival in the UK, but if Brittens were to be organised for mid-July-ish, I could probably still go





*When half your family tree describes great-great and great-grandparents as being "Scot-Irish", I'm not sure what to believe. Does anyone know out of Scottish and Irish which gene is dominant and which is recessive? 

...and that doesn't surprise me in the least 

[TV Shows That Have Made Me Vomit]

Oh...now if you were to ask if TV has ever made you vomit, then the question gets a bit easier  to answer.

Anyways:

TV Shows That Have Made Me Vomit

7th Heaven
The Help
Just Deal
Cleopatra 2525
Gilmore Girls
most of Full House
SK8
My Super Sweet 16

Depends what you mean by "cry", I guess. Whilst I wouldn't say that any TV show can really make you bawl uncontrollably, there are quite a few tear-jerker moments in various programmes that can make a tear come to the eye if you're not careful.

Indeed, until recently when people spoke of this phenomenon I thought it was the former, then someone brought it to my attention that people are mostly referring to tearing up, citing the silliness of weeping over a film.

Anyways, the last time for me was during I Am Legend

Spoiler

The part where he was in the DVD store talking to all the mannequins caused we to well up a bit. I think it was supposed to be a comedic seen but I didn't see it that way. Odd since most people agree there are much sadder parts to the film.

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Embarrassingly enough, I have produced tears from television shows such as Buffy and Lost, but usually from situations where there is some mystery behind the emotion. The best example I can think of is in series one of Lost where Kate goes to visit her mother dying of cancer in hospital, and whom she had not scene in several years. When her mother realises who Kate is she becomes terrified and starts yelling for help, at that point viewers aren't sure why :'(

"I met this guy. He stole my lasagna."

Wow Pablo, you have a much better Dave story than I do. "We shared a bed one time" probably won't be brought up as often

Anyways Dave this is great news and you deserve it. Give Flo my regards, would you?

._./ I'm coming. My flights will be bought very soon so will have to wait until then to be SUPER-definite, now I am just plain definite

The reasons why we make games may vary, but I think fame/money/sex wouldn't be very high on the list.

I can't speak for everyone, but I totally got into game development to pick up chicks.

Yeah, and I can personally vouch for him in that he is not lying either

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First?

Edit: yay OMG I'm first after a CJ post XD \o/


Anyways, regarding chat up lines I get, they have sadly been rather straighforward. A couple weeks ago I had a couple girls come up and tell me I'm cute, and ask to wear my hat, then fight over who gets to wear it, and ask who I think is the cutest -_-

Aside from that I haven't had many chat ups since high school, I don't often put myself in situations where it is common.

It's funny... Ireland's a small country which hasn't had much of an impact on the world.

Oh now I wouldn't say that. I live about 4,000 miles from Ireland, and yet the town I live in has a Bennigans and a proper Irish pub. Also, the next town over has quite the St. Patrick's day festival and parade 

I really, really, really want to go, but I think the dates might be exactly when my next school year starts...  :'(

Quit being such a jive turkey. I missed half my first week of class this semester because it conflicted with my holiday schedule. Don't let the schools oppress you!