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A donkey god?  That's just ridiculous.

Please stay out of our debate about legitimate religions.

I take offense at that.  Your Star Turtle is a "superstition."  His Noodleness is the One True Capital-Letter-Necessitating One.

Consider your timbers shivered.

Welcome, me matey!

Yarrr.

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i entered a number on the dial and the top button is now blinking. just not sure what comes next. but i guess i have to work out that message on the back of the fridge. time to perfect my headstand. good grief 

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Or you could just tilt your head sharply...  I didn't intend "writing upside-down" to be a puzzle 

No need to go scrapping all the other contests!

I think this one was going fine, it just needs someone to take the next frame and point the story back into a direction where it's going somewhere.

I had been waiting for someone to contribute another page so that I could jump back in (by the rules I had to wait 5 pages) and now that I can, I will.  ...as soon as I have time.  But I'm a bit busy now.

I don't think this activity is broken, it's just wandered onto a little tangent.  That's the nature of these community activities.  Don't end it, continue it in a better direction.

Interesting ongoing story threads to follow up on:

*Someone has to wrap up Harry's flash back.  Why are people being beaten?  Who threw that toilet paper? Who did he turn around and see?  Why does he need to go on a trip around the world?

*The un-named main character, his Brother Harry, and Harry's un-named partner (who has only been seen on page 2) have to start their cruise.

*Suzie Dorkins and Walter are currently chasing Harry and his brother on donkeys... apparently.

I'll join in again as soon as I have time.

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Turn your monitor upside-down...

As for the numerical code, can you find any place to enter it?

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[The Worst Superheroes]

 Previously, on Photoshop Phriday:

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. The contest usually lasts for a fortnight. Also, you don't have to specifically use Photoshop -- Paint Shop Pro, MSPaint, or any other programs can be used. Please make sure your image doesn't exceed the width of the screen.

See this link:
http://www.somethingawful.com/photoshop/

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

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I'm sorry, I'm idealess...  Oh well, here we go!

The Worst Superheroes

Show me the worst superhero (or supervillain) to ever patrol (terrorize) the streets.

Sorry, I won't be posting any photoshopped examples because my website is going to be going through DNS hell for a while while I switch hosts.  But here's a WACKY list that a Google search turned up that might help you get some ideas.  I hope you can do better than that list...

I recently made all of my students write a letter to Santa in English (for those that don't know, I teach in Japan, so this is very difficult for them).  It was supposed to help them practice their English and teach them the proper formatting for letter-writing and envelope-addressing.  Here's the sample letter that I wrote on the board:

Dear Santa,

Merry Christmas!!!  My name is Vince Twelve.  I am twenty three years old and I live in Sashiki, Okinawa.  My hobbies are sleeping and masticating.  What are your hobbies?

I have been very good this year, so please give me a lot of presents!

This year, I want peace on Earth and a Nintendo DS.  It's so cool!  Also, I want to be the king of Spain.

I'll be waiting for your reply!

          Your good pal,
          Vince

You'd be surprised at how many students just copied that down and changed the name.  I made fun of them.

For reals:  I want one of those portable iPod speakers, a new external harddrive (it's annoying when the hard drive that you bought to use as a backup in case your computer dies, dies before your computer), Phoenix Wright and Mario Kart for the DS, and some stuff for my new house.

Well done, you get a cookie!

As for the place you are stuck:

Subtle hint:

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The "No Light" wasn't referring to the blinky red LED on the cup holder.  It was suggesting that you try to shed some light on the situation.

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Less subtle:

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Is there a way to examine that area under a different light?

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Far less subtle:

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Reflect the black(purple) light onto that area of the couch.

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Straight up solution:

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Use the cut-open beer can to reflect light by setting it on the coffee table and changing the fridge light to the black(purple) light

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And thanks for the kind words!  I really appreciate it!  Be sure to leave a comment in the Game in Production thread or the on the main AGS game page!

Thanks, man.  I'm glad you liked the site.  I'm also glad that you're about the only person to show interest in this game! 

If you haven't recieved a message that tells you that you won, you haven't finished yet!

Here's a hint:

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When looking at the fridge, do you notice anything unusual above (below... depending on your definition) the fridge... perhaps drawn on the couch?

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Let me know if you need any more!

Thanks!  I'll start a new one soon.

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The Jumbler was meant to act as a key for the code written on the pizza box.  If you already cracked that bit, then you don't really need the Jumbler.

As for the solution to the Jumbler riddle, that's just an optional for-fun kind of thing.

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I'll give you a cookie if you can solve it though!  It's funny.  And sexist!

I think they're eating onion rings.

Or at least they were eating onion rings.

I hit a couple of problems with the interface - at one point I had an arrow instead of the cross cursor. I'll try to repro that.

Please do. Can you remember anything about where/when it happened off-hand?

It happens if you select one of the GUI options with the right mouse button.

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eh... i should have gotten that.  nevertheless, as a usability complaint, perhaps "Look"ing at the portcullis should get you there as well since that's how you use the jail door.  consistancy

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Where in the world is the lock?  I'm standing at the portcullis and there's nothing to put the key into...  Or I'm retarded.

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Also, Trisk, a minor bug:

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On the left of the portcullis, you can see the "open portcullis" object.  It sticks out for one pixel.  While pixel hunting in annoyance around the portcullis for any sign of a lock, I stumbled across that.

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Ahh... I know next to nothing about optimizing a site for search engines.  I always got mad when business stuff got in the way of usability and design.  That's why you can't find my site on search engines!  And... consequently why no one ever visits my site....  :'(

Personally, I use Microsoft One Note.  It's the best program in the Microsoft Office Suite and the one that no one seems to know about.  It allows you to organize different projects into different folders and each project has multiple pages which can be organized into sub-folders.  Basically it allows you to organize everything however you'd like.


On the pages, you can type anything you'd like, draw with the mouse/tablet, paste images (the program also lets you easily take screenshots and paste them to your notes), record audio... anything.  The page has all the options a Word document has but has a lot more!

You can check out the program here.
You can download a 30 day trial version from Microsoft's site here.

It's really helped me stay organized.  Two thumbs up!

I hereby announce myself as the inaugral winner of the "Cakeshop Phriday" competition 

Well... what are the rules for the next one?

Yeah... what if?

What if you lived in a country where millions of people practiced thousands of religions, yet you were not allowed to practice your own?

Who are you talking about?