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Amnesia Fortnight Follow-Up
With almost a week and a half of work done, over nine days days of streaming footage, six documents of daily work edited by the team at 2 Player Productions and many many Double Fine forum and tumblr posts with … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged amnesia fortnight, double fine, double fine games, humble bundle, video games
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A Fortnight of Amnesia in 2012 gives us more Doublefine Sausage AND 5 new game prototypes
Double Fine Games came into super extra megaton popularity earlier this year with their monumental Kickstarter that launched the excellent Double Fine Adventure game now codenamed REDS along with the so far six episode documentary Doublefine Adventure from 2 Player … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Video Games
Tagged adventure, amnesia fortnight, doublefine, doublefine games, humble bundle, video games
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Redbubbling to the surface
One of the most exciting and coolest companies I discovered in my pre-NYCC research and then further at the show was Redbubble. Since the show I’ve been tracking the site when I can finding designs that truly struck my fancy … Continue reading
Posted in New York Comic Con, TV and Movies
Tagged art, artwork, marketing, merchandise, redbubble, tshirts, website
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NYCC 2012: When the work is Dirty, you call them and then they call you
At NYCC I had the privilege to sit with actors Hank Harris, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Jamie Clayton to discuss their interactive web series DIRTY WORK, part of the very awesome and amazing Rides.TV from Fourth Wall Productions. During the talk … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, New York Comic Con
Tagged dirty work, fourth wall productions, hank harris, jamie clayton, mary lynn rajskub, new york comic con, nycc, rides, rides.tv
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Another Post-Apocalyptic Point n’Click on it’s way (this is a good thing)
When I think of some of my favorite point n’ click adventures growing up and into my teen years , the list isn’t really that long. Yet one particular game is pretty high on the list and it’s hard to … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure game, game, preview, primordia, wadjeteye, wadjeteye games
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Book Review: How I Slept My Way to the Middle by Kevin Pollak
I probably first took notice of Kevin Pollak when he played one of two brownies in the Ron Howard directed fantasy comedy WILLOW, opposite Rick Overton. I have since stayed a fan and tend to enjoy everyone of his performances. … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, book review, kevin pollak, kevin pollak's chat show, memoir, review
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NYCC 2012: Digital is the Future- The Promise of NARR8 & Madefire
The future of comics is a precarious place, as print is still alive and well and should be for awhile, the digital format is making great leaps and bounds. From the advent of Comixology and its build in sales, not … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Comics, New York Comic Con
Tagged animation, digital, digital comics, madefire, narr8, narr8.me, new york comic con, new york comic con 2012, nycc, nycc2012
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NYCC 2012: Leaping Tall Buildings Panel aka “Christopher Irving loves Larry Hama’s G.I. JOE A LOT”
As part of what was considered the Academic end of programming for New York Comic Con, there was a panel dedicated to the historical document LEAPING TALL BUILDINGS. Academic was fitting though as the panel was moderated by Hannah Means-Shannon, … Continue reading
Posted in New York Comic Con
Tagged christopher irving, leaping tall buildings, new york comic con, new york comic con 2012, nycc, nycc2012, photography, powerhouse books
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New York Comic Con 2012: Day 4
The final day of Comic Con had absolutely nothing permanent on the schedule. There were a smattering of panels that were of interest to me, but for the most part this was my day to just not think about schedules … Continue reading
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Tagged new york comic con, nycc
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New York Comic Con 2012: Day 3
I made sure to be at Con super early to ensure myself a ticket from Mattel for the Dolph Ziggler signing. I ended up handing my ticket off to someone else in the end, but that’s another story for later … Continue reading
Posted in New York Comic Con
Tagged booker t, brad "cheeks" bell, bravest warriors, capcom, cartoon hangover, dolph ziggler, house of secrets, husbands, mondo media, new york comic con, nycc, nycc2012, remember me, sean hemeon, simon's cat, super fuckers, team husbands, video games, wwe
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