Zeno Clash 50% off on Steam this weekend

$10 and it seems to be a solid game from everything I have seen. Check out the demo first if you are curious.

You have to admit, fish have some of the creepiest species on the planet

Animal experimentation is so creepy

"AMAZING DOG BRED IN CAMBODIA. SCARY."

"these are a few of my favorite things..."

Worst idea, or best idea?

What entertains me most about this is the fact that in theory it is sound, but you have to be sober enough to actually follow the theory instead of sticking your head all the way out of the water.

Uhhhh... Random (not really)

I found this article which frankenquotes a lot of the recent interviews with David Jones, but strangely enough, there is some fresh new info further down near the bottom. In particular, it mentions standard servers (limited attack targets) vs. chaos servers (free attack targets). Check it out:

Muy Interesante

Over Eager APB Planning!!

I was fiddling around in Photoshop and I basically created a figure of my character with multiple different visual options I might try to go for in APB. Here are a few of my favs.



This was intensely fun for me and will be for you too! (cheesey smile not included) I know somebody else wants to get on this awesome nerdtoshop train. Fabian, I am looking at you...

Post-Post Thoughts: With my character, I am really going for an unnerving, androgonously-threatening things. I have no clue what I am going to do in terms of clothing, but that'll be easier to figure out once I actually get my hands on the game and see the potential wardrobe.

I don't think any of us have seen this one yet

A video from E3 that I missed. Reveals a little bit about the actual storyline, in particular, describing the role of the Enforcers (and why they aren't just called cops).

Random thoughts and, of course, APB

First off: why is the original Iron Chef so much better than Iron Chef America. I mean really. It is intensely better on every level.

Second: The best proverb for our gang which I have found thus far is:

"the fox dines on lamb while the hound has only mutton scraps"

And lastly: my best concept for our gang logo. This is the best I have been able to find/piece together yet:



It is a tiny emblem which I blew up and then outlined from an obscure painting of some hero, himself descended from a fox, uncovering a full blown kitsune who had become the lead courtesan of the emperor and was slowly usurping him.

So ummmm yeah. Late night internets. Also, if I haven't mentioned it to you directly, look up "Unskippable." It is a series on the Escapist. Essentially it is MST3K meets video game cutscenes. Quality. Ok, that's all for now. G'night folks.

Not really fantastic...

but I had to post a link anyway because this forum thread is titled "Some things I don't get about ghosts or the human soul." Sometimes, a good title is too much to pass up.

New David Jones Interview

There is a new David Jones (GTA, Crackdown, APB) interview discussing some more points of APB. Surprisingly, it has a good amount of new-esque info in there, so check it out here.

I am obviously very excited about APB. Just the sound of the social interactions, grudges, celebrity, and other things you build up seem spot on. I think that my expectations for APB are loosening my interest in the traditional MMO, which is quite positive I would have to say. I just tried out D&D online last night and for a couple minutes today and I have to say, it just wasn't rivetting. Seems like a fine MMORPG, but the prospect of learning a whole new system of confusing names and excel spreadsheets just lost me.

Still, four to six months is a long time for an obsessive fanboy... *sigh*

New A.P. Binfo

So, the second APB podcast was released and maybe, just maybe, they will actually be able to keep semi-regular with them (not like the single APB newletter which promised so much and never happened). Here they had one of the lead designers walk us through the E3 customization video and answer a couple of questions.

The most notable thing for me was the fact that we will not be able to import outside images. It'll make our life a little harder since we will have to create all of our gang logos within the editor, but at least it will make it harder for people to paste pictures of penises on everything. Fabe, you and I have a lot of design work coming in the not-too-distant future.

Anywho, here is the actual link.

"Man, Human Experiment Fair just got so commercial after the whole Shinra thing..."

Be prepared to have your face...

AWESOMED OFF OF YOUR FACE

Excitement... Sort of,

So, thanks to Freedom Force, I have realized that if I were some type of traditional super hero, I would probably be ant related (my childhood was dominated by playing with insects, in particular, ants). This led me to look up existing ant related heroes, the only substantial ones being the series of Ant-Men from the Marvel universe.

Being quite familiar with the wackness of the Pym Ant-Man costume (my first comic book was a Spider Man/Ant Man collaboration), I was put off, but continued my research anyway. I found the equally wack and predictable O'Grady costume but when I came to the wikipedia page for Scott Lang, I was impressed. His feautured costume was near perfect for my tastes in super-hero styles. Even better, Lang was an ex-con, a thinker, and a family man (unusual and interesting for a hero).

However, after a google image search, it would seem that the pictured Ant-Man costume is practically unused if used at all. On top of this, Scott Lang is dead. Lastly, though I am not really surprised, he is blonde-haired and blue-eyed (I suppose its not the worst thing in the world but, eventually, one gets tired of the comic book gods grantng super-powers to an all-White cast--no offense but White people just get so damn tiresome).

What the crap comic books... When do I get to have a solid favorite super-hero? Well, here is the sweet ass costume anyways...

As par usual...

I am way ahead of the game (reality) in my APB obsession. I am already trying to think up good slogans for our gang (Kitsune). I have been searching through proverbs and here is what I have so far:

"What the Lion cannot do, the Fox can"

and

"A Fox is not caught in the same snare twice"

Now, those are both cool or whatever, but I want something really sinister and threatening... If you guys find any good proverbs related to Foxes, throw em up, or any proverbs related to tricky animals in which the fox could be substituted.

Fuck... Yes

From an interview with the lead designer of APB

With all the in-game items, are you thinking of micro-transactions? Is that a business model you guys are looking at?

The only thing we really want anyone to take away from this visit at E3 is that we're certainly not trying to do the traditional subscription model... we're not going to place the same kind of "gym membership" subscriptions on them that the MMOs do.

The Full Interview

No, I am serious. I jizzed in my pants.

I think my heart is aflutter with APB fanboyism. I know I praised STALKER (womp) and I praised Spore (womp), but seriously guys... seriously... just look at this game. This game makes me want to find a stray dog, groom and raise that dog, and then build a religion around it. It blows my mind how exciting this game looks.

For fully awesome madness check out:

The Official Site
and
The Official Fan Site

Once again, hail APB, hail Kitsune, and all praise be to Woofie.

JIZZED - IN - MY PANTS

Seriously guys... I don't ever think you will get me to even play this game. I will just be making my character forever... AND IT WILL BE SWEET!

"You could release this record today..."

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