"It's the third presidency of the United States..."

"And its George, Thomas Jefferson vs. Aaron Burr vs. Alexander Hamilton."

Please, please go to this RPG related link...

I nearly vomited blood. That's how hilarious this is.

The Sign of the Fox

So, within the next two or three weeks, the official APB Beta announcement should be made. This said, I think it is time that the more rabid APB fans among us do the groundwork to establish our clan. This is actually less complex than it sounds. It involves 1. creating our plans about what we want to do as a group in game and 2. creating a medium by which we can gather up all the members' info.

My thoughts on #1 are that we are basically just trying to cater to our extended network of friends. My purpose for kitsune is just to have a group in which all of our friends can mingle and play and always be able to find an acquaintance who is on to group with. Of course, if we want to mesh some awesome Yakuza styled badassery into this, there is no problem. But the core purpose is for us to be able to play together and turn our set of friends into a casually structured gaming community.

For #2, I think we just need to create some type of private forum/blog/whatever where we can post our in-game and out of game contact info. Nothing big, just name and e-mail address and then whatever gamer tag or title is required in game. Again, the purpose of this is to allow us to contact one another for pre-game planning purposes, and then, once the game is actually going, myself or anyone else who wants to join in the leadership role can get everyone added into the in-game clan.

So is there anything you guys want to add into this?

In terms of the more flashy side of things, I was thinking that the colors for our clan themed items would be bold red (a la Japanese kitsune imagery) and then a mix of the standard black, grey, and white. Our signature item could be a billowing red scarf thing (kitsune statues are adorned with red scarves during festivals although theirs look more like aprons). Also, here are two forms of the word kitsune in kanji:

Sousho Artistic Cursive


Gyousho Semi-Cursive


I personally prefer the rounded swoopiness of the sousho, but there is no reason that we couldn't have multiple different versions of our clan symbols/clothes/etc. Ok, let me know what you are thinking.

The Mighty Magneto

Never have Magneto's schemes been more insidious or terrifying!!!

Behold as he rages on rump fed gas station attendants!
Behold his chosen ignorance of the foolish traffic and parking laws of feeble mortal lawmakers!

Truly, truly, he is as god among men!

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN AMERICA!!!

Sorry guys, I am way too pumped right now for no exact reason. Ask Marcello.

*edit: awwww man. The animated gif didn't animate. Anybody know how to make that happen?

The internet makes me sad for one special reason:

PEDOBEAR!!!

That is all

Behold my nefarious scheming

As with all the other APB super-obsessives, I am almost daily on the APB Evolved forum. Well, apparently, one of the members went to gamescom in Cologne and got some special treatment for being an Evolved member: he got to actually create a character and play the game! Not only that, but he is in the newest podcast.

I congratulate the man, but, as a registered evil mastermind, I congratulate those I envy with a swift end. Of course, I will replace him and use his newly established contacts to get my own access to the game. Well, off I go.

Random but...

While the business model for APB is still unexplained, it has been released that the payment methods will be handled by this company: Vindica. I suppose this narrows down the options some knowing that it will not be a required subscription model (pray for no subscriptions).

Is it just me...

or is this actually a good song... about Wolverine... the video game?

Check it

Americans just don't focus on the serious issues at hand.

To remedy this, here are some more entertaining results of the Video Game Name Generator:

Lazy Kung-Fu Xtreme
Fantastic Limbo GT
Erotic Shotgun Apocalypse
Confusing Skydiving Revolution
Battlefield: Funk of the Third Reich
Wooden Juggalo in Busty Town
Olympic Manlove Rangers
Hip-Hop Punching: The Quickening
Heavy Metal Banjo III
the Quest for the Office Dance Party
Zombie Underwear Shootout

and finally, something close to my heart:
Ultraviolent Writing Brawl

I love forums...

simply because people are allowed to talk with relatively no repercussions and the results are great. For instance, check this poignant conversation between two individuals discussing some concept art for the next xbox:

Stone: This looks fuckin dumb….
Deep: your mother looks fuckin dumb….
Stone: your mother’s mother looks fuckin dumb
Deep: my grandpa would beat your ass

Speak on you unadulterated slingers of truth. May your reign of enlightenment never come to a tragic, cotton-candy machine-related end.