Totally off-topic

I felt we were in need of some off-topic, off-color humor round here (in the blogosphere) so I decided to share something funny I found today. It is this website: http://rinkworks.com/said/courtroom.shtml

and an example of the timeless wisdom this provides us?

• Lawyer: "Could you see him from where you were standing?"
• Witness: "I could see his head."
• Lawyer: "And where was his head?"
• Witness: "Just above his shoulders."

• Lawyer: "This myasthenia gravis -- does it affect your memory at all?"
• Witness: "Yes."
• Lawyer: "And in what ways does it affect your memory?"
• Witness: "I forget."
• Lawyer: "You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?"

Tyrranical Reign at an End

Finally put up a new blog header, thereby ending my tyrranical reign as LORD ANTON.

What fond memories I will have of crushing the innocent. But now that I'm here to be a good guy again, I will look forward to times fit for heroism and honour!

The new header represents the main characters of the game Thallian and I will be not only creating...But taking the lead roles in!

I cut back significantly on the original game design to make it a feasable 2-man project. I'd still give it at least a year to complete, since I need to build about 15 3d character models... Many of the game mechanics have been determined, the main characters are developed, and some plot elements are written in script format. Here we go!

Incidentally, I wonder if Thallian (and the rest of you all) think it's a good idea to post everything about the game as it is being developed, or if we should just stay quiet and surprise everyone?

Wii Sports Resort releases with Wii plus add-on

This is prolly a no-brainer buy for the casual game playing type-peoples of the world, just like Wiiplay was. Wii sports resort released today with the Wii plus add-on. One thing to consider though is that the Wii plus add on is also bundled with several other products including Tiger Woods and a few others coming out shortly so if you are buying a game soon, look around and think before doing it. Of course you might want more than one wii plus add-on. I think I'd want two at least. There's a good early review of it here.

In Other Random News

You prolly already heard that Michael Jackson bit the big one, but in other news, Iron Man style fusion reactors are actually a possibility. And the Navy wants one. (who can blame them, really?) Read here from Tim's blog: http://timsthoughtfulspot.blogspot.com/2009/06/holy-wiffleball-batman.html

Advantages of playing D&D online versus at home

I'm still playing Neverwinter Nights on Arelith server, here's a great quote from the forums:

"ARELITH: For when you like D&D, but you just don't want those people in your house."

--Coldend from Arelith Forums
http://arelith.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2160&p=21573&hilit=t+shirt#p21573

Brilliantly said, Coldend.

In actuality, I'd say the true advantage is ease of grouping with other players of a similar interest, a graphical and rules interface, and a way of storing up a world without a huge binder of loose pages.

Full Disclosure

Just in case the Federal Trade Commission comes around to check, I want to publicly disclose that we haven't earned a cent from this blog, we don't intend to except as free adversiting for the game we're making, but we really enjoy writing it (the blog I mean, silly). Anton is feverishly working on a number of surprises for me (and you of course) but I won't say what they are yet. Soon(tm), very soon we will start our indie game development again (I hope, I'm still waiting for art) If not its ok cuz I will just continue to keep providing my insight (or lack thereof) into the games I play, as will he.
Cheers! -Thallian & Anton

Book 8 launching June 23rd

So Book 8 launches on June 23rd. Here's the release notes. Something to look forward to? the two lvl 60 three man puzzleish instances (hall of mirrors and waterworks one) and one lvl 60 6 man instance. Last but not least? the evil raid of doom. Though I think the three man instances give you radiance gear for a unique three item set so you can sorta get ready that way, though you'll probably be ill prepared, at least you wont be in perma-cower mode. Other exciting news? they are adding some new crafting challenges and stuff and revamping the rest of the newbie areas so if you go and do the game over with a friend you're going to find a lot of nice surprises and new experiences.