One last VOIP session to finish out the story.

The script is just waiting on a few little tweaks to round it off, and baby, she's done!

What is Space Man Biff? Well, that's not the final title, and I don't want to give away too much, but!

SMB is first and foremost Science Fiction. Secondly it's a fully loaded Spielberg/Cameron inspired Hollywood action movie. Finally, it's a story about righting wrongs, both personally and worldly. It's part beating the odds, part coming of age, part buddy comedy, and part doing what must be done for the greater good.

Character concepts are being cleaned up, environments are in the works, and we’re dusting off the mo-cap suit in preparation for animation. I’m totally stoked about this project, everything is just falling into place and we simply love it! I can’t wait until we show this sucker off to the public, the reaction is going to be huge!

So my kid bro Johny boy got whacked in the face with a hockey stick last week (Yes, a hockey stick, in Texas,) and as a damper for the pain of stitches he was presented with Guitar Hero. After a very brief episode of rocking out to Fat Lip on the big screen, I became jealous, and contemplated beating my own face in with a baseball bat for my own copy of the game.

Realizing that I had something better, a job, I just went out and purchased one on my own instead.

My little fingers hurt, and I made many typos in this little paragraph, but to DDR with my fingers and melt faces all at once, makes it all worth the 80 bucks.

Like the idea of DDR? Do you feel the 'Break Down' needs to be replaced by the 'Iron Man'? Guitar Hero is here, and your socks will never be the same!

Be Excellent to each other!

And

Party on dudes!

I'm under NDA, but I can tell you this much: w00t!

It wasn't a game that I was following that much, if at all, but as a fan of the orginal getting the chance to sit down with Ritual for playtesting was awesome. If you like classic first person shooters at all, this is a must buy.

I'll be wearing my SiN Episodes Tshirt at summerTech, loud and proud!

Science is the way. Objective reasoning, meticulous testing, re-testing, and then even more tests again in space.

Religion as a study is cool, in fact, it can be down right fascinating, but as a practice in modern times (read: with me in the crossfire) is very scary business. Warning: Holy Bible (Ripped from One Good Move)

Spirituality is much safer, and better for you. Keep the voodoo on a personal level, and try not to get the kids involved, they don't developed sarcasm detectors until 5th grade, and may actually believe what you tell them.

Well, you don't need me to tell you that much!


Buddy is currently modeling Little Mac, for CGChat's game character redesign contest, Nintendo DS specs. 128*128 texture sheet, 350 polycount. He is also signing up for QA on Ritual's new game: SIN: Episodes, and is very excited for the opportunity to tell game developers what's wrong BEFORE they ship it. Buddy still firmly holds that SIN was the most underrated FPS game of all time. We would like to thank Buddy for his time, and wish him well in is quest to Tokyo, Japan to see his Japanese lady friends at the end of May.

Summer is rolling up PDQ, and it's time to start thinking ahead, so here are some facts to help you out a bit:

In my 6 week stay as a SummerTech staffer, I:

Ate Better. Grilled instead of chicken-fried, breakfast instead of...nothing, no cornerstone runs for soda and junk food. I ate cold cuts, fruits, veggies, and even attempted some seafood. (unsuccessfully) and I ate LESS.

Played Better. I played doge ball, soccer, Frisbee, mile-long CTF, ran, walked, and all much harder than I could on my own. I even did katas before I went to bed, to stay flexible. I forged my body into the best shape it's been in years, just by dedicating my self to the regular SummerTech schedule!

Managed Computer Time Better. The time I spent on the computer went from what it is now (all day goofing off, with very little breaks) to only 1/3 of the day. The SummerTech schedule reduced the time I spent playing games and surfing the net, and focused on constant Machinima filming and preparation. I made much better use of that time than I could on my own schedule.

Made friends. It's always good to get out and make a new set of friends, and thanks to SummerTech I did just that. Kids, adults, Japanese college girls, I made all kinds of new and interesting friends that I simply cannot wait to see again this year! Meeting people with similar interest that actually love and act on them provokes one into working harder to make a real contribution. Less focus on the self, and more focus on the team, to see a worthwhile project done, and done right.

So when asking for your SummerTech package this year, recall these important facts and cite them to your financial backers. They are real, valuable, and to which you can put no price. SummerTech is Self-Empowering.


And be sure to tell them I sent you!