Okay, so I decided to make some revisions to the the new covers I made yesterday, based on feedback, primarily from MK; she made a pretty valid point about trying to avoid cursing on covers whenever possible. Plus, I also realized that I had gone away from my original ideas when decided to re-do the originals in the first place. So here they are, the NEW new covers, and they’re pretty much final in (and on) my book(s)…
I personally think they’re much better. In the end, it is indeed more effective to have just one image represent each story, as does getting rid of the cursing, plus I figured it would be a good idea to put the issue number info up-front as well.
Oh, and I discovered yet another reason to get excited for MoCCA today: Nate Powell will be there! Such an awesome guy, and an amazing cartoonist. Who’s also really hard to get ahold of, so it’ll be nice seeing the guy again.
In other news, last night was movie night, which I had to miss the week prior due to a birthday dinner. And wouldn’t you know, last week was also the last viewing of Millennium (see what happens when I miss it, even for a week!). And oddly enough, Jeff showed the two-part Nazi episodes instead of the final two from season two (guess it would have been too much for everyone). Instead we saw another Abbot & Costello clip, and one from an old Tyrone Power flick, The Eddy Duchin Story, all of which has some unexpected awesome camera work.
The feature was Night Watch, the first part of a fantasy/horror epic trilogy from Russia (sort of like their own Lord of the Rings, though set in modern times) which was actually pretty neat. Some might have heard about it last year, as the film that “did awesome things with the subtitles” which was certainly true. Also everything else was pretty tops, even if the story was extremely convoluted. The acting was also superb, even if it was all in Russian and I couldn’t understand the dialogue, but again, the playful subtitles really helped… to the point that I think it would be a tad bit less exciting if you understood the language and didn’t need them. And the special effects were phenomenal, and granted while much of it was quite flashy, it all had sincerity to it all, and not at all annoyingly show off-y like when Americans try the same tricks. Plus everything had a very dreary, dead-pan Russian sense of humor to it. Also, its one of the very few films to incorporate video games into it and do so effectively (and not insult my intelligence or make me feel embarrassed).
Though the highlight of the night had to be when Mike’s cellphone rang, which was the theme to Indiana Jones, prompting Jeff to proclaim with total disgust, “Such a sign of betrayal.”
Speaking of games, again, too busy to really check up on stuff, but today I’ve heard that…
- There was a rumor going around that Bowser Jr, Link from Wind Waker (a.k.a. “Celda”), and Ridley (from Metroid) were added to the roster of Super Smash Brothers Brawl, but it was debunked in less than 24 hours.
- Also heard that the news of Mother 3 coming to the UK was also a rumor, which is news to me (and if so, there’s quite a few folks out there that are still believing it).
- (Co-worker) Steve told me this afternoon that while watching G4, that channel that used to be all about video games, but now its mostly centered on either car detailing or old reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Man Show, their next episode of ICONS, which has always been one of their only two good shows, where they go behind the scenes and examine the story behind a successful video game series or figure, which means that nobody ever watched it, will be on… wait for it… the SuicideGirls. Awesome. Simply awesome.
- Back to the subject of Game Boy Advance games that we may never see here, Jonnyram recently posted some info on the bit Generations games (previously known as the Digitylish series) over at the NeoGAF. Meanwhile, at Insert Credit, there’s some news on Rhythm Heaven, from the makers of Warioware, which is just like that game, but with music. And I too am pissed that Nintendo doesn’t seem to care about the GBA in America at this point.
- The other day someone at the NeoGAF brought up the idea of new games being produced for the NES and SNES via the Wii’s Virtual Console. And he was quickly dog-piled. Quite a few thought it was a “stupid” idea and sorta missed the points behind such a move. And lo and behold, it might be happening after all! I’m talking about the part that says: New games (not just the emulated stuff) on Virtual Console could also be 500-1000 yen.
BTW, here’s another, far more sensible thread on the subject matter.
- Finally, and for no real reason, here’s an old pic that I came across today that I still think is funny: a hamster playing Virtua Fighter…
… One last thing: today I discovered that I’ve finally gotten the green light to teach Macintosh Basics at SVA! They hold these weekend workshops to teach people how to use a Ma, and since one of the instructors had to bow out, and I’m pretty well versed with the platform, one thing lead to another and, and there ya go. I’m pretty psyched, especially since I’ve basically been helping all my friends with their Mac, like fixing stuff or showing them helpful tricks, for years now. Expect this time its ultra simple things like how to make a folder and rip mp3s and the such.
