We'll be I'll be at the Topatoco booth on Saturday. Ian won't be able to make it Sunday, so it's just me then. Ian has to work that weekend and can't attend at all, sadly.
I haven't seen a full list of other webcomics going, but it's a pretty hot lineup. Some people are opting in at the last minute.
Matt
@machall productions .com
September 28, 2009, 02:12 EST
Fifteen free samples at the chocolate festival may not seem like much, but by the time most of the crowd has gotten up to #7, one vendor in particular comes into play.
I bought a quart, but I let it get too warm on the way home, and it really did a number on my fart-producing mechanisms.
The conclusion I can draw from my encounter with that stuff is that you need to keep it cold. (A corollary conclusion is that maybe I should do cursory Internet search before I put things in my mouth.)
Matt
@machall productions .com
I've been informed that an XML tree only has one root.
September 23, 2009, 21:39 EST
So the wizard is levitating a carrot for some reason. I hope you're getting all this.
Ian
@machall productions .com
Synesthesia Documentary
September 23, 2009, 13:27 EST
Still been getting a lot of questions about synesthesia from that comic last month. I just found this video that I think explains it better than I was able to.
Hey, you didn't take down the servers till 3am last night, allowing me to get in a good few hours or play time. I'm just going to happily believe you were making a special exception for me. (Let me have my dreams.)
I'd really like to enjoy your game. In fact, I usually do! But every night since I've opened my account, it seems the servers go down shortly after I start playing.
I realize that 1am PST is probably your lowest traffic time for such things, but I'm just going to assume you hate me.
Please note, I really am enjoying what I get to play of Champions. I will gripe about a few art things though, as game art is kinda my job...
Eye Candy: I got to say, I'm rather surprised at how poorly the game runs on my machine. Even with virtually every slider set at a minimum, I'm still feeling the frames crawl. I guess I'm always disappointed when a new MMO comes out and they aim for high end PCs. Just seems like an unpleasant floodgate in possible users/customers. (Conan, you know what you did.) While I rather like the art style of the game, I am not seeing what would be warranting such power requirements. Surely more can be done with less.
Character creation: I love that you can now save your costume to a neat little image. That's awesome. But can something be done about the lying? The creation screen's aspect ratio is wrong, making your character look wider than it really is. So when you get in the game, your character ends up looking rather skinny. To compensate I've just been fattening up my characters prior to hitting "play".
I like the faces this time around, as a note. I hated CoX's faces and always covered them with masks or scarves. This time there's enough tweaking available and style that you can make some nifty mugs.
(Speaking of masks... I really wasn't able to remake my ninja girl. There's really no options for baggy pants, midrif shirts, or face mask/scarves. All key features of my beloved, purple ragamuffin. Had to make her more modern this time around.)
Ian
@machall productions .com
Not actually posted On Labor Day
September 14, 2009, 04:26 EST
As you can imagine, this comic was for last Monday. That week kinda kicked my ass though. Lots to do, little mental fortitude to keep it all in line.
Matt
@machall productions .com
August 31, 2009, 13:00 EST
Thanks to Detective Wanda Jackson, Matt already knows what synesthesia is, but is under the impression that it's some sort of superpower.
Ian
@machall productions .com
Synesthesia is a sorta red color.
August 31, 2009, 03:16 EST
I guess I never mentioned it to Matt because I often forget that it exists. Mind you, my 'seeing colors where letters should be' isn't so intense that it inhibits my reading, I am convinced it's a root cause for my early failures at the written language in school, though.
I was surprised, however, when it came up in conversation at work one day. There's a couple of my coworkers on the art team that also see letters that way. The other members of the team just think we're weird.
When I first became aware that this was going on with my brain I tried to see if it was just some subconscious thing triggered by early learning. Like the Letter People or something. I discovered two things from that theory upon further exploration: One, that the letter people are all red, and couldn't be the source. And Two, they scare the crap out of me.
It wasn't till around late high school that the concept was truly explained to me via the interwebs.
Unrelated Cool Links:
Machine Flower - Hey, I found out a coworker's wife draws a pretty nice web comic. Check it.
Me and Dave Shabet totally rolled some dudes at bowling, due to him being a good bowler and me keeping the ball mostly out of the gutter. (Other zombie artist Jenny Romanchuk couldn't make it.
We're get'n our gear together to head off to Connecticon however. Hope to see some of you there. I know that I'm really looking forward to seeing George again.
As a side note, damn, I love Maliki. Such a fine art.
