If you don't know what's going on with the Stop Online Piracy Act, TotalBiscuit puts it in good perspective.
The US House Committee is still 'arguing' about it and it will resume on the 21st of December this month. Call your local representative's office and leave a message letting them know you are against this bill or the internet all over the world will be ruined forever. Lots of people are all like 'oh it's just another stupid piracy bill trying to pass' but it's looking grim. The reps in favor of it heavily outweigh the opposers at the moment due to lobbying. I watched nearly all the House discussion and there are a few people saying they need more technical experts weighing in, and they need more revision or mechanically the internet could get extremely F'd up. These people were in the minority.
I'm surprised Newgrounds hasn't been talking about it more. The Senate also has a Protect IP Act they want to vote on. So if the House and Senate pass these, Obama will most likely give us yet another wonderful Christmas present in addition to the NDAA and sign this over as well. Call your local rep at americancensorship.org and tell them to oppose it. It's meant for stopping copyright infringement but it's really about censorship and it's disgusting.
I never post about politics here but this affects everyone. Especially the people that aren't 70 years old and use the internet on a regular basis unlike our government.
We've been getting lots of internet press since PAX ended, and we're proud to say Closure got in a list of 10 upcoming innovative indie titles on Gamesradar, HERE!
Also, my friend Mark (Spillkaidah), who made Nap, released another absolutely KILLER track in the Audio portal earlier this week, HERE!
My cousin Mike (Whitnemp) of WhitneyStudios, did an awesome job in the kill-a-clown competition too, and got front page, HERE!
Nap
This is a very stylish and unique toon by a friend of mine. He made it his senior year in high school, did the animation AND music all himself. And to my surprise, none of it was rotoscoped and its score is SEVERELY underrated at the moment! He has great potential. Check it. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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Stop Smoking Crack
This is also a very stylish and wacky toon by my asshol friend cooldrmoney. It took him awhile and he worked very hard on it. It also features an original song. So check it. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/
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(Wish I could embed newgrounds toons in this post)
Zero Bombing or what?
EDIT: OK WAIT A GOSH DARN SECOND. a half hour ago Nap had a 3.5, now it's down below a 3. Seriously something is going wrong
Why do these submissions, especially Nap, have such strangely low scores? What is going on? Is someone proxy zero bombing all the submissions in the portal or something? All my art in the art portal has dropped 2+ whole points as well in the past month. I honestly don't think any of these things deserve having such a low score printed next to our projects. I mean FFS, he made his own music for his own video, and both are fantastic... For some reason it's super easy for peoples' votes to affect the scores nowadays. So weird. Cmon people vote 555555555555
Post-Penny Arcade Expo, Seattle, WA
In other news, PAX was literally amazing this year. Glaiel and I bunked with our friends Dan Rosas and Alexander Bruce who have worked with the Scribblenauts crew and is creating a game called Antichamber respectively. Our Closure booth was shared by Retro Affect(Xerus), the guys who are making a game called Snapshot. Special thanks to them for being cool bros throughout the whole show. We also gave part of our booth space to Carbon Games, creators of Fat Princess and a new title called AirMech just because they are awesome.
We had some special guests arrive at our booth, such as Yoshi-1up, MoriChax, fluffkomix, apparently Thundaboom, but he didn't tell me it was him, PrettyMuchBryce, Murudai, Egoraptor, and TomFulp. Yoshi-1up got some nice footage of our booth, and Bryce and Murudai both enjoyed the game (i think). Tom didn't play cus he knew we would be trying to read his mind as he attempted to solve the game's puzzles. Which is a little creepy I suppose. I apologize to anyone who I have forgotten. Also 2 random people asked me for autographs because they loved the art i did/game so much which I happily obliged to.
Had great hang-out sessions with MoriChax and Murudai, as well as Rig. Our after-pax dinners had great discussions as always, talking a lot of shop with fellow game developers. It's always a real treat to get to spend quality time with unique, creative, and intelligent people, talking about the things you're passionate about.
I think one of the best nights there was when Glaiel, Dan, Alexander, our buddy Matt from Carbon Games, and I got VIP listed for Notch's Minecraft/Mojang party at a local nightclub. It was an open bar so I got an AMF at one point. Yep. In the line leading into the place, I chatted with DJ Wheat of Starcraft 2 casting fame, for the second time that weekend which was a nice treat as well.
The whole weekend was just a blast, hanging out and talking with fellow game developers and artists we only get to see a few times a year. It's nice when everyone gets together to have a good time and support eachother in person rather than via internet.
Here's a trailer we whipped up for Closure in case anyone missed it earlier. It'll be available on PSN in the spring time.
Tell all your friends about the game because we really think gamers of all genres will really enjoy this one! And follow us on facebook, that's where most of our updates are! I'm still exhausted from crunching and flying to PAX these past few weeks, but it's time to jump back on the horse and finish this game up!
Also, I didn't know Tom sponsored korean Starcraft players, oGsTop, specifically.
Glaiel and I have been polishing a few things up for PAX next week in Closure. We're going to be showing it off at booth 599 all the way in the back somewhere. Come check it out! Otherwise just follow our facebook page and twitter or something. We'll actually be showing the game off right next to the kool kats over at Retro Affect, creators of Snapshot. http://retroaffect.com/paxprime2011/
i listen to music 12+ hours every day so i am a huge promoter of sharing music/finding music on the interneernerntet. here are some filthy disgusting uprooted beets
Glaiel-Gamer and I will be showing off our game, Closure at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington in just a couple weeks. We have our own booth and banners and everything. We'll be passing out free stuff and our line will be a lot shorter than Call of Halo X-2! So come and play! There will also be a few other noteworthy 'indie' games there and they are awesome! The Behemoth will be in attendance showing off their new game, BattleBlock Theater on their gazillion arcade cabinets, most likely, so that's even more reason to come get nerd flu with the rest of us.
Follow us on bookface for more updates! We will give more details as the date arrives.
they see me 'rollin', they hatin'
also infected mushroom's new video for their newest released track. pretty badass
