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so ah figa dat da intawebs needs a combonation ah lolspeek and da typa language used en dat book, their eyes were watching god, but Zora Hurston. sa, anyways, ah liek muhdkeeps. so, ya, uh, i'ze syent summah dem qweshons ta Cryptic Sea fuh uh intraview, but dey hayz yeat ta rezpond. ahso Hampa from Nabisoft sayz dat heh beh otay wit meh sendin suhm qweshons hehs weh.

Anyway I'll have those interviews up as soon as I receive them. Also expect some interviews of paid indie games once i get the ability to buy them, but till then I'll have to stick with the free ones. Meanwhile I hate homework and am pretty sure I'll be lonely and dateless for valentines day. Oh, also, we received some coverage by one of toribash's forum robots and we actually got some comments on the thread and 77 views! (by we I mean anybutton, and this is for the toribash review, while somehow some of the other stuff is there too.) anyway search "anybutton: 23" in google and it should come up! Hopefully we can get some interviews and readers then we can become famous and then, well, the idk, maybe we sell out and live like rich bastards HAHAHAHAHA, errr, i mean continue the pursuit of spreading the word of indie games to the public! Also, i want a Meggy Jr. (and no, that's not as perverted as you think it sounds, google it.). .).).).). (lol!)!

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anyway sorry for the lag, but expect me to...

trial off unexpectedly. also expect infrequent, speratic, and very unpolished posts :D

ow, my teeth really hurt

So, i posted the interview with wolfire on anyButton and submitted it to digg, reddit, and /., which i hope will raise popularity of wolfire, and anyButton. Anyway my teeth really hurt for no reason, the orthodontist couldn't figure it out, no one is responding online for a good conversation (jk Kevin) and, well, i dont want to be a winey emo kid, but real life kinda comparatively sucks right now. Anyway I'm mad psyched about the wolfire interview, and i already sent out my questions to cryptic sea, which i hope Alex and Edmund will answer and get back soon. Anyway I dont got much indie news, i found out about Leeni, a pretty cool 8-bit music maker, plus she's a chick. Also one of my friend's games got reported on by someone other then me, joystiq in fact, which is cool. Anyway life sucks and then you die.

Hugs and kisses,
23

Global Game Jam

so the global game jam ended today. That means there are now hundreds of brand spanking new indie games for me to play and tell u about. So first, let me explain. The first anual global game jam is an event taking place in many locations around the world. Bassicly, as I understand it, a bunch of people get together and each team makes a game in 48 hours or less. These games are then posted online (today) for everyone to play and rate. Not all of these games will be outstanding, or even good, but some of the best indie games originally came from concepts in a demo built in a few hours/days. Audiosurf, tower of goo, and I think even crayon physics got their start as one of these quickly made concept games. I'm looking forward to finding a few jewels and posting them here. I know Edmund McMillen made a game, so I'll have to check that one out first. Anyway go find the website, check it out, and be sure to watch Kyle Gabler, the maker of world of goo, 's keynote speach. Anyway sorry for the lack of links, and I'll slowly be going through these new games, but school might slow me down. I'll be back tomorrow!

work work work, like a good worker bee

So, today i realized how behind in my school work i was. my parents yelled at me, and i did what was needed to be done. So, right now, I don't feel too great, and I feel kinda overwhelmed, lets hope the second semester proves to be better. Oh, also, my mom suggested i go to a shrink to get shrunk. I'll probably go to the school one and the diagnosis will be that I'm lazy. Anyway I got to try out Trivium for some beta testing for Cryptic Sea's new game No Quarter ( I would link but I'm too tired/lazy). It was pretty fun, but it crashes my crappy PC, so hopefully I'll get my laptop, Nixie, back by the time they release the full game. Anyway I'll probably have longer updates over the weekend. Till then.

Snow day

So, today was a snow day. I ended up spending most of it browsing the web and researching Wolfire. I wrote a review of Lugaru on anyButton, and sent Wolfire some interview questions. Their PR guy, John, is very helpful, and I'm surprised they let me send over questions, they are a very open and good developer. Earlier today i finished the "interactive fiction" i mentioned before named blueful, it was actually pretty interesting, you followed links to different services around the web which told the story line by line and gave u more links to follow, i suggest checking it out, I wish someone would make a story that was told through those services, but through proper use of them, like some fake kid's live journal, on which you could read multiple entries, which then linked to his last FM account, etc, to get a sense of a person and their story, i think that'd be pretty cool. Anyway i finished off another comic archive, Mordant Orange it had some decent funnies but nothing as good as like xkcd, which, by the way, updated their blog with a neat post. Also I emailed Edmund about beta testing for No Quarter (cause they were asking for some) and an interview, hopefully I'll get at least one if not both of them. I also caught up on House and Fringe, two very good shows. Alright, well, that's my day, this is more for me for possibly future reference, so, if your reading this future me: "hi, hope your happier". oh, also, well, nevermind.

flying toast

So, lets start with yesterday. I was home, cause I was sick, so I had some time to do some "indie research", this basically meant i spent some time digging up cryptic sea vids on youtube and getting dirt on Edmund McMillen who I really want to get an interview with eventually (sorry, Edmund [haha, like he'll ever read this], I was bored). So, I really look forward to Bridge Builder 2, Triachnid 2, Gish 2, Guppy, and No Quarter. But that was pretty much everything interesting yesterday.

Today... not that much more exciting. As for personal stuff, it looks like a lot of my friends will have valentines (except me), and college application will be very confusing and frustrating (lets hope they're looking for an indie game blogger), the only upside is that I'm feeling better. As for my other blog, anyButton, I posted a review of Toblo, as well as some news in indie gaming, neat stuff, you should check it out (then again you probably already have if you're reading this), also I plan on posting a review of Lugaru soon as well as maybe an interview... Ok, so, on the indie games front, just check out my news on anyButton. On the internet front I mostly got stuff from escapist: making breakfast cool, another indie interview, and an interesting looking "interactive fiction". Thanks Escapist! The breakfast stuff looks cool, actually being able to have a toaster that shot out your toast would be Awesome, the indie game interview looks not so exciting, while i still advise looking at it, and the "interactive fiction" I'm not sure about, but the title is Blueful You have always been different, which sounds cool.

Ok, on to some cool science headlines. ScienceDaily gives us articles on thinking too much, next gen cloaking devices (a few days old), Genetics of popularity, and dancing babies. Also robots.net gives us an article and a vid on autonomous transportation, and while the vid doesn't look too cool, remember, there's no driver.

Anyway that's it for today, be sure to stay in contact cause i plan on updating a few times a week. Also look out for my Lugaru review and interview coming up on anyButton.

~23

bluGrey: 23's personal blog

Here's where I'll be posting stuff that I feel like posting. Expect to see interesting news, indie game updates, and favorite webcomics, as well as whatever existentialist thoughts are breezing through my mind at the time. Anyway I'm not trying to impress anyone with this blog, so, read on if you wish, if not I don't blame you.