Lots of cool stuff coming up for the Wii, but these guys will never want to go on stage again after seeing this.

I've been back all week and I'm kinda caught up, with the exception of an old PM backlog that I still need to get through. Most of my time is still spent fixing bugs and play testing Castle Crashers, which continues to be fun after all these years, thanks to all the crazy multiplayer mayhem.

Today we'll be announcing the winners of the annual awards! I also need to include an announcement about Apple Con in NYC, where a bunch of us will be on June 7th and 8th (next weekend). You can get all the details in this post by Luis.

Next up: I'm finally gonna finish Pixel Puncher. It should run insanely well with the Flash 10 plugin!

I can't believe it... So one of my favorite Pico movies happens to be da adventures of pico, but I never realized that Aztraz had released two more of them!

da adventures of pico 2
da adventures of pico 3

They are sooooooooo awesome, check them out.

I'm horrible, I can't fight the itch to keep sharing the videos that get sent my way. So here's the latest.

Right now I'm working on the desert level of Castle Crashers... trying to make it feel as exciting as a desert can feel. I really gotta take some time out to get all the contracts together for the Audio Portal artists whos music we might use! Speaking of the AP, the prize packs for the last MAC were sent out early this past week.

So here it is, roboting flaming legs pushing a shopping cart:

I normally wouldn't make posts about trivial things during the day, but the desire to share any weird video that comes my way compels me to package it with some news.

I'll be announcing the Pico Day pre-loaders this afternoon! I have a post just about ready to go.

I'm also rushing to have a good build of Castle Crashers ready, because Luis is coming to visit tonight! He's spending the night at the office, then going to NYC with MindChamber and some of the guys. I'll be staying in the office all weekend, of course, because I no longer get to live a life beyond Castle Crashers... but not for much longer!!!!!!!!!!!

So here's the video, it's a Japanese subway.

I have a feeling I'll be using this feature a lot...

PsychoGoldfish (3:36:16 PM): man I should make a drinking game called "TAKE A SHOT WHENEVER TOM FULP USES 'BTW'"

Tom (3:36:26 PM): haha REALLY?

PsychoGoldfish (3:36:37 PM): haha

Tom (3:36:37 PM): I would have thought I was more known for overusing smiley faces.

PsychoGoldfish (3:36:47 PM): yeah but I don't want alcohol poisoning

Wyclef Jean was on Stern this morning and the topic of his new song, "Fast Car", came up. Wyclef explained how his brother had come up with the concept, and he (Wyclef) had written most of the song out, but it wasn't until he went to a charity event at Paul Simon's house that it all came together. He said that after shaking Paul's hand and checking out Paul's studio, he got hit with the vibe for the song and decided to go acoustic. He called Paul the next day and invited him to participate, to which Paul responded with something along the lines of "I'll grab my guitar and come on over!"

Five hours later, they had the song. Wyclef explained how Paul took everything he had written, and brought it all together in four lines (the bridge), which became Paul's part of the song.

It was just cool to picture Paul picking up his guitar, running over to Wyclef's place, and banging out a song. We have things KINDA like that happen here on NG, but it would be cool if it could happen on a level more like that. Like if everyone lived near eachother, and people could just run across the street and collaborate in real time whenever the spirit of the moment grabs them. I guess that's how Hollywood became Hollywood.

synjclock (5:20:30 PM): so hey
synjclock (5:20:41 PM): there was this group of girls that came by wonder-con
synjclock (5:20:46 PM): had an interesting conversation on NG
synjclock (5:20:55 PM): they were like, so what is this game
synjclock (5:20:58 PM): i go, castle crashers
synjclock (5:21:03 PM): and they go never heard of it
synjclock (5:21:11 PM): and then they pointed at salad fingers and dad n me
synjclock (5:21:16 PM): and i am like so you guys go to newgrounds?
synjclock (5:21:17 PM): they are like yeah
synjclock (5:21:26 PM): and i go so how is it you don't know about castle crashers
synjclock (5:21:31 PM): tom fulp works on it
synjclock (5:21:35 PM): and they go, who is tom fulp
synjclock (5:21:41 PM): and i laughed because i thought they were joking
synjclock (5:21:43 PM): but they weren't joking
synjclock (5:21:49 PM): and i was like wtf, how long have you been going
synjclock (5:21:53 PM): they all said around 3 years
synjclock (5:21:58 PM): i go, do you ever read the news??
synjclock (5:22:01 PM): they all said no
synjclock (5:22:09 PM): they said they just see a bunch of stuff at the top and click it
synjclock (5:22:36 PM): thought that was interesting
synjclock (5:22:45 PM): they also said they are more interested in the games than movies
synjclock (5:23:39 PM): thought that was interesting
synjclock (5:23:48 PM): they say they go almost daily
synjclock (5:23:49 PM): for 3 years
synjclock (5:23:55 PM): and they don't know anything about the site