I just got banned from the NG Stickam room for 1 hour. :(

Update: I think my account was completely de-activated. Bye stickam. :(

Some songs really help me zone out when I'm programming and Castles in the Snow by Twin Shadow has been stuck in my head this week. That link goes to a different version than the official album release, although I can't find a credit for where it came from. The intro has that Sega Master System vibe that I love, sorta like "Vanished" by Crystal Castles.

DO YOU LIKE IT TOO?

I was fighting off something the entire week I was in Japan, was lucky enough to make it through Madness Day (anyone watching the webcast may remember the deafening cough), but crashed HARD the next day... For the past four days I wasn't even able to sit up and open a laptop. The worst part is, I've been sleeping during the day so I'm still on Tokyo Time now. Anyway my backlog is extra bad so just a heads up... I'm hoping to catch up on PMs by the end of the week.

Also the Madness Day winners probably won't be announced until next week. I would like to organize some Audio regs, Art Regs and Writing Forum regs to help judge those categories - if you consider yourself "known" in one of those areas and are interested in giving feedback you can bone up on the entries and PM me with your opinions to help along the process of narrowing things down! I'll be trying to do some invites once my head clears up.

More press on The Room Tribute game:

Time

Wired

Destructoid

The Escapist

Bitmob

Infinite Lives

Westword

Game Culture

MetaFilter

Geeks of Doom

It's not as expansive as last year but this year's Madness Day game is shaping up to be pretty fun nonetheless! Here's a tiny picture.

JohnnyUtah and I are launching a big game either tonight or tomorrow morning... FINGERS CROSSED.

Testing something.

Once again I've returned from a convention with some exotic bug, this time another stomach bug that made my Monday flight a living nightmare and stole Tuesday. Today was better but I'm still getting caught up... Will try to post something more comprehensive tomorrow.

Thank you everyone who came by to say hi at Comic-Con! The highlight of my trip was probably hanging out with Adam Phillips throughout the week and having good talks with everyone. Excited for where NG is going and I hope everyone in NG-land is patient enough for us to get there. I'm gonna go try to sleep now if my stomach lets me.

Hey.

I regret that all my old Assassin games got wiped off the server when the 2007 redesign launched. They are too shitty to post as new submissions but here is one that I popped on Dumping Grounds to show W-P-S after he tormented some Juggalos.

Celebrity Cookout with Insane Clown Posse