Just a random mix of audio character attempts, made me laugh a little… each snippet done in one recording so occasionally cut off too soon or the mic didn’t pick something up, bleh…

I was actually supposed to be doing an audio review of something but I got distracted.

Perhaps the start of the, “Pony coats/manes/hooves/accesories you will not see in Acclaims Ponystars…” Series… We’ll see…

Confused? This is to do with Ponystars, register and give it a try.

To prove that a very simple dynamic can enthral and entrap even the most cunning of male browser gamers I present my fall into the ‘girly’ Pony insanity of Pony Stars (Or as I like to call it Masculine Selective-Breeding MMO version 3.4 Blue!).
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I’ve been doing a lot more writing and doodling than reading and yet still I’ve managed to let Urban Muggles slip into a horrible state… Whilst my friends may bitch or take the piss of the numerous things my mind ties itself up with I’ve still put more than a foot forward, so nurgh! :P

Flight of the Nighthawks
Errors between books aside I thoroughly enjoyed it, the first chapter or two alone sold it to me.

Lirael
The biggest of the three Nix books that make up the Old Kingdom Trilogy (if memory serves well) and perhaps the weakest in places, still a good read and I will enjoy moving through it again.

I’d love to have some way to catalogue books/media that I’ve enjoyed…

The amazing thing about Spore and the amazing thing about the creature creator (that which empowers users) lies in the potential of the entire operation… Browser-based pet games and other enterprises (to name one) must look on with envy at that which Maxis have wrought upon their dominion… for the creature creator and Spore form the engined basis of a most amazing pet based game. If they cultivated the kind of mod culture that created the likes of Counter Strike (as one previously successful example) I could see the creature creator alone providing the basis for some very adventurous mods. Spore-a-mon anyone?

Here is a video of one of my creations (I’ve taken a shine to this one) called the Moosewulfen:

Either way I cannot wait for Spore itself, the creature creator is crazy fun on its own.

It really is quite frankly down to having half my time sucked away elsewhere, I need to smack the site around before I can really make updates and even then I’m currently tied up with other projects.

Anno Geometrica
While it is available for free on the wiki we are releasing a print version, the two expansions will be print only (Unless TJ decides to also provide them free) as a way of trying to reward the efforts put into the project. There may also be a third or fourth expansion which will provide an ancient world setting and a few adventures for AG.

The print version will contain a few illustrations that the wiki is missing, It’ll also feature a few other bonuses to make it worth buying for people interested in running games with it.

We’ll be at Indie Con this year so you may get a chance to play in a one-off swashbuckling adventure… I’m angling for a sky pirate demo myself but we’ll see what can be arranged.

Paper Mages
Anno Geometrica is going to be the first release of a small indie RPG label called Paper Mages, which will be made up of a few easy-going designers based in Edinburgh and Milton Keynes. The second title is an interesting fantasy system which I have made some very pretty little maps for.

Paper Mages will also be supporting other indie products with writing and/or illustration.
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Technically Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Player’s Handbook… technically.

I loved Talon of the Silverhawk, I loved King of Foxes… I even liked the third book of the trilogy which was a little inferior to the first two and more of a set-up for the next trilogy. I have finally got round to starting that second trilogy.

Flight of the Nighthawks
I’ve been told a few things about and it and gather that there are one or two continuity errors. I’ll hold off annoyance until I’m done.

I’m also re-reading Sabriel, Abhorsen and Lirael because I finally got them back after a three-year lend to a very dear friend who was in hospital at the time I really, really love how Garth Nix portrays necromancy in the world he has created… it is beautifully done. His other work hasn’t really appealed to me.

The following audio is an in-character attempt at The Newtonian Oath from Anno Geometrica, which I hope you will enjoy and be intrigued by (ag.papermages.co.uk).

Just a shame really that I may have to do an overhaul of the wiki due to an upgrade problem and therefore suffer even more time loss this week, I am nearly a few weeks month behind now… sorry Anna *wibble*

I’m not exactly the worlds best photographer but I do take a fairly decent digital photo now and again, the shots below are of a friend who modelled for a web project I wanted to try and launch. I like how they turned out and I’m happy to share them Perhaps I should of stuck them under a Creative Commons license? I may do so in the future when my project goes live.

Mostly this is an excuse to test some of the ComicPress 2.5 additions… may drop the gallery plugin I had used previously.

The friend pictured will soon be moving away from the area. I’ll miss the solid storytelling, the swords, the tea snobbery and all the other qualities that I won’t be seeing so much of… He better get himself a stable internet connection at his new abode, or else!

I may also be moving somewhere new, with an unexpected leap from Wales to Scotland. Sitting around waiting for my beloved mistress to finish her course has made me increasingly restless. The move will be scary but is much needed and while it may be a lonely year in some senses I will at least have some company, who knows what friends I’ll make there?