Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Sidekicks, Delays, Free Stuff....

Well, for starters, sorry about this post not being done earlier. It's lame, because this is the fourth post this month, and it's the thirteenth! I'll try to post stuff every day as much as I can from now on.

Anyway, if you've been checking up on my website (I'm sure nobody has been), you'll have seen today's announcement: Fafnir-Cola has officially been put on hold.
It's sad, but it's true, and it's quite relieving, so I don't feel too bad about it. Basically, I was working on too much stuff, and I should have made Fafnir-Cola a long-term project from the start.
Of course, this is partly to make room for new projects, because I already have some ideas. I hope to finish A.D. 1999 (or at least get it to a playable state that can be considered "done") before those go into full swing, though.

Anyway, I've been experiencing and causing several delays lately. Besides Fafnir-Cola, there's my total redesigning of the Egoboo website, which has slowed to a crawl. I've been having serious trouble getting it to display properly on multiple browsers. It's pretty frustrating.
Also, of course, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is still going to be released on March 9th. Pretty sad, but oh well. On March 11th, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (a mouthful, I know) is coming out, so I have two games to look forward to that are coming out around the same time. N+, which I thought was going to be out in March, is apparently not going to be out until April. I don't think that was an official release date, anyway, and neither is this one, probably. Oh well, at least I'll be getting a free copy!
It's true; Mare and Raigan answered my question, so now I'm getting the game free. Yay!

Robots are awesome. And ninjas are like, totally, completely, undeniably awesome. Are you afraid that your game will be so mind-blowingly awesome that people's brains will literally explode and you'll get sued?

This is one of the major problems we had with the original N; thankfully our incredible team of awesomeness lawyers managed to prove scientifically that it was in fact the robots' fault. We really dodged a bullet there!


I get a lot of free stuff, don't I? It's pretty weird.

Anyway, I got to thinking about sidekicks. For some reason, they're always my favorite characters in things. A lot of times, the main character is subtly egotistical and steals all the glory, while the sidekick, who stays in the background, accomplishes as much as -- or more than -- the hero.
For example, my favorite Mario character is probably Luigi (Well, I also really like Toad; it's pretty close). My favorite Sonic character is Tails, definitely. My favorite character from the Fullmetal Alchemist universe is Alphonse. For a long time, my favorite Batman character was Robin (the Dick Grayson one, that is).
Anyhow, you can see the trend there. I guess it's just my personality. I'd much rather be slightly in the background, still doing cool stuff, than be the person who seems to be the super-important one.
Hm. Interesting.

Anyhow, I can't come up with anything else to add at this point. My posts are definitely getting shorter; it's sad.
Maybe I'll post again (or edit this one) if I think of something else.

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"Isn't that like the pot calling the kettle African-American?"
--This funny article Evan found, on the Internet or something
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:::Source= Paul M-unit 19.91 MKII
The end .... for now.

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