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    Female Game Characters

    in General Discussion

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    Frankly, the more plainer and uglier people in games, the better.

    Doesn't else find all the pretty-boys and androgynous people kinda boring?

    QFE

    I have to say that the video game industry is pretty far behind everyone else when it comes to addressing sexism. I'm not a feminist by any means, but sometimes I can't help but to be bothered by it. -_-

    And isn't it so much more interesting when a character actually has unique features to his or her face and physique, aside from funky hairstyles and crazy outfits?

    OC ReMix @ PAX East!

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    Do we have enough people to get this discount yet? If not, does this mean my friends (who aren't forumgoers) can participate as well, so we get our numbers up?

    These are the only people I know of who actually got their 3-day passes in time (outside of people on the panel, since we don't count):

    Bahamut

    José the Bronx Rican

    Moguta

    binary1230 (Dom)

    Pezman

    Sindra

    That's only 6. Anybody else confirmed for 3-day? Now's the time: PM me your info so I can put you on the list!

    If we don't reach 10, I guess we can add your friends.

    Spread the word for OCR during GDC!

    in General Discussion

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    We met up with Australian composer/sound designer Mick Gordon yesterday - recent credits include Need for Speed: Shift, among many others. Imagine our surprise when he told us that he actually has an ocremix as remixer N-JekteD: Doom 'Purgatory'! We never made the connection before. Really nice guy, too!

    Having a great time so far. It's been fun meeting other remixers like sephfire, his wife Carrie, and Danny B. We spent the afternoon at LucasArts yesterday to meet the Monkey Island 2 team in person, and the game was finally announced last night. Andy is one of three composers doing the score.

    Anyhow, we are plugging the site whenever we can. I'd better get back out there!

    OC ReMix @ PAX East!

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    I read on the website that discounts are possible for groups of 10 or more people, so I got in contact with Robert Khoo. He said we would get 10% off, making registration $45 instead of $50. (The offer is only for 3-day badges.) I also asked if people from our group who have already pre-registered could get a $5 refund - affirmative, as long as we have their confirmation numbers and email addresses.

    So, my advice would be to go ahead and register for now, just to be safe, and I will turn in a master list with the names later on, so more people can get in on it. Dave, Larry, Andy, and myself probably won't count towards that 10-or-more list since panelists get in for free, so we've still gotta find more recruits! ;-)

    Make sure to post in this thread if/when you've registered, so we can keep track!

    We will be running JAMSPACE at PAX. That's right, we are doing a full on, legit Jamspace in our own room at the convention center. It's going to be awesome.

    I put a bunch of details up here:

    http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=107382

    -Dom

    Yay!

    MAGFest 9: What dates do you want?

    in General Discussion

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    Summer MAGfest is an excellent idea. As a florist, Christmas/New Year's is a very busy holiday season; I managed to get some time off this year, but only enough to be with our family. Asking for three or four days off in the summer, on the other hand, would be a piece of cake! July and August are pretty slow.

    I really hope Brandon considers this as an option! :puppyeyes:

    MAGFest 8

    in General Discussion

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    It was honestly really weird being at an OCR meetup without Jill and Andy -- I think it's the first one I've been to that neither of them came to.

    Definitely missed them both :(

    Awww, we missed you too!

    VGDJ: The Official OCR Podcast - show pushed back to 10/24

    in General Discussion

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    Sorry, guys... we have to push the show back again - one more week! Very, very sorry to keep you waiting!

    Things have been crazy here; one of my co-workers was hospitalized, so I'm taking on his full-time hours plus my own, *and* our car was in the shop for the past 7 days, which meant I had to walk home. I've just been too exhausted to do anything but sleep by 9 or 10...

    AND it's my mom's 60th birthday this weekend, so she's visiting for a few days and we don't have time to edit!

    Pease fowgive? :puppyeyes:

    Video/computer game rehab - Time article

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    NO ONE would want to log on to an MMO, grind out X amount of levels / or time, to get gear or whatever if they didn't talk to ANYONE else playing. It would be more boring than WoW already is.

    WoW isn't an "escape," WoW isn't an addiction, World of WarCraft is a social experience that makes of for a lack of interesting, real-life alternatives, and any "addiction" could be EASILY subverted with REAL LIFE friends doing REAL LIFE things.

    It's a substitution for real life interactions, yes, but that doesn't mean it isn't also an escape and a distraction for some people with deeper troubles.

    I think the price tag is ridiculous, but admittedly I *am* glad that the first VG rehab center has been founded. Hopefully with time, the concept will catch on and be improved.

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