Zombie Comic

So I FINALLY finished my zombie comic. It took months, but it is done. I gave it to some friends at our little christmas party and they all seemed to really enjoy it. If you want to see it go here. I warn you that there are a LOT of inside jokes, so prepare to be confused. There is also a lot of little "easter eggs" in there, but you wouldn't get them unless you were in on some of the jokes. For a little taste, the first page is below:

Top 10 Games of the Decade

A friend of mine; Travis, recently posted on his blog about the top 10 games of the year. A noble endeavor, true. But I wanted to go a step further since the decade is about to end. I decided to only choose one game from a series since a few of these had multiple contenders. Now, I haven't played certain games like Modern Warfare or Assassins Creed. This is just my personal top 10.

In no particular order:

Batman: Arkham Asylum: An amazing single player game that actually does justice to Batman. Its extremely well polished and well executed. The end of the game tapers off a bit, but overall it is amazing.

Metal Gear Solid 3: After agonizing over MGS3 and MGS4, I chose because as a whole its just much more original. It's an amazing game with some great story and a wide variety of of interesting and well developed ideas. Certain things from this game just are impossible to forget.

Shadow of the Colossus: Games as art do exist, and this is an example. All you do in the game is fight HUGE bosses one at a time. Giant puzzles that you must "stab." No other enemies or challenges. But the minimal story here is developed extremely well and really puts you in a whole other world.

Boom Blox: If you've played it, you like it. Anyone can pick this up and understand it. It's so simple and yet brilliant. Just a lot of fun.

Valkyria Chronicles: Artistically beautiful to look like a moving watercolor painting, this a strategy game about a war very similar to WWII. The story isn't too complex, but it does stay away from the cliche of the other side being "completely evil." It's true strength is the way you become attached to the characters you choose to fight with and the strange relationships you develop.

God of War 2: The story is incredible and well thought out. World worlds are well fleshed out, and the scale genuinely impressive. The gameplay is slick and fun. There is just really nothing to gripe about in the game. One of the few video game series Amanda lis interested in.

Super Mario Galaxy: Fun, simple, creative, wonderful music, and easy to control. Not much of a story, but its a "Mario" game.

Flower: What's this? A game where you can't fail? There is no timer, no enemies, points, etc? You are a zephyr, and you literally just bloom flowers you come in contact with. Despite no interacting with anything other than flowers the story is beautiful and simple.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl: It's not a traditional fighting game that just a lot of fun and happens to have just about all the major Nintendo characters. A "king of the hill" scenario. Well balanced characters fight and with a wide variety of rules and modes.

Uncharted 2: An amazing cinematic experience. It feels so much like a movie its unbelievable. It's funny, smart, well designed, looks beautiful even if it can be a little chiche'. The Multiplayer I am still messing around with. Just all around a well polished game.

These were the games that were really close to making my list: World of Goo, Fat Princess, Resident Evil 5

Yeah, I suck

Well so much for posting more often. I do struggle with that, but 'tis the busy season. Anyway, I've spent most of my time being really lazy and being very busy. I made a pretty kick ass costume for halloween which was a little more involved than I thought it would be. I was an arcade cabinet that you could actually play.



I won best costume for that. The theme was 8 bit gaming, so I downloaded a bunch of nes roms onto my laptop and built a little costume to look like an arcade. Presto! Best costume ever... At least it's my favorite.

Speaking of video games... I have been playing a lot of Uncharted 2. It's a great game, but pretty much no one else I know even knows/cares what I am talking about. Other than that I have been busy with something that I can't really talk about just yet, but hopefully should have done in about a month. A month exactly, it seems. Anyway, thats all for now. Please tip your waiter, I'll be here whenever I feel like it, dammit...

I'm Disappointed in Myself

I picked "Wicked" for our book club, and I am saddened by it. It had so much potential but it never did anything with any of it. ARG! I did do a little drawing of Glinda, the good witch because of it...



A friend bought the marvel hardcover of "The Wonderful WIzard of Oz" and that seems (by all accounts) to be extremely well put together. And that art is amazing. I should have picked that instead...

I bought and LOVED Batman: Arkham Asylum. Such a great game in all respects. I am still trying to get Lee to play it as he is a huge batman fan. C'mon, Lee... If you're reading this, give it a try!

Bad Poster!

I've been bad as of late... big surprise. I haven't posted in awhile and I wanted to rectify that. Anyway, I have been doing a lot of other stuff besides drawing and painting. One of which is playing fat princess. A very fun game that I owe to a friend, Travis.



But thats probably done. I just got a game I have really been looking forward too- Batman Arkham Asylum. It's getting to be that time of the year where I have no free time, so we will see what happens with some of the "projects" have have in the works. Maybe this 2 and a half year plan will finally come to fruition...

Anyway, I will try and post more regularly from now on... Don't hold your breath, though...