Sometimes, The Abyss Stares Back [NSFW]
Have you seen this? I hope you’ve seen this, because it’s really a cool prospect: James Kochalka + video game studio = playable James Kochalka world:
I’ve teamed up with the great little indy video game studio Pixeljam to make my Glorkian Warrior videogame. I’ve been dreaming about making this game for years, and Pixeljam are really talented. The game is going to be awesome.
Dare I hope that if Glorkian Warrior is a success, we might get a playble Monster Attack by Eli Kochalka some day? I think I just blew my own mind.
Anyhoo, videogames don’t develop themselves, and everybody involved would like to, you know, eat during the development phase, so it’s fundraising time. Kochalka’s got a Kickstarter page set up and in nearly 1/3 of the way to the $10,000 goal that will allow development to go forward. There are goodies for backers up grabs that include original development skteches, original paintings, and more. I defy you to tell me that you can watch the video on that page and not want to kick in at least ten bucks — and if you can, perhaps the Glorkian Warrior will some day defeat the final boss that will allow you to once again feel joy.
- Do you read Girl Genius? ‘Cause there’s big things happening over there as we get to the first big fight of Volume Ten (co-creator Phil Foglo once told me that Girl Genius will run about twenty volumes, so this could well be the big mid-point battle that reveals the depth of the challenge in front of the heroes). The Unstoppable Airman Higgs has been kicking around the background for going on three years now, and he’s suddenly become a lot more interesting.
Professors Foglio and Foglio have a habit of promoting bit players to important status, but this … this feels like a big reveal. The casual way a lowly airman talks to a Tarvek (a prince, head of a secret order that may conquer Europa, and a pretty powerful spark) is … intriguing. And that profile of him in the second panel of the latest page looks … familiar? There’s a little bit of Bill Heterodyne in that face, and there’s a missing heir to contend with. I think we just had a major game-changer dropped on us.
- Presumably in the mania leading up to their book tour, the lads at Penny Arcade have taken their game-creating skills to the next level. No longer content with Staredith [via Google cache], presumably because you need a Meredith, they have now invented The Game. Confound your friends and disturb complete strangers today!
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