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in related news, I kinda need to get a shit-tone of work done by next week including a a certain project for television. I also have a job interview tommorow as well as a meeting at university regarding my group project.....all while suffering an ear infection....challenge accepted?

SWEET GRIM is out on Newgrounds! so go and check it out for some good animated halloween fun times!

If not, you probably like kissing dudes or something...

So, I'll be starting my first teaching week of university tomorrow. A lot of things to worry about such as money and....well, MONEY. But at the same time, rather excited. I'll be starting on the second year of my selected course, Computer Arts (good sign, right?) and once my Bursary and Tuition fees come threw, I'll be happy.

It's funny when I think back to it because back when I was applying, I really wasn't taking it seriously. I only did it because my lecturers, family and classmates wanted me to. I was sort of happy enough to leave after my second year of 3D Computer Animation and try to look for work there. How I managed to get into Computer Arts is nothing more than a lucky stumble and I only ever took it seriously when I realised that I actually had a chance of attending....sort of an unconditional

In other news, I've got an interview tomorrow afterwards for a job. Here's hoping I'll get it.

Here is my open letter to High Moon Studios...

This is just a little something I want to do for the fun of it. With War for Cybertron being a massive
hit and the release of Dark of the Moon, I feel that we're not too far away from the perfect transformers game. Theres no denying that the best developers for the job is High Moon but how can we make this the perfect G1 Transformers game? Well here are my suggestions...

Base the plot on earth;
If there was one form of criticism that many people pointed out in War for Cybertron was that the level design was boring. To be fair, it couldnt be helped considering the game's focus was based on a planet made of metal. With that in mind, basing the plot on earth can open the door for a variety of different and possibly beautiful locations such as jungles, cities, canyons and much more. But please remember to keep your levels massive because if we learned something from Dark of the Moon, underground bases and narrow spaces only brings one thing to a multiplayer match, a clusterfuck.

Being located on earth will of course also have the transformers in their earth forms. The only problem I had with this idea was how will the 3rd form work (from war for cybertron) but thanks to Dark of the Moon, That problem can be solved by giving the G1 characters stealth force. Not only this will work for the the gameplay that High Moon already have for the game, this can also give Hasbro the oppertunity to sell a new line of Stealth force toys based on the G1 characters which will also give elitests the chance to buy from a toyline that they wouldnt be intrested in otherwise...just sayin..

The campaign;
One of the best things about War for Cybertron was that the campaign were squad based chapters which led to a fun co-op experience you can play with your friends but the biggest problem with the co-op was that the Characters werent as fleshed out as they should have been. It could be a stretch but how about having single side missions based on a sole character and (like in the Dark of the Moon game) learn what makes the character special. I can imagine characters like Mirage getting sent on espionage missions and it also gives an excuse to unclude some recently created characters like Drift. Having solo mission can also show off more of what a certain character can do such as Soundwave using his cassetticons to infiltrate human bases.

As for the co-op campaign, be more creative with what you choose for the characters. Of course, you would want to fit in all of your favourite characters from the show and comics and since we have the suggestion of solo missions, we now have the oppertunity for playing as some sub-groups like the Insecticons and the Dinobots.

The story;
I can imagine writing the story of a game based on a franchise can be thrustrating to write for as you
have fanboys that will no doubt bitch about anything you come up with. Theres some that want their
continuity to be perfect while others want their favourite character to get some playtime. So far,
High Moon has been good with their story. War for Cybertron was so good that hasbro made it part of their Transformers Prime continuity which as you can imagine, managed to be as contradicting as hell. If High Moon does go ahead and continue their Transformers story from War for Cybertron, it will no doubt make things even more confusing and contradicting. They could also say that this is also a new continuity but that could also make things worse for the franchise as transformers already has about 20. Sure, its not that bad for a franchise thats been going for a quarter of a century but it is one step below the madness that is marvel's continuity. All I'm saying for the team at High Moon should be cautious.

Well these are what I beleive would help to make the perfect transformers game, what are your thoughts?

Well College is kicking my ass with sooner than expected due dates and projects which I had to start over again due to losing my damn flash drive. Don't get me wrong, I can catch up. No problem but its the fact that everything must be handed in THIS month which scares me. On top of that, I have filming which was cancelled twice due to bad weather and equipment fuck-ups which doesn't help much.

Then there's talk of university. I had a pretty successful interview for Computer Arts but what does it matter when I wont be able to afford it? I really hate the idea of having to owe a massive depth at the end of it, especially when I want to move out of the country (Conservatives hate the creative industry over here!). I just want to have a job at the end of this because you know...having money is nice.

Yeah, you young shits can scream at me and call me a whore for saying that I want money but at the end of the day, isn't that the point of having a job? Its a sad fact but true, not all of us can have shit with our parent's money. Some of us need to EARN money in order to have a meal or a home at the end of the day.

Anyway, I have a couple of short flash animations in the works so hopefully they will see the light of day on newgrounds maybe. Or not...whatever

In the meantime, here's a video review on a videogame that I'll be plugging;

hey, I finished my college project for the semester, wanna see?

with additional work which is expected by the end of June, I have more time one my hands to do other stuff.

I thought I might as well talk about the upcoming projects I'll be working on for this year which may or may not happen.

Size Matters! (3D Animation)

This one's a college project that I need to complete by the end of January. I already have issues regarding the project via models, lighting and a current scene crapping out due to too much stuff happening. No doubt that the final outcome will probably be a load of crap but as long as it gets me the grade, I don't care. I'll probably attempt to polish it before submitting it to Youtube.

Transformers: Ambushed (3D Animation)

Haven't got the chance in starting this project yet but I already have the characters and plot planned out in my head. A small squad of Autobots caught in a Decepticon ambush and any chance of help coming appears to be bleak. Chances are that I'll might start work on this project in the summer, hopefully the 3rd Michael Bay movie will inspire me (or piss me off!)

Megaman: The Killers (3D Animation)

Not much to say about this project, the Megaman Killers are destroying the city and it's up to the blue bomber to take them out. This will be a side project I'll be working on while finishing off my second semester of college.

Mental Analysis Megaman tribute (Video Review)

Not really much of a project, just a review. Since November, I was meaning to make a Mental Analysis episode where I pay tribute to Keiji Inafune who left Capcom back in Halloween last year. Originally, I was going to review Megaman X4 but the recording quality was crap. Then I was going to review Megaman 2 but then I felt that the review will be more about gishing about how awesome the game is rather than having a balanced opinion on the game. Now, I finally decided on a game, What is it? You'll know when it's out.

Out Of E-Tanks (Web-comic)

Its pretty pathetic how I stopped working on the comic just before it reached the first chapter's cliff-hanger. I wont be keeping any promises but I'll at least try to continue the work on Out Of E-Tanks when I have the time (or if theres nothing else better to do)

Random Flash Animations (Flash Animation)

Aside from my halloween review, I haven't really been doing any form of flash animation whatsoever. Just like my failed web-comic, I'll try and make and at least try to make stuff.

Happy Halloween Newgrounders! Sorry I havent got anything decent to show for halloween aside from this review. Decided that I want to put in animation for this review this time round. will it be a continued gimmick for me? probably.

I also have a project in the works which is still in storyboards, sadly. But I'll be sure to give updates on the project.

My personal feelings about the game overall

so.........Whats everyone's plans for haloween btw?

Yeah yeah, the topic of this rant is old as hell and whatever I say now, wont make a difference. Thing is though, I'm not interested in talking about World of Warcraft and how it took the (social) lives of many people we knew. What I want to talk about is the RTS series that inspired the pit of all evil, Warcraft. Now recently, I've rediscovered Warcraft 3, a game I haven't touch since my early high school years. A game that back then would ass raped my old computer a new one and cost me a dozen upgrades in order to play the fucking thing but as it stands now, my shitty laptop laughs at the little requirements. Playing through this old classic really brought me back on why I enjoyed the franchise so much and how I would love the thought of a Warcraft 4. But Seeing as Blizzard has pretty much made a self producing goldmine of the franchise, my vision of a new fantasy RTS is pretty much fucked.

This really sucks because I fell in love with the world (of warcraft!) when it was a fun and addicting RTS game, not an MMORPG that would give me nothing more than social problems and minus £15-£20 (whatever it is now!) a month just so I can get the bet out of the game. Yeh, my other problem is that I cant stand online RPG's for the reason I'm fucking crap at them. I remember years ago when I tried playing an online RPG(I think it was Ultima Online or runespace, not too sure). 2 minutes of playing the damn thing, I got killed because I had the daft idea that my soldier character was strong enough to take on a skeleton soldier. For the next hour, I spent running around as a ghost, trying to get someone to pay for a resurrection or something. So being the young and impatient shit I was (yet, ironic because RTS games require patience), I gave up and with every second try I gave the damn game, the experience is always the same.

So how the fuck would I cope with an MMORPG that I would have to pay for each month, just for to get my ass raped everytime. I dunno about you guys but thats got to be one hell of a bad relationship where your paying for everything and get nothing out of it but misery and pain.

So yeah, I love Warcraft but not "World of" Warcraft. simple as that. Blizzard makes awesome gave and its nice to see that some of their older titles are getting attention once again like StarCraft and Diablo. But it just pains me to see what was once my favourite franchise, forgetting that it was once an awesome RTS back in the day and continuing to suck off nerds for 15 a month and seeing as Blizard is controlled by Activision, I doubt I'll ever see the end of it. :\