The Site
I’m going to try something new in this post: I’m going to organize it! In the future (assuming I still like this arrangement the next time I look at it) you’ll see headings in bold in the posts. Each heading will have various bits of information you may be interested in. Read each one at your leisure, or skip around! We’ll see how it goes. Please feel free to comment and let me and Thronos know what you think (not just of this organization but of the site and comics in general!).

The Comic
I don’t like to start off a post with an apology but I feel this time maybe I should at least offer an explanation for the post delay. The idea for this comic “came to me in a dream” (literally) last Thursday. I started working on it the morning I woke up, but didn’t see anything solid come of it until Saturday night. From then until now I’ve been struggling with the art-work and art-style.

Normally I try to employ a single, clean, crisp style (usually markers). In this comic, every attempt I made the markers seemed too bulbous and cumbersome–the lines blurred, the shapes clashed, and the colors were too bright and didn’t have enough depth. So, while I started with black markers and pencil I ended with colored pencil and about a half an hour of work on Photoshop.

Oh, and for the record, the “extended Mega Man theme” definitely came from an Arm Cannon album.

The Living
The Easter holiday was a good one for me. Thronos and I got to see each other in person and play some games and hang out. Some family came in from out of town and we did what we always do when the family gets together: we ate, rested, ate, then ate some more. After that we ate a great deal more and then had some food. Did I mention the eating?

The Gaming
I haven’t done anything terrifically new on this front, but I did get the opportunity to play some cooperative Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 with Frozen. Tim Curry and George Takei are the only actors I notice as “big names” who make appearances in the general storyline, but they’re sufficiently awesome to captivate me. The plot is appropriate, fun, and suitably laced with good actors acting badly; all in all, a tremendous achievement. The gameplay itself is reminiscent of the best aspects of Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3 with the speed of a game of Starcraft. (Note: I have yet to have played any other games in the Command and Conquer line–I only picked up this one because of the golden word: co-op.)

Of course, I’m still enjoying myself on AstroEmpires (Delta server).

Finally, a few four-player games of Starcraft rounded out my Easter weekend. Thronos, Alynne, Jamesoven, and I had a great time stompin’ the comps. I can’t wait for Starcraft 2.

–Evhelm

Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday! Just thought I’d drop an explanation (and a bit of a well-earned endorsement).

I was in Buffalo at Canisius College taking part in a Fusion Gaming Society game night of a very special kind (known as a FNIP). The event was fun for its own sake, and I got to see a lot of old friends as well. A new element in the equation is the introduction of a live band playing at the event: Arm Cannon.

Arm Cannon is a Buffalo band with a national caliber. For anyone who has ever played Mega Man, Final Fantasy, or any of the Legend of Zelda games and enjoyed the sound track, listening to Arm Cannon’s work is a must.

Maybe by tonight I’ll have something more exciting for you all? (Maybe.)
–Evhelm