Previous News06.04.2012 - Terrence Marks:Firstly, we're back. Thank you all for your patience. We're sorry we took the time off so suddenly, but glad we had a chance to rest and, more than that, glad to be back!Secondly, you're reading Precocious, right? I've been enjoying it for some time now. Chris Paulsen, the cartoonist, drew Blue last week. Go check it out and read his comic.
Thirdly, I've been playing Bastion a lot over the last month. It's a great action-RPG. I'd been meaning to write something about it for a while. Then I saw that it's included in the latest Humble Indie Bundle. They've got four games bundled together. You name your own price, and what portion of that goes to charity. And if you donate more than the average amount (currently, about $7.75), you get Bastion too. What's Bastion about? It's about rebuilding a world in which everything has been destroyed. Professional game reviewers explained it better than I could, which is why they're professionals. While I adore the mechanics, the game is about tone and atmosphere, and it's astoundingly good at that. I've been meaning to tell you to get it for a while now, and this is a very good chance.
Also, you get Psychonauts. I've had that game for years and never got around to playing it. It's by the guy who brought you Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, and the first two Monkey Island games. I've heard enough good things about it to tell you that you can't go too far wrong here, especially since you could just choose to pay $1. You also get three other games, Amnesia, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, and LIMBO. I do not know anything about those games. Yet.
Fourthly, poll results.
How was your Mother's Day?
I ran away when I was ten years old and haven't seen her since. My mother disappeared mysteriously and I'm still trying to fix the problems that caused. My family and I don't really talk anymore. My mother ran off to Canada to escape parking tickets, then she died. My parents had to leave town suddenly because of business, leaving me in the care of my evil grandmother. My mother is an alcoholic and we're not on speaking terms because of my lifestyle. I had a lovely morning brunch with her, my dad, and my brothers. Our mom didn't feed us enough tasty noms. Burr. We had a lot of fun together and sold a lot of flowers. My mother has, mysteriously, never been mentioned. You'd think she would've shown up by now.
The answer key is, of course, Blue, Kimberly, Brisbane, Tipper and Snickers, Avery, Gabby, Joy, Brent and Brenna, Cerise, and, well, almost everyone else. I'm glad a majority of you chose the happier options.
Did you do anything fun for Halloween?
Yes, and I wore a costume Yes, but I didn't wear a costume I wore a costume but didn't have fun. No costume. No fun. -_-
I have no comment here, except that I really, really need to post these things more often.