Marketing fail
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Lazy programmers
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I use Moviestorm on a daily basis, but I have to switch fairly regularly between Moviestorm version 1.0.4 (our current public release) and the cutting-edge (read: broken) development version, which is only accessible by compiling and running our current source code. If I’m running a demonstration, or answering posts on the Moviestorm forums, I’ll boot up 1.0.4. I’m also currently writing a whole bucket load of documentation, though, and that’s being written against the latest development version.
The problem with the dev build is that it changes daily. In fact, often it changes hourly. And, every so often, you’ll find a little bit of functionality that hasn’t quite been raised to the usual high standards of absolute perfection that we’ve come to expect from Moviestorm. Little bits like this genuine example from the current dev build:
In which Julian Clary is the entirety of Faringdon Tube Station
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There are two great things about Paul Kerensa. Actually, there are probably more than two, but I only know about two so I’m going to tell you about them. First of all, he knows tiny bubbly sexpot of comedy loveliness Lucy Porter. Secondly, his website features the utterly brilliant Comedy Tube Map, which is so damn clever it makes my eyes cross.
It's true - the British are all sexually repressed
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A little while ago, I was asked to make a short comedic music video for Moviestorm to demonstrate some ideas we were trying out with the future technical implementation of the software. The result was the now-infamous Clubland Will Never Die, which features Yours Truly exploring his feminine side.
I seem to have started a trend. That renowned director, Alan Smithee, released a parody video today featuring non other than our illustrious CEO, David Bailey.
Watch this, and fear.
In all seriousness, it’s great to work for a company that’s brave (and forward-thinking) enough to allow us to do things like this.
Johnnie's weird infatuations number 2458
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Kristen Schaal. On the Daily Show. What a wonderful day this has turned out to be.
Seriously now, Munroe, get out of my head.
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He’s at it again!
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Hey kids! Hear me being drunk!
Posted by johnnie
I recorded an episode of The Overcast, a machinima-themed podcast, last week. The first part of the interview is now online, and by all the gods, it’s embarrassing. I hadn’t had a lot of sleep when I recorded this at one o’clock in the morning. It’s also fair to say that I was, in the words of Paul Whitehouse, “very, very drunk”.
Hook, line, sinker and a copy of The Angling Times
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I have to talk about The Overcast. Episode 14 (which, purely incidentally, was released on the 1st of April) consisted of an interview between Overman and digital-phil, the host of the now dead and lamented Machinima Live podcast. We all know that there were tensions between the two Phils whilst the podcast was still in production, and nobody was sure exactly how they’d left things. Now we know.
The interview was a brilliantly spoofed argument between the two of them, which gradually descended into name-calling and personal grudge-bearing, culminating in Overman demanding an explanation as to why digital-phil chose to eat pancakes rather than interview cairmen and myself.
The whole thing worked so well because it was based on truth. We did record an episode of Machinima Live, which was never broadcast (the infamous “lost episode”) because of a problem on digital-phil’s PC which corrupted the audio file beyond all repair. I happen to know that a lot of the other supposed irritations that the two Phils threw at each other during the course of the podcast were also, as they say in Hollywood, “inspired by true events”.
I actually emailed Overman shortly after the episode was released, asking if it was a spoof or not. I didn’t post on any of the machinima forums expressing my opinion one way or another, because I was too cowardly to risk being exposed as a victim of the gag.
I feel too guilty about that, now, so I’m going to say this publicly: you got me. Totally and utterly. I did realise that the whole thing was probably an April Fool’s joke, but only after listening to it for a third time, and even then I wasn’t totally sure.
Here (after the cut) is the complete, unedited email that I sent to Overman. Can you feel me covering all my bases?
Read more...... like when I used to climb the rope in gym class ...
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Is it just my imagination, or is Mark Frauenfelder basically just Garth from Wayne’s World?
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