I had a few people ask me about the CTS animation I mentioned in my earlier post. Last year the incredible artists over at Fatkat animation put together an animated CTS short based on our ""Last Rites" storyline. They essentially took the three comics we did and animated the entire thing with custom music and some really great voiceover work. We had this cartoon done especially for PAX 04 and the PAX DVD. We showed it twice over the course of the weekend in the theatre and both times people really seemed to like it.

I had a few people ask me about the CTS animation I mentioned in my earlier post. Last year the incredible artists over at Fatkat animation put together an animated CTS short based on our ""Last Rites" storyline. They essentially took the three comics we did and animated the entire thing with custom music and some really great voiceover work. We had this cartoon done especially for PAX 04 and the PAX DVD. We showed it twice over the course of the weekend in the theatre and both times people really seemed to like it.

If you play Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory with some regularity please add me to your friends list. My Gamer tag is just “Gabe” you could also add my Splinter Cell buddy “khoo”. We gots to get our game on and my list is full of Halo 2 players.

You might have heard about the huge NES collection that was recently up on eBay. I know it got linked on a bunch of game sites and I had quite a few people mail me about it. This guy was selling every single US game ever released for the NES, except for ten. That’s 776 games. We called him up and found out the package also included some pretty rare accessories like the Miracle Piano, ROB the robot and even a couple Power Gloves. It’s one hell of a collection to say the least.

To a certain extent the tomfoolery continues, but there are parallels to other things which are actually relevant, and if you can stay with me through this we'll eventually get there.

That word is lexiconnoisseur.

Okay the PAX 04 DVD is now on sale and I highly recommend you go pick one up. It’s a three disc set that includes video from the various rooms like console and exhibition as well as two discs dedicated to the musical performances. Also included on the disc is the CTS animated cartoon based on the "Last Rites" storyline we did. We showed the cartoon at PAX last year and people really seemed to like it. I should also warn you that the main DVD contains commentary by Tycho and I. I think it’s important to warn you all that this is probably the most ridiculous commentary ever recorded. Thankfully you can turn it off.

Tomfoolery, essentially.

I am always hesitant to put up links to comics I haven't linked before, and the reasons are a little neurotic, so let me clarify them.

I would like to point you all towards some very cool new shirts over at Gameskins.com. For the puzzle fans in the audience Kiko has created the “heartris” shirt. Those of you who enjoy the occasional FPS might like the new “headshot” shirt. Finally kiko has delivered a shirt that I consider to be a masterpiece. He calls it “Viva Miyamoto” but I call it a powerful image that ignites the fire of revolution in the minds of all who see it.

It is apparently hilarious to play practical jokes on me. The story Tycho mentioned is just one example of the sort of junior high bullshit I am forced to deal with here at Penny Arcade industries.

The increase in sophistication between the original PSP Swaploit and the new KXploit is a terrifying model of evolution in action. For those of you who never tried the first homebrew method released on the fifteenth, let's go into the onerous ritual it required of a person:

I really try not to put links up links to the exact same "funny" things people are already sending you in your e-mail, but I honestly couldn't help it. Click only if you want to see a dark power coursing through Oprah Winfrey.

Don't know where they got it, but PSP Hacker has the second Gamma Pack available for Wipeout. It's fucking brilliant - two new skins and two breathtaking tracks.

Q'Bicles is a puzzle game based on the odd rules and strange ratios of office politics. It was one of the games in the Slamdance independent games competition - check out this page of last year's winners to find some games you might not have heard of. I can guarantee that you'll see things you never expected.

The World of Warcraft website has a couple pretty interesting updates. The first is to their “under development” section. I am especially happy to see the new battlemasters that will allow you to enter Battlegrounds from major cities. I'm also happy to see the new improvements to the Honor System. The other interesting update was a forum post by Shane Dabiri. It mentions a few more ideas for future WOW content including assurance that an expansion is "in the works".