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[Derek]

I've been a member of this community for a long time now, and it's time I reveal the shocking truth:

My real name isn't actually Smithy.
 
 

Psychopath!

[Inane]

A funny story, when I was at MIGS last year I was trying out the new Wiimote zapper, I had the whole Counterstrike style stance going. I overheard "Here's the story." Seemingly on their way the CTV Cameras got all up in my grill and the interviewer asked me,
"Do you think that this game will help you shoot better?"
I indignantly replied "No."
She then said "Well you have the stance down."
"Yeah, well that comes from contemporary media."
She stopped talking to me and the camera man continued to pan around us as I played. I was pretty frustrated, I brought up the situation to several people I had talked to during the day. When I watched the piece about a week later, which I did appear in, but not talking. It was about serious games and games that teach, and how, apparently, thats what MIGS was about this year. For me, it was more the realization that Indie development is more my style. Nothing galvanized that more then Gamma 256, which was such an awesome party, filled to the brim with fantastic games. Links from Kokoromi's site lead me here.

This reminds me of the story the undercover cop tells in Reservoir Dogs. It's got all the elements. It's interesting, it antagonizes a group we, as a group, do not particularly like, and you've got it down like you've rehearsed it about 40 times.

[Corpus]

So he's actually an undercover cameraman? I see.

It's not hard for something to sound rehearsed when it's written down. That's kinda the point..

Thanks for the welcomes

[Terry]

I've been a member of this community for a long time now, and it's time I reveal the shocking truth:

My real name isn't actually Smithy.
 
 

Oh, good! My pet dog is called Smithy, and I was finding it impossible to read your posts without thinking about him.

[Terry]

Seriously. I keep getting this mental picture of my dog sitting up at the computer typing stuff in.

[ravuya]

On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

[Corpus]

One of my friends once got a birthday card saying that from his grandparents. It seemed wrong, somehow.

[Eric McQuiggan]

This reminds me of the story the undercover cop tells in Reservoir Dogs. It's got all the elements. It's interesting, it antagonizes a group we, as a group, do not particularly like, and you've got it down like you've rehearsed it about 40 times.

Well here you go Mr. Fancy pants non believer.


There is me, on screen playing Wii at MIGS.

[Smithy]

While we're using photography to prove our identities, I'd like to take this opportunity to present photographic proof that I am not actually Terry's dog:



(I'm the guy on the left, clubbing the naked fisherman with a pipe.)

[Derek]

There is me, on screen playing Wii at MIGS.

[Zaphos]

Well, post 300, I might as well do this ...



I'm Jimmy Andrews, last year a CMU CS undergrad, now a grad student at Berkeley who has been trying to make games since he played GORILLAS.BAS

back in the day, when he didn't know what functions were so he tried to reinvent them with GOTO and extra state.

I've been making games for speedhacks and ludum dares for forever now, for which I made, um
the peanut butter spreading simulator


and banana combat


and "a bunch of other stuff"

I grew up playing space operas, rpg+fps games, and lucas-arts adventures, but now my love goes much more to platformers and smaller games.  Portal rocked my world.

Recently I made Mr. Heart Loves You Very Much


Lately I've been doodling too much


I love 2D, but I'd like to work on some 3D games some day too; I love 3D animation.  Here's a frame from a student film I made with 4 other kids at CMU ...

um, you see, it's about eyeballs who party while their owner sleeps.

The main console of my life was the N64, on which I played the hell out of Beetle Adventure Racing and Space Station Silicon Valley

Remember this bug?  Yes, yes I do.

I grew up in Ohio, but now I'm in California.  For those foreign peoples, who are not intimately familiar with the excessive states of the US, here is a map:

I believe that should explain everything.

The only 2D animation I ever did that wasn't tiny pixel-art was this:

it taught me that 2D animation is even more painful to do than 3D animation, especially if you suck at drawing like I do, so that's why I want to make better tools for "cheating" at high res 2D animation.

And, um, finally, when it comes to pictures I believe in quantity over quality


THAT IS ALL.

[Al King]

Space Station Silicon Valley

<3

Also, Mr. Heart is awesome.

[Eric McQuiggan]

There is me, on screen playing Wii at MIGS.

Thanks for this!
Its proof that Nintendo is finally obtaining the much coveted 20 something white nerd fatty market.

[Inane]

That hat makes your head look HUGE. Nice hat, besides that, though
Wait
I think this is one of those moments were this is going to come out a lot meaner then I intended... Umm...  No offense intended.

[Terry]

That hat makes your head look HUGE. Nice hat, besides that, though
Wait

Haha - I like that you clarify that you don't have anything against the hat :D