December podcast – RvR changes
AKA: The one where Josh and Paul stare into each other’s eyes too much (I blame CJ).
Happy rest-o-the-year.
As of today, it’s officially vacation time. If we weren’t forced to leave the office for a couple of weeks each year around this time, 90% of us would never go on vacation. That’s just how things are when you get to work every day on something you really care about, I suppose.
Anywho, I’ll be AFK for the next week or so. I’ve got a few things in mind for next year, but you’ll just have to wait and see what those will be. >:)
So happy holidays, enjoy your friends and loved ones, be safe and I’ll see you in the new year.
P.S. If you’re hard-pressed for a last minute holiday gift, pick up a copy of Ratatouille. Seriously. It’s pure joy in movie form.
P.P.S. Antipwn, I owe you a bottle of something drinkable for the Glendalough suggestion. I’ll try to force Rowland to smuggle something over to you next time I see him.
WARNING: ROMANCE WITHIN
As many of you apparently now know, I went and got myself engaged. Jeff and Paul – a pair of romantic softies – snuck a congratulatory easter egg into the end of the latest Beta update podcast (all the way at the end, AFTER the copyright notice). So a big thanks to them and thanks for the emails and PMs, folks.
For those interested, here’s how it happened:
I was heading over to Dublin to visit our friends at GOA and it seemed like a perfect opportunity to trick my Irish lass into tagging along so I could propose on her ancestral home turf. Once the business was wrapped up, we had a day or so of free time to see the sights and experience Ireland. On our last day there we took a trip out into the country to visit Glendalough. After braving the increasingly-harsh weather, we made our way out to one of the nearby lakes that lay between green fields full of grazing lambs and an ancient ruined monastery. And that’s where I proposed. As Jeff and Paul mentioned already, she said yes.
And there was much rejoicing.
Anywho, I suppose I should introduce you to my good lady now.
Aubrey, meet the Internet.
Internet, meet Aubrey:
Quick Warcry Interview
Here’s a quick interview I did for Warcry recently. Special Guest Appearance by Justin Webb on the second page.
Welcome back.
And our apologies in advance to all of the families who will be neglected over this holiday season due to the new hotness of the WAR Beta.
IncGamers Interview(s)
This is one of a pair of interviews I did for these folks way back when during this year’s dismal E For All expo in LA. They didn’t have a mic and it was godawfully loud, so I wound up screaming for twenty minutes straight doing the two interviews. This one is the better of the two, if only because I stood closer to the camera and was therefore occasionally audible:
The other interview is here, if you feel you must watch it.
Brief disclaimer:
These interviews are a few months old, despite being posted very recently, so if I say something that seems to contradict current wisdom (i.e. our Q2 launch date), assume that the lag between recording and posting is to blame.
Enter: The Hickman
That wikipedia entry of his ain’t gonna update itself, kids.
It’s almost that time again…
Everyone’s hard at work putting the final touches on the new and improved WAR Beta. With the end in sight, excitement is running very high here at EA Mythic HQ. Thanks to all the patient testers who stayed active in discussions during the downtime. Your feedback has been a critical part of this latest round of changes and improvements.
I’ll see you on the battlefield shortly.
A final freebie:
There are no “Blood Priests” in WAR.
FYI
1) I’m back from Ireland. The folks at GOA were most excellent. I only wish I’d had another hour or two to spend with them talking about WAR.
2) It’s snowing here in Fairfax:
