Love isn't always on time!

I wish to congratulate you on your countrymans outstanding use of your language in this particular song.

What are you wearing?

Write your steam accountname so we can have a match. Mine's miniduffi, ingame name: Duffi.

Merry Christmas. Or Hanukkah.

Whatever.

A few weeks ago I went to the rather new danish gaming convention, D3. With only 2 years of experience the convention is still very new, and since I had never visited a gaming convention, I remained very sceptical about visting it (mostly about certain personalities.. You know, the "still-living-in-mom's-basement). A friend of mine teased me with promises of fun, and I finally gave in.

Now, a few weeks later, I'm glad I did. It was a blast to try out various demos and watch various game developers and publishers talk about modern gaming industry. The convention was spread out into 4 areas: Demostands, EA, Wii, and lastly a huge scene for speeches, which subjects such as new danish developers, new danish online TV-station PixelTV, etc.

Of course there was various sub-areas, such as a store, and my favourite, a Guitar Hero 3 corner. At first look, the whole convention was confusing, simply because of it's sheer size. That's why I walked over to the before mentioned GH3 corner, simply because it was the only thing I could relate to, at the given time.

Struck with awe, I watched two dudes duking' it out in the game, both competing on expert with the song 'Through The Fire and Flames' by 'Dragonforce.' In case you have never heard the number, here's a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ao_vO sZk

Notice how you have to play so fast, that your guitar sounds like its producing a stream of machine gun fire. 2 minutes of staring like a complete idiot, the incredible battle was over. Although certainly tempted, I decided not to have a go.

Instead I took a look at the EA area, which was simply dissapointing. Said shortly, it was a few 360 Xbox'es hooked up with some already- and dated releases. Call of Duty 3 seemed to be the main focus(they could have showcased Call of Duty 4, which was going to be released a week later) followed up by Portal and Fifa 08.

Not that exciting.

After having a few try's at a brutally challenging Portal levels, I headed over for a Rock Band stand.

Anyone curious(or rather, brave) enough could try Rock Band before it's release. It was set-up like a real scene, and the crowd was big. A few posers had a try at 'Welcome To The Jungle' by 'Guns'n'roses', and a complete humiliation later(mainly enforced by the poor vocalist) the crowd cheered at the players. I clapped too. They did something brave, and they had fun meanwhile.

They left stage, and the crowd quickly lost interrest as I.

Instead, a corner reserved by danish developers Zeitguys caught my attention. The funder is apparently one of the same guys that started IO Interactive. I have a special love for Hitman, and I must say I was a bit dissapointed at the game so far. It's controls are supposedly like Hitman, you control and watch your character from a 3rd perspective from the back. While it does work, perhabs it was time for the developers to try something new, since this game was specifically a shooter of sorts.

There was no trying the game, the only option of knowing the game better was looking at gameplay movie. Sadly, it looks very generic and slightly boring at this stage. Zeitguys promises that you will be able to change history in game, which I'm doubtful of.

The most surprising thing I encountered that day was MMORPG booths. Pengya online, Earthbound, and many other free MMORPGS advertised their games, which I found pretty funny for some reason.

This is a rather short blog-post, but I can happily admit that I will visit this excellent convention next year.

Also, check out tis' amazing Kane And Lynch models. I thought they were real at a first glimpse.

TL;DR version: I went to a gaming convention. It kicked ass.

Woah, woah. Tekken music can be some realllyyyyy trippy shit. Never the less, Tekken soundtracks are awesome. Except for the fourth, that's really a dissapointment.

This sis something I was inspired to do by looking at The-great-one's interviews. They're great, check them out.

I might consider interviewing other users, so post here if you're interrested. Letters marked with bold are my questions, the rest is answers. I want to thank BlueHippo for taking his time.

What's your ambition? Being a animator, policeman, prostitute, or something else?
currently i am making websites and ads and other neat stuff for video games... but while doing that is kinda cool, it's not really my thing. i haven't had a lot of time for animation, and really want to get back into it. i still would like to go to an animation college, and i would like to do something in the entertainment buisness. I'd love to make cartoons and maybe even a little more... hopefully one day ;P

How did you discover Newgrounds?
hmmm, i discovered it a long time ago, with the classic games like pico's school and stuff. i was never interested in joining, that was never really my thing back then, i was too young. in 2003 i joined the weebls-stuff forums, and that's when i started becoming involved in internet communities, and it was also there that i met zekey. he would link me to a lot of his cartoons and stuff on newgrounds, and eventually i just... joined. i avoided the bbs for a long time though :P

What was your first reaction when you looked at newgrounds?
I was never a huge fan of Newgrounds... it took me a while of being a member to get drawn into it. I don't remember my initial reaction of the site though, was too long ago and I didn't spend much time on the site.

When did you get the idea of creating flashes yourself, and what/who was your main inspiration/idol?
Homestar runner is what inspired me to get into flash back in 8th grade. I was making buddy icons for everyone in my class back in 7th grade, and wanted to move onto something bigger. I made a lot of sucky flash back then just like everyone else when they start. I really got into flash when joining weebls-stuff. i learned new techniques, and began making all sorts of cartoons. weebls-stuff forums helped me a lot, especially with internet etiquette and whatnot. made me the good ban-free bbs poster i am today :3 i also looked up to zekey a lot back then... oooh zekey :D

Who's your favourite author?
That's hard to say, i admire a bunch of authors for a bunch of reasons, but zekey will always be a god to me. Known him for too long and he's been like my flash daddy... okay more like brother, but whatever. PS zekey is a feck blargen piclownjew. stop reading this zekey i hate you.

Was your first portal entry, like many others, blammed?
nnnnope. i was already pretty decent at making flash by the time i submit anything. i've had a couple flashes blammed on my alt though, that always hurts, hahaha.

How much time do you spend on Newgrounds, today?
oh jesus way too much. all day weekdays. all i do is work/newgrounds for 5 days, then go out on the weekends. :0

With a bit over 600(0) posts, you've made quite some posts. Does it ever bother you how much time you've spent on Newgrounds, let alone the BBS?
6,000*? hehe, ehhh, sometimes, not really. i wouldn't say it really bothers me, but i think an internet addiction like i've got could be bad... could beee, but i don't care. should i care? should i go to therapy and get off the bbs... *rubs chin*

How many times do you estimate you've been banned?
Once, at around 2,200 posts i posted in a thread that wasn't very... spammy, but it was destroyed, and i got a 3 day ban :( does that make me lame? wait you're the one asking questions, my bad.

Do you have a favourite mod/a mod you dislike?
i love teh IRC mods, because they are always around, and i know them the best. veryproudofya was one of the first people on this site i started talking to annnd still do to this day

You're known "as the nice guy." Have you ever made any "enemies"? If so, how?
i had filled this question out with a long answer, but decided to delete it, and reanswer it. all i'm gonna say is i still love you guys at the SS. yes even you GFC, i need your hate to help keep my faggotry levels down sometimes, so thanks.

If there's one thing you could change on/about Newgrounds, what would that be?
i wish that all the garbage i voted 0 on would actually get blammed, instead of passing and clogging up the portal. also, if i could have ANYTHING i guess a level icon with a blue hippo on it would be bad ass ;)

You've just been selected as a review mod. How did you find out, and what did you feel when you actually realised it?
Wade contacted me and asked if I would like to be a review mod, and i said of course. i was quite happy that day, i felt the golden glow of happiness on me on AND off the computer :3

Do you think your new 'modship' will make you use more time at Newgrounds?
Hmmm, I don't think i could fit more NG into my schedule, it's already pretty booked with... well newgrounds :0

Do you have any advice to the reviewers out there?
Take time in writing your reviews. "LOL COOL" is a horrible review. also, don't take the time to review spam KK flash, it's hard to write a decent review for something that should hardly even be considered a 'real flash' in the first place. just ignore it, and move on. vote 0 if you have to let some rage out ;)

If I say "cock", what do you say?
bock bock b'cock!

Thanks for time man :)
it's 3:49... oh wait :X

I've seen growing trend to make some of these, new, modern, I hate/Love lists. Since I'm hip with da joung boyz, I made one myself.

And, as an added bonus, it's scientifically proven that being on my list makes you immune to cancer.

These are the ones I can remember of the top of my head, so yeah...

If you feel you need to be on eiter side of the list, try me.

Particularly big faggots;

ArmouredGRIFFON
mariobro42
killerjeff
themanbehindflash
wiidude
war3-GMC
dragonofdeath979
HeavenDuff

<3 list

AshfordPride
DareDevilGuy
Aci6
Tramps
Ejit
ZAAL
Gagsy
Kuro
TheMaster
McPaper
UberKuri
RedCoin
EvilJesus
CapnCrunchDaPimp
Frank-The-Hedgehog
DrHood
Sidorio
BatDan
Craven-Dick
WillPostForFood
Kemcab
Da-Freakshow
Minion777
Zen444
Gendo
Catoblepas
MickTheChampion
36Holla
Paradox
IPoopedInYourMailbox
MadCow
Earfetish
RupeeClock
BlueHippo
Enoll
Molotov
killa-noyz
Luxury-Yacht
MetalDart
TacoFreak
wwwyzzerdd
2good2b4goten
Zendra
NeoSoviet
ChaiLatte
IEatFood- Best 07 guy ever. Not sure if he's an alt or not.

And, jackmorrison. Helps us persistent, attention horny guys out.

Oh, and The Party. Join it.