Well, I've put a "newer version of Flash" on my christmas list, lol. It sounds like I'll be getting either CS3 or CS4. Sweet! I've been waiting to get my hands on a newer version of Flash before doing anymore work on my "fun little projects". I'm still using Flash 8 by the way... I guess I'll have to get used to ActionScript 3.0 now. Hope it's not too much different than AC 2.0 ...

As for voice acting stuff, I have a lisp (think I may have mentioned that on an earlier post). It's not much of one, but I'm kind of a perfectionist, so I refuse to use my voice on my projects. If anyone needs a British Male voice with a slight lisp who's recording his audio in Audacity through a headset microphone, then I volunteer myself for free (as long as the script isn't too ... edgy). I'm thinking of making a piece with no voices and just music setting the mood, it's certainly one way around the problem. I've also been thinking of asking some of the amazing voice actors/actresses her on NG if they'd be willing to do somework... but I feel guilty just asking, lol, wierd...

BeneFedaykin out!

... even when I post half-naked pictures nobody reads my posts and cares enough to comment ... T_T

Ain't gonna stop me though, more half-naked Yoko tiem!

Bene's been watching Gurren Lagann as of late and can't help but notice Yoko's rockin' body! Just something about chicks with sniper rifles that'll turn a guy on, ya know? Whatever, back to oggle-... I mean watching! Watching... ya, that's it... just watching...

BeneFedaykin out...

Guy Fawkes night tonight. I kind of wish I was back in the UK so that I could celebrate. Fireworks, toffee-apples, and bonfires... None of that going on here in the USA. Still, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so I'll be too busy drowning myself with turkey to care in another week or two...

Remember, Remember, the 5th of November,
For gunpowder, treason, and plots
I see no reason, why gunpowder treason,
Should ever be forgot...

Yay! I've had an NG account for 1 year as of today! I still haven't done much with it... but at least I have one!

I figure that since nothings happening on the flash front, I'm making it my goal to review games on NG. PM me if there's a game you want reviewed.

Rules:
(A) The full version of the game must be available on NewGrounds
(B) You can't be the author of the game you're proposing.
(C) You must PM me on this account with requests. Requests placed in comments to this blog probably won't get read.

I guess that's it.

I figure that I'll post the review on my blog here as well as in the "Reviews" section for that game.

Maybe I'm missing something here...

I've been looking through some NewGrounds classics (Tankmen in particular) and while they score high in the Ratings they're still quite a bit off some of the newer flashes on the front page. Has NG gotten more lenient in recent years? I don't see how "Run, Darnell. Run!" can score HIGHER than Tankmen... Don't get me wrong, it's a great toon, I gave it a 4, but higher than Tankmen? I could list other examples, but I can't help but thing NG isn't as picky as it used to be....

Thoughts?
BeneFedaykin

Well, my Kitty Cat Dance flash looks like its holding steady at around a 3. I must say that that's about what I expected. It's really helped me get a good feel for the submission process which should help a lot for future projects.

Garrog and I are both working hard on that flash game. We're hoping to be ready for release sometime in the Fall of this year. It'll be a defense game set in space and that's all I'm allowed to tell you. We'll be using a slightly customized version of one of the NewGrounds Preloaders. I've already got the menu screen up and running so all that's left is the actual game and a few short cut-scenes. I've started doing some of the easier artwork and animations and Garrog's busy looking up the actionscript we'll need to piece it all together.

Still a long way off from a finished product, but we've definately made a good start now. Look forward to move updates in the coming days.

BeneFedaykin

Hello again,

Garrog and I are hard at work on our game. Its going to be a Defence/Shooter type game for those that are interested. I can't tell you any more at the moment since I want to keep most of the details secret until release time.

In the meantime, I went scouting through all the half-finished flashes I've made in the year or so since I acquired Flash. What I discovered was a finished movie done to Steve Ibsen's "Kitty Cat Dance". I had liked the song at the time and decided to make a cartoon style animation for it. My finished product is now on the NewGrounds Flash Portal "Under Judgement". I must admit that I'm quite nervous. Any other artists get this way after submitting stuff?

Well thats it for now. Thanks for all the support.
BeneFedaykin

PS: Here's Steve Ibsen's original movie:

I can read and write. This being the case, I read these things called "books" from time-to-time; the latest and greatest of my novel conquests being James Clavell's Shogun, which I finished just a few minutes ago.

Anybody else read a book lately? They're not as flashy as Flash, but some arn't that bad...

BeneFedaykin

*waits for flaming ("book burning") to start*