10-17-2012, 04:47 PM
10-19-2012, 01:49 AM
Notes from Samuraiko:
#57 - One of the hardest videos I've ever made. Not just in terms of scale, but because of the origin of this video - the closure of the MMORPG CITY OF HEROES.
COH was my first MMORPG (my first MMO, for that matter!), and though it took me the better part of three months to get over the motion sickness so that I could play longer than five minutes at a stretch, it was worth it. For over five years, I played, made friends, had fun, and of course, made almost three dozen videos for the game.
But on August 31st, 2012, just as I was leaving a job interview, my husband told me that NCsoft had decided, with virtually no warning, to sunset the game as of November 30th. I thought he was joking. When I realized he was serious, I went down to my car, sat there for a few minutes stunned, and drove home in a fog of shock. I cried on and off for over a week.
But even then, I knew what video I'd want to make - not an angry protest, but one that celebrated the game through the eyes of my very first character: the intrepid in-game videographer Johanna Sinclair. She was my 'author avatar', more often than not the character who would blithely run from server to server with the battle cry, "I'M FILMING, EVERYONE LOOK AWESOME!"
And so, this video is from both Jo and me.
Cameos abound, not only of my alts, but of friends, of fans, and as always, of players who rallied to the cry, "I need to film, who wants to be in one of my videos?!" Several servers' worth of characters are here, because Johanna Sinclair exists on every server in CITY OF HEROES. "Have camera, will travel" is her motto.
This is not my last COH video - I still have at least two more I hope to finish before the closing of the game. But it is my 'farewell' to Paragon City, my home away from home.
The music is the painfully beautiful and all too appropriate track "Sleeping in Light" from BABYLON 5, as scored by Christopher Franke.
10-21-2012, 06:20 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CayMeza487M
Klingon Style (Trekker parody of Gangnam Style)
And an amazing CGI short done as a tech demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I57d8uADKVM
Both found linked to on the EPU forums.
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin
Klingon Style (Trekker parody of Gangnam Style)
And an amazing CGI short done as a tech demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I57d8uADKVM
Both found linked to on the EPU forums.
___________________________
"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin
10-23-2012, 09:19 AM
Kara had been posted before, actually. Not that I mind. 's a good vid.
Here's another good 'un.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Here's another good 'un.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
10-23-2012, 10:11 AM
very cute, but the girl could have used a bit more clothing
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
Baseload
10-23-2012, 01:42 PM
Came by this on FB, found it Hilarious
10-23-2012, 04:34 PM
Baseload Wrote:Came by this on FB, found it HilariousIf we're posting Gangnam Style parodies, have two:
*snip*
dark seraph
10-23-2012, 10:50 PM
I have to laugh at how confused that creeper is.
Also loved the fox tail one, good find Fox
Also loved the fox tail one, good find Fox
10-26-2012, 02:51 AM
..and it looks beautiful:
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
10-26-2012, 03:49 AM
.... I think I'm in love...
10-26-2012, 07:34 AM
That looks amazing.
Do you know if we'll be able to have Godzilla attack our city in this version?
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
Do you know if we'll be able to have Godzilla attack our city in this version?
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
10-26-2012, 06:46 PM
I love that the property lines look more real than the typical almost-Minecraft rectilinears of classic sim city.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
10-30-2012, 06:21 AM
Have you been wondering what the Paragon people have been up to?
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
dark seraph
10-30-2012, 11:35 PM
God damn it hollywood >.
11-01-2012, 01:23 AM
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
11-02-2012, 02:50 AM
Well I think this is up there with the Qantas olympic athlete edition ones
dark seraph
11-06-2012, 05:39 AM
Damn.... thisactuallymakes want to play anAssassincreed game
11-07-2012, 02:41 AM
Captain Slow is now the second fastest man...
...in the world!
...in the world!
11-07-2012, 02:49 AM
Richard Hammond, the shortest of the Top Gear crew, gets to drive the LARGEST "civilian" er... truck?
dark seraph
11-07-2012, 11:11 PM
11-07-2012, 11:34 PM
oooh, that makes me all kinds of interested.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
11-08-2012, 12:36 AM
That is the most badass Little Red Riding Hood I have ever seen.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
11-08-2012, 04:14 AM
I want that, and I want its music.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
11-08-2012, 04:14 AM
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
11-08-2012, 06:24 PM
It's a Monty Oum vid. Therefore, epic fight scenes. ^_^