That's it. I gotta go watch this film.

Yes. You don't even need an internet connection at all, though it will definitely be helpful if you want to share your game online.

Love the tag on this one. Squirrels like big nuts and they cannot lie. Now someone make the rest of the song.

edited 27th Jun '13 7:23:13 PM by IrishZombie

No, learning Python is. I only suggested Javascript because it's the best for small scale game development.

I love how nearly everyone's reaction to the only other significant new character besides the main antagonist is to cut them out of the story entirely rather than give them a reason to be in it.

And by "love", I mean "feel constantly distressed by".

I never got past the beginning of the first level. Maybe I should see what they think of it.

Fiat currency is best currency.

It could have been in a wall safe. And Celestia didn't actually tell them where she was hiding it anyway.

It's only open 3 days every 2.5 years, and they have to just happen to lean on a particular side of the statue.

I didn't notice them either and I saw it in the theater.

@ Kyler: The problem with Flash is that this is the extent of his development: "I'm a cute high school student who plays guitar. I'll be super-nice to the new girl so she'll dance with me."

The thing is that Flash Sentry feels like something that was forced in by Executive Meddling and they made him as minor as they could get away with. So taking out of the story really does make sense.

Fair enough. But Kyler is saying: "Well, they should have made him better then."

And I agree. Even as a silly teen crush, he could have added something.

edited 27th Jun '13 8:06:21 PM by edvedd

He's also Sunset's ex-BF, and he provides counter-evidence when Twilight gets framed for trashing the gym setup. Plot hooks, people. Use them!

So, I just finished reading the Pinkie Pie microseries comic. I was planning on going this saturday but a coworker invited me out to a comic shop over lunch, and it turns out he and I go to the same one.

-ahem-

Eeeeeeeeee EEEEEEEEEEEEHEEHEEHEE! Holy crap I loved this comic! It was fantastic! First of all, I love that they decided to couple Pinkie with Twilight, here. They've got a great dynamic with each other - Twilight was lower on sarcasm than normal, perhaps out of sympathy for Pinkie, which is a really neat writing choice. Still, her down-to-earthness and patience makes her a great straight mare to Pinkie's antics. Speaking of, Pinkie Pie was phenomenal! She managed to keep her zaniness even when she was depressed and seriousness, and she made it work. I was swapping back and forth between laughing and feeling genuinely sad for her.

The plot was great, both in terms of concept and execution. I like that they went in a different angle from the standard Sad Clown cliche, and made it something really believable - eventually you are gonna have to give up on what you love. It occured to me a while ago that I've never considered retirement to be a thing I wanted to do, so that's a really personal message for me, and I love that it managed to resolve itself in a happy way. Best of all Pinkie seems to have learned from A Friend In Deed, and she's actually respecting somepony else's wishes this time around, even though she is pushing him to take up clowning again. IT makes her feel sweet when she could have easily been obnoxious.

I love Ponyacci, too. Oh god, do I love Ponyacci. I love how you can see the energy in him, and a sort of warmth and happiness even when he's down in the dumps, and especially when he's performing and teaching. You genuinely see love for his craft in there, which really helps to sell it. I adore his design, both in-costume and out(But mostly in). If there was ever a Ponyacci toy I'd snap it up in an instant.

The art as a whole was fantastic. I actually kinda like that they deviated more from the main series' style in this comic; I think the more simplistic style really work for it, and the gummy element really helps the feeling. It's super creative, exploding with energy and meshes really well with the story.

I just... it's fantastic you guys, I can't stress that enough. It reminds why I love Pinkie so much when she gets real and proper focus. It makes me wanna see a Pinkie/Twilight episode(Okay, I've wanted that for a while because I ship them, but still). I kinda wish it had been longer, but at the same time I recognize it'd be really hard to get anything else out of it - in a motive medium they could get some time out of Pinkie and Ponyacci's clowning scenes, and get some rapid-fire jokes in there, but in comics they did the best they could.

It's a bit of a competition between this one and the Rarity microseries for my favorite of the bunch, but... I think this one pulls out just a teensy bit ahead. Rarity's had a deeper story, and was longer so had more jokes overall, but this one was just plain old fun.

edited 27th Jun '13 7:49:38 PM by kegisak

Got enough thumbs there, Apple?

and now, I must be off to bed. Night all.

More comic talk. One day I'm going to actually order these comics.

Mental image: Applelight as some twenty-armed dude.

Pinkie did it, so he will too.

So, he's some kind of train-pirate ship thing with twenty arms? Or just twenty thumbs?

edited 27th Jun '13 7:52:37 PM by IrishZombie

So Apple is some sort of eldritch train abomination is what you're saying.

@Kyler: See, I wouldn't have been as opposed to the character if they had done anything with him, but since they didn't, I have no interest in him. And since I have no interest in him, why should I want him to get more screen time that could have gone to characters I already care about?

You and I, we seem to be approaching things from different directions.

And you know what, I think I'll let it go at that.

But if they had done something more interesting with him, then that extra screen time would be perfectly justified. That's the point here, really. Flash would be fine if he had been written better from the start.

edited 27th Jun '13 8:03:30 PM by edvedd

@Kyler: If you and I are approaching the same train from different directions at the same speed, where is the train heading?

Good night everyone, pleasant dreams!

To Pinkie.

edited 27th Jun '13 7:59:54 PM by Thirikal

Toward a massive three-way trainwreck.

I am assuming we're all on trains here.