Guess what?

I was just asked to be the new interviewer for The1WizBlog, by no less than Wizky himself. So check it out! It's a very helpful blog, with news as to what is going on at Kongregate, game reviews and staff/user interviews. (watch especially close for that last one.) As soon as the next interview is out, you can be sure my name will be attached. =D

XKCD = Inspiration

So it turns out that XKCD is WONDERFUL inspiration for short stories. Here's my latest based on this one:

It's 4 o'clock in the morning. I'm sitting alone in the subway station, waiting for my train to arrive, my journal sitting in my lap. Man, this train always takes FOREVER, I think to myself. I slowly open my journal and take out a pen, preparing to write. At that moment, the train pulls into the station, and I close the journal. Looking inside, I see only a few other passengers on the train. I silently take my seat and watch as the train moves on to the next station. There is only a single person at this station as well. A shy redheaded girl, who seems to ride this train as frequently as I do. As she slowly takes her seat across from me, I open my journal, pen in hand.

Dear Journal, I write, it's 4 in the morning once again, and I'm on the train. She's sitting across from me again, and once more, I find myself speechless around her. I want to talk to her more than anything. But...I don't know, she seems so SHY. Almost as if a mere conversation would freak her out more than the apocalypse. But still, I want to say something to her, introduce myself, anything. She's the cutest girl I've ever seen, and her shyness is just unbelievably adorable. And it's so weird: whenever I'm not around her, I think of all these great conversation starters. But there's just something about her that snatches the words from my mind. God, I think I love this girl, and I know nothing about her.

I look up from my journal briefly, and look at her, only to find that she's looking at me as well. I blush, and close my journal, looking away.

Man, I Wish I Were Emo Right Now

As of last night, I am a complete and utter ASSHOLE.

I've liked Girl A for a while now, and she likes me back. She decided she didn't want to date until the summer, though, which was fine with me. I still had to work things out with Girl B, anyway, and I never DID talk to her about it. But Girl B is not the problem. Girl C recently broke up with her boyfriend, and I've kinda liked her too. The other night, she finally admitted that she liked me (which wasn't a surprise, I was just waiting to see when she'd say it), and now we've been talking more and more. But now I'm starting to cut Girl A out of my life entirely. I'm doing to her what I never wanted to do to her, what's been done to her so many times before: I've chosen another girl over her, and I didn't even mean to. And Girl A blames herself for this! Maybe that's the hardest part. Knowing that I screwed this up, and she's beating herself up about it.

Girl C (You should know who you are), if you're reading this, please know that I really do like you, however mixed up I am right now.

Girl A (You also know who you are), if you're reading this, please know that it isn't your fault. I was the one who screwed it up for us, with my own impatience. Believe it or not, this isn't the first time it's happened.... But I digress. I was the one who screwed it up for us, and I'd give anything in the world just to take back what I did to you... And I hope beyond hope that this isn't beyond repair. I wouldn't blame you at all if you didn't want to give us a chance anymore. I hope that you do, but I understand if you don't. I'm not worth all of this aggravation. I CAN'T be an Edward. If I were a real Edward, I wouldn't be deserting you like this. I can't believe you're taking this so graciously, and I think that hurts more than anything else right now. Scream at me, hit me, say you'll never talk to me again, do SOMETHING. This silent acceptance is what's hitting me hardest, because you're too good to me, and I don't deserve it.

And now that all you strangers are done reading this, we now return to our regularly scheduled sarcastic/cynical persona.

My apologies for making you read all that.

The Nonoba Conflict

I suppose most, if not all, of you who frequent the Kongregate Off-Topic forum have heard about the (not so) recent spam war between Nonoba and Kongregate. Supposedly, Nonoba "stole" Kong's ideas, i.e. the achievement system and the chat system. Recently, another thread has popped up, claiming that some of the games on Nonoba are stolen.

Regarding the first part, and this has been stated by many before, there are many flash sites out there, does that mean they all stole from the very first one? The layouts for them are all basically the same, and as was pointed out in Nonoba's apology thread, they all have the same purpose. So why not leave them be? We have no proof that all of their ideas are stolen from us, and almost NO site is 100% original anymore. The spam was completely unnecessary, and both sides acted immaturely. However, both sides also apologized, so no harm done.

And as for the stolen games thing, it would seem that some of them are stolen, specifically the ones from sam_steps. I agree that some of those games are not his, and he appears not to have given credit to the original creators. This seems like very compelling evidence against him, but I'm not entirely sure, as much as I'd like to say that he stole those games. If it turns out that he did, it shouldn't ruin the whole site's reputation. If he does indeed have permission to display the game, he should credit the creator.

So, in closing, leave Nonoba alone. There's no proof that they're stealing from us.

I know I'm a bit late on the conflict, but I just started the blog the other day, cut me some slack. =P