Remember the Al Emmo?

Himalaya,  the militant wing of AGDI, have put forward an enhanced version of their first commerical game Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine on Steam Greenlight. If it gets enough votes, it may be accepted. But the key thing for me is this:

"The major changes will be completely new Al Emmo character vocals (by new voice actor) and 2D animated cutscenes to replace the original 3D ones"
"You probably heard the old Al Emmo character voice, which was quite whiny and high-pitched. His new voice is much lower, but still retains the essential comical qualities."

So, finally we're getting rid of the whiny voice! Woohoo! Its one of the things that put me off the original. For full details, and to vote, head to their Steam Greenlight page.

Mysterious doublefine traffic source

Any blog readers who are also doublefine supporters, please can you tell me why I'm getting lots of links from this page:  http://www.doublefine.com/forums/viewthread/7574/? It doesn't work for me... and I'm curious!

AGS server move

Mr AGA has announced that a new server will be hosting the AGS site and forums soon. We're trying to set up access for him to the blog to keep us all updated on the progress on this, but be prepared for a little downtime in mid-September.

Sock puppets

Accusations of sock puppetry fly around the forums, so its time to confess: I am Dualnames's sock puppet: I agreed to exchange being his sock puppet in exchange for the entire value of the Greek economy some years ago, which caused the current global economic crisis. But no more! I shall throw off his shackles and pay back the debt!

If you want the real story, check out the forums, but lets hope it all ends up amicably!

Lady Grapefruit

Those of you who might wish to support a sometimes-AGSer in her quest to generate a stop-motion musical indie detective adventure may wish to support Deirdra at indiegogo. She's currently just short of 50% of her target! By the way, Lady Grapefruit is what "Dominique Pamplemousse" means. Kinda.

Sounds floating across the ether

If you'd like to listen to Mr AJA and his team of intrepid game creators talk about Barely Floating, part of the Cummerbund, then head to this thread in the forums or watch below...

California Dreaming

All the forums are brown
and the blog is grey
I went for a walk
on a summers day

I'd be safe and warm
if I was in L.A Anaheim
California Dreamin'
on such a winter's day

Mittens has begun in Cally Forn-I-A