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Badges? We don' need no stinkin' badges! ;-)
Anyhow, I have a bunch of pix but haven't gotten around to figuring out Flickr. (which I'm glad they don't call it Flicker with an e, as that just reminds me of an obnoxious message poster I knew years ago who's screen name revolved around picking his nose).
But in the mean time, I do have movie I made over on YouTube:
TSO: The Story's Over
Evil Arts lets hardcore gamers loose on The Avatars Online! Who will survive the slaughter? It’s the End Of The World!
Spoofs of:
- The Sims Online, Second Life & There
- World of Warcraft & Guild Wars
- City of Heroes & City of Villians
Scream in horror as you see:
- Cheerleaders blown away!
- Apey gets beat up!
- AJ busts some ‘bots!
Find out:
- What’s Sahara/Parizad doing now that TSO is over?
- Whatever happened to Janitor Roy?
- Is Extreme Tickle too kinky for other games?
Be sure to stick around for the outakes: Will YOUR sim make a cameo?
Disclaimer
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This film is a parody/work of fiction/commentary on the gaming industry. Any similarities between this film and actual persons, companies, or events is coincidental and/or satire protected under the fair use guidlines, Falwell vs. Flint, etcetera.
The author harbor's no ill feelings towards the game company parodied, it's sound business decision to pull the plug on a dying game, or any of the various "PVP versus Roleplayer" segments of the greater gaming community. On the contrary, the author would like to thank said company for close to six years of a really fun game that helped him and many others explore new avenues of creativity.
This non-commercial derivative work is in full compliance with the terms of service of the various games from which images were taken, and no claim of ownership of the graphics of these games is made: Guild Wars, City of Heroes, The Movies Game, Second Life.
Public Domain clips (from the Prelinger Archive)
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Evil Arts Board Room from a Natural Gas documentary called "These Are My People"
Mushroom Cloud from US.Navy footage of the Bikini Island Nuclear Tests
Songs
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All songs are either from The Movies or licensed under Creative Commons 3.0 (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
The Movies Game songs: A Beauty Like No Other, Stalker
Prelinger Archive song: "Apokalupsis" from Thrashmental 1 by METVSE Project with Masa Eto
Kevin McCleod songs (
http://incompetech.com/): Blue Scorpion, Sovereign Quarter
Editting Etc.
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Voice acting provided by: The Avatar Formerly Known As Sim
Sound Effects: SNAP! 2000 Sound Effects (Clip-art CD)
Additional audio mixing done with NCH Wavepad (shareware)
Screen capture software used: AVI Screen Classic (freeware)
Video editing software used: Windows Movie Maker
Dedicated to the memory of those avatars who perished in the Final Wipe of 2008 or previous tragedies. The game is gone, but the community lives on…
If you liked this video, please be sure to check out my channel, SUBCRIBE, leave a comment, and rate it.
DESPITE THE GRAPHIC VIOLENCE PORTRAYED IN THIS MOVIE, NO PHOTONIC LIFEFORMS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM. Well, exccept maybe Apey. Damn monkey wouldn’t stop saying “EEE EEE AHHH AHHH!”, so he had it coming to him…
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The story is an allegory for the gaming industry and it’s customers in general, and a parody of the various demographic groups that comprise the gaming community, as well as a spoof of certain message forums vis-à-vis various online games being taken offline. None of the photonic life forms appearing in this film are employees or products of Evil Arts, or any other company with similar initials, but are instead actors from the local theatre troupe known as “We Ain’t No Sims”, and are comprised of avatars from a variety of games (Guild Wars, City of Heroes, The Movies Game) who’s Terms of Service do not preclude the use of screen-captures and such for derivative works.
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