Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
avatars
Online Gamers Unmasked The BBC presents an amazing portfolio by photojournalist Robbie Cooper, otherwise known as "the Walker Evans of online gaming." The concept is simple: a series of portraits of hard-core gamers placed alongside images of their avatars. Along with writer Tracy Spaight, Cooper also hosts Alterego.Net, an exploration of online gaming communities in words and pictures. http://picks.yahoo.com/
not strictu senso
The Sun’ll Come Out To Maro wizards.com ...I swear on all that I hold dear I had nothing to do with this. Well, other than design Maro in the first place. (Go see my column “There's Always Two Maro” if you're interested to know more about that.)
..Brian: So what do you think? Me: You had me at Maro.
..Some of you might be asking why Maro? How does one make a cycle of Maros..? ...the ever-shifting quality of the Maros...Such is the case with Kagemaro, First to Suffer (the black Maro). Yes, this is today's preview card. (I'm almost there.) Called Blaro in design, short for Black Maro (along with Waro, Uaro, Raro and Graro), Kagemaro was designed as a Maro with one simple twist. When he wasn't helping you beat down your opponent, he could help handle crowd control. (You know, kind of like a bouncer.)
One last quick aside before I show you the card. The development team (once again, with no prompting from me) wanted all the cards to reference the original Maro. They couldn't be creature type Maro and they needed to be spirits for story sake. (Oh yeah, and Maro isn't a Maro; it's an elemental formerly a nature spirit). And they couldn't be called Maro because they weren't actually Maros (living embodiments of a forest's essence). What if the word “maro” was worked into the name of each card? It had a nice Japanese feel. (It turns out that it was used as a modifier for names in Japan in the eleventh and twelfth centuries to imply nobility.)
..may you have positive associations with the name Maro.
--Mark Rosewater -Head Magic Designer
actually came across and am saving back here in early May 2006.
..Brian: So what do you think? Me: You had me at Maro.
..Some of you might be asking why Maro? How does one make a cycle of Maros..? ...the ever-shifting quality of the Maros...Such is the case with Kagemaro, First to Suffer (the black Maro). Yes, this is today's preview card. (I'm almost there.) Called Blaro in design, short for Black Maro (along with Waro, Uaro, Raro and Graro), Kagemaro was designed as a Maro with one simple twist. When he wasn't helping you beat down your opponent, he could help handle crowd control. (You know, kind of like a bouncer.)
One last quick aside before I show you the card. The development team (once again, with no prompting from me) wanted all the cards to reference the original Maro. They couldn't be creature type Maro and they needed to be spirits for story sake. (Oh yeah, and Maro isn't a Maro; it's an elemental formerly a nature spirit). And they couldn't be called Maro because they weren't actually Maros (living embodiments of a forest's essence). What if the word “maro” was worked into the name of each card? It had a nice Japanese feel. (It turns out that it was used as a modifier for names in Japan in the eleventh and twelfth centuries to imply nobility.)
..may you have positive associations with the name Maro.
--Mark Rosewater -Head Magic Designer
actually came across and am saving back here in early May 2006.
coo kie
Cute Overload
Permalink to this bunny eating cookie
The Rules of Cuteness
today via http://picks.yahoo.com
Saturday, December 10, 2005
hippapotamosses
I want a hippopotamus for xmas
only a hippopotamus will do
no crocodiles or rhinoceruses
I only like hippopotamuses
- and hippopotamuses like me too~!
only a hippopotamus will do
no crocodiles or rhinoceruses
I only like hippopotamuses
- and hippopotamuses like me too~!
Sunday, December 04, 2005
sloth
go back to look at more photos of millie the sloth and learn about sloths, how slow are they... relatedanimals go back to look at more photos of millie the sloth and learn about sloths, how slow are they...
also remember: www.notproud.com/sloth/
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