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If you haven't yet had a chance to look through Brick by Brick, the recent book by David C. Robertson, I highly recommend it. Amongst other things it deals with LEGO's first forays in the digital world, through internal project they titled Darwin. According to the book (to the best of my memory, I don't currently have access to it to check), Darwin began when a Swedish man paid a visit to LEGO HQ. He insisted that he meet with Kjeld, and eventually got his wish. What he had to share was a highly impressive 3D animation featuring LEGO spaceships. The goal of project Darwin was to create a complete library of digital LEGO bricks, perfect in every detail. Then, to use these bricks to create a system for developing videos, games, and any number of computer-based paraphernalia LEGO could wish for. After many years of testing and playing with numerous concepts, and huge investments on LEGO's part, the company realized that technology was too limited to get them where they wanted fast enough. In addition, the employees on the Darwin team were being perceived by others to be receiving special treatment from the company, creating an ugly divide that made cooperation difficult. In 1998, LEGO Media was established, and quickly replaced Darwin and all of LEGO's ambitions related to it with a new aim of outsourcing to other companies to produce games. But that isn't why I'm here, posting this topic. I'm here because someone on the Bricklink forum just linked to The LEGO Movie - not the upcoming feature film, but what appears to be the original animation that inspired LEGO to launch Darwin. This animation, then, is the basis of everything LEGO has since done digitally. But that isn't all. Here is a window into some of the work that went on during the days of the Darwin project.

[11:44:16 AM] Cirevam: ADS ARE THE FUTURE [11:44:27 AM] Cirevam: We want you to have a fun and exciting advertising experience [11:45:32 AM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: My cursor was right over that 'D', so I read "ASS ARE THE FUTURE". [11:46:53 AM] Cirevam: I feel like someone is going to put that into the quotes topic [11:01:55 PM] Philip: Alcom [11:02:04 PM] Philip: give Philip your B.M.O.C. [11:06:00 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: No. [11:06:49 PM] Philip: How much do you want for it [11:08:04 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: I want a life dedicated to something that I can enjoy. [11:08:17 PM] Philip: I can't give you that. [11:08:25 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: Exactly. [11:08:40 PM] Philip: I can give you the warm feeling of generosity in your heart, though. [11:08:49 PM] Philip: I suppose you don't want that. [11:10:16 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: It wouldn't be a warm feeling of generosity. It would be the cold empty feeling of giving up the ultimate personal item in a game that I have spent over 700 hours on, the one item that makes me gloriously unique. My black B.M.O.C. [11:10:22 PM] [sGT] Alcom Isst: You will not have it. [11:10:50 PM] Philip: I will. [11:11:08 PM] Philip: I will attain Alcom's black B.M.O.C. come hell or a little bit of rainwater.

[04:02 PM] Alcom1: I need a new creation sharing site. MOC pages is stuck in the dark ages and only allows heavily compressed .jpg files, and Brickshelf doesn't allow me to move folders. [04:22 PM] legoislandftw: what about here? [04:31 PM] Alcom1: Rock Raiders United is too underground.

https://ore.rockraidersunited.org/legacy/ALIEN%20PANTS_212694.zip

Sounds excellent. Thought I would provide this last bit of clarification of what constitutes branch mining. Though that's just my impression of what branch mining is. If we want to modify it, we can. You can dig from cavern from cavern and pursue veins that appear in the course of doing so. Obviously we have to use the honor system in this regard but I don't think that'll be much of an issue.

Gamz Dude's Mod Beta 2 Since it is Christmas I give you beta 2 of my overhaul this is my Christmas present to you. Big changes have been made since Beta 1. Changes from beta 1 and stuff beta 2 has ​ Bug fixes ​Bug fixed with speed raider where it wouldn't upgrade right. Fixed chrome crusher scanner as it was not working. Additions Added three new biomes,volcanic,frozen,and fertile. Added three new monsters,volcanic,frozen,and fertile. Added all crust surface and space levels and Upper Mantle levels. Levels You can enjoy up to 72 levels which goes to the end of the upper mantle. Over half of the original levels have been redone. Two defense levels One Timed mission Ice Spy uses the frozen biome and you can spawn the frozen monster. A few challenging levels Things beta 2 does not have or include All levels still have a long way to go. No levels have the fertile or volcanic biome. The fertile monster and Volcanic monster is not in any level. Know bugs ,issues, or other problems. Most of the bugs beta 1 had should be fixed,but some other bugs may exist. The only real bug is the random CTD Upper mantle chaos can crash some Download here Last enjoy . For all info check the wiki http://www.rockraidersunited.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gamz_Dude%27s_Mod

OK, anyone up for "LEGOS IN SPESS: TEH MSSIVLY MLUTY PLAIR AWNLYNE GAYM"?

Ha, JimbobJeffers. Well, actually Jimbob Jeffers. Well, previously Jimbob Daniels... Uh, previously just Jimbob. Below is a tiny degree of the nonsense that is my brain. I think the name Jimbob was developed when I was at primary school - I drew many comics, and needed names for the characters. In the end 5 names stood strong - Jimbob, Bobjim, Jefferey (despite the actually spelling being Jeffrey), Humphrey, and - when the need of a girl arised - Matilda. Soon stories came out linking them - Jimbob was Bobjim's brother, and Humphrey and Matilda always had a thing for each other. Then Jimbob suddenly had a surname, Daniels, and Bobjim needed a surname to which for some reason flowed out as Umani. But unfortunately, my PSN account was a sub-account called Jimbob Daniels, and I soon wanted a master account. So Jimbob changed his name to Jimbob Jeffers. Because their names are used for such a variety of purposes - be it a cartoon character, a model I've painted, my PS3 console, my laptop, an in-game character, etc. - I soon 'realised' that these five people were in fact not mortals, but special beings who took many forms, but such forms could only be brought into existence by my own mind. Jimbob being my favourite name, is used for the majority of things. And so that is how JimbobJeffers became my username. No. I don't take drugs. I have no special needs. I'm a perfectly normal person, but we all have our own quirks, right?