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Today I accepted a co-op internship with Entre Computer Services as a Co-op developer working on a variety of apps and projects. The co-op serves as part of my graduation requirement. With 6 months of co-op experience programming or developing games, I can finally graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Game Design. Also it gives me money. Money is nice. I start on the 6th of July. Also the place has tons of apartments which are like a kilometer away or closer. Yay.

We've never had a proper topic on this? Really? Ok. Let's fix that. The year is 1980. A few years prior, in 1978, LEGO had launched the first themes to feature modern minifigures (Town, Castle, and Space). Now they've just released an idea book starring what we know to be the first named minifigures, Bill and Mary. This idea book depicts the two characters on an adventure through LEGOLAND, and also includes many stickers, including torso decorations for your own Bill and Mary minifigures. Scans of the book are available in many places online, but here's trusty 'ol Peeron's gallery: http://www.peeron.com/scans/6000-1/ Nowadays, this idea book is considered a classic by AFOLs. It inspired the LEGO Adventure Book, and several full-sized layouts based on the book have been created for LEGO cons. The end. OHOHOHO. BUT NO. IT WAS NOT THE END. OH HOW IT WAS VERY MUCH NOT THE END. In the Spring 1983 issue of Bricks n Pieces, a comic appeared. It starred Bill and Mary - now renamed to Captain Indigo and Lieutenant Polka Dot. And at first, it stayed faithful to its idea book inspiration. However, Bricks n Pieces was a magazine that only received three issues per year - Spring, Summer, and Autumn. Captain Indigo ran from Spring 1983 to Spring 1989. Nineteen magazines, each with one page continuing the story (slightly less, actually - the first magazine only had the comic running across the bottom of two pages). Needless to say, it didn't take long for the 1980 idea book to become irrelevant. What was the result? First, I'd recommend that you: READ THE COMIC YOURSELF Seriously, it'll only take like ten minutes. (Most of the scans are from Brickset's collection, but the last three are from miniland.nl.) However, if you are not yet convinced that your life would be improved by accepting our lord and savior Captain Indigo into it, and are unfazed by spoilers (or you just don't care to read it in its entirety)... Allow me to post some highlights. MISC LINK DUMP: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=548178 <- Brickshelf uploads by Sadie, in case there's ever some freak incident where imgur goes offline forever but Brickshelf remains It seems that at least from August 1985 onward, the comics were written/drawn by Alan Jones: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/alanjonesart https://www.facebook.com/AlanJonesArt/photos/a.632222250153329.1073741825.172379789470913/682431691799051/?type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/AlanJonesArt/photos/a.632222250153329.1073741825.172379789470913/744842502224636/?type=3&theater Going by how the art style also changed in 1984 (starting at the comic where they go back in time), I'm gonna guess that at least three different illustrators worked on it at different points. Stickers for the characters were also included with magazines: http://brickfanatics.co.uk/memory-lane-the-lego-club-uk-sticker-sheet/

Yay! Well done! Congratualtions! You're adopte-- Nah, I'm just kidding. But seriously, great work on getting a job!

Congrats on the jorb, Alcom! Hm, maybe Nog was right. At this rate, a good bit of RRU will be employed by next Friday.

This almost got uploaded with a motion blur overdose, glad I noticed a found a quick fix mid-upload. Also, this was taken out of context. I probably should of done more animation on the limelight character, oh well, maybe next time, I'm still learning (I learnt how to make a motion camera today). I did a couple background anims this time though. Oh, I also bumped the FPS up to 48 to see how it would go. Edit: Bad idea of an FPS choice, now it looks crap if you aren't watching in HD. Sorry! What will I animate next? Who knows. Audio Source: This

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A few months ago, I joined on to help develop this game after being really interested in the modular/lego-like ship building feature. Story goes, you're an average Joe working shifts at a frontier outpost until one day when you've stockpiled enough cash to get an old rusty command pod and see where the solar wind takes you. But the outer reaches of the galaxy can be a scary place. Corporations have been around for years, and have been monopolizing resources and benefiting from their ill-gotten gains. Also, it can be tough to track down criminals who are traveling at relativistic speeds, so naturally many of them have joined up to have a space pirate tea party out there... complete with guns, anger, and unreasonably high opinions of themselves. So back to the ships. It's your job to equip yourself with means necessary to make a living out in these parts, and that means fast engines, a well built vessel, and guns. Lots and lots of guns. You will receive transmissions to your space dock for quests to help fund your new fun-loving lifestyle. You will run into pirates who would love nothing more than to pick their teeth with the broken shards of your spirit. But if you're lucky, you can loot their remains for your own gain. All of this to say, your goal is to build the best damn ship in the outer reaches, and here are some considerations for you. * Ships rely on real (or close to it..) space physics. Your mass and weight distribution are key factors in your ship designs. You will need to balance how much armor you have with where your important ship components are placed. * You don't have to watch for engine placement that much as all of them will puch your ship foreward perfectly, but they need to be protected from enemy fire so consider that before lunging forward. * Your guns will fire in the direction that you place them on your ship. Side guns shoot to side, front guns shoot to the front. You get the idea. * You can heal your ship by going back to your space station. There, the healing arm of life will dispense green nanobot goodness all over you - for a price. We're currently looking for testers and feedback, so let me know what you think!

So, we got a voice cast list for this thing: oh boy this film is sure gonna be... different

I'd doubt it'd gain traction, and besides we do have a donate function on the site already LEGO Is a very niche community, and somehow it's the most broken up, I'd love to have this site have more active people, yes. but I'd highly doubt it.

And there was much rejoicing. Is the work experience the last thing you need for your degree?

The plot makes only marginally less sense than Bionicle

[6/22/16, 23:24:23] noghiri: http://i.imgur.com/36VHRFI.mp4 [6/22/16, 23:24:33] noghiri: jamesster [6/22/16, 23:24:36] noghiri: thinking of you [6/22/16, 23:24:58] Jim Brickkeeper: jamessTerrev is oven [6/22/16, 23:25:01] Jim Brickkeeper: I am fridge [6/22/16, 23:25:02] noghiri: sounded a lil' bit different than how I intended [6/22/16, 23:25:05] jamesster: gimme a sec [6/22/16, 23:26:10] Terrev: Video Message [6/22/16, 23:26:27] jamesster: On 6/22/16, at 23:26, Terrev wrote: > You've received a new video message Video Message Video Message. BACK AT IT AGAIN SKYPE [6/22/16, 23:28:05] jamesster: wait why is there an upside down bowl on the stove [6/22/16, 23:28:19] Pranciblad: it’s your stove don’t go asking me [6/22/16, 23:28:23] jamesster: I mean I found a bowl of strawberries inside once [6/22/16, 23:28:48] Pranciblad: do you regularly solve stone mysteries [6/22/16, 23:28:53] Pranciblad: or is it just a side job Nog accidentally the chat. [6/22/16, 23:37:57] noghiri: [21-Jun-16 21:45:30] Jim Brickkeeper: On 6/22/16, at 12:39 AM, jamesster wrote: > I haven't used any though, I'm on an old busted version that just barely works well enough lol I don’t suppose at some point, wife permitting, you could try uploading a copy of this so I can do some work defiling the game. [21-Jun-16 21:45:39] Jim Brickkeeper: *wifi [21-Jun-16 21:45:48] jamesster: i'll have to ask her [6/22/16, 23:38:14] jamesster: [12:37:51 AM] noghiri: [21-Jun-16 21:45:30] Jim Brickkeeper: On 6/22/16, at 12:39 AM, jamesster wrote: > I haven't used any though, I'm on an old busted version that just barely works well enough lol I don’t suppose at some point, wife permitting, you could try uploading a copy of this so I can do some work defiling the game. [21-Jun-16 21:45:39] Jim Brickkeeper: *wifi [21-Jun-16 21:45:48] jamesster: i'll have to ask her [6/22/16, 23:38:30] Bug Catcher: [12:37:51 AM] noghiri: [21-Jun-16 21:45:30] Jim Brickkeeper: On 6/22/16, at 12:39 AM, jamesster wrote: > I haven't used any though, I'm on an old busted version that just barely works well enough lol I don’t suppose at some point, wife permitting, you could try uploading a copy of this so I can do some work defiling the game. [21-Jun-16 21:45:39] Jim Brickkeeper: *wifi [21-Jun-16 21:45:48] jamesster: i'll have to ask her [6/22/16, 23:38:59] Jim Brickkeeper: On 6/23/16, at 1:38 AM, Bug Catcher wrote: > [12:37:51 AM] noghiri: [21-Jun-16 21:45:30] Jim Brickkeeper: On 6/22/16, at 12:39 AM, jamesster wrote: > > I haven't used any though, I'm on an old busted version that just barely works well enough lol > > I don’t suppose at some point, wife permitting, you could try uploading a copy of this so I can do some work defiling the game. > [21-Jun-16 21:45:39] Jim Brickkeeper: *wifi > [21-Jun-16 21:45:48] jamesster: i'll have to ask her [6/22/16, 23:39:22] Jim Brickkeeper: A broken, cruddy thing is better than nothing though, isn’t it? [6/22/16, 23:40:30] Bug Catcher: Fushi has renamed this conversation to “[21-Jun-16 21:45:30] Jim Brickkeeper: On 6/22/16, at 12:39 AM, jamesster wrote:> I haven't used any though, I'm on an old busted version that just barely works well enough lolI don’t suppose at some point, wife permitting, you could try uploading a copy of this so I can do some work defiling the game.[21-Jun-16 21:45:39] Jim Brickkeeper: *wifi[21-Jun-16 21:45:48] jamesster: i'll have to ask her” [6/22/16, 23:40:41] Jim Brickkeeper: Jim Brickkeeper has renamed this conversation to “Bug Catcher has renamed this conversation to “[21-Jun-16 21:45:30] Jim Brickkeeper: On 6/22/16, at 12:39 AM, jamesster wrote:> I haven't used any though, I'm on an old busted version that just barely”

Jobs are good! Congratulation for job!

Yaaaaaay. Welcome to the working life.

its like they figured out how to draw the lance in perspective and just couldn't stop

[6/22/16, 12:46:13 AM] noghiri: til jamesster married his invisible superhero girlfriend

RRU plays Connect 4:

[6/19/16, 20:18:42] Bug Catcher: Slightly Asian - Today 10:18 PM > like crowbars At first read I thought this was done kind of energy bar [6/19/16, 20:18:48] Bug Catcher: ... Made of crow I guess [6/19/16, 20:20:32] noghiri: http://www.junglebar.co/ it's a product that actually f****ing exists [6/19/16, 20:20:33] noghiri: well [6/19/16, 20:20:35] noghiri: a company [6/19/16, 20:20:42] noghiri: Crowbar Protein [6/19/16, 20:20:56] noghiri: and... they make energy bars with crickets in them

Hear, hear Le, I generally don't assume someone's gender, 'till they mention their gender pronoun preference in some way, how nice of you to do so in your intro topic though. And Welcome to RRU, please don't anger any Rock monsters on the way in. Then you're gonna have a bad time....not really

Text on the Web is technically gender-neutral and does not identify as anything. Had you not said that, no, I would not have been able to tell. Oh, and welcome to RRU.

dunno if i posted this but