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Dat Firehose: Valve @ The Movies & Next-Box Rumors
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

General Discussion

Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams recently made a few waves at a DICE keynote with dropping a few words about a Portal or Half-Life film. I love JJ and Gabe, how could this be bad?

"Newell: What we are actually doing here, we are recapitulating a series of conversations going on. We reached the point that we decided to do more than talk.

Abrams: There’s an idea we have for a game that we’d like to work with Valve on.

Newell: We’re super excited about that and we’re going to figure out if we can make a Portal movie or Half-Life movie together."

http://www.slashfilm.com/j-j-abrams-and-gabe-newell-to-develop-portal-and-half-life-films-is-something-bigger-than-mere-movies-in-mind/

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Blue_Element: Oh my god, a Portal movie would be like the best thing ever. But if they made even a small mistake in the the movie, I would hate them forever.

4 months ago

jdodson: What kind of mistake?

4 months ago

Blue_Element: A mistake like maybe the story isn't good or just bad things about the movie.

4 months ago

Blue_Element: BTW, it would be really cool if eventually sometime in the future you made a cheerfulghost app for iOS. Which would basically be just like the mobile version of the website but it would notify you on your phone when you get a notification on the site.

4 months ago

Blue_Element: But it would probably take a lot of effort and be really hard to make.

4 months ago

jdodson: That's a really great idea! My first priority is to make a really bitchin' web app and have that work really well. One thing people have mentioned is they would like email notifications when stuff happens on the site and thats just a matter of when it gets added in.

As for a proper app, I have no immediate plans to do that. It takes some time to do and if I push all my time into the web app it can be used in so many places it makes sense to sort of put all my time here for now. At some point ill add an API and then anyone can build what they want atop Cheerful Ghost, including an app or whatever.

4 months ago

beansmyname: Not 100% sure why, but the idea of J.J. Abrams working on a game for Valve excites me more than J.J. Abrams making a movie about Valve games.

3 months ago

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Playstation Network Adds Free to Play
jdodson wrote 4 months ago
General Discussion
These days I typically use my PS3 for Netflix, Bluray and the occasional split-screen game with a friend. That sai sometimes I download a demo, install it and sooner or later get around to playing it. PC gaming has really eaten away my console ambitions. Recently I was checking out the PSN Store for no particular reason when I noticed a new section for Free to Play games. Right now they only have a handful of games, but I imagine over time that number to grow quite a bit. Free to Play is an already pretty big on mobile and PC, makes sense it come to console but I wasn't really expecting to see it happen this generation.

Right now the Free to Play games they have are:

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Ghostbuster Brothers
Travis wrote 4 months ago

General Discussion

Our favorite plumbers cross streams with the Ghostbusters in this incredibly-made fan film. I expected to be annoyed by this, truth be told, but was left grinning.

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jdodson: This is a wild video. So much stuff. Enjoy it quite a bit too :D

4 months ago

Adym: Wow, I loved this!

4 months ago

jaelte: Nice.

3 months ago

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Hyrule Historia Launches
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

The Legend of Zelda

A few people have been tipping me to this and because of that feel I need to share it with you all as well. Hyrule Historia is a book that I talked about a few months ago that recently dropped that has been getting some really positive reviews.

"Dark Horse Books and Nintendo team up to bring you The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, containing an unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise. This handsome hardcover contains never-before-seen concept art, the full history of Hyrule, the official chronology of the games, and much more! Starting with an insightful introduction by the legendary producer and video-game designer of Donkey Kong, Mario, and The... [Read All]

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Adym: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1616550414 works too, doesn't it?

4 months ago

Adym: And this looks very cool!

4 months ago

vdogmr25: WANT.

4 months ago

vdogmr25: Also, I think the big link gets cheerful ghost some referral credit-ish stuff with Amazon.

4 months ago

jdodson: It does, its just ugly as hell. Thinking about how to fix that going forward :D

4 months ago

Adym: Ahhh, I see

4 months ago

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Perfection in Simplicity
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

Legend of Grimrock

Legend of Grimrock was a game I recently picked up as part of the recent Humble Bundle. It wasn't a game I was interested at first but after I checked out the Bundle trailer and read a bit about it I was intrigued.

If someone told me you could take the first person styld of Ultima and make a modern game that felt fresh I wouldn't have believed it. That said, Almost Human Studios Legend of Grimrock is fantastic. The game takes the first person styled gameplay and creates something really unique and fresh. It ups the ante by allowing you to turn any direction but it also requires that the enemies do the same and it lends to some really interesting strategy you can employ to vanquish your... [Read All]

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Gary_Butterfield: Yeah, this game rules. I got a few hours into it and got distracted. It's on my list of games to go back to.

4 months ago

Will_Owens: I've been waiting until I can hit this one hard. I was hoping for this kind of re-imagining when it came out last year. It looks very good with only minor changes to the menu based combat.

3 months ago

jdodson: The wait was worth it Will, its super fun.

3 months ago

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The Witcher 3 Details Emerge
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

"CD Projekt RED has officially announced the title of their next upcoming game: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (VIDEO). Further, they've announced that this, the ultimate game in the series, will also be the final Witcher game from the studio. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt combines CD Projekt RED’s trademark decision-based storytelling flair with a living open world larger than any other in modern RPG history.

“The captivating and nonlinear story of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt takes place in a rich, truly open world environment. A world which is thrilling to explore, full of daring adventures, momentous quests, memorable characters, and unique monsters. Players will freely travel through woods, lakes,... [Read All]

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Terraria Server NOW OPEN!
Travis wrote 4 months ago

Terraria

Come join the fun now!

The server is terraria.cheerfulghost.com

Join the CheerfulGhost Steam Group chat room to get the password, or IM one of us on Steam.

Want to join us and don't have the game yet? Win it here: http://cheerfulghost.com/panickedthumb/posts/956

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jdodson: Sweet!

4 months ago

Adym: I got on late, and it was fun! It'll be sweet watching it grow as we play.

4 months ago

Travis: Glad you could join Adym!

4 months ago

BR: Lots of fun. I can't wait for the boss fights.

4 months ago

Travis: When you start fighting bosses and getting demonite, that's when it gets really interesting!

4 months ago

jdodson: Ahh Demonite! I finally hit some Gold deposits twoard the end of the night. Had a blast spelunking around.

4 months ago

BR: I need to figure out how to build all these new things. Its been at least close to a year since i last played.

4 months ago

jdodson: I keep the wiki open while I am playing :D

http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Terraria_Wiki

Its an amazing resource!

4 months ago

Travis: The wiki is essential.

4 months ago

WhiteboySlim: Definitely make use of the wiki. Last night was fun, I'm impressed with how much everyone has built already.

Side note/suggestion: When on the server, make sure you select the blue team (open your inventory, click the blue icon on the right above your equipment). That tells you the distance and direction of all your fellow team mates. It makes it easier for us to find each other and explore together. :D

4 months ago

Adym: I really need to use the wiki. I feel like there's so much I *can* do in Terraria, but I just don't know. Those pesky known unknowns ;)

4 months ago

Blue_Element: Aww, I'm using a port of terraria on Mac that someone made but the guy only updated it to 1.1.1 (1.1.2 is the current version on windows). So when I try to join it says I'm not using the same version as the server. I really wish I could play with you guys. This sucks. :'(

4 months ago

jdodson: I have had problems with the Linux build, but I saw you in the game so it seems you have figured it out!

Welcome!

4 months ago

Sirdan1013: If at any time you guys can't run the server I'd be willing to run mine so you guys can still play together. Just wanted to let you know.

3 months ago

jdodson: Thanks Daniil, lets talk about doing that for the next Terraria server!

If you want to join us, friend me on steam and ill hit you up with the password.

3 months ago

beansmyname: As soon as this gets ported to Linux, I'm in!

3 months ago

Travis: It kinda works in Linux, but I doubt seriously if there will ever be a port.

http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/wip-monogame-terraria-terraria-for-linux.72997/

3 months ago

jdodson: I got it working in Linux with a native port, if you can get it working in Wine do that.

3 months ago

jdodson: By the way, been having a ton of fun on the server with you guys. Farming the Eater of Worlds is fun. Plus I just got my star cannon, which is rad.

3 months ago

beansmyname: @panickedthumb I see what you mean about a port being a long shot. I didn't realize it was an XNA game.

@jdodson Wine's out since I only have Terraria via Steam.

3 months ago

jdodson: I think you can run Steam games in Wine... I think... :D

3 months ago

Travis: Yeah you can run Wine through Steam and pull it off for plenty of games. I guess since someone took the time to make a Linux wrapper for it, that doesn't work all too well though. You just need to get the windows binaries though, so you CAN get those through Wine at least.

3 months ago

Travis: Steam through Wine that is.

3 months ago

jdodson: Yep. And speaking of, I should give it a shot and see how it works. If I try it out ill report back.

3 months ago

beansmyname: Bastion uses XNA, too. I wonder how they managed a working Linux port. I'll redownload it from the Humble Bundle and check it out.

If they've used Wine (like they did for Psychonauts), I imagine that's a tougher road for Steam to follow for implementation on Linux (or the forthcoming Steambox).

3 months ago

jdodson: Seems that Supergiant used Monogame which allows one to compile the XNA stuff for a myriad of platforms.

http://supergiantgames.com/?p=1611

http://monogame.net/about

3 months ago

Travis: Speaking of Monogame, that's what the wrapper for Linux uses as well. It seems to work *ok* but there are some flaws. Still, if that's the only way you're going to play it, you should.

3 months ago

jdodson: I think any port requires a bit of fit and finish to make excellent. Plus it may have used a version of Monogame that is quite old or whatnot.

3 months ago

beansmyname: Aren't Steam binaries tied to Steam? I would prefer not to install Steam under Wine since it runs natively now.

3 months ago

jdodson: Yup. Good point, I figured Steam would let you install a Windows client on Linux no matter what to run under Wine.

Nope. Total bummer too.

3 months ago

beansmyname: I'll look for another avenue to pick up Terraria. I'd be willing to suffer through the trials of running it under Monogame. I already run Linux, so I'm used to games working haphazardly, if at all from time to time.

3 months ago

jdodson: AND... I have a platinum coin. Never had one before. So rich now.

3 months ago

Travis: bean, you could fire up Steam-in-Wine, download Terraria, then copy those files out to wherever they need to be for the wrapper to access them. Or while I can't say this is the best bet, you could sail the seas under the black flag, me matey.

3 months ago

beansmyname: I may just boot back into Windows, install Terraria, and then grab the files after booting back into Linux. For some reason, though, I think the executables will still look for Steam to authenticate. It's at least worth a shot.

3 months ago

jdodson: I don't think they will, I believe Steam just wraps most .exe files.

3 months ago

Travis: Whatever attempts to search out Steam will be overridden by the wrapper. The only way to get Terraria is through Steam, even if you get the disc version it installs through Steam like Skyrim did.

3 months ago

Travis: So when are we going to knock down the wall of flesh and start hardmode? I've got us fairly sanitized so we should be relatively safe from the corruption, and even if some gets in we should be able to eliminate it pretty easily.

Also, bean, did you have any luck with the Linux wrapper?

3 months ago

WhiteboySlim: So was it you who wrapped the whole village in the dungeon blue brick? That's pretty awesome!

I'm open to hardmode anytime, and can help kill/farm the wall of flesh (I have like 8 voo doo dolls) as long as it's after 8pm pacific. :)

I'm also willing to help out any less equipped members of the server get caught up gear wise. I can help farm EoC/EoW or provide an escort to the underworld for hellstone. I know there are several hearts unclaimed around the world (especially in the the dungeon and the underworld) for anyone who hasn't hit 400 HP yet.

3 months ago

Travis: Yes, that was me. Encased us in safe brick and put a trench around everything to keep the corruption out. I basically created a new world to farm it for bricks so it wouldn't ugly up our dungeon. The clowns' bombs won't blow everything up now. The stuff above the ground is still susceptible, but it won't screw us up as much as it could have.

Today I made a LONG platform in the underworld to fight the Wall. In the process I found enough dolls to fill a chest, so we can farm the hell out of him.

3 months ago

jdodson: That's awesome, lets setup a time we meet to fight the wall to hard-mode.

3 months ago

WhiteboySlim: I can't do it tonight, but I'm free pretty much any other night this week after 8pm pacific. :)

3 months ago

Travis: 8 PM pacific is when I start NOT being available. :)

How about tomorrow night we get started at 7 or 7:30 PM Pacific, 10 or 10:30 PM Eastern, so we can both do the same event? Hardmode is a beast without some of the stuff you get from the Wall, and it's much better to do the wall with help.

3 months ago

jdodson: Tomorrow 2/20 @ 7P PST is fine by me.

3 months ago

Adym: So what exactly is Hardmode? (I probably could look that up on the wiki, right?)

3 months ago

jdodson: http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Hardmode :D

3 months ago

WhiteboySlim: I can't promise I'll be on any earlier than 8pm pst, but I'll try. :) If anything you guys can start Farming the wall earlier and I'll just jump when I can.

The greenhouse/mushroom farm I made under my house was intended for everyone's use. Feel free to make up a couple batches of potions to use during the fight. Supplies are in the chests. Since I'll be jumping on late if you could make a couple extra for me that would be greatly appreciated so I can jump straight into the fight when I log in. I have plenty of healing potions, so don't worry about those.

3 months ago

jdodson: Cool, ill need to check out alchemy, this far I haven't brewed something yet.

3 months ago

Travis: "If anything you guys can start Farming the wall earlier and I'll just jump when I can."

Sorry, that's what I meant! I wasn't very clear. Suggesting that we could both do the event if we started it before 11 and it ran until after 11. Or 8, for you west coast freaks :D

3 months ago

jdodson: Ok the world is now in Hardmode. Waiting for WhiteboySlim for more WOF runs!

3 months ago

jdodson: Ok so WBS and I broke up a bunch demon altars and didn't have too hard of a time finding cobalt and a bit of the next hard mode mineral.

I don't think breaking any more demon altars will help us out too much more.

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up.

3 months ago

Travis: More demon altars will always help. We really only need the ones we craft with, the others don't do us any good and we may as well deposit more ores! Adamantite is always so freakin' hard to find.

3 months ago

Blue_Element: Is there a way to "un-follow" a post so it doesn't give me all the notifications? Also I have another suggestion for the site; it would be nice if you could "like/favorite/+1" a post or something like that. :)

3 months ago

jdodson: We are going to add the ability to follow a post, I think it would be possible to un-follow it too. Ill add that to the list. Right now, if you want to un-follow you can delete your comments if its REALLY annoying. :D

We are looking at how to like/favoriate a post for sure. That shouldn't be too far away as with the follow/un-follow a post.

3 months ago

Blue_Element: Awesome! :D

3 months ago

jdodson: Hey everyone I want to submit that we end this current Terraria game next week Saturday or March 9th. It was a good run, but its winding down and I think two more weeks will give us plenty of time to play it and end on a good note.

What say you?

3 months ago

Adym: I haven't been on for a week or so, so I'm good with that lol

3 months ago

Travis: March 9 sounds good. I haven't had enough time to get in lately, so that'll give me some time to catch up. We should talk about the boss fights too-- we still have some hard asses.

3 months ago

jdodson: Yep. @WhiteboySlim and I tackled the hard mode eater of worlds and he was a pain, but I recently got the Megashark so that should help out some :D

3 months ago

beansmyname: Sorry for the delay in responding, @travis. Didn't get a chance to try the Linux wrapper. Was embroiled in an address change and my Windows partition became history before that.

I may have to go the 'Seven Seas' route to find the executable now. OTOH, it is POSSIBLE that Terraria might get to Steam. Bastion (also written for XNA) works without issue with full controller support.

3 months ago

Travis: I'd say that wouldn't happen but the PC dev started work on the game again, and apparently there's a major update coming. If he'd respond to my request to interview him, I'd totally ask him about a Linux version :)

3 months ago

jdodson: Hey y'all. First off, hanging out with you all in the server was rad.

Second off, I think this is the longest site thread ever, so woot.

Third off, server is halting tommorow and a bit after that ill pass out the world for us to all have like last time.

Tha is again!

3 months ago

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Terraria Giveaway
Travis wrote 4 months ago

Terraria

Hello Pickaxe Lovers,

Cheerful Ghost is back with a new contest! This month we wanted to do you a solid by giving you the chance to play the amazing game of Terraria. We will be hosting a Cheerful Ghost Terraria server for the duration of the contest and giving you extra chances to win the game.

There are three chances to win. The first is a SteamGifts giveaway, head over to SteamGifts to enter:
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/GRXPh/terraria

In addition, we’re giving away two copies on CheerfulGhost, one on Feb 10th and another on Feb 17th. To enter to win on Cheerful Ghost all you need to do is add Terraria to your games list and write about what you would like to do in the game and why... [Read All]

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Sirdan1013: I want to enter this Terraria Contest because I have played Terraria before because a friend let me play it while I was over at his house. It was a ton of fun, I fought the Eye of Cthulu then I beat the eater of worlds,wall of flesh and was trying to beat the twins! I would play all day long with my 2 friends Nick, and Nathan. Nick has a server so I would be able to play with them, together we would defeat the hardest of bosses, mine adamantite and mythril all day long. We would also kill mimics, those pesky impostors! And so I thought it was a ton of fun while watching people playing it and playing it for myself (even though it was only one time). It would be awesome to win this and finally join in on the adventure with overpowered sand!

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Hammerwatch Looks Absolutely Incredible!
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

Interviews

Hammerwatch is an upcoming Gauntlet styled hack-n-slash that was recently submitted to Steam Greenlight. After watching the trailer I was floored with how awesome this game looks. I have thought for many years that there needed to be a modern Gauntlet styled hack-n-slash and Hammerwatch looks to be that game!

I immediately emailed the developers of Hammerwatch a few questions about the game mechanics, Steam Greenlight and more. Enjoy!

jdodson: Hammerwatch is a Gauntlet styled Hack and Slash that features LAN and Internet Co-Op. The video looks absolutely incredible and can’t wait to play it! How does the game play now as you are doing your testing?

Niklas: We're currently working on balancing... [Read All]

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Blue_Element: Wow, that does look amazing! I am definitely buying that if it comes to Steam!

4 months ago

jdodson: Yeah totally, me too!

4 months ago

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The Definitive Golden Keys Steam Guide
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

Borderlands 2

So recently I found an awesome Steam Guide that catalogs all the Borderlands 2 Golden Keys released to date you can still redeem. If want to spruce up your collection-o-sweet guns you should totally loot this Steam Guide.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=121066990

Please don't hate me for saying you need to loot this Steam Guide...

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Travis: Nice, I still have like 42 keys, I think I've used 10 or so. I'll have to go through these tonight.

4 months ago

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StarCrafts Episode 23: I Spy
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Think before you leap friends...

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Black Mesa: Starting The Journey
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

Half-Life

I was exposed to the Black Mesa project a few months ago in frenzy of its initial release. Black Mesa is a fan recreation of the original Half-Life built on top of the amazing Half-Life 2 Source Engine. Since I never quite finished the original Half-Life I decided to give this version a shot and potentially complete the original Half-Life as it stands atop a list of games I need to complete. I loved Half-Life 2 and both episodes so coming back to the franchise is a pretty cool notion.

After booting up the game the visuals look really fresh compared to the original. The original looks good, don't get me wrong but atop the Source engine it looks fantastic. I played about half of the original... [Read All]

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Travis: Wait, hang on, wait. Did you say you only played half of the original? What are you waiting for? DO IT NOW.

4 months ago

Tungsten: There are a lot of cool easter eggs, so keep you eyes open.

4 months ago

jdodson: @panickedthumb Yeah, for whatever reason I got busy with University and didn't finish it. I am playing it now and the goal is to finish it for sure.

4 months ago

jdodson: @panickedthumb Yeah, for whatever reason I got busy with University and didn't finish it. I am playing it now and the goal is to finish it for sure.

4 months ago

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Black Mesa: Soundtrack
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

Half-Life

I just recently downloaded and listened to the Black Mesa score from the fan re-visioning of the original Half-Life game using the Half-Life 2 source engine. I really like the takes on the original score and new directions they decided to go. The score is free so no reason not to pick it up.

One song, "Apprehension" is featured above. The score seems to paint pretty awesomely broad strokes for what game scores can be and it inspired me to give Black Mesa a shot.

http://www.blackmesasource.com/soundtrack.html

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Signal Boost Ep. 2
SignalWarden wrote 4 months ago

General Discussion

I accidentally hit a Kickstarter theme this week. Unwritten, a clever rts; Homesick, a new survival adventure game; and Blade Symphony, a sword based fighter. Check it out.

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jdodson: Homesick looks gorgeous! Really interested in this one.

Thanks for sharing this.

4 months ago

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Gabe Newell: Reflections of a Video Game Maker
jdodson wrote 4 months ago

General Discussion

Very cool talk Gabe Newell of Valve gave at The LBJ School of public affairs. 9 minutes in and HAD to share this!

What do you think about his thoughts on economics? Found it really interesting some artists have "real jobs" at big game studios but make more money selling hats in TF2. I agree with him, post-internet many corporations are changing for sure!

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krcDeuce: Where Gabe gets me thinking about myself is more in relationship to my role in a company or a team. Sometimes I think of myself as my title, and not the collection of all the things I'm capable of. Sure, I'm good with systems and networks, but I can also do some programming, and maybe some graphic art, or definitely playing or engineering music. So, why do I continue to respond to things with, "that's not my job"? I'm bigger than my title.

4 months ago

jdodson: I think we are what we do and what we can accomplish. Before last January I wasn't a game writer or someone that interviewed people in the industry. Now I am.

4 months ago

krcDeuce: That's how I'm getting myself thinking too. Before two months ago I wasn't a game developer. Now I am.

3 months ago

jdodson: Totally. Looking forward to what you guys come up with!

3 months ago

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