Posts from September 2015

Friday, 25 September 2015

My first Super Mario Maker level

Ooooh, it's all official and everything!

Ooooh, it’s all official and everything!

YES! I finally picked up Super Mario Maker a couple of days ago (SO CAN YOU). And last night I uploaded my first-ever completed level, which I called “Shooting Gallery” because it’s all about hitting contained enemies with turtle shells. I briefly considered calling it “The Slave Pits of Orion” but thought that might be offensive on a few levels.

Anyway, you should play it: 15B5-0000-006A-C8C6

And let me know what you think! As of this morning nobody had beaten it except me (I didn’t think it was too terribly difficult, all things considered).

Categories: Video Games.

Wednesday, 23 September 2015

Fools Play Improv in September!

Come ON Tacoma!

Come ON Tacoma!

Let’s ALL go to Downtown T-Town this Saturday to enjoy the comedic antics of Fools Play Improv!

Details:
Fools Play Improv in September (Facedbook Event)
Saturday, September 26th 8:00 PM
@ Tacoma Youth Theatre
924 Broadway, Tacoma, WA (map)
All-Ages, $10

Even though I am not in this particular photo, I WILL BE UP ON STAGE! So you can be in the audience and point and laugh AT me, not WITH me. It’s fun!

Categories: Fools Play, Tacoma.

Monday, 21 September 2015

The Tiffany Terror of Vault 82: A Fallout Shelter Tale

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Caretaker’s Log: Day 1

The day I have been preparing for has arrived, and though it is sad (billions dead, blah-blah-blah, etc.), it is unsurprising, and I have gone to great lengths to ensure the survival of some of the human race. The Vaul-tec vault that we’ve built is plenty for me and my 42 subordinates to withstand the coming dark times. Now to find other survivors and fortify this sanctuary.

Caretaker’s Log: Day 7

Excursions into the wasteland have managed to find an additional 17 survivors from the wasteland. Coincidentally, a high percentage of them are women named “Tiffany” who were discovered in the wasteland wearing only lingerie. Our expeditions to the wasteland have also proven fruitful in caches of equipment and weapons.

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Caretaker’s Log: Day 8

Many of the Tiffanys have banded together and formed a great friendship over the coincidence of their shared first name. A group of them have managed to cobble together a radio broadcasting center and I have given them permission to send our message into the wasteland in the hopes of finding more survivors.

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Caretaker’s Log: Day 10

The Tiffanys have proven most helpful. They’ve developed a method of organizing our vault dwellers by appending their floor and job to the front of their name.

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It seems to have done an amazing job of increasing the happiness of our dwellers by connecting them with vocations that most satisfy them.

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Caretaker’s Log: Day 14

Have succeeded in bringing in 7 more survivors. Strangely, they too are all women named Tiffany. Each Tiffany seems more technically and sociologically savvy than the last. Their suggestions for improvement of vault life are all unerringly insightful and valuable.

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Groups of Tiffanys now not only man the radio, but also have built a hospital and a school. It is a relief to have so many competent people in such valued positions of authority.

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However: I’ve discovered that some of the Tiffanys have been making unauthorized forays into the wasteland. But they have always returned with bountiful weapons…

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Soon after a Tiffany has returned from the wasteland it seems as though another woman named Tiffany has appeared at our door. Well, it is worrisome, but we are always glad to welcome more survivors.

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Caretaker’s Log: Day 21

Under the guidance of some Tiffanys, we have increased our efficiency exponentially. Most clunky power plants have been replaced by high-powered nuclear plants. Restaurants have been replaced with high-yield greenhouses.

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Many of our vault dwellers are so grateful for the presence and leadership of the Tiffanys that they have begun renaming themselves to Tiffany in their honor.

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The only people we are rescuing from the wasteland are women named Tiffany. A part of me wants to wonder about the statistical probability of only finding Tiffanys within a radius of our vault… but I find it difficult to focus when I think about it…

Oh, and the Tiffanys have introduced a new water purification system. This water tastes… good… real good.

Caretaker’s Log: Day 28

The Tiffanys have shown us the marvelous benefits of Nuka Cola… come along… you belong… feel the fizz of Nuka Cola…

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It tastes… good… real good.

The Tiffanys are good… real good…

More dwellers, even some of the men, have renamed themselves “Tiffany” in their wondrous honor. I think perhaps I shall as well, though I would never presume to be worthy of the glory and exaltation of such a revered name…

Tiffany’s Log: Day 300

WE ARE TIFFANY

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TIFFANY WILL SPREAD

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TIFFANY WILL BECOME

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TIFFANY WILL BE ALL

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TIFFANY IS ALL

TIFFANY

Categories: Featured Posts, Video Games.