Teh Hotness – Captain Forever

Captain Forever - Build a Ship
Captain Forever - Build a Ship

Captain Forever is a new flash game from Farbs in which you fly through the galaxy, blowing up other ships and salvaging what is left for your own ship.

The gameplay itself is wonderfully addictive in how you always want to try and build different shapes of ships. Combat is very interesting in that you want to destroy the enemy ship, but also want to save pieces for you to salvage.

If you like Captain Forever – for $20 you can become a supporter and have access to the game Captain Successor.

Here’s a fan-made video to give you an idea of what’s in store when you play Captain Forever:

Teh Hotness – Can DIY replace the FPS?

This New York Times article asks the simple question – can DIY Supplant the First Person Shooter in the game industry?

It looks at the rise of the independent developer in the game industry, the video game as art and what the future may hold. It’s a terrific read that I highly recommend.

Teh Hotness – ‘Omikuji’

Omikuji ProjectKim Neville has put together an interesting assessment of Catherynne M. Valente’s new project – Omikuji.

It’s a little known but well documented fact that people who write short stories for a living cannot make a living writing short stories for a living. (got that?)

Valente’s Omikuji is an attempt to make a living at writing short stories by getting her readers to subscribe to her stories. Every month, her subscribers get an exclusive story that will not be published anywhere else. It’s her interpretation of 1000 True Fans.

Think about that? $10/month for a limited, collectible piece of work from your favorite creator.

What happened if someone else did this? Why aren’t more people doing this? Artists, writers, web-comicers, musicians? One small piece of work for $10/month from your fans.

For smaller webcomics, it could be half of one month’s rent (even one fan is $120/year).

For established creators, it could reach five figures easily.

If Penny-Arcade did this, I bet they could close to a million dollars/year – all for doing what they love and giving it to the people who love them for it.

Teh Hotness – Corey Lewis’ Death of Pink One

Corey Lewis (aka Reyyy) busted out this sweet solo webcomic which really captures ‘The essence of Reyyy’

When Toho sued Pink G-dz-ll-, an incredibly cool games and geekery shop in Seattle, they changed their name to Pink Gorilla – I can’t think of a better way to announce the new name.

Death Pink One

I met Corey at Emerald City comic-con 4 or 5 years ago – and all I could think was “WOW! This guy LOVES making comics.” Full of energy and love for the medium and the craft.

The best part of Reyyy’s work is that the passion he has can be seen in his work. His art and stories have the same frenetic pace and style that Corey carries with him every day.

More Corey Lewis:
Corey’s Homepage (pure brilliance!)

Seedless Webcomic

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