The Archive: Where old news goes to die, but in a happy kind of way.
| All new Swoofcast 07-27-10 |
Bijan is MIA for this week's podcast, but no worries, George, Andrew, and myself are all here for your listening pleasure! We've decided to experiment with the run-time, so bear with us in this transition period please! We'll be doing multiple podcasts during the week now, but each episode will only...
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| Ads And Addictions |
Hey everybody! George here to make an official announcement regarding the site. As you may have noticed, we've recently put real ads on the website, which is going to help us pay for hosting fees and allow us to put more money into our projects.
However, since the ads are new, not all the...
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| SHAZAM!! |
I don't typically update on the weekend, it's just something I've told myself that I shouldn't have to do. I still post on the forums and I still frequent my own website, but updating it? Nahhhhhh! But for this, I must. It's the full-length version of the DC Universe Online trailer that George poste...
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| DotSwoof Spotlight: Forum Awards |
Welcome to a brand new weekly feature on the website, the DotSwoof Spotlight! We have a lot of things on the site that people may or may not know about and people that work on the site that people may be unaware of, so that's where this segment comes in. Down the line, we may end up doing the seg...
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| I Choose You! |
It's Friday and that's comic day here at DotSwoof! It's even more of a comic day than ever before, because Comic-Con is going on right now and we have Comic-Con ads on our site! Crazy, right? In today's Optical Overload comic, Sean is really excited about the Pokemon he's bred but Andrew doesn't sha...
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| Awesome Levels Critical! |
So I was sitting around the DotSwoof office today, playing Gears of War 2 on 20x XP! That's right, 20 times the normal XP, that's 5,000 experience points for a SINGLE WAVE of Horde on Insane. It's all part of the celebration for Comicon, and it's going on now till Sunday night!
So I shoul...
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| Please Remain Seated |
Once again, the task has befallen on me to remind everyone, and anyone who could be reading this news post that the site is currently undergoing some maintenance. Please do not be alarmed, and keep all hands and/or feet inside the vehicle at all times.
Seriously though, there are some...
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| All new Swoofcast! 07-20-10 |
| The typical gang's all here for an hour of Dot Swoof podcasting fun! We're trying a new format for the show on this one so hopefully people like the new direction! We also announced a new release schedule for the comics on the website, so make sure you don't miss this episode! [html]0 comments | Write Comment |
| Death Spanked |
Wednesday, I wrote a news post about DeathSpank. Today, I wrote a comic about Deathspank! Pretty cool, huh? The joke for the comic is pretty straight forward but I think it's simply hilarious in it's simplicity. [html]Check it ...
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| Royally Spanked |
| It's a little late for a news post, but screw it! An all new Fanatic Gumbo went up on the site earlier today, seeing as it's Wednesday and all; this week's topic? Adrian Brody in Predators, which I've heard is really freaking awesome by the way! [html]1 comment | Write Comment |
| All new Swoofcast! 07-13-10 |
On this week's podcast, Bijan returns as Andrew is nowhere to be seen! Thankfully Elliot showed up though to fill his place, otherwise I may have had a heart attack or a stroke or something. Or something. We discuss Halo Reach, terrible movies based on amazing video games, and Out of Service's lates...
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| Can We Fix It?!?!???? |
Today's a work day at DotSwoof, as we go around fixing things on the website and making things run smoother. Not to mention work has begun on Episodes 12 and 13, back to back, of Out of Service. With Andrew and I in the hot seat tonight, recording our audio.
Back to the site fixes, you ma...
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| All new Swoofcast! 07-07-10 |
Another week, another Swoofcast! Bijan is MIA but the rest of the gang returns for 90 minutes of fun! We discuss many interesting topics, without any guidelines because we're lazy and didn't feel like planning anything. I think it came out pretty good. We talk some Christian Bale and Half-Life 2, ta...
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| Kinect with your Hands! |
| It's Monday and that means it's comic day! Today's comic is a little about Peter Molyneux's unanswered promises and a little about Kinect's motion controls. How do the two come together? Fable 3 will have Kinect support, you do the math. [html]3 comments | Write Comment |
| A Case of the Fridays |
Friday has arrived and I suppose that means we should probably put a new comic up on the website. Thank god I did several hours ago! We dodged a bullet with that one. I've been playing a lot of Singularity lately and my god is the time manipulation stuff in that game crazy! I mean, there's obvious...
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| Deus Protocol |
| We've got an all new Fanatic Gumbo comic up on the site folks! John and Tucker discuss the downfalls of the potentially brilliant, but utterly dissapointing Alpha Protocol and the awesomeness that is Deus Ex. Yes, I have play Deus Ex just in case you were wondering! I apologize for my [html] |
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| Take it to the Max!! |
I have no idea what the title of this news post has to actually do with the content in it, but I thought it sounded cool. Today's Optical Overload comic actually sprung from a conversation I had with a friend over the weekend. He wanted to play Horde mode in Gears 2 but he didn't have any of the map...
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| It's Not Me, It's You! |
It's Friday again gunslingers and that means we've got an all new Optical Overload comic up on the website! Have you ever played a game where you kept on dying and dying and dying and dying and it was never your fault? The game just won't let you proceed for some reason and you just can't quite figu...
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| Dungeons and Dragons: Catholic Edition |
There's an all new Fanatic Gumbo up on the site and yes, that's exactly what it's about. I was a little weary of the content when I got the comic from John and Tucker but when I actually read it, I couldn't stop laughing. I mean, what else goes better together than religion and D&D? Chocolate and pe...
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| The New Face of Failure - 360 Slim RRoD Fix |
Lets do a bit of role-playing. That shouldn't be too hard for our fans here, at least a small amount of you must be sword wielding D&D type nerds. Now lets say you're a hardcore gamer with a new xbox 360 slim. You pop in a game like BioShock for a session of some intense gaming. You're a serious pla...
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| An update and then some food |
Got a few updates for the loyal Swoof fans. First of all, there's a new Optical Overload on the website. One thing I'd like to point out about the comics is that even though its unsigned, and all of us have written a few comic ideas, at this point in time Sean has been the driving force behind writi...
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| Gears of War Deserves All My Love |
Hey everybody, working on a new episode of Out of Service: Mail Call, which will be on the website tomorrow! And Episode 11 of Out of Service is coming along well, by Monday I'll have a definite release date for all of you.
In the mean time, I've been playing Gears of War 2 like crazy. Wi...
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| Zelda Needs To Go Away |
I'm tired of Zelda games. I think its best to bluntly get that out of the way. I used to love Zelda, especially after Ocarina of Time, but there comes a time that you just have to say "enough is enough". I don't know how the Zelda series is as revered as it is since it hasn't made any real progress ...
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| Portal 2 Looks Fantastic |
If I had a portal gun, I'd have a portal connecting my room to the fridge door. On that note, I've got some news. I know that there are a lot of other recent games that people want to hear about, but screw them, I found some Portal 2 footage.
I found a pretty good interview from G4TV with...
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| Gears of War 2 is Awesome Again. |
Just a brief news post, after the big E3 conference today, featuring a ton of new information about the new Xbox 360 console coming out, and on Kinect, which looks pretty cool. But the thing that I'm most happy about today is the new Gears of War 3 footage, which includes the return of my favorite G...
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| E3 Coverage? Fallout New Vegas Gameplay Trailer |
We're gonna try something new on the site for the next couple of days, considering E3 will be in full swing starting tomorrow. When I say we, I pretty much mean me, but if George and Bijan wanna join in then that would be fantastic! There's gonna be a lot of news in the gaming world this week and we...
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| Will somebody please give us some answers?! |
What the hell is this? Seriously, what is this? Because I'm about ready to start busting doors down. I'm all for viral marketing but whoever made this video is just asking for a hurting. You can't dangle such an amazing a...
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| Last Call! |
According to Motherboard.com, Ghyslain Raza didn't get bullied to death! Who is Ghyslain Raza? You might know him better by his unintentional stage-name, "The Star Wars Kid". For those of you who may have been kidnapped by terrorists for the last eight years...check this out:
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| Grooooovy!! |
We're working hard on putting the finishing touches on episode ten of Out of Service right now folks, so you can all put down those pitchforks and torches! We're aiming for a weekend release, so keep your eyes glued to the website for the next day and a half so you don't miss the premiere. In the me...
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| My Inbox Exploded |
So after getting about a dozen responses for the Die In Service contest, we felt like the contest was a success. Then we sent the contest video to Machinima.com, they put it up on their Youtube, and the next day? My inbox exploded.
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| Giant Enemy Crabs! |
There's an all new Fanatic Gumbo up on the site, boys and girls! Tucker and John seem to be switching it up on us a little, going with a three-panel comic like Optical Overload. I guess we could sue them for copyright infringement but I'm pretty sure the judge would just laugh us out of court. Anywa...
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| Ghostbusters Pinball |
Apparently Japan's got a new pachinko machine out there with the Ghostbusters license attached to it and I honestly cannot believe how amazing it actually looks. The character look just Japanese enough that you know it wasn't made in America, but it's also cute enough to be something I could see an ...
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| The Death of Television |
I'll keep this short and to the point. We've got an all new Swoofcast up on the website! George, myself, and Andrew have a lengthy Out of Service conversation for your listening pleasure! We discuss the Out of Service "Die In Service" contest briefly, along with our favorite moments from the series ...
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| THE END IS NEAR! REPENT! |
So after wallowing in sadness all morning due to the end of the Halo Reach Beta, I must begin wallowing in sadness again as I finish the final touches on the Episode 13 script for Out of Service.
I'm not afraid to say it, spoiler alert, a major character dies at the end of the season. And...
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| Out of Service Voice Acting Contest! |
It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon and boy am I excited! We've talked about it, we've teased, hell, we've even gone into explaining it once or twice! Today I reveal to you the first ever Out of Service contest, Die In Service! Have you ever wanted to be in an episode of Out of Service but were...
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| Who Wants a Flier?! |
| In place of a comic today, since we forgot to do one and I needed to get a Synaptic Kamikaze sketch up anyway, here's a Synaptic Kamikaze sketch! It's called Financial Opportunity and features our good friend "flier boy" Harry trying to give people some financial advise! [html]0 comments | Write Comment |
| Boosh and/or Ka-kow!! |
| Man, they really need to bring back Frisky Dingo. Anyway, all new Optical Overload comic is up on the site! George has refound his love for the Sword in Halo Reach and has been pwning bitches with it ever since the Beta started earlier this week. Today's comic is about said pwnage. [html] |
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| Two In The Box! We Be Fast and They Be Slow! |
Wow! A second news post!? Um, Ghostbusters 2 quotes aside, an all new Fanatic Gumbo is up on the website! This week's strip has some of that good ol' brotherly love that I remember growing up with (having two brothers myself). All except the part where we literally tried to kill each other with kniv...
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| I Wouldn't Call It "Slacking Off" Necessarily |
This has been a pretty awful week for production at Dot Swoof, or at least for me it has. With the Halo Reach Beta going on, a lot of the time that I would typically put into editing the comic together and Synaptic Kamikaze has been instead spent on fragging n00bes. Not that there's anything wrong w...
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| Who Can't Get Onto The Halo Reach Server? |
This guy!!!!!!!
So apparently, due to the tons of people downloading and playing Halo Reach...all at the same time, there have been some loading issues, long wait times, and server outages for many players. Players like...oh I don't know...me.
That's right, my wonderful day has...
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| REACH BETA |
The Halo Reach Multiplayer Beta is open to the public today and honestly, I can't friggin' wait to play it. I've watched the videos, I've read the interviews, and I've seen the screenshots, so the hype for this game has infested my persona completely. So much so in fact, that I made today's Optical ...
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| What Scares You the Most? |
After a couple weeks of hiatus, I bring you a brand new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch! In the sketch What Scares Us The Most, George and Bijan discuss what scares them the most and how crazy it would be if somebody actually didn't know who Malphas the Destroyer was. I mean, the guy is the lord of ...
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| Shoryuken! |
This morning I went and got my copy of Super Street Fighter IV. Like any video hardcore game fan, the release date of a game becomes a personal day for me. It doesn't matter what I have planned, I'm dropping it to play the new game. Sorry mom, you'll have to find someone else to drive you to the hos...
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| The End is Nigh! |
It's been a while since the release of an episode of Out of Service, and people are growing impatient. I've received threats, demands, I even had to help local North Carolina Police sort out a hostage negotiation where the gunman demanded more episodes of Out of Service!
Okay, maybe I'm m...
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| Really Now? |
Apparently, today is an awesome day. I say this because I just got my hands on a Starcraft II Beta, which you can also get your hands on by pre-ordering the game from Gamestop! I've only played one match, and I can't say how excited I am for this game.
But wait, that's not all, today is a...
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| Podcast Time |
There's an all new podcast on the website! We discuss the recent marketing stunt gone wrong that Splinter Cell Conviction did in New Zealand, Marvel VS Capcom 3 rumors and speculation, more Starcraft 2 related goodness, and why teabagging someone in Halo Reach using Project Natal sounds like a mat...
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| Late Night Update |
Hi everybody, Sean here with a quick night time update for everybody still up at this unsightly hour of 10pm. Just put up an all new Optical Overload on teh site for your viewing pleasures! Friday's strip should be up on the site in the morning so don't assume this is a new trend we're starting with...
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| R.I.P. Original Xbox Live |
As I finish my first cup of coffee for the day, I think to myself, "Damn this is good." Then I hold a minute of silence for the death of the original Xbox Live. As you probably know, April 15th marked the last day of the original Xbox's online support, including support for one of the highest online...
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| Ashes to Ashes |
I don't know if you are all aware of this or not but Cliff Bleszinski was on the Jimmy Fallon show last night where he revealed the trailer for a new game. Gears of War 3 to be more precise. Oh? Wait, what was that? You knew already? You read about it on Kotaku? We told you about it? I made a thr...
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| Gears of War 3 Rumblings Version 2.0 |
Typically we don't update the website on the weekend but today is a special case. Machinima.com just uploaded an updated version of our Gears of War 3 Rumblings viral video from a few weeks back. We updated the ending to reflect the recent leaks like the announcement of Cliff Bleszinski app...
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| Oops |
No body likes a screw up. Unless of course that screw up accidentally reveals the release for a game we all knew was coming anyways.
In case you didn't know, Cliff Bleszinski was scheduled to make a "face-melting" announcement on Jimmy Fallon's show this Friday. Unfortunately for Cliff's ...
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| Holding My Breath |
Tonight, if any of you didn't know, was supposed to be, the night Jimmy Fallon has Cliffy B on his show. Cliffy B, for those of you who don't know, is the lead designer at Epic Games, right here in North Carolina. He's the man, the myth, the legend responsible for Gears of War, Unreal Tournament, an...
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| A News Post |
I really really really wanted to write a news post today. It was just something that I wanted to do. Instead, I played Battlefield Bad Company 2 all day. Now it's almost 10 o'clock at night and I still haven't written that news post that I so dearly wanted to write earlier today. Oh. Well, look at t...
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| Fool Me Once... |
When I was a boy, I was very very foolish. I was optimistic. I was naive. I thought the Dreamcast would be a success, I thought my girlfriend at the time would be with me forever, I thought that the first Resident Evil movie was perfect...
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| Getting There |
It's Monday night and I've got a lot to cover! First off, this season of 24 is awesome. What a way to end the series! Secondly, we've got an all new Synaptic Kamikaze up on the site and on Youtube! World class news anchor Bill Langley is back with 42 News There Is No News. People have said in...
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| 4 Fried Chickens and a Coke |
Just some random thoughts for you:
Why is it that in knock knock jokes, the person answering the door is so leery of the person knocking on the door? Who is it? Whats your last name? I'm surprised they don't ask for a valid driver's license.
Do you think the O'Reily Factor is c...
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| Something about "Conviction" |
Hiiiiiiii everybody! It's Friday and you know what that means? An all new Fanatic Gumbo. Well, actually, it typically comes out on Wednesday so I guess I could understand your confusion but well...here it is! This week's comic is about Splinter Cell Conviction and shiny things like grenades. [html]<...
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| There's Always Next Year |
April Fools Day is one of the greatest day of the year, right next to Christmas and my birthday. Typically I would have something really awesome to flub you up but seeing as I was at PAX all weekend and therefore have put no thought into such a plan I guess you guys luck out this year. I'll try har...
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| Let There Be Light! |
It's been an extremely hectic week here at Dot Swoof. Bijan and myself have been working hard on getting Friday's comic together while George has begun to sift through the footage he got of PAX. We're still not putting any date on the release of the video he's putting together for it but expect some...
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| Back to work |
I have my revenge! PAX is over and George and Sean are both complaining about how sore they are from walking so much. Ha, I win!
Like I said, Sean and George are finally home again which means that we will soon be back on our normal schedule. Unfortunately, we missed our deadline for...
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| Savin' the Day! |
It's Monday night and boy have I got a few updates for you! First off, I posted a brand new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch a few hours ago that features the third appearance by everyone's favorite 'flier boy', Harry! This time he's trying to save the rainforest, but I'm sure he'll epically fail as he has ...
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| More fun that I'm not having |
Here's the first round of pictures from PAX. I'll be uploading more later as I get them from George and find the time to crop them. PAX looks awesome. I'm going to go back to sulking now.
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| PAX East Day Two |
The second day of PAX East starts in roughly two hours and I couldn't be more pumped! Yesterday was amazing but after waking up at 5:30AM and driving for the next five and half hours to Boston, you could probably say with confidence that I was pretty tired. Well, I was. After walking around and sta...
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| Left Behind |
[html]You remember when you were a kid, and you couldn't go on the school field trip because your family was poor and couldn't afford it, so you just told all your friends you didn't want to go? I don't remember that because my family wasn't poor, but its still a good analogy.
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| War and Peace |
Hey everyone. So I saw this little graphic on a website I was browsing and I thought I'd do a little free advertising for a show I really like.
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| Swoofcast |
Back with my second news post of the day! For those of you just joining me, we've got an all new Fanatic Gumbo out on the site! It's about a recent trend that's going around called "chat roulette" and I think the guys have really hit the nail on the head with this one, pretty much said what I was th...
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| Hiiiiiiiiiii Everybody!! |
Hiiiiiiiii Doctor Nick!! Oh, um, I mean...hello! Sean here with a short little update. We're putting the finishing touches on a few projects that will be going up and on the site today and I'm pretty excited about both of them! The first item on the list is a brand spanking new Fantatic Gumbo from J...
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| Modern Rape-My-Wallet-Fare |
An all new comic is out folks! It's a little late but I have to say, it was worth the wait. We're going in a little bit of a different direction with this comic compared to the One Panel Comics we've done in the past. The obvious differences would be their focuses and I'm not talking about l'Cie her...
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| Video Games Are Fun |
So I've been playing Final Fantasy XIII lately. Its a great game, I have to admit. Usually I bash RPGs for being nothing more than an exercise at patience and pressing the A button, but this game is actually very engaging. I think its because they trimmed all the fat off of the traditional RPG.
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| Director's Commentary |
Today's news post here is a little bit of Director's Commentary, for you all. As I'm currently in the middle of working on two episodes of Out of Service, at the same time; I can't think about anything but Out of Service.
As I said a while ago when I posted Episode 8, Out of Service has h...
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| Wishful Thinking |
Hey everyone, a new Fanatic Gumbo should be hitting the site later today. But in the meantime I'm hard at work on the new contest we're starting this Friday! As I said I can't talk much about it now, but I think it's pretty cool, and a first for a machinima series.
What I can, and will ta...
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| Dollar for Dollar |
So after so much time spent on editing and fixing the website, I've finally gone back to gaming. With exception of Mass Effect 2, I haven't played many games since November, when I had traded in many of my favorite games.
That's right, I traded in Arkham Asylum, Left 4 Dead, Modern Warfar...
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| Tactical Asteroid Ended the Earth! |
Hello gentlemen and ladies! I've got a brand new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch for you, excuse my lateness! Please...? Welp, it's a pretty short one but a funny one nonetheless. Awhile back we filmed a bunch of sketches about people protesting against a bunch of things and this is one of them. It's calle...
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| Evolution. Complete! |
Hey everyone, if you are reading this, you are looking at a dramatically different site. It's similar to our old site, if our old site was genetically enhanced by a military program bent on world domination, but still, a better site nonetheless.
New ads, new (and improved) layout, fas...
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| Rumblings and Rumors |
Brand new Out of Service video out folks! It's called "Gears of War 3: Rumblings" and it stars everyone's favorite smart aleck Sam Dean bringing us the latest news on the Gears of War 3 front. Most of that news unfortunately is comprised of poorly thought out rumors and videos that millions across t...
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| Countdown to Awesome |
John, assistant Out of Service editor, and his brother Tucker's fourth Fanatic Gumbo comic is out on the site! This one's gotta be their best one yet so major props to them! I'm gonna weigh in on the subject they covered this week over in the forums, as to not ruin the joke here in this news post, b...
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| No Sketch For You! |
After a weekend of way too much junk food and Modern Warfare 2, I have to sadly report that there will be no Synaptic Kamikaze this week. The sketch I had planned to release is nowhere to be found on my computer so I'll have to re-edit it for next week and I just don't have the time right now to do ...
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| Best Laid Plans |
Well now I know how Peter Molyneux feels every time he promises something and it fails to deliver. Episode 8 was supposed to be out last Friday. But here it is at eight minutes long, 450megs, with a load of laughs and a some random violence. Not to mention some kick ass music by winKoneR as usual....
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| Bring the Rain! |
Today is the first day of March! Holy hell did February fly by! I guess all that snow sped up time...anyway, it's Monday and I've got an all new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch for you! We've got another news update from 42 News and our favorite anchor Bill Langley isn't too thrilled about this one. You ca...
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| Aw Yeah.... |
Right now I am up to my eyeballs in work. Out of Service Episode 8 is in it's final stretch and will be online "sometime" today. As I mentioned yesterday, we're all really swamped in work right now, and there's so much left to be done.
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| Busy. Will make time. |
Things are busy as hell here at Dot Swoof, with Episode 8 nearing completion and more Out of Service extras in production, I personally have a lot of work on my hands. And let's not even talk about the scripts for Episode 9 or the Machinima Panel being hosted at the Carolina Film and Video fes...
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| PAXEast and More |
New Fanatic Gumbo out today! Check it out! And also I got some news, first, a few of us here at Swoof will be going to PAXEast this year, which is in a month or so from now. So if there are any fans of ours out there who will be attending, shoot us an email and we'll be sure to meet up! We'll probab...
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| Flip-flop |
Sean here to let you all know that there's a brand spanking new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch up on the website! This week we bring you a sketch that not only features Bijan getting stabbed but also him shooting some guy named Jeff off-screen. You can check that out over at the Synaptic Kamikaze portion ...
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| Cool Sunday News |
Hey everyone! Making a brief update today, I know we normally don't post news on Sunday, and I really should be editing Episode 8, but I just wanted to stop by and let everyone know that Episode 7 of Out of Service is live on youtube! So be sure to check it out and tell everyone you know about it. Y...
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| Eyeballs Have Feelings Too |
Welp, here we are again at another Friday, much like all previous weeks of the year. Although I'm still waiting on the Funday that Quail Man instituted on that episode of Doug all those years ago. Anyway, new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch is up and on the site for your eyeballs' viewing pleasure! Your ey...
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| Fanatic Gumbo |
As we toil away on Episode 8 of Out of Service, John Pannell brings a new comic he's developing with his brother. It's pretty funny, so check it out and let us know what you think!
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| Humans Are Crazy |
We got a new comic online, this one is my favorite yet; and a new Synaptic Kamikaze to boot! For this sketch we tried something a little different, and went the reality TV route. We walk around a mall talking to real people, and listening to their stories and thoughts on life. It's touching really,...
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| Longest. Episode. Ever. |
After repeated delays and set backs, I'm happy to present Out of Service Episode 7, "Do or Cry". This episode was intended to be done and on the website last week, but those intentions were made before we realized it was a nine minute episode!
Bijan considers this his favorite episode yet...
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| Chaos Control |
It's Friday again, you would think I would be used to that by now, and that means a brand new Dot Swoof Comic! We've also got that episode of Out of Service that George keeps talking about will finally be hitting the website later today. Because of the delay, mostly because the episode is literally ...
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| Archangel |
Hey everyone! New comic coming at you right now on the home page. This one was inspired by a true story, and will soon be made into a made for TV movie...
Now, I have some good news and I have some bad news. The bad news is Episode 7 of Out of Service will not be hitting the website...
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| Biotic Amp |
It's Friday and that means two things for you, the budding audience, an all new Swoof comic and a brand new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch! The sketch this week is brought to you by world renowned news corporation 42 News, you check that out over in the Synaptic section of the site or by clicking the gia...
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| What the Frell? |
We're having some technical issues with our website right now. It looks like the server is acting all crazy! So please be patient while our host resolves some issues.
In the meantime, there's a new comic on the site. And in case you missed it, Out of Service Mail Call 2 has been on the si...
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| Keep The Five Bucks |
New comic right on time, this one is a little bit true to my childhood so check it out.
Meanwhile, Out of Service Mail Call 2 is almost finished, and should be on the site later today as promised. But again, you'll only be able to see it if you are registered for our forums! So check bac...
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| Work In Progress |
This is going to be an exciting week. First of all, we are premiering the second Mail Call tomorrow, so make sure you look for that. Also on Monday we'll be releasing a new comic which you can find on the front page.
Finally, we've been working hard on Out of Service: Episode 7 "Do or Cry...
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| Bombshell Tonight |
It's Friday, so we've got an all new Synaptic Kamikaze and comic out on the site! You can check out the comic on the front homepage of the site or in the "Comics" area of the site, you can find that in the top navigation bar. This week's Synaptic sketch is about a man drowning in a pool and his frie...
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| A Bird! A Plane! |
Just as promised, there's something special on the site today. Instead our usual comic we have Heroics! A different kind of web comic, which uses the complete interactivity of the internet to tell a story. It's something we've been experimenting on, tell us what you think and maybe we'll make more i...
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| School Sucks |
While I consider Dot Swoof my full time job, sadly I am still a college student, and must occasionally go to classes and take part in assignments. Today is now the first day of classes at my college, UNCG. And I'm pretty sure my biology class is being taught by Martin Scorsese.
But I'm su...
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| Marathon Man |
After burning the candle at both ends, Episode 6 of Out of Service is here! If you are a registered user for our forums you can check it out right away! If not, you are out of luck until Machinima.com uploads the episodes on Youtube!
This episode of Out of Service is by far my favorite...
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| Running out of time!!! |
If you are reading this between the hours of 11:55 PM and 4:00AM on Sunday night, or Monday morning, Eastern Time. Then you are currently in the middle of a site update. Me and Sean are going around the site and adding some new comments code and new functions to several pages.
The update...
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| Talking Points |
Episode 6 of Out of Service is finished editing, and should be on the website, bright and early tomorrow morning. I'd like to invite all if you in on a discussion about the coming Out of Service Episode in our forums! Tell us what you exp...
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| No Rest for the Wicked |
It just occurred to me, that it's been a little more than two years since we put this site online. Looking back, it's been one hell of an adventure; the site has improved since then however, and the same goes for our content.
Speaking of which, Out of Service: Mail Call just went live on ...
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| Status Report |
New comic today, as part of our new schedule to have new comics every Monday-Wednesday-Friday. And Expect Out of Service Episode 6 to be released on Sunday! Also, part of our new schedule.
Today's comic was inspired by true events, and the stand-up routine of our very own Patrick Bean. Le...
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| Shameless Plug |
After our big return yesterday, we're getting a lot of responses about the site, and the newly released Episode 5 on Machinima.com. Episode six is in editing right as we speak, and right now is one of my favorite episodes!
Spoiler alert for anyone interested in Episode 6. Here's a brief s...
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| Twenty Ten |
DotSwoof.com is back after an exciting holiday break and a small site update. The home page as you may have noticed is brand new, now featuring links ahoy and an awesome new Swoof comic. Yes, I said a comic. We're looking to put it out every other day, so think a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule wit...
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| Because We Love You |
I know that in the past we've told you that we've "finished updating the website", and that you'd all be able to enjoy our wonderful videos without any more interruptions or downtime. Well, we lied. But its only because we love you guys sooo much. Over the next few days, the website is going to go t...
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| Back to Basics |
Episode 5 of Out of Service is finally here, and is currently processing with Machinima.com. We have a Christmas Special in production, and Episode 6 of Out of Service is already finished filming and is now in editing. So expect a quick release on that one.
This new episode of Out of...
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| Articuno Used Blizzard! |
It's super effective! While I personally wouldn't call the most recent snowstorm a blizzard, I liked the name. Anyway, we've got about 2 feet of snow on the ground here in Jersey which really isn't much if you live any further up north or in Canada but typically anything over five or six inches is a...
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| Christmas Extravaganza! |
Big stuff happening in the next few weeks here at Dot Swoof! First off we're just putting the finishing touches on Episode 5 of Out of Service, it should be online tonight or tomorrow morning, and you'll only find it here at our website until it hits Machinima.com sometime next week!
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| A Series of Tubes |
There are going to be some technical difficulties and maybe some downtime on the site for the next few days, as we at Dot Swoof are updating several things around the site including a brand new forum we're working on. It's almost complete, but if you want you can register for it right now.
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| Heart of the Dice |
Believe it or not folks, especially the longtime faithful fans like pinchy and cycloneproductions, episode 9 of Noobesauce is finally here. It's been a rough year for Noobesauce, a series that us here at Swoof had planned on finishing and moving on from over a year ago and yet here we are today in t...
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| You Got Mail |
New exclusive Out of Service content coming at you, with this brand new thing we're doing called "Mail Call" where we respond to some of the comments we've received on Out of Service at Machinima.com's Youtube. Many of the comments have been very positive, people saying things like "Best Gears Machi...
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| His Name Was Spot |
I had a dog once, he was a cross between a golden retriever and a dalmatian, and he was the best dog in the world. Or at least he was, until I stopped feeding him and he ran away. Anyway here's a new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch. Watch it now before it self destructs.
In other news, winter b...
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| Technical Difficulties |
Computers, as opposed to every other form of technology, have the amazing ability to break down and stop working for no apparent reason. And because of this, Dot Swoof is having some technical difficulties. But fear not, here is a brand new update, starting with Episode 4 of Out of Service!
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| Sponsorship |
So after making three episodes of Out of Service, Dot Swoof was offered a sponsorship program by Machinima.com and after very little thought, we decided to accept the offer. All of our videos are now being hosted by Machinima.com, either on their website, or on their YouTube.
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| Genie in a Bottle |
After last weekend's Halloween festivities, Dot Swoof is back with some more awesome content! To start the month of November off, we bring you an all new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch "Opinionated Genie"! It's about a genie in a bottle that has a better idea about what to wish for than the man that relea...
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| Fright Night |
After two weeks of anticipation and nail biting, we bring you episode 3 of Out of Service! This week's episode features the return of my beautiful voice to the series along with the introduction of Pvt. Peter Mathis, voiced by Patrick Bean, who may or may not even make it through this battle. We als...
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| Selling Out |
I'd like to welcome any new viewers to the site, you may have found our website through Machinima.com, or various forums relating to "Out of Service". To give a brief explanation, we here at Dot Swoof are the creators and makers of Out of Service, and will be posting weekly on the progress of episod...
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| Epic Fail |
Sorry it's taken so long, but without further wait, here is episode 2 of Out of Service. The locust attack our characters heavily this episode, as if being pinned down by a sniper wasn't bad enough. Filming and production is moving along so we should have a new Synaptic Kamikaze and a new Out of Ser...
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| Nut Up or Shut Up |
Sean here, just giving a short update to all the zombie hunters in the world out there. I know we said that Out of Service episode 2 would be out this week but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. Some last minute issues popped up during the final editing stages so we had to go in and do a ...
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| Let's Be Realistic |
After a computer malfunction that put me out of commission for a weekend, everything is back up and running in the Dot Swoof office. Surprisingly I got help from the people at BestBuy, who I usually assume to be incompetent idiots, but apparently that's only true most of the time. So thank's to some...
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| Pew Pew |
The expression "that's all I know" gets thrown around a lot these days. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, or at least I don't think so, but apparently there is in the latest Synaptic Kamikaze sketch. You can't please everyone. The sketch is called "That's All I Know" and you can find it to...
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| Buffalo Tuxedo |
Welcome back to DotSwoof.com. I'm your host, Sean O'Rourke. After a long weekend of tinkering with little sleep and a lot of coffee, we bring you a much smoother Dot Swoof experience. Pages load quicker, they look better, and they smell better...scratch and sniff. Don't scratch your monitor, they re...
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| Addictive Personality |
Nothing quite makes me smile more than compliments, I'm simply addicted to them. They're great, they're awesome, and I'll step on my own children just to get to one. Thankfully I don't have children, but I have been getting a lot of compliments on the very first episode of Out of Service. People see...
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| Out of Service |
I've always liked machinima, ever since the Warthog Jump video way back when Halo was a new game on a struggling console. Not much later, RedvsBlue came on the scene with a fresh taste of internet comedy and since then people have endlessly tried to follow in their wake.
And so, a wave o...
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| Newz P0st |
Real short update today. New Synaptic Kamikaze out today, "Protest Against Abortion!" Pretty self explanatory name, it's a sketch about a protest...against abortion. Check it out to the left of this news post and make sure to leave your comments on this and all the videos you watch on our website, b...
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| Order Up |
Sean here with a short update. Weekly update is awesome...brand new Synaptic Kamikaze sketch up! This one features our good friend Billy Mays living his life as if he was still doing one of his commercials, never lowering his voice or selling anything short. As you may or may be aware, Billy Mays...
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| Don't Panic |
Hello, to anybody out there reading this...I am here to let you know Dot Swoof is alive and kicking, with this brand new video we have called "Paulie's Cell Phone," which is part of a new series we have called Synaptic Kamikaze.
For the past few months we've been working on content and f...
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