Angled Whiteboards

Technically, TheRedEye used his own whiteboard to sketch out the Captain McGrandpa design doc. See the massive world-map and more in his excellent, behind-the-scenes postmortem.

Thought this Swedish street art was a super-nifty bit of vandalism.

Reminded me of one of the more odd, stand-out-y things at our recent holiday party (this year we teamed up with Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Super Deluxe to get our festivities on). The party itself was amazingly fun and random: Spiderman (who I later got a prom picture with) and the Easter Bunny dancing together at one point, food ranging from sushi and a mashed-potato martinis to a table piled with Popeye’s fried chicken, rooms dedicated to poker and karaoke. But one of the very first things you came across after going down the faux red carpet flash photo experience was this fireplace setup with an older lady sitting in a rocking chair… knitting. Apparently she’d even teach you how if you stopped moving long enough to sit next to her. I never did sit down and give it a shot, but man what a gig for her.

I’ve been with GameTap since it was little more than a glimmer in its inventor’s (Blake Lewin’s) eye. And man, has it been fun. Taking this idea of a jukebox of games and making it a reality has been the best project I’ve ever worked on. And not only was the project fun, the people were just as fun - inside these walls in Atlanta, and more importantly, all of you, our treasured readers. It has been delightful getting to know you.

But now, almost four years (yeah, I’ve been on it for that long!) later, it’s time for me to move on. I’m not going very far - in fact, I’m not even really looking for work. I’m taking a few month sabbatical to work on some personal projects and do a little traveling. Besides, I have way too many video games to get caught up on (one of these days I’ll get past that knitting lady in Psychonauts!). So look for me in the GameTap Player, I’ll still be dinah.

And hey, xamount and mixednut might even let me make a few guest posts here, who knows?

How bittersweet. Give me a minute, will ya? I gotta wipe this little tear from my eye.

-di

We started this blog a year ago today. Back when GameTap.com was a place you went to subscribe (and nothing else), there were no forums (official OR unofficial — RIP GameTappers), there was no such thing as a day and date title, and we apparently had plenty of time to play leaderboard games.

It’s totally great to see that many of the folks who came around in the beginning are still around — in some cases running things here and there in GameTap-land. We have certainly enjoyed mixing it up with everyone. Know that your suggestions, questions, and ideas have helped us tremendously over the last year.

Here’s to an even bigger second year!

I don’t know the word “troll”.

[Have a great vacation next week, dinah!  This one’s for you…]

The final countdown:

And speaking of the future, last night I did something in beta that was so cool, so currently impossible, and so not announced yet. Got me REALLY fired up about this whole thing.

Now go beat Pyramid Magic so you can quick beat Pyramid Magic 2 so you’re all set to spelunk some NEW tombs as Lara Croft next week.

New games:

• Besieger
• Championship Kendou
• Chip Shot: Super Pro Golf
• LEGO Chess
• Pyramid Magic 2
• Qix II: Tournament
• Space Harrier II

New on GameTap TV:

• GameTap News: Half-Life
• A Quick Hit: DragonForce
• Play This Game: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
• Sealab 2021: Chalkboard Jungle