Imagination is everything…
Archive for March, 2010
New to Folaji.com: PenArt
Mar 17th
Super Squirrel - One of a handful of new pen drawings in the Folaji Galleries
As promised in my last post, I’m proud to announce a new feature on Folaji: Galleries.
Just as the stories section of the site contains written stories, the galleries section will contain images, drawings, and photos of anybody willing to contribute. There isn’t much in there right now, but expect the number of images to grow with time.
To celebrate the launch of the Folaji Galleries, I’ve added a new album of drawings that I like to call PenArt. You see, I have a pretty wild imagination and, when I’m bored or stuck in a daydream, I have a tendency to doodle.
Typically, the doodle begins as a few random strokes of a pen on a paper, and then my imagination kicks in and the image turns into something completely unexpected. Its a fun, relaxing process that passes the time when I have nothing better to do (which is really not as often as I’d like 
).
You can view all the images of the PenArt Album at once here, or view them in an automatic slideshow here.
Enjoy!
RAWR – March 13th, 2010
Mar 14th
We left the Rat King’s “Throne Room” and returned to the hub to get our reward, which consisted of gold and a map, from the first were-rat. Ezmereth, greedy bastard that he is, asked for more and antagonized the were-rat to the point that he used his flute to summon some rats to attack us. We defeated him easily, got his magic flute, and raided his treasure room. By playing the magic flute, the owner can summon an army of rats which he can control. The flute also provide immunity against filth fever. Unsurprisingly, the treasure room didn’t contain much. The best item we found was a ‘Restful Bedroll’ soiled in rat urine. A benefit at best.
While our main quest was to find the stolen page for professor Edfilus, we had done quite a few favors for quite a few people. We decided it was time to collect. We returned to the ghost of Terrius with proof that we had stopped the Kobold Shaman. The ghost disappeared and his chest open. We found some money and a CLEAN ‘Restful Bedroll’.
Next, we returned to CandleKeep. There, we found Terrius’ widow and informed her of the fate of her husband. We collected the bounty on Axiom Menetis and returned the ring to Orfunix. We reported our discovery of the sunken Temple to professor Edfilus who was less than impressed. Ezmereth’s been banned form the library due to his shenanigans, and it’s possible the rest of us are as well. It’s unclear.
The next step was to explore the Temple. The only entrance we knew off was through a storage cellar hidden away in a corner of the aqueduct system; so that was our destination. Tired from all the traveling we did today we decided to grab a few ours sleep(extended rest) in the safe room near the cellar.
Email from Blizzard Entertainment
Mar 7th
I received an email from Blizzard last night. For anybody who doesn’t know, Blizzard is the company behind the Warcraft series of games (including World of Warcraft, on which Rise of the X-Syndicate is based). They’re also responsible for the development of the very well known and respected StarCraft game, that came out over 12 years ago this month, and is still being played by fans worldwide.
StarCraft 2 Logo
A little less than two years ago, Blizzard announced it was coming out with a sequel to the famous StarCraft game and I, like many others, was tickled pink at the promise of a sequel.
You see, I love the Warcraft universe that Blizzard has developed over the years, but StarCraft was the game that fully introduced me to what Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games could be. I was in highschool back when it came out, and we would commandeer the computer labs after school and play 8-player games late into the night. Truly an amazing experience.
And after 12 years, the game has been thrown back into my life, as the email I received last night invited me to participate in StarCraft 2′s beta testing!
I can’t tell you what I think of the game yet, partly because I havn’t played it yet (its downloading and installing at the moment) and partly because I’m not too sure how much I can say (the legal agreement was a tough read).
I’ll have a look and see what I can find, and if I can post my testing experiences and thoughts on Folaji.com, I most definitively will.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to fight aliens on a far away planet.
Marge: Oh, that sounds like a good movie!
Uhh… yes, yes… movie…
Flash Imagination #5
Mar 6th
Its been a while since my last flash animation, but after taking this picture a few nights ago, I knew I had to throw it up on the site.
So here goes:
City Lights
There’s something eerie about walking alone in the city at night.
The fact that you’re just one of a few million souls walking from one street to the next makes you feel like such an insignificant piece of of the puzzle.
Yet, when you stop to look down at the traffic below, and you hear the horn of the passenger train in the distance, you realize that the city is alive, and that you are a part of it as much as it is a part of you.
And its then that you feel safe, realizing that you are never really walking alone.
