]]> http://www.ultrapublications.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry081109-233238 2008-11-10T00:00:00Z 2008-11-10T00:00:00Z

Another two weeks... another missed update. I know, I suck. Without further ado, here's two weeks' worth of Digest!

In The News
- My colleagues and I delight in welcoming the lovely and multitalented Myuuchan to the Ultra Publications staff!
- Friends, fellow Inmates, we have just passed the 30K mark! Schwankyendaro!
- Two of our Inmates have succeeded in finding employment. Sw33t!
- All The News You Didn't Need To Know.
- Cuteness can be lethal.
- ...Did I miss something?
- Rodent infestation get. Joy.
- All aboard the Fail Bus!
- Let's talk about the Lone Star State! Oh, wait...

Sports Page
- Guess That Character points scored, in order: Laserkid, Cryokenetic, Laserkid, The Magus. The current round is at two hints and proceeding.
SCORE
The Magus: 20 Points
Clovis15: 18 Points
Laserkid: 14 Points
Wedge: 6 points
N64Player: 6 points
Cryokenetic: 4 points
Archangel: 3 points
tripplyflop: 2 points
Baka Otaku: 1 point
Balthasar: 1 point
KIFulgore: 1 point

Arts & Entertainment
- New Work-Study comic!
- Seven new movie reviews from Brett!

I know it seems like little has happened, but those links lead to an awful lot, folks! See you all next week! Maybe. ^_^

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I'm back! You're stunned, I know. It's hard to believe that the Forum Digest would return after a month of absence. I humbly apologize. Blame the fact that I moved from Georgia to Rhode Island and thence to Colorado all in the space of three weeks. But I'm back now, and I'm going to try to keep a regular schedule.

For the sake of my few remaining threads of sanity, I'm going to only examine this past week. Nothing happened on the forum during the rest of the hiatus, capiche? Everyvun vas on vacation!!!

In The News
- One of our Inmates Emeritus posts from... Switzerland?
- There is still ever so much news you do not need to know!
- Someone builds an ENIAC-style computer in Little Big Planet! This is simply too cool, folks.
- Are American members of Club Nintendo to no longer be treated as second-class citizens?
- Glass Joe returns!!!
- Need to go back to childhood? Play Megaman 9!
- Fresh evidence (as if we needed it) that JYB is the awesome.
- Exercise held on the P-Bombing range!
- The financial situation just keeps getting stupider. Details at Eleven.

Sports Page
- Because of the hiatus, I'm going to post the current score for Guess That Character and resume noting individual points as usual next week.

The Magus: 19 Points
Clovis15: 18 Points
Laserkid: 12 Points
Wedge: 6 points
N64Player: 6 points
Cryokenetic: 4 points
Archangel: 3 points
tripplyflop: 2 points
Baka Otaku: 1 point
Balthasar: 1 point
KIFulgore: 1 point

- The Person Above You has recently passed the 1800 post mark. Schwankyendaro!
- Chained Word/Phrase Association is almost at the 1500 post mark! Holy cow.

And that's it for this (admittedly abbreviated and overdue) Forum Digest. Normal transmission will resume next week!

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Nintendo will be releasing Punch-Out!! 3 before the end of this year on the Nintendo Wii, and after watching the above trailer I have to admit that I couldn't be happier. It's nice to see that Nintendo hasn't forgotten about all of us hardcore gamers that happen to own a Wii. Other Wii games for hardcore people that Nintendo has recently announced also include Sin & Punishment 2, as well as a WiiWare version of the legendarily famous Cave Story! Furthermore, there's also going to be ports of Metroid Prime 1 and 2 with Metroid Prime 3 style controls added to them. Oh happy days!

]]> http://www.ultrapublications.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry081003-185239 2008-10-04T00:00:00Z 2008-10-04T00:00:00Z

As those intrepid enough to read the forum know, Archangel and I have moved together into an apartment. My legs and arms are ridiculously sore from moving couches, beds, a stereo cabinet, shelves, and more boxes then you can shake a stick at.

The good news is the hard part is done. The bad news? Qwest internet wont be installed for a few weeks. AA and I found a free wifi in the area (entitled "camp to belong" which is not locked), so we can come online to post a few things here and there but don't expect heavy site updates from us until Qwest gets us set up. Those lazy louts. *shakes fist violently*

Right now I'm at work, and Archangel should be hunting for a bed (my folks lent him an airbed, but that's only so comfy). I imagine once he's done that, he'll post the, once again, late forum digest. But I wanted to let everyone know what was going on.

So see you all on the forums and such.

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Welcome back, all! I hope that moving is a sufficient excuse for missing a week again. Please don't lynch me. I'm allergic to lynchings.

In The News
- There is always more news that we do not need to know.
- When I want the whole truth I punch up America's Finest News Source! ^^
- This man Matthew, where the hell is he?
- Jigsaw puzzles FTW!
- This much awesome should not be legal.
- Apparently people outside of UP have heard of CTU! Schwankyendaro!
- A new month dawns, so it's time once more to tell everyone what you're playing!
- What are your favorite gaming moments? Share!
- By the same token, what's your favorite minigame?
- Looks like we're getting Chrono Trigger on DS two days before Japan! In other news, Satan's looking for a comfy wool sweater.

Sports Page
- Still no movement in The Caption Contest.
- Three points scored in Guess That Character! This fortnight's winners are Laserkid, Clovis15, and Tripplyflop, in that order. We eagerly await the start of the next round.
SCORE:
The Magus: 17 Points
Clovis15: 16 Points
Laserkid: 11 Points
Wedge: 6 points
N64Player: 6 points
Cryokenetic: 3 points
tripplyflop: 2 points
Baka Otaku: 1 point
Archangel: 1 point

Arts & Entertainment
- As you have doubtless heard, CTU-17 has debuted! Come and discuss!
- Patchwork Family page 46! Come talk about it!
- Work-Study episode 77! (Threadzorz)
- Super Mario Bros Unlimited #26! (Thready)
- Six new movie reviews from Brett!

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At long last Chrono Trigger Unglued - Episode 17: "Let's D-D-Duel!" is currently available on Newgrounds, it will also be made available on the Ultra Publications website as soon as possible.

Yep, after a bit more work than I originally thought it would take (it's a shorter episode, but parts of it took a ridiculously disproportionate amount of work), I finally have Episode-17 of CTU ready for your flash perusing pleasure. The script to Episode 18 is already written, and so is most of the preproduction, so Ideally I'd like to have it out before the end of this year (and there's no parts in it that should be difficult, either). However, this is one new snag in all of this. I now have a job at Wal-Mart of all places, it somewhat makes me wonder why I bothered to become a College Graduate in the first place. Oh well, it's all I can really do without any actual job experience. *SIGH*

Anyways, maybe with some help from all of you this will be the third episode of CTU in a row to get a daily trophy (one of the top five NG submissions for the day).

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Holy cow, it's been over two weeks. Many apologies folks. Work isn't to blame this time, much as I'd like to claim otherwise. An acute series of crises came up in my personal life last Wednesday, so last week's Digest got lost in the shuffle. Before I start, let me second Clovis when he says to go watch There She Is! Step 4. Like, right now. ^^

In The News
- As always, there is much in the news that you needn't know.
- Rather than look at everybody's post count, we try looking at who's made the most posts by percentage! Results are about the same as the raw numbers.
- A Final Fantasy XI guild fails to beat one of the 'ultimate bosses'... after 18 bloody hours... Good God Almighty.
- What makes a hard game?
- Sega finds an incredible cache of old games! In the closet. I've had finds like that.
- I wasn't aware that Guitar Hero is a profession, but what do I know?
- New House of the Dead game announced for the Wii!
- The XBox 360 is sold out--in Japan. W. T. F.
- The AVGN rules!
- Yahtzee rocks!
- Sadly, it seems that WAR is not going to be the epic win and awesome that we previously thought. :(
- Looks like we won't have to wait for Code Geass R2! Schwankyendaro!!!
- It seems that the Awesome parody archetype is off to the races!

Sports Page
- A brand-new forum game is up! It's called The Acronym Game and it's lots of fun! Come check it out!
- Two points scored in the revived Caption Contest! First goes to Mammonman, the second to Clovis15. We await the latter's image so that the next round may commence. Score:
Mammonman - 3 Points
Cryokenetic - 2 Points
The Magus - 2 Points
N64Player - 1 Point
Wedge - 1 Point
Archangel - 1 Point
Clovis15 - 1 Point
- A whopping six points scored in Guess That Character! The winners, in order, are: N64Player, Archangel, Magus, Laserkid, Laserkid, and Clovis15. Score:
The Magus: 17 Points
Clovis15: 16 Points
Laserkid: 11 Points
Wedge: 6 points
N64Player: 6 points
Cryokenetic: 3 points
Baka Otaku: 1 point
Tripplyflop: 1 point
Archangel: 1 point

Arts & Entertainment
- Clovis posts a new game review! Come and discuss!
- Two new SMBU strips this past fortnight!
- Four new movie reviews from Brett!
- A new counterpart feature to Brett's Quickie Movie Reviews premieres: Archangel's Brief Webcomic Reviews! Five reviews posted so far. ^^

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Amalloc has recently released Episode 4 of There She Is to his personal page at Sambakza, many of you have probably been eagerly anticipating this one so I thought I'd let you all know about it (plus nalem told me I should). I never would have expected, when I frst saw part two, for the street thug to hit him for that particular reason before the series was over. I can't wait to see part 5, it's really going to be epic. I just hope he puts out a DVD, because if he does I'll so be there.

This will also be showing up on Newgrounds on the 25th according to Amalloc, so you also have that to look forward to. I'm sure we all can't wait to 5 the hell out of it. So for those of you who were hoping to get daily first place, you might want to not release a movie that day if you know I mean.

]]> http://www.ultrapublications.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry080821-192114 2008-08-22T00:00:00Z 2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

As much as I hate to steal the top spot back from Laserkid, it's time for me to emerge from my not-so-secret angelic lair and bring you another fun-filled Forum Digest! And it's even on the right day of the week this time!

In The News
- Another valiant batchelor bites the dust. Heartfelt congratulations to him and his bride from the entire UP staff! :)
- Despite no need for us to know it, more news just keeps pouring in! This week: karaoke stabbity, the awesomeness of Jim Davis, bureaucratic stupidity of high order, and yawning dogs.
- It's that time of month for everyone again! ...I meant it's time to share what games you're playing, you pervert. Get your mind out of the gutter!
- We now have an update schedule for There She Is! - Step 4. W00t!
- Yahtzee LIVES! Technically, anyway.
- Sega admits that pretty much every Sonic game after 3 has been made of Fail and AIDS. Someone call Captain Obvious!
- It seems that Capcom might be serious about designing RE5 with the Wii in mind. That'd be awesome for many of the folks here.
- Speaking of the Wii, it looks like the WiiMotion Plus/WiiPommel is going to be cheap to buy. So that's a relief!
- Thailand bans GTA4 after an idiot kid tries to jack a taxi, imitating the game. Because we all know the only way to deal with the few morons who can't distinguish fantasy from reality is to punish everybody!
- Looks like taking emulation way too far with MM9 will be an optional feature. Whew.
- The prolific and awesome YouTuber Deceased Crab starts in on Peasant's Quest!
- The question is posed: does anybody here read? The answer, it seems, is very yes.

Sports Page
- It's been a slow and somewhat frustrating week in Guess That Character. No scores as we all try to crack into The Magus' head. The current round is at three hints and proceeding. Come play! (God knows I'm stumped.)

Arts & Entertainment
- Laserkid's first article in UP's "WTF?" series has been posted, as the man himself told us on Sunday. In this edition, the Neo Geo! Also, thread!
- Page 45 of Patchwork Family is up, and looks even cooler than usual! Share how much you want to smack the bitch lady! Smack mah bitch up, yo! ^^
- Special sneak preview of CTU Episode 17!
- Speaking of CTU, our intrepid webmaster has overhauled the episode selection page!
- A whopping five movie reviews from Brett this week!

And that's it, ladies, gentlemen, and all the rest of you. Thank you for reading, and good day.

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