The Blur multiplayer beta officially starts today; if you’re one of the lucky ones who got a code, you should be receiving an email with your Xbox Live code, which will let you download the software. If you haven’t gotten a code yet, you still have a chance to win one; several sites are still giving them away, and so am I — watch this video for details.
So with all this multiplayer hullabaloo, it seems like a good time to test out the Playing With Swords thing I’ve wanted to do for a little while. Many weeks back I asked people when they would like to get together for gaming, and Friday night was the clear winner of the poll. So, let’s try it this Friday night at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern. I’ll be on and I’ll be doing Powered-Up Racing in Blur, which supports up to 20 players. My gamertag is OneOfSwords:
My friends list is kinda massively packed but you should be able to use the Join Session functionality and hop in my race if there’s a free slot. An Xbox Live Party only holds eight people so I’m less inclined to do it that way.
Yes, it’s true. Charlie Gavin, he of the webcomic-turned-legitimiate-printed-graphic-novel-in-development Silver Age got to noodling with his digital paintbox and created his version of the One of Swords tarot card, from which my site takes its inspiration.
I think it’s gorgeous. I sent him some goodies to say thank you.
I would love to see more. If you are an artist and want to do your spin on the One of Swords tarot card — either based on the traditional imagery or based on what I’m doing here on the site, or a mix of both — I’ll post it and send you goodies, too…
Hey, quick random update. Next week, as I’ve noted, is GDC. I’ll be poking around San Francisco too, sneaking into some press appointments for upcoming games and going to a fancy party for True Crime. I’ll be shooting video so there will be more shenanigans coming.
I was hoping to have Hugh on the podcast this week but I don’t think I’ll be able to wrangle it because of my unusual travel schedule. But he will be back, no doubt with more weird stories. That said, knowing it’s Kat this week, if you have any questions for her, send them to the MegaMailbag.
Looking a little further forward, I will be at PAX East at the end of the month…and I will be there with my musical co-hort Jude Kelley. It’s rare that we are in the same place at the same time, but he happens to live near Boston. Sorry, no live performance in the works, but we are hoping to get together for lunch with some fans and just talk about stuff. Watch PaletteSwapNinja.com for more details on that meeting if you’re inclined.
I will also have some buttons to trade at PAX East. I know the tradition is to swap buttons and pins of the various fan groups in attendance, so with Kat’s help we made some very nice One of Swords PAX East 2010 badges. Reserve space on your clothing now.
And if Up doesn’t win Best Picture this weekend, I will be sad.
Here’s your weekly friendly reminder that there’s some freshly ground and aromatic Guitar Hero tracks available for download as of nowish.
This week, it’s three pretty huge Blink-182 hits: “First Date,” “All The Small Things,” and “Adam’s Song.” The pack is available for 440 Microsoft Points on Xbox 360, 550 Wii Points on Wii, or $5.49 US Treasury points on PS3. If you don’t want the full track pack, they’re available individually for 160 MS Points, 200 Wii Points, or $1.99 respectively. See your local console for the digital store of your choice, but if you’re an Xbox 360 owner, it’s here.
Rock, as always, on.
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