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Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho.You know what I've always felt Christmas eve lacks?
Paranoia and a sense of impending doom.
The "party game" I just picked up should do the trick.
Each player gets a Nerf gun, the name of a target and the location in the house where they have to shoot them at some point over the course of the evening.
Nothing says "Christmas" like an assassination contract.
.....yes. I have been playing Hitman too long.

Andrew Marr's History of the WorldProbably the most engaging and interesting history series I've seen in a while, thanks in no small part to the titular Mr Marr's entertainingly sardonic narration.
I love having this kind of thing playing in the background while I do my work.
It's currently airing on the BBC, but it can be found on Youtube - for now. I'd catch it quick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQrKZiRhCOE
I have a sudden urge to play Civilization.

I'm changing my name.That's right. I'm changing my DA name.
I've thought long and hard and have decided to change it toooooo.......
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That's right; i'm one of the few artists here on DA that seems content with my name. That; and I think changing a "brand" simply because you can, after you've spent time and energy building up an audience is f**king stupid.
I've been here for years. I've operated on the internet under "jollyjack" for longer. If I changed that now it would be monumentally confusing to people that follow my work, which, in turn, would have an effect on revenue.
There are a ton of artists here whose work I keenly follow, and I think they're kinda shooting themselves in the foot by doing this.
Kinda reminds be of those little label-making things everyone's been given on at least one Christmas as a kid: you unwrap it, you find out what it does and you spend the rest of the day punching out new tags for everything. Even if they'

You know what your D'n'D game needs? Penguins.A little something a talented cohort of mine has been working on: http://www.pureevilminiatures.com/realm-of-lorcraft.html
Ever since "Lorcraft" cropped up in Sequential Art, I've been working on an RPG system for an actual, pen-and-paper Lorcraft game and have a few really good ideas that should (in theory) work.
It's a ways off yet, though. It's the kind of thing that'll need some serious playtesting, and I have a zillion other projects to conclude first (LITTLEVICTORYLITTLEVICTORYLITTLEVICTORY!)

Evil Dead RemakeIf an original film has a splendid core concept, but a budget too low or a director too inept to do it justice, I don't mind a remake. I'll applaud it.
The most toxic remake thus far has been "Total Recall", which was terrible simply because it used the original as a crutch at more than a few points and, despite having a massive budget and 20 years of technological advancement on the original: felt less exciting and epic.
Closer to the book, sure, but just not as much fun.
And now they've turned their gaze upon "Evil Dead".
Now, I'm not going to try and defend the original Evil Dead, because it's not actually that great a film. This is proven with "Evil Dead 2", in which the entirety of the preceding movie's plot and purpose is successfully reduced to an opening act. Something that wouldn't have been possible were the movie, y'know; good.
"Evil Dead 2" is awesome. It's called a "cult classic" for a reason, and, in my eyes, should have rendered the whole franchise "sacred", meaning you

Dark ShadowsAn enjoyable enough flick that was actually free of quite a few of the usual Burton hallmarks (not a black and white stripe in sight!), but it felt more of a tribute than it should have to the long forgotten series on which it was based.
There are a few real "What the?" moments near the end which are no doubt nods to the source material, of which Burton and Depp are huge fans, but which are completely lost on the rest of us.
(Was lycanthropy mentioned earlier in the film? If it was; I missed it! - That's no spoiler BTW. It has NO relevance to the rest of the film which is what makes its inclusion so baffling.)
It's also the first film in which Eva Green actually looks like the bombshell everyone's been claiming her to be since Casino Royale.

The End of the Twinkie?http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/11/16/hostess-twinkies-ding-dongs-wonder-bread-going-out-of-business/1708409/
World War 3 may just be months away, with much of the middle east currently being blown apart by missiles and the locals setting their neighbours on fire, but the real news is that the Twinkie, the USA's primary contribution to world cuisine, could cease to be.
"You eat those?" I hear people ask. Hell no. Never eaten one in my life. There's something about their unnatural, chemical-yellow colour and that they have a half-life rather than a use-by date that just sets off one too many alarm-bells.
In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you read the print on the pack, you'll find asbestos to be a key ingredient.
Even John McClane can't keep one down, and he took out a building full of terrorists with nothing but his bare feet and a Santa hat.
Which leads to my point: Without the Twinkie, there are SO many lines from SO many classic movies that future generations just a

Grow some balls.I don't mind people voicing that they don't like my work or the content of my silly little cartoons. Most of the time I find it funny! But what really grates is when the individual doesn't have the spine to do so via their day-to-day DA profile.
They set up a new one. One which they use to rattle off whatever flatulance they believe passes as worthwhile commentary in the real world, most likely in the wake of mummy and daddy slapping them on the wrist over something - angsty, juvenile pricks that they are.
And juvenile they must be, as anyone with a mite more experience would realise that any weight you hope your words might have is completely lost when someone visits your "slander" profile and reads the numbers "0 Deviations", "0 Favourites", "0 Watchers", "No Journal entries", etc.
It renders your words as vacuous as your gallery.
So if you're going to type stuff like "I feel like some of the smut you draw takes away from the credibility of your art as a whole." or

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by *jollyjack, Oct 6, 2012, 1:59:25 AM
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Everyone's used to politicians badmouthing each other and highlighting flaws in their opponents to try and belittle them in front of the eyes of the public.
In my little corner of the world, things like fraud and corruption regularly bubble to the surface, usually by way of the media. The police investigate and the offending politician is, more often than not, destroyed. Possibly literally, as they're not usually heard from again, but more likely because the parties distance themselves from the offending moron, who was stupid enough to misbehave while the public gaze was upon them.
The parties use incidents like that to discredit their rivals and question their abilities to govern.
Occasionally an irrelevant element of a politician's personal life will crop up as the focus of a jibe, but it's never seen as anything more than that. Using, say, a harmless hobby to try and smear someone in Parliament would be seen as monumentally petty.

"Petty" is not a word American politicians seem to have an understanding of.
Currently one of the candidates in the state senate race for New England is being attacked by her rivals for engaging in what they see as an evil and perverse pastime. A practice that they believe reflects one's personality and ambition with such clarity that we should see those who engage in it stripped of power altogether.
Good lord, what does she do? Watch snuff films? Practice witchcraft? Play "kitten football"?

No. She plays Warcraft. As an orc.

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I'm really not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of Republicans being given charge over a pair of scissors, let alone the world's best funded military force (again). If you guys wanna switch Prez; it's no business of mine, but can you put a party with a greater grip on reality in charge? Please? You've got plenty of smart, sane people there. Give one of them a shot!

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~Zeikier Dec 6, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

The sheer stupidity of their accusations hit me two months into the future.

*Foxenawolf Oct 30, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

*checks out* you know what? im fucking done with america. IM DONE. i've lived here all my life, dated a brit who REMOVED my national pride and now that im single again i find out there really ISNT anything to be proud of anymore. we overreact over EVERYTHING. oh mah GAWD a poletician has a life outside of poletics heaven forbid. oh my goodness a poletican is actuall HUMAN. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT they must all be saints and choir boys/girls or they are the devil and must be destroyed!

GET A FUCKING GRIP people they're HUMAN LIKE US.

~ShawnLeroy Oct 20, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

I play Warcraft, and I would like to be President some day. Party? Republican. I'm a staunch conservative that enjoys his video games.

~weird-coma Oct 16, 2012 Hobbyist Filmographer

......it'll never happen. I want it to......God in heaven how I want it to, but it never will. Obama's not all that great either to be honest. Democrats and Republicans are pretty much like one bowl of shit looking in the mirror.

Anyway, carry on good sir and keep the funny rolling.

~Misterichart Oct 12, 2012 Hobbyist

oh and give it a few more years and then try to find a candidate who doesn't play games!

~Misterichart Oct 12, 2012 Hobbyist

HA great comment! Yeah, anything political... ( here in the US and in my opinion ) is an embarrassment, as is the media, the bias, and propaganda... please keep in mind they are a very tiny portion of us Americans... Although I find myself getting more cynical everyday, and losing faith in humanity..... I wonder if they will ever wake up and put everyday common sense, semi intelligent people in charge?.. you know the people who work every day, given a job to do, task to complete... problem to solve.. and they just do it! no hidden agendas or greed or bullshit.. sigh!

~JetSetMax Oct 10, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

To be bluntly honest. I'm not gonna be voting this year, even if it will be my first time having the chance of voting for President. Why? I don't like either choice of candidates.

One being because of his track record. Was it really necessary to rack up trillions more in debt? I don't think so.

Call me petty, but the reason I don't want to vote for Romney is because of someone who supports him whose existence I learned of only recently: Brian Fischer. Why? The guy is a Christian mega-zealot who basically demands that the government become a Christian Democracy where even being non-Christian would be considered criminal. That guy supports Romney. Romney allows the guy to support him and that scares the living daylights out of me.

~dinshino Oct 10, 2012

Personally, I'm all for just enacting the clause that's in so many of the States' constitutions. It's states that if the government fails to do what it was set up to, then the government is to be done away with and a new one set up in its place.

~Xyga Oct 10, 2012

so long as shes not playing when she has things to do i dont care playing a video gme shoud not be seen as a stigma UNLESS its takeing over your life (i,e you dont even stop to bath) or its somthing like the game "j,f,k reloaded"

~D-Murasai Oct 9, 2012

here is the problem with this idea jack..

any intelligent, sane, mature person would never be so clinically insane as to want what is probably one of the worst jobs in the world to be honest....president.

so when your qualified intelligent people are like "you want me to be what? hell f*** no"

you end up with the left overs...

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