Sure this is also for an art raffle thing, BUT her art is amazing, too!

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60351548/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60351548/
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/60351548/

Okay, so recently I've been writing a series of stories I've decided to put under the title "Project Generic Ballet-Themed Furry Anime" for... well, obvious reasons. And I plan on using all these stories as background pieces for an isekai-style Light Novel I plan on writing, in the hopes I can actually indirectly get these stories published in a more digestible format for non-furries and such. more or less just posting this journal as a personal reminder to myself about my eventual goal more than an actual announcement, but if you read journals, please let me know what you think of my stories in the comments, please.

I also write stuff in Wattpad under the name McRanter, so feel free to look me up and check out my stuff there!

Been forever but hey, I"m still around... I just don't have much else to post lately, sorry... Also wanted to advertise for a new comic, Klusters. Pretty cool idea, I think.

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4119613/

If anyone wants to contact me for chatting it up, I've updated my contact info too, so there ya go!

...and as a reminder, what arouses me doesn't entirely define me, so feel free to talk about other stuff, too. ;P

Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Halloween, etc. for all that Ive missed.

Lots has happened: second job pushing carts at Wal-Mart and I want to switch with something else quickly, and overall rather humdrum. Fortunately, I'll try to get some more pictures up soon, with some new items I got for Christmas. ^^ Gee, I wonder what kinds of things they could be? Certainly not tutus and zentais, that would be SILLY and OBVIOUSLY TRUE =3

By scrounging up some spare change for the past few months, I finally found a suitable book to use for my project:

http://oi54.tinypic.com/s3hrfd.jpg

This is the coolest idea for an art book ever, and I remembered I had this idea from  irrisorie 's recent art (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5692789/).

The process is simple:

1.) Buy a leather-bound blank book
2.) include with it a series of notes about the Echelon (aka eldrich parasite beings I made up)
3.) paypal a commission payment for up to 10 pages of sketches to a favorite artist
4.) Snail-mail the book to them with a small list of guide-lines:
4a.) Number your pages appropriately.
4b.) Keep to a basic theme (journal entries, faux newspaper clippings pasted in and scribbled notes and highlighting, "medical entries" on unknown creatures, etc.)
4c.) You are encouraged to hand-write things if necessary, but calligraphy is equally acceptable if your choice of art includes writing.
5.) Get the book mailed back to repeat steps 3 and 4 until the book is filled.

Voila, instant fictitious Eldrich/art book! It'd probably be expensive as hell, but it would be really awesome, right?

EDIT: Ooh, ooh, and I could arrange for the last person to hand it over to me in a dramatic fashion at a convention and get it recorded on video. GAWD I'm a nerd X3

EDIT 2: This is pretty much a list of people I'd like to maybe commission for it; just a personal reminder to see if they'd be interested.

 irrisorie - Because of obvious
 mitti - Because this looked awesome: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5977755/
 spunky - Because I likes her style and I'm curious what she'd think up for her segment.

Just got back from the interview, paperwork is tomorrow. YES, a new job in a week of unemployment, a personal best.

 sashabunny is doing a contest for art involving herms, so I thought it deserved some note. Futas are always fun =D

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2309193/

Well, less than a week's passed and I have an interview at Wendy's. Sweetness. if my interviews at McDonald's are any indication I might get the job right then and there. Neat.

Also hideous nightmares of the black hill with the red eye, monsters that feast on mankind's insecurities to gather enough power to resurrect a dark god of hatred, blah blah blah.

...MAN I really need to lay off on the Lovecraft, I mean DAMN x.x;

So yeah, lost my job yesterday, but I put in a few apps in today to try to get one by the end of the month.

...is it bad that the only real reason I freaked out over losing my job is because I won't be able to rant about the stupid people I have to deal with on my blog, and THEN because I'm out financially? Gawd I'm irresponsible ;-;

Everyone either pretends to leave the fandom, act like a jerk and say sorry the next day, or just update their journal about how much April Fool's Day sucks. My point? If you want to do an April Fools' joke, make sure it's so ridiculous that people KNOW it's a joke.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a sex change operation appointment today.

First, ZHP coming out next week, kick ass.

Next, the discovery of Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney. Double kickassness.

Then... Fist of the North Star, Ken's Rage, complete with super-violence the manga was known for, voiced in English... but the techniques are instead subtitled and spoken in the original Japanese. And I just discovered I can change the vVA work to Japanese with subtitles too.

...I'm going to gamer-gasm for the next 48 hours now.

...I don't even like fighting games that much, what the hell is wrong with me <3

UPDATE: OSHIT MEW MYSTERY GIFT <3 Mew's my favorite, stfu

terribly sorry about lack of stuff, kind-sorta got a 360 and I've been loving Naughty Bear, Singularity, and Castlevania HD. So yeah, SN is DarrinForest, friend me and lemme know you're from FA, don't stalk me in a creepy manner, and we're set.

once again:
ID; DarrinForest

ogod I'm so excited for this thing. Looks freakin awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJQV3gNxsTs

Ello, just wanted to give a surprise announcement; I've got a few blogs up over at thatguywiththeglasses.com and wanted to see all ya'lls input... granted one of them is a parody of being anti-furry and how easy it is to troll them, so I expect quite a few hate Notes if anyone reads them, since I can't delete it for some godawful reason. X.X;

How do you find them? Just Search "Anger Issues" or "Anger Therapy" under the blog list at thatguywiththeglasses.com

Feel free to comment there, but odds are I'm more likely to read comments about the blogs here, since it doesn't tell me when folks comment on my blogs on TGWTG.com for some reason...

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Name's Darin, feel free to PM me if you wanna do stuff.

Uploaded copies of a couple games I made in WarioWare DIY. friend code is:

3009 0749 0812

Enjoy the obvious tweaks on the same stuff =D Also comment if you played them and tell me what you thought of Fix-A-Box

Well, this is kinda cool. It's WarioWare has a bastard child with Klik-n-Play or Game Maker. Except you can actually understand how to use it usually.

I made a pretty neat game in it: A bunch of gears appear in a robotic box, and you have to tap replacement gears for the ones that randomly disappear. I also added an extra where if the randomization causes an instant win, you get a neat extra bonus animation. If you want to try it out, when I get the time to release it in WarioWare DIY Showcase, it'll be under Keetsune Software, with Darin as the programmer. There's also a comic maker for 4-panel B&W comics and a music maker. If anyone ever uses this to make Through The Fire and The Flames, I swear <3 They did it for Mario Paint, and with a touch screen it should be just that much easier.

Needless to say, WarioWare DIY kicks ass... if you actually want to MAKE games and not just play them. If they ever make a version where you can do more than just tap the screen, holy crap... x.x;

In case you haven't guessed, I finished playing through the story for Madworld, a rather unique beat-em-up for Wii. One could say the lack of any color except for the colors used for the blood is cheap as hell, but I thought it was a very unique style choice.

So here's how the game goes: You're Jack, a guy with a chainsaw-jackknife installed into a bionic right arm, and you're in Varrigan City. Except the city has been cut off from society as a whole, all for the sake of a literal bloodsport called DeathWatch. No story spoilers on the final boss if you haven't played it, but you'll either see it coming from a mile away, or at least be a little surprised. Vague, but whatever.

Gameplay wise, it's okay, but what makes it shine is the number of ways you can kill enemies in the environments. Not exactly a charming aspect for a game, but it IS supposed to be a gladiator-esque game, so you kind have to fight so you don't die. And get points.

Leading to the next thing, the point system is insanely wierd. You kill a guy with your bare hands, you get 1000, but if you strap a tire around him, jam four or five roadsigns through his neck, and ram him repeatedly on a wall spike, you can get well over 100000 points for it.

In case you haven't guessed, a game where you kill people in a graphic-novel-style environment in hundreds of possible ways is rated M for mature. No duh. But at least there's smoking references, drug use, alcohol reference, swearing, girls in provocative outfits... in short, a game that appeals to either a high school nerd that wants something to play to vent out wanting to get revenge on the school bully, or someone that wants to kill things in detail without getting arrested for it.

Bottom line, I'd say this game is designed for immature idiots that have no respect for human life, decency, or being a stable, productive member of society. That said, I think this game FREAKING RULES.

This is pretty much a rant so I can get it out of my brain so it'll stop making me get all mopey about it.

Last year, I got a large chunk of commission money to someone, not naming who, and to this day I still haven't gotten the picture for it... Not replying to my emails, not replying to my PMs...

Maybe I offended them with the stupid, pulled-out-of-my-ass joke I sent to them over PM about how (ironically) people requesting commissions should shut up and be patient or risk slow painful death. Maybe it was the bizarre nature of the picture. Hell, for all I know, all my bugging the artist is just pushing it lower and lower on the list and I have no idea that's what's happening. Either or, it's kind of hard to apologize for something when you don't know what you did. x.x;

That said, the one I'm talking about is very awesome, and I'm sure I'm the only case that said artist is taking so damn long, or worst case scenario, screwed me out of my moneh. To be honest, if they'd just be honest and said, "No, I'm not doing your picture, and I'm keeping your money." I'd be fine with that at this point, it's bugging me so damn bad.

SO yeah, sorry for the drama, but I'd rather not let anyone notice in case it gets cleared up somehow. That said... any recommendations on what to do when my wait time reaches the 1-year mark?

Odds are we'll have a party for me, dad, and bro-in-law, who all share a january b-day... and it was so fun last time... -.-;

Anyways, if'n you wanna get me a commission for my b-day, or what have you, I don't mind. Just wishing a happy b-day would be just as appreciated, though ^^

In celebration of the holidays, I will be posting a recent commission I've received from  Pinkuh You've already seen the sketch, and soon, the full color picture will be available, possibly in time for christmas. A lovely gift indeed.

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A certain someone's art ( :iconSpunky*: ) has inspired me to buy Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village.

And dear GOD, I love it <3 This is the kind of charming game I've been looking for in a long time, next to Boy and his Blob. I am so happy that game designers are starting to refrain from complicated controls and return to the reason games were made: to be fun, and challenging.

...and it's funny as hell. Granted, I haven't checked through anything that may directly offend me, such as religion-related entries, but still, funny as hell.

So I come across this game a few months ago called Nanovor. I figure, UGH, another Pogeyman ripoff, so I ignore it. Recently, I find there's a dealie called a Nanoscope that can connect to the computer and download your Nanomons into it, upload jolts from playing minigames to buff your nanosaurs, and play mini-campaigns with seperate "Solo Battle Cartridges." So I figure, "FINE, I'll get it; not like Chaotic will release a real Scanner anytime soon, the pricks and their damn lazy-ass "Scanner" deck cases."

When I went into my first online battle... my monster made my opponent's monster's head explode. Into jiggling blobs of orange flesh.

Now I'm thinking, "...this is a game for kids ages 7 and up?"

I keep on playing, and there are more animations for character deaths, including:

-Psychic head explosions (already said this one)
-fatal head concussion with innards flopping out
-melting into an innards-colored puddle
-immolation
-being frozen solid and being shattered
-impalement
-decapitation
-burned alive via acid vapor

Now, I'm not complaining about it being graphic, far from it: it's actually kind of awesome. I'm just worried some concerned mother will freak out about it. "OMG MAH CHILD IS MURDERING FICTIONAL MONSTERS IN A GRAPHICAL WAY SUE SMITH AND TINKER I HATE GTA4 BLAH BLAH BLAHHH!" Sure, these monsters are nanoscopic, so the fact that they have such gooey innards at all is hilariously far-fetched, but story-wise, I can write that off as it being because they're silicon based. You can pretty much write off everything based on how they wrote these things up in the story. They look like mish-mashes of other animals because they pre-date them in the days of a nitrogen-based atmosphere; they can glow from a radioactive evolution because silicon-based lifeforms wouldn't be damaged as much in radiation; you can transfer them to your nanoscope because it's a physical connection to your computer, and since they live in your microchips, they can be transferred through wires on an electrical current.

I better explain the story for a sec: A High School freshman makes an electron microscope to look for dustmites, and discovered the nanovor. Doing the actually smart thing, he shows it to an adult: a science teacher and ex-hacker, Dr. Sapphire. This leads to them finding out how to control the monsters in battle, how to evolve them with Energy Modulators (EMs = nanovor evolution stones), and the creation of the Nanoscopes.

Only one thing I dislike about the story premise: Doc Sapphire uses "scanning algorithms" to transfer "digital copies" of the kids into the Nanosphere, the place in the microchips and such that the Lab Rats (the group that helps research the Nanovor) explore and battle within. I know little about science, and even I know that is sci-fi bullcrap. If Dr Saph built nanoscopic silicon-based androids that look like the kids and the scanning algorithms allowed the kids to control the 'bots mentally through a HUD interface, I could buy it, but not JUST scanning algorithms. Let's cut through the story and get to the killin~

The gameplay is simple: you get 2 energy (EN) a turn, you can either attack, or skip a turn and save up EN for stronger attacks. Then, you can choose to swap Nanovor at the end of the turn. Of course, if all of your nanovor (your 'swarm' o.O;) die, game over. There's other things to deal with, but if you really want to learn about it, google it.

Apparently, because they're silicon-based lifeforms, they can self-resurrect. That does explain away why they seem fine after the battle, but seriously: a monster burned into a pile of silicon-based ash can somehow resurrect itself after a period of time?

Then there's the evolving. Think if Pokemon evolution required you to play a game of Mastermind, and that's about it. But how do you get what is needed to evolve them, let alone more nanovor? Welcome to the world of micro-transactions.

Overall, it's awesome for the target demographic. With the nanoscope, you can force kids to meet offline for battles, too; the nanoscopes have to physically connect. Up to four even. And they fight over all four screens like a giant battle field. Now if only I had three friends that lives nearby with 60 bucks to burn for each of them...

(PS: Nanovor SN = Keetsune)