Long before I appeared in The Battle for Endor, a good friend of mine (Tom McFarlane) and I made a couple of movies.  We were in the 7th grade and keep in mind this was before video cameras, so these were shot on super-8 and edited the old fashion way: with a razor blade and Scotch Tape.  Final Cut Pro would have made our heads explode.

Years later we had them transferred to VHS where they were promptly lost to the halls of time until just recently when Tom's mother found them.  The movie camera we used did not have sound, so we recorded the sound track on cassette tape as a "post production" step.  That was lost, so please enjoy the cheesy Keystone Cops music.

Fun facts:

• We had just seen Star Wars, if that's not obvious.
• I directed and co-wrote both of them and appeared in the second one.  Tom appeared in both.  
• We built the space ship interior in Tom's garage using a truckload of particle board that I got for house sitting.
• Tom was in Fat Man and Little Boy as one of the scientist extras.
• I made the red and blue vest I'm seen wearing in the second movie.
• The Paparazzi would not leave us alone.

And now our feature presentations:

The video game rights for these two movie are still available.

Because I forgot to get you any else, here are two never before seen pieces of DeathSpank concept art done by Clayton.  Sometime soon I'll start showing actual game art done by the crack team of Hothead artists and animators.

I have to honestly say, I have never felt so good about a game and it's design than I do about DeathSpank.   This thing is going to be huge.  Although, after you buy 50 copies (as promised), you may not want to play it because it will wreck all games you play after that.

Up first is the demon witch Ms. Haybenstance.  There is so much to like about Ms. Haybenstance, then you kill her.

Next up is Bong the Potioner.   Him you don't kill 'cause he's got all the good stuff you need.

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Henry Fonda and Jack Klugman starred in 12 Angry Men.

Because each and every one of you promised to buy 50 copies of DeathSpank when it comes out, I'm giving away these completely free desktop wallpapers.  They come in 7 convenient sizes, including 320x200 EGA for all you nostalgia buffs out there.

iPhone
1920x1200
1440x900
1280x800
1024x768
320x200 EGA
Ascii

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I have to admit that I only tangentially knew who Studs Terkel was, but many years ago, the first time I ever heard of him, I remember thinking: "Damn, I wish my parents had named me Studs Terkel".

What a great name.

Please do not lose this election.

Thank you, Ron

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This year I've decided to despence with tradition and instead of talking like a pirate, I'm going to smell like one.

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