"B-movies are where it's at."
-- actor/writer Bruce Campbell at Comic-Con

We're back from Comic-Con. Wooo, that was fun. Met Forrest Ackerman. Saw Ray Harryhausen. Saw way too many people dressed as Stormtroopers. Discovered some artists who also dig robots and monsters, like Joshua Ellingson (check out his wicked Godzilla pic) and Mike Sosnowzki. We gave out a whole lotta postcards and buttons, so a great big hello to anyone stopping by who took the time to type in our little URL. Some of you were wondering whether we're going to sell any of the t-shirts. I'm thinking about it, but since they are handmade, they take a good bit of time to make (and, er, we really need to get the screen press out of the living room). But do email and let me know which design you like best, and if there's some consensus, we'll see if we can make some of that style available.

So we're back to work. Gas mains under city streets have been implemented, as well as land and underwater mines. There's little Tech F/X about how monsters throw stuff. And why they throw stuff. And what they can throw. And how cool it is when they throw a bus and it bounces and smushes a whole crowd of tiny people. Yes, we're sick.

BUG OF THE MONTH: THE DANCING WATERS
When a fire hydrant is knocked over, it will remain bouncing up and down on the water flow, instead of just landing on the ground somewhere nearby. It's kinda Looney-Tunes:

"I suppose you could say that everyone has an El Guapo. For some, shyness may be an El Guapo. For others, lack of education may be an El Guapo. But for us, El Guapo is a large ugly man who wants to kill us." -- Three Amigos
Yes, it's been awhile...punctuality is our El Guapo. But we're still working! Current status: VIGODA.

PIMP MY RIDES
I apologize to the good people of Brooklyn, but due to our map size we had to move Coney Island up to the Brooklyn Heights area. I know, it's a travesty. But giant monsters need amusement parks to destroy, and I'm not gonna tell a giant robot he can't get on the roller coaster (and when he gets on the roller coaster, he really gets on the roller coaster). Behold some of the hypnotic tiny rides (click to see the animation - I didn't want to make everyone GIFsick):

That big skull on top of the Spook-O-Rama comes off, and you can kick it around and stuff. People go flying off the rides when the monster smashes into them. Whee!

We've made some decisions regarding time periods/eras in the game. It's going to ship with WWII-era Los Angeles, 1920s Chicago, and Jet Age(50's - 60s) Custer's Tibia. The other cities (San Francisco, D.C., Seattle) will remain Modern Era. This way you'll get the gameplay variety of destroying historic cities with period weaponry and vehicles -- without us taking eight thousand more years to make every city in every era. We have an exciting new unit to tell you about, too, but we aren't going to show you our unit just yet. You at least could buy us dinner first. Sheesh.

BUG OF THE MONTH: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
What happens: tiny people get thrown much too far from an explosion. They hit the edge of the game world and get stuck midair, flypaper-style, tumbling head over heels. They can't fall to the ground, so they just spin in place. It kinda looks like they're breakdancing. Check out the sweet, sweet moves on that guy in the middle (note: those army men at top left are getting de-rezzed by the UFO).

You've been served!