The jury acquitted Peterman after just 2-1/2 hours of deliberation.
Despite his acquittal, he had already been severely punished by the
process. Peterman said the ordeal left him bankrupt and the lengthy
prosecution led to his divorce. His foes rejoiced in Peterman’s misfortune.
According to the Provo Herald, “Gayle Ruzicka, president of the
local chapter of the national Eagle Forum, also claimed victory. ‘We
won what we wanted,’ she said. ‘There are no longer Movie Buffs
stores in the county.’”
(Yeah, contrary to the script, charges weren't dropped, he was acquitted. That's my bad.)
Ian
@machall productions .com
In Nomine Patre...
June 22, 2009, 00:41 EST
Hey'o.
Since the comic isn't quite ready yet, I thought I'd share one of my more successful drawing exercises. See, while I may create art for a living at a game company, I don't get a lot of practice drawing at work. So, I try and have a nightly doodle. Very few I actually share with people, though, as they are just practice.
So anyway, this doodle is of my Xbox-live avatar.
I treat my 360 avatar not as a representation of myself but instead as a mascot for my dashboard, my gaming liaison if you will.
Lastly, given it's still Sunday where I'm posting this, happy Father's Day, Ace.
Matt
@machall productions .com
Dad pulled a bimalleolar fracture
June 17, 2009, 17:55 EST
It looks kind of like this, but the easiest way to describe it is "You know how when you put your heels up on something, your feet point up and don't flop over uselessly to the side? He broke the bones that keep that from happening."
Ian
@machall productions .com
Creativity comes from not being happy with what you have.
June 16, 2009, 03:56 EST
Yeah, I'm not yet content with how the site looks yet. These rant boxes aren't quite up to par. (Black on white isn't exactly eye friendly in digital form.) I think we'll be switching format completely with the site at some point. So don't expect the dust to settle just yet.
Unrelated, this sound track has been keeping me company at work these days. Afro Samurai, while kind words are rarely said of your game, the music was beyond a success.
Matt
@machall productions .com
Oh, look at that.
June 15, 2009, 16:54 EST
The site layout has received tinkerings long overdue. Some more to come, probably.
New shirts too.
Ian
@machall productions .com
Strange Parcels
June 12, 2009, 00:23 EST
When I got off work and returned to my home, this evening, there was a package waiting for me. The address said Irvine, CA...
Just wanted to send a thanks to the Blizzard members responsible for getting the comic prize out here. Your games help me unwind in my off hours. I hope our comic can provide a bit of that in return for you.
PS: The signatures are a nice touch.
Ian
@machall productions .com
Pod Cast
June 11, 2009, 13:07 EST
Almost forgot. I'm a guest host for both podcasts this week over at S-Words.
The first is up and it's about E3 2009. You can give a listen here. I felt pretty confident about this one as it was actually a topic a know something about as compared to the anime one I did a few weeks back.
I'll make sure to post when the second one goes up.
Ian
@machall productions .com
When the Ian and Matt are Away.
June 9, 2009, 04:19 EST
Dom and Jes stepped up to do a comic while Matt and I are occupied with our own situations. Perhaps when these two powers unite, they form the perfect storm?
But yeah... Dom palms my cats' crotches... I think he's just trying to prove dominance in the house.
Matt
@machall productions .com
Guys, guys.
June 3, 2009, 22:15 EST
So, Topatoco has a photostream of people wearing their shirts. I was paging through it and I'm feeling a little underrepresented. I don't expect to compete with shirt design juggernauts like Ryan North and Chris Hastings, but we gotta get at least one in there.
Won't you send a picture to pics@topatoco.com with your sexy, sexy self in one of our shirts?
Matt
@machall productions .com
June 3, 2009, 02:33 EST
I was hoping to find out what exactly it was that Christopher Handley pled guilty to having, so I could be all "Oh man, you think that's bad? Take a look at this little thing I found on 4chan." Living on the Internet, my view of contemporary community standards is probably way off.
More practically, it would have been nice to see exactly what I was defending. Deep down, I knew that was a cop out, whether it was the yaoi stuff that was getting honored at Anime Central or something that genuinely shocks me, as improbable as that concept is. I don't feel that I or anyone around me is any better off now that a guy is in jail for the next five years on account of possible skeeviness.
Neil Gaiman has already given his two cents figuratively and raised many more cents literally. I'm less than a legal scholar, so I'm not sure what anyone can do now that the plea is already in.
Ian
@machall productions .com
Some call me... Cherabim?
June 1, 2009, 14:28 EST
Seems Matt's and I's tag team of writing and art appeared as an honorable mention this week over at Warcraft. Cool beans.
For those visiting from the little address I put on the comic, welcome. Here's some of the other related Warcraft posts we've done:
Though our mention isn't as cool as Xero's winning last month. Show off...
You know, we never got our prize from winning last December. I feel slightly hurt, Blizzard. You never call any more...
Ian
@machall productions .com
Comic up...
May 29, 2009, 02:25 EST
...I'm happy to say it looks like you don't get another doodle today. The comic wasn't complicated or anything, I've just been a little exhausted lately.
But anyway, yeah, this poor guy that was at our table suddenly started spouting blood from his nose at A-Cen. I, as shown above in the comic, have my theories as to why that was. Also, last weekend we were down in San Jose for Fanime. Got another convention coming up at the end of July. Connecticon!
Ian
@machall productions .com
The comic is almost done...
May 28, 2009, 04:11 EST
...But since it's not up quite yet, as promised, here's another sketch:
Oh Little Big Planet, your characters are adorable. You got me hooked on them, now please, release more levels.
Ian
@machall productions .com
Just a heads up...
May 27, 2009, 00:45 EST
...Comic is slow going at the moment.
So until I get it up, I'm gonna post some sketches. The first is this one:
It's the main character, Xoda Rap, from the quite fun, indy game Noitu Love 2. If I don't have the comic done tomorrow, I'll post another doodle. Till then, see you around!
