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Yes, it certainly was an interesting last few months: In school, I directed a stage production and was taking a course on fairy tales! Isn’t that something? And next semester I have a class about videogames! Speaking of, I forgot to mention that in the month of October I was hired to beta-test a new computer game called Cosmic Osmo’s Hex Isle, which is exclusively available for purchase through Fanista. It’s for the Mac and PC, so if you’re reading this I’m assuming you have the equipment to run the game. “Hexisle” is an x-tremely fun action-puzzler, and I recommend it to you all.

In light of my beta-testery, I have been invited out to the snowy plains of Spokane, Washington to visit Cyan Worlds, the developers behind Cosmic Osmo’s Hexisle. Now this is something of a pilgrimage for me, since these people were responsible for my favorite games of all time, such as Myst. You may recall that over the summer I was involved with a certain fan-convention called Mysterium. This is no coincidence, friends.

A trip report upon my safe return (and no need to pack warmly — I am a penguin after all).

Back from the black void! Red Penguin is here to entertain and inspire! Hey guys, how’s doin? I’ve had a tough (but well graded) third semester at FVSD, and am entering my fourth. Purple has “gouged me from my shell,” and forced me into a delicious boiling pot of “doing-Frosty Village-lobsters”. I have delivered. What else is new? I’m a bit older… It’s 2008. But not much else. Ooh! I got to work on an MMO (sort of) that I had designed in the 10th grade, and it’s nearly in live beta, if I feel like it’s coded safely enough, I’ll open beta here (complete with forms to fill out to play it).

This current plot arc in Frosty Village is to be completed in the next 5 or so comics. The newest one (todays update) is called “Lock Box”. Simple backgrounds and shading, getting back into the swing of drawing FV.

WORD! OV’R AN OWT!

Welcome to 2008! At the writing of this post, the Penguin Brothers are on holiday vacation — meaning they actually have a little time to provide content for their website! Check back in the weeks to come for thought-provoking controversial revolutionary regular ‘ol content, proudly brought to you by the brothers Penguin.

Hey guys, what’s happening? How about that month of September? That was really something, huh? Yeah, Red Penguin and I have been booted from our cushy summer jobs into the “real world.” We had an excellent summer of Sun & Fun: Comic-Con, Mysterium, and seeing some of our more reclusive FV crew members in a relaxed social context. All & all excellent, but as I said it has come to an end. After we snuck off the Polar Cruise ship which brought us to Antarctica, we had a several weeks journey to McMurdo Station. Once there we parted ways to our respective educational institutions. I arrived to my posh private college and settled in right quick, but I didn’t hear back from Red for a while. When it comes to him, it’s not uncommon to get the silent treatment. That said, he’s been a unusually hard to get in touch with as of late. He goes to the Igloo City School of Design but this year he’s living in an outer borough, so the internet’s been rather shoddy for him. He’s got some other stories to tell but I’ll leave it up to him to tell them.

So anyway, after all this nonsense, I bring to you a new antiART update. It’s called “I got blood on my hands,” which sounds ominous but I assure you is the lyric in a song by TPB (WARNING: Gothic Country is not for the weak of heart or stomach). I hope you enjoy this piece: half of it came from Los Angeles and the other half came from New York. I’ll leave it up to you to parse which is which, not that it really makes a difference to me.

So anyway, on the topic of updates. Like I’ve said, Red’s internet’s bad. My problem? I’m insanely busy directing The Rocky Horror Picture show at my school. Yes, I am not joking. I’m also taking a class on Fairy Tales and a class on Literary Theory (Freud, Saussure, Lacan — those guys), and then some. I was lucky to wring this update out, but I can’t promise any degree of consistency at this stage. By the end of the year, Red and I plan to take Penguinbros.com in a slightly different direction, to “unthaw” (if you will) certain aspects of the website. Continue sticking around in the meantime, we appreciate your return visits!

New Frosty Village! This one is called “But I Can Show You”. Looks like Purp’ is in on this box theftery. Summer’s almost over… I gotta make the best of it! (BTW, that’s my new iMac on the desk, not Purple’s).

File this under “better late than never.” In fact, with Comic-Con looming on the horizon there was every reason to pound out this Mysterium 2007 trip report right now. I do this under sleepy conditions, and in addition to this I really have no memory of who I was with at a given time — sorry! Now no two Mysterium experiences were the same, but I’m sure that all of them were memorable and enjoyable. Here is mine: Read the rest of this entry »

It’s really late right now, but Purp wanted me to tell you’ze about this. Its a new game; called Adventure.… I’ll write more about it later, read the manual.

I can’t get the sidebar thing to work… I’ll do it soon…

PEACE!

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I have suddenly found myself in the position of itinerary planner and driver for Mysterium 2007, which takes place this weekend in Santa Monica, CA. If you are in the area, and you love Myst or URU, stop over at the Comfort Inn on Santa Monica Blvd. each morning at ten this weekend for a fun-filled day of activities! More information about the event can be found in this thread.

Hey guys! Last week I wasn’t able to post because I went out camping at a hack site (in Buellton, CA) to help take care of some peregrine falcons. You might not know, but those guys were endangered! I got to help out by watching them from afar (can’t have them getting used to being helped or around penguins) and scaring off predators in a cool truck (OFF ROAD!!! XD). I got sunburnt, but that’s fine. When I got back I figured I had some good karma, and talked up my three day camping trip to be something more important than it probably was. Well, I got karma’ed alright. I (as of 2 days ago) came down with a bacterial throat infection… Of corse Lime gets back the day I get sick. Looks like karma wasn’t on my side after all.

What have I DONE?!!! Generally a cliché question, generally said by mad scientists. Well, if you haven’t been checking on your own, I’ve been updating my portfolio every once in awhile. There is a new section, Sexy Girls, what has two new updates. I recently discovered the tool liquify (I’m dumb for not noticing it), and decided plaid skirts where where it’s at. Also, because of popular demand (and the fact that there are people who are finding it that I have never heard of), I have brought back EGG GAME. Go adopt some eggs. Also, another game I’ve made (sorry, not a flash game… sort of) is called Prime. It’s a card game! I haven’t posted official directions, but you can read how to play here. That’s it for now. I’ll try and finish one of the thousand unfinished games I’ve started.

I don’t know if you knew, but Purp and I both sport three jobs each… It’s all site design stuff, therefore time consuming. I’m surprised myself, I’m currently working on an OB/GYN, MD, F.A.C.O.G. It’s really corporate, but fun to make (I usually end up doing designs that are more cartoony). That aside, here is the new Frosty Village; it’s called “He’s Out Cold!”. Were they just going to try and steal the box? How lame is that?! Wait a minute… What’s that box Blue is holding? HEHEHEHEH! Okay, see you sometime soonish or next week. XD