Back in October, we updated the Realm of the Nine Fires minecraft server to 1.3

And with that update, we finally committed to restarting our Universe from scratch.  But before shutting down the old version of the Realm, we decided to take one last tour of our handy work.

Enjoy this Thanksgiving special as share our 7-part tour of the Realm of the Nine Fires v2.

Free Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

Part 1 – Introducing the Realm
Unde Altus
Everything Begins
Vestige En Antigua

Part 2 – Beyond the Crossroads
Wait for the Dawn
Come Alive
En la Brisa
Sprite and the Wanderer
I Love You Great Spirit

Part 3 – Into The Wilderness and the Wastes
Spectrum of Elements
Vestige En Antigua
Crowd in the Palace
Everything Dies
Orb of Envisage

Part 4 – Livin’ in the City
Orb of Envisage
Vestige En Antigua
Remember How it Started
Vestige En Antigua

Part 5 – Over to the West Side
Joker With Honey Lips
Vestige En Antigua
The Wire
Today then Tomorrow

Part 6 – BWL Central Command
Inkarnation
Today then Tomorrow
Black Box In the Ground
Mars and Stars

Part 7 – Light
The Living Physicist
The World Will Break Apart
Sun Spark

Additional Music by King Cobra at Key City Productions

YouTube Version

|-[ Other Specials ]-|

On the 29th of September, we organized a small group to play GMTower.  Only three of us were in the vent, but the server was packed during one of it’s peak times.

Thanks to Syrus and AAsama for joining me for this special episode as we tour the most ambitious gamemode mod projects ever created for GMod.

And thanks again to the development team.

http://www.gmtower.org

Music:

Free Royalty Free Music by Dan-O songs – http://www.danosongs.com

Permafrost
No Iron Rivers
The Savoy Drift
Rehab Sunglasses
Banana Moonshine
Sprite and the Wanderer

Key City Productions

YouTube Version

|-[ Other Spectacles ]-|

There are several points to be made about this video in the description.  See the info below.

This video is not a “good” video.  It has commentary, gameplay, music, etc.  However, due to our many issues, it lacks certain consistency and quality.  However, rather then scrap or re-shoot this, we decided to simply edit this the best we can and have fun with the many bugs.

If you want to skip the beginning Fails, just jump to 4:45 or so.

Try to relax and enjoy.  It’ll be okay.

Thanks to Syrus for working with me during this mess.  Thanks to the players.  And thanks to the developers of GMTower.

Music:

Free Royalty Free Music by Dan-O songs – http://www.danosongs.com

Banana Moonshine
Permafrost
Magic Ghost
Sprite and The Wanderer

Key City Productions

GMTower

First, we knew about GMTower some time back.  This is a “Second” first look video because we had played before, but this is our first time since the open beta began.

Second, this video is longer then it had to be and has many graphical / editing issues.  This is all actually due to various technical difficulties including: A bad install, an old install that left orphaned files, a lack of information regarding some of these issues, an older PC that is starting to develop issues, an old install of GMod with many other addons, etc.

Long story short, we ran into every kind of bug we could.  Engine errors, game crashes, vent ping in excess of 10000 at one point, you name it.

On top of all else, I have only once been able to view a demo file for Source Recorder with all the correct menus and interactive items.  Further, due to limitations, items such as sprites that aren’t rendered in front of the demo camera are simply not rendered.

I didn’t have space enough to record the entire experience with fraps.  Better still, I was using 4:3 aspect ratio while playing, but I’m trying to release everything in 16:9.  So, the fraps footage is cropped.

All in all, this was a messy, frustrating, yet somewhat humerus experience.  The video will look off.  Just relax and enjoy the show.

YouTube Version

|-[ Other Specials ]-|

Due to financial limitations – needing a new rig, maybe a new car, bills, etc – I limited myself to two RoadTrips this year.  QuakeCon 2012 was the second and final RoadTrip unless something comes up I have not anticipated.

Once again, I am making a video journal of my trip and then editing it down for time.

My QuakeCon trip was shorter then A-Kon due to low budget.  I stayed at a cheap hotel rather then the Anatole, but that caused few drawbacks for this massive event.

If you are interested in the Rise of the Triad trailer I mention, it can be found on machinima’s YouTube channel.

http://youtu.be/xhi-7lj7osI?hd=1

The Master Pancake skit can be found on the QuakeCon stream where it was recorded live.

http://new.livestream.com/quakecon/QC2012/videos/2474162

And video from various other events can be found on that livestream page.

https://new.livestream.com/quakecon/QC2012

Music:

Free Royalty Free Music By DanOSongs.com

- Dublin Forever Instrumental
- Three Drops
- Rocketry
- Beautiful Straight Lines
- Gem Droids
- Cellular Faith
- Crazy From The Message

Key City Productions – King Cobra

Thanks to everyone that made this a fun and interesting RoadTrip.

YouTube Version

|-[ Other RoadTrips ]-|

The Wildcat, Syrus, and Tikchi the Ratman play Left 4 Dead 2.  We’re joined by 42_Paces for his tryout for the LPU Main Cast.

It is basically a practice with a demo for interested members on how the tryouts work.

Music From:

King Cobra — http://keycityproductions.bwldevelopment.com

As of today, the 13th of July, 2012 we are ready to start filling the substitute team and the back up slots. To join Let’s Play United, you need to visit the forum link below. There are several requirements and a lot of legal disclaimers in that thread. Read and then post an application and we’ll schedule your try-out for the LPU team.

http://www.bwldevelopment.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1160

And we’d like to welcome 42_Paces to the team.

Blip.tv Version

|-[ More Behind The Scenes Videos ]-|

I considered last year the year of the report.  The BWL RoadTrips were about making a better quality report then I had previously.  For this year, I really didn’t want to repeat that format.  It would get boring and repetitive.

Therefore, I consider  this year the year of the experience video.  In effect, I am making a video journal of my trip and then editing it down for time.

My trip to A-Kon lasted a full week and this is the story.

If you are interested in the Screw Attack SideScrollers Podcast I mention, it can be found on their site.

http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/sidescrollers/sidescrollers-live-kon

Music:

Free Royalty Free Music By DanOSongs.com

- Book of the Monkey
- Blue Devil Plain
- Everything Begins Instrumental
- Climb to Elara
- Today Then Tomorrow
- Wait For The Dawn
- I’m Gonna Go Instrumental

Key City Productions – King Cobra

Thanks to everyone that made this a fun and interesting RoadTrip.

YouTube Version

|-[ Other RoadTrips ]-|

The Wildcat, Syrus, and Tikchi the Ratman play Left 4 Dead 2.

This is Tikchi’s try out for the LPU team… thus it is basically a practice with a demo for interested members on how the tryouts work.

We had a good time… more or less.  This was easily the sloppiest tryout that we have tried.  Basically, glitches and other matters plagued us all weekend.

Music From:

King Cobra — http://keycityproductions.bwldevelopment.com

Yakety Sax by James Q. Rich and Boots Randolph
[as seen on the Benny Hill Show]

As of today, the 5th of June, 2012 we still have one slot on the main LPU team.  We are also ready to start filling the substitute team and the back up slots. To join Let’s Play United, you need to visit the forum link below. There are several requirements and a lot of legal disclaimers in that thread. Read and then post an application and we’ll schedule your try-out for the LPU team.

http://www.bwldevelopment.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1160

Blip.tv Version

|-[ More Behind The Scenes Videos ]-|

The Wildcat, Syrus, and Tikchi the Ratman play Left 4 Dead 2.

This is Syurs’s try out for the LPU team… thus it is basically a practice with a demo for interested members on how the tryouts work.

We had a good time. Considerably more fun then the last one with the unbalanced campaign at the conclusion.

Music From:

King Cobra — http://keycityproductions.bwldevelopment.com

As of today, the 2nd of May, 2012 we still have one to two open slots on the main LPU team depending on Wayne and Tikchi’s ability to participate. For instance, Wayne wasn’t able to be present for this tryout… again. We are also ready to start filling the substitute team and the back up slots. To join Let’s Play United, you need to visit the forum link below. There are several requirements and a lot of legal disclaimers in that thread. Read and then post an application and we’ll schedule your try-out for the LPU team.

http://www.bwldevelopment.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1160

Blip.tv Version

|-[ More Behind The Scenes Videos ]-|

Enter the Turbo Club of Video Games Awesome. Or at least… two other members.

http://beta.videogamesawesome.com
http://beta.videogamesawesome.com/turbo-club
http://www.youtube.com/user/farfromsubtle
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTurboClub

blip.tv Version

|-[ Other Specials ]-|

The Wildcat, Syrus, and Tikchi the Ratman play Left 4 Dead 2.

This is my own try out for the LPU team… thus it is basically a practice with a demo for interested members on how the tryouts work.

We had a good time, but grew frustrated and tired toward the end.  Still, we got some practice and had a chance to see how we would react to different situations as a team.

Music From:

King Cobra – http://keycityproductions.bwldevelopment.com

As of today, the 2nd of March, 2012 we still have one to two open slots on the main LPU team depending on Wayne and Tikchi’s ability to participate.  For instance, Wayne wasn’t able to be present for this tryout.  We are also ready to start filling the substitute team and the back up slots. To join Let’s Play United, you need to visit the forum link below. There are several requirements and a lot of legal disclaimers in that thread. Read and then post an application and we’ll schedule your try-out for the LPU team.

http://www.bwldevelopment.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=1160

Blip.tv Version

|-[ More Behind The Scenes Videos ]-|