{"id":5048,"date":"2014-10-27T06:14:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T10:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ageofanimus.com\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2014-10-26T15:29:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T19:29:56","slug":"stupid-germs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ageofanimus.com\/?p=5048","title":{"rendered":"Stupid Germs!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there blog readers! How the heck are ya? I&#8217;m doing well. Not &#8220;Gaming-Night-Was-Awesome&#8221; well, but well. Once again my old enemies, germs, stuck their too-small-to-be-seen noses into my business. Fab and Jen both got struck down by their microscopic might and we had to cancel. I shake my fist impotently at you germs!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Sunday as I&#8217;m writing this because it finally sunk in that when I get home from work on Monday, it&#8217;s usually late and I just don&#8217;t have any mental juju left to come up with anything to write about. So yeah. About time.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been reworking my whole schedule lately because I had another flash of insight and realized that I don&#8217;t have to knock out a Funnies strip all in one sitting. That means I can draw a strip, even both (assuming I have scripts written), during the week and then have just the mash-up and flashback to do over the weekend. This means more spare time during the weekend, which means: Skylander Sundays are on!<\/p>\n<p>The flashbacks are nearing their end. Of the 60+ mash-ups I wanted to revisit, I have eleven left to do. When they&#8217;re done, I&#8217;ll need to decide what to focus on next. Right now, I&#8217;m considering a few options. I could continue with more flashbacks. While the original plan was to only revisit the pre-Wonderland mash-ups, there are some of the post-Wonderland, pre-Wakfu mash-ups that could also be done better. This is the least enticing option at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The second option is to go back up to three strips a week full time. My drawing workload would remain about the same and story lines would move along faster.<\/p>\n<p>The third option is to try to get back to writing more Animus-related content. With the new characters I&#8217;ve introduced in the Funnies. I have a few new entries for Ardebast&#8217;s almanac and it&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve posted a story.<\/p>\n<p>While writing is the option I&#8217;d like to choose, it&#8217;s the most daunting. Writing demands more concentration than drawing and concentration is not my strongest suit. I have trouble just writing new scripts for the Funnies half the time. If I ever want the Age of Animus game to get off the ground though, I need to hunker down and write. At any rate, I have eleven weeks to decide which option I want to go with. What would you like to see?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to Disney&#8217;s Big Hero Six. It&#8217;s the first Disney animated production based on a Marvel property. I still miss traditional 2D Disney animation, but the CG animated look is starting to grow on me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skylanders Trap Team Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I got a second set of traps this week only I bungled and bought a second copy of the same Magic trap I already had. Feels like a waste really especially since there are less Magic villains to trap than any other element. Why they needed to make six different Magic traps then, I don&#8217;t know. My local Wal-Mart either sold out of Wave 2 or hasn&#8217;t received any shipments yet.<\/p>\n<p>Today I was able to unlock all of Legendary Deja Vu&#8217;s power set, bought all the hats and trinkets currently available in Auric&#8217;s shop (other than the 25000 GP hat) and still have over 5000GP on her. Kaos&#8217;s challenges and the Battle Arenas really bring in the bling.\u00a0 I chose the Remember to Live path for her (I&#8217;ll push regular Deja Vu down the Live to Remember path). She&#8217;s at level 11 and will likely sit for a spell as I work on fully unlocking another character&#8217;s power set.<\/p>\n<p><em>Favorite Skylanders so far: Wildfire, Krypt King, Wallop and Deja Vu.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Lease favorite Skylanders so far: Gusto, Chopper<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Favorite Villains so far: Gulper, Broccoli Guy and Chef Pepper Jack<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Least favorite Villains so far: Brawl and Chain I suppose<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for this blog folks. Have a good week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there blog readers! How the heck are ya? I&#8217;m doing well. Not &#8220;Gaming-Night-Was-Awesome&#8221; well, but well. Once again my old enemies, germs, stuck their too-small-to-be-seen noses into my business. Fab and Jen both got struck down by their microscopic might and we had to cancel. I shake my fist impotently at you germs! 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