A Lot Of Things - Issue 0 by Carlos Rodela

ALOTOFTHINGS

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TABLEOFCONTENTS Page5- LETTERFROMTHEEDITOR Page6- PIXELS,POLYGONS,and PRESENTS Page14- SPOTLIGHTCOSPLAY Page18- SPOTLIGHTPOTTERY Page20- I MISSBUYINGVIDEO GAMESATTHESTORE Page22- GIFTGUIDE

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EDITORSNOTE: SOWHYAMAGAZINENOW?IN2018. THINKOFITMOREASADIGITAL COLLECTION.AROUNDUPOFARTISTS, VIDEOGAMES,TV,IMAGES,MOVIES, MUSIC,TOYS,COMICS,ANDBOOKS. IT'SALSOAGOODPLACETOPROFILETHE PEOPLEWHOCREATESTUFF. THEINTERNETISSOBUSY.. SOMUCHSTUFF.THE MAGAZINESORTSSOMEOFITOUTFORYA.

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PIXELS, POLYGONS, AND PRESENTS For muchof mygeneration,thewords?Christmas?and?videogames?arenostalgically intertwined. Whilenot onthelevel of ?family?or ?truemeaning?,videogamescertainly feel morerelevant toChristmasthan?FiggyPudding?or ?ParsonBrown?. (Toanyonebornafter 1977,I DAREyoutotryandtell metherecipefor FiggyPuddingor explainwhoParsonBrowniswithout lookingit up!) Toachild,theChristmasseasonisa long, cozyvacationwhichculminatesinthebiggest gift givingdayof theyear. I could hardlyimagineatimebetter suitedfor videogames.

ANEXPLORATIONOFCHRISTMASTHEMES INJAPANESEVIDEOGAMESWRITTENBY:KEITHSTEINBOCK Over t h e year s, m y u n der st an din g of m y h obbies expan ded t h r ou gh r esear ch , edu cat ion , t r avel, an d com m u n icat ion . I w as able t o par se ou t a lot of t h in gs I h adn?t pr eviou sly k n ow n abou t Japan ese cu lt u r e. Am on g t h em w as t h e discover y t h at Ch r ist m as is a w idely celebr at ed h oliday in Japan . Alt h ou gh , it w as sign if ican t ly dif f er en t t h an I w ou ld h ave expect ed. Japan?s h ist or y of r eligion is qu it e dist in ct f r om Am er ica?s, of cou r se. Th e r eligiou s elem en t s of Ch r ist m as n ever t r u ly cau gh t on t h er e. How ever , Am er ican cu lt u r al in f lu en ce h as m ade Ch r ist m as a big deal t h er e. M u ch of Japan ese Ch r ist m as is easily r ecogn izable t o visit in g West er n er s. Th e ligh t s, Ch r ist m as t r ees, an d ot h er m ot if s ar e ou t in f u ll f or ce du r in g t h is t im e of t h e year . They are also brought down with startlingly abruptness. Som e t h in gs ar e br ou gh t dow n on Ch r ist m as n igh t , an d all sign s of Ch r ist m as ar e gon e by t h e en d of Decem ber 26t h . Th er e is a f air am ou n t of h yper bole an d m yt h abou t Japan ese Ch r ist m as in t h e m in ds of m an y West er n er s t h ou gh . For exam ple, t h er e is a w idespr ead r u m or in volvin g a con f u sed Japan ese bu sin ess h avin g at som e poin t displayed a cr u cif ied San t a Clau s ef f igy. Eesh !

Wh at do Japan ese gam es t h em selves h ave t o say abou t Ch r ist m as? 7

CHRISTMASNIGHTS I FEELTHATIT?SSAFETOSAY THATIFCHRISTMASNIGHTS COULDSPEAK,ITWOULDSPEAK ENTHUSIASTICALLYABOUT CHRISTMAS. M y f ir st exper ien ce w it h t h e m u ch beloved Sega Sat u r n cu lt classic Nigh t s in t o Dr eam s w as at a dem o k iosk at t h e elect r on ics sect ion of a Tar get . Lik e m an y ot h er s, I didn?t r eally ?get ?t h e gam e at t h e t im e. How ever , I f eel oddly dr aw n t o it in m an y w ays. I loved t h e su r r eal, dr eam lik e qu alit ies (It ?s r igh t in t h e n am e!). It s deliber at ely an dr ogyn ou s h ar lequ in -esqu e player ch ar act er , t h e n igh t t im e cit yscape f eat u r ed on t h e cover , an d it s f ocu s on f ligh t m ade it st an d ou t . Ever y elem en t of t h e gam e?s design f elt lik e som et h in g ou t of a dr eam . In a n u t sh ell, Nigh t s is a gam e in w h ich t h e player ch ar act er f lies alon g a 8

sem i-lin ear 2D pat h in a 3D en vir on m en t , collect in g f loat in g or bs w h ile r acin g again st t h e clock . Th is m ay sou n d r at h er sim plist ic w h en com par ed t o gam es is w as ?su pposed?t o com pet e w it h , su ch as Su per M ar io 64. If evalu at ed on it s ow n m er it s t h ou gh , Nigh t s is an except ion ally u n iqu e exper ien ce. Th er e isn?t r eally a w ell k n ow n gam e t h at can easily be com par ed t o it . I w ou ldn?t go on t o ow n a copy of Nigh t s u n t il t h e gam e?s PS3 r em ast er , bu t it w ou ld st an d ou t in m y m in d as a pr im e exam ple of an u n abash edly of f -beat 90s Sega gam e.

It ?s h ar d t o even m en t ion Nigh t s in t h e r igh t cir cles w it h ou t som eon e br in gin g u p Ch r ist m as Nigh t s. Alt h ou gh I w ou ldn?t w it n ess it w it h m y ow n eyes f or year s t o com e, I w ou ld cer t ain ly h ear m u ch abou t it . Ch r ist m as Nigh t s w as a pr om ot ion al dem o disc f or t h e Sega Sat u r n t h at w as sen t ou t w it h Decem ber issu es of var iou s 90s video gam e m agazin es. It w as a f est ively deck ed ?r e-sk in? of t h e ear ly por t ion s of t h e or igin al gam e. Th e en vir on m en t of t h e gam e?s f ir st level w as given t r appin gs com m on t o bot h Am er ican an d Japan ese Ch r ist m as m ot if s. As on e m igh t expect , t h e gam e's or igin al scor e w as t r aded ou t f or a select ion of

Ch r ist m as m u sic in t h is ver sion . Wh ile t h ese ch an ges alon e w ou ld h ave been su f f icien t f or a m em or able Ch r ist m as pr om ot ion , t h e gam e?s cr eat or s w en t t h e ext r a m ile an d added sever al h idden su r pr ises based on w h en (accor din g t o t h e Sat u r n con sole?s in t er n al calen dar ) t h e gam e is played. Ch r ist m as Nigh t s can be u n lock ed on t h e HD r em ast er of t h e or igin al gam e r eleased on t h e PlaySt at ion Net w or k an d Xbox Live Ar cade by beat in g t h e gam e, or sim ply playin g it du r in g Ch r ist m as.

ANIMALCROSSING IFANIMALCROSSINGCOULDTELLUS WHATITTHOUGHTABOUT CHRISTMASITWOULDREMINDUS THATTHETIMESPENTWITHOUR FRIENDSANDLOVEDONESISWHAT THEHOLIDAYISALLABOUT.

Ch r ist m as is an even t w h ose pr ecedin g even t s an d an t icipat ion ar e of t en as sign if ican t as t h e act u al day it self . If Nigh t s?cor e t h em es ar e dr eam s an d f ligh t , An im al Cr ossin g cou ld be descr ibed as t h e old adage ?st op an d sm ell t h e r oses? in video gam e f or m . M an y video gam es f eel lik e t h e viscer al exper ien ce of open in g pr esen t s on Ch r ist m as M or n in g. An im al Cr ossin g is an exper ien ce m or e ak in t ak in g a st r oll t h r ou gh a qu iet cou n t r yside village in f r esh sn ow.

a village popu lat ed by a com m u n it y of an im als. Her e you spen d you r t im e r u n n in g er r an ds, get t in g t o k n ow t h e villager s, an d ju st r elaxin g. Wh ile t h er e is cer t ain ly a good am ou n t f or t h e player ch ar act er t o do in t h ese gam es, t h er e r eally isn?t an yt h in g t h e player ch ar act er M UST do. Th e An im al Cr ossin g gam es ar e a u n iqu e exper ien ce in t h e m ediu m of video gam es in t h at t h e on ly t h in g t r u ly k eepin g you playin g is you r ow n desir e t o k eep playin g.

An im al Cr ossin g is a ser ies of gam es in w h ich you play as a h u m an w h o m oves t o

Wh at t r u ly m ak es t h ese gam es sh in e is t h e w ay in w h ich t im e plays ou t in t h em . In each An im al Cr ossin g gam e, t im e in t h e

gam e is 1:1 w it h t im e in t h e r eal w or ld. Regar dless of w h et h er or n ot you ar e playin g, h ou r s, days, m on t h s, an d year s pass in you r An im al Cr ossin g village at t h e sam e pace as t h e r eal w or ld. If you ?r e playin g t h e gam e at 8:23 PM on Decem ber 11t h in t h e r eal w or ld, it w ill also be 8:23 PM on Decem ber 11t h f or you r player ch ar act er ?s village. Best of all, even t s in t h e gam e can lin e u p seam lessly w it h r eal w or ld even t s, su ch as h olidays. If you w an t t o get su per t ech n ical, Ch r ist m as isn?t pr esen t in An im al Cr ossin g. Ch r ist m as, alon g w it h m ost r eal w or ld h olidays, is given an obviou s st an d-in on or ar ou n d t h e sam e dat e. Th at

bein g said, t h e days pr ecedin g ?Toy Day ? ar e a t r an qu il, sn ow cover ed t im e in w h ich on e an t icipat es a visit f r om a r ein deer in a r ed su it n am ed ?Jin gle?. Pr et t y m u ch t h e on ly pr et en se t h e gam e pu t s u p is n ot callin g t h e appr oach in g even t ?Ch r ist m as? in n am e. Wh ile t h e or igin al Gam eCu be r elease h olds a special place in m y h ear t , if I h ad t o pick on e t o r ecom m en d m ost it w ou ld be An im al Cr ossin g: New Leaf on t h e Nin t en do 3DS. New Leaf ben ef it s gr eat ly f r om it s por t abilit y an d is also am on g t h e m ost f u ll-f eat u r ed in t h e ser ies.

SECRETOFMANA I CANONLYIMAGINEWHAT MUSTHAVEBEENLIKEASAKID TOBEWORKINGYOURWAY THROUGHSECRETOFMANAAND COMINGACROSSAFIGHTWITH SANTACLAUS. I?m gon n a level w it h you . I h ave n ot yet played Secr et of M an a. I h ave played a t ot al of m aybe 20 m in u t es of t h e gam e. Th is h ar dly en ou gh t o say I h ave r eally exper ien ced it on a level w h er e I f eel qu alif ied t o say m u ch abou t it s qu alit y. You m ay be w on der in g ?Wh y even br in g it u p t h en !?? M y exper ien ce w it h Secr et of M an a isn?t par t icu lar ly r elat ed t o t h e gam e it self . At t h e ver y m ost it ?s in dir ect ly r elat ed. Secr et of M an a w as on e of t h ose gam es in m y per iph er al aw ar en ess f or year s. I?ve cer t ain ly h ear d an d r ead qu it e a bit abou t it . I?m aw ar e t h at it ?s an act ion RPG t h at f eels an d plays a bit lik e a m ix of Th e Legen d of Zelda an d Fin al Fan t asy. M y 12

f am iliar it y w it h t h e gam e is abou t on par w it h w h at you m igh t get in a m u lt i-page pr eview of it in a m agazin e, bu t n ot m u ch beyon d t h at . Th is blin d spot on m y gam in g h ist or y m ay act u ally com e in h an dy bef or e I get t h e ch an ce t o play it . Th e f act t h at it w as ju st sh y of m y ch ildh ood gam in g exper ien ces m ade t h e gam e?s st r an ger por t ion s seem t h at m u ch m or e su r r eal w h en I did lear n abou t t h em . I f eel t h at I h ave a u n iqu e per spect ive on on e of Secr et of M an a?s m ost bizar r e elem en t s. YOU FIGHT SANTA CLAUS!!!

Wh at k in d of m essed-u p, playgr ou n d r u m or com e t o lif e is t h at !? Wh at design decision s lead t o t h is? Don?t get m e w r on g, t h at sou n ds am azin g. I ju st don?t u n der st an d w h at pr ocess lead 90s er a Squ ar esof t t o t h is. Was t h er e a m eet in g du r in g t h e gam e?s developm en t w h er e som eon e decided t h at w h at t h is gam e n eeded w as a segm en t in w h ich t h e player ch ar act er s en t er ed in t o m elee com bat w it h jolly old St . Nick ? I can on ly im agin e w h at m u st h ave been lik e as a k id t o be w or k in g you r w ay t h r ou gh Secr et of M an a an d com in g acr oss a f igh t w it h San t a Clau s. Even in a f air ly qu ir k y gam e su ch as t h is, it m u st

h ave been a bit of a su r pr ise. A lit t le w h ile ago, I w as able t o acqu ir e a Su per NES Classic Edit ion , so h opef u lly I can exper ien ce t h is soon . It ?s a u n iqu e f eelin g t o exper ien ce a gam e t h at w as a st aple of m an y people?s ch ildh oods f or t h e f ir st t im e as an adu lt . I?m n ot su r e w h at t o m ak e of Secr et of M an a?s m ost lik ely t h ou gh t s abou t Ch r ist m as. Given m y ext r em ely lim it ed per spect ive on t h e m at t er , I?m n ot su r e if it does eit h er . On t h e su r f ace it seem s lik e t h e con f u sed ch ar act er in a Ch r ist m as special w h o is abou t t o lear n t h e ?t r u e m ean in g of Ch r ist m as?.

SPOTLIGHT COSPLAY Ch in oCh in ak o is t h e alias of Jean n et t e Ch am bliss, an aw ar d w in n in g cost u m e design er w h o h as specialized in cosplay f or t h e past t w o decades.

Sh e got st ar t ed w it h t h e h obby on a w h im , f allin g in love w it h t h e idea of bein g h er f avor it e ch ar act er s ou t side of on ly on ce a year on Hallow een . Beyon d w in n in g aw ar ds, h er cosplay h as also been pu blish ed in book s sold w or ld-w ide. In Sept em ber an d Oct ober of 2016, Jean n et t e w or k ed w it h gam in g gian t Ubisof t t o h elp pr om ot e WATCH_DOGS 2 w h ile cosplayin g as Sit ar a Dh aw an , t h e leader of t h e DedSec h ack in g gr ou p f r om t h e video gam e. Sh e also w or k ed w it h Ubisof t again in Novem ber 2017 t o celebr at e t h e gam es' f ir st year an n iver sar y.

Jean n et t e is a posit ive f or ce w it h in t h e cosplay com m u n it y of f er in g sew in g an d cr af t in g assist an ce t o an yon e w h o ask s. Sh e m ak es n ear ly ever yt h in g f r om scr at ch , m easu r in g t w ice an d cu t t in g on ce. Her f avor it e par t of cr af t in g is cr eat in g t h e lit t le accessor ies--beaded design s, ear r in gs, car ef u lly pain t ed pieces, et c. Sh e loves sim ple cosplay t h at in cor por at e a lot of lit t le det ails! Jean n et t e h opes t o con t in u e t o br eat h e lif e in t o h er f avor it e ch ar act er s f or a lon g t im e t o com e.

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SPOTLIGHT POTTERY AMYHILL " Sin ce gr adu at in g f r om West er n Wash in gt on Un iver sit y w it h a Bach elor of Fin e Ar t s degr ee in pain t in g, I?ve w or k ed in t w o pot t er y pain t in g st u dios w h er e m y passion f or t h e m ediu m developed. I decided t o pair t h e pr act ical m ediu m w it h t h e f an t ast ical set t in g of space, t ak in g in spir at ion f r om scien ce f ict ion an d space-based in t er act ive f ict ion . On t h e delicat e cer am ic su r f aces, I illu st r at e t h e f r agilit y of space in t r an sf or m at ion ." w w w.et sy.com / sh op/ am yr aeh ill w w w.in st agr am .com / am yr aeh ill/ t w it t er .com / am yr aeh ill

I MISSBUYINGVIDEOGAMES ATTHESTORE... I r em em ber bu yin g gam es at st or es lik e Elect r on ics Bou t iqu e, Sof t w ar e Et c, Sear s,, Ser vice M er ch an dise, an d Toys R Us. Each t r ip ou t t o t h e m all or sh oppin g cen t er w as a m agical m yst er y.

I'd w alk in t h e st or e w it h m y allow an ce an d par t t im e job m on ey com bin ed, ju st w on der in g w h at r ad gam e I m igh t f in d (an d t h at I cou ld af f or d). BUT bu yin g gam es w asn't even t h e m ain f or m of excit em en t .

Wh en I gr ew u p t h er e w as n o in t er n et (let t h at on e sin k in f or a m in u t e) so goin g t o st or es an d ch eck in g ou t gam es w as a w ay of pr eview in g t h em . We'd look at t h e back of gam e boxes t o lear n abou t w h at AWESOM E gr aph ics t h ey h ad, an d scou r t h e descr ipt ion f or an y n ew in f o. Th e w h ole exper ien ce w as also a bit of a cr ap sh oot . We cou ldn't look on lin e t o see r elease dat es, so w e ju st h ad t o h ope an d pr ay t h at Su per M ar io Br os. 2 w as f in ally on t h e sh elf . Wh en it w as sit t in g t h er e (an d you h ad en ou gh m on ey saved u p) you r u sh ed over t o get t h e copy w it h t h e qu ick n ess. Lim it ed copies of gam es w as also a t h in g.

Th er e w er e som e gam e m agazin es ou t w h en I w as gr ow in g u p (in clu din g t h e sacr ed EGM ) t h at gave u s a glim pse in t o gr aph ics an d n ew gam e in f o .. bu t t o get t o t h e st or e an d h old t h e gam e, t h at w as special. It w as an act of visu alizin g it 's pu r ch ase.

It w asn't ju st a pipe dr eam an ym or e. It w as available n ow , an d I cou ld bu y it .

Th er e w er e also big ol' cat alogs w e'd t ak e h om e an d t h ey 'd h elp t o k eep u p t h at visu alizat ion pr ocess goin g. I'd pou r over t h e pages of video gam e goodn ess an d t h in k t o m yself ... som eday i'd get t h e Tu r boGr af x CD an d Valis 2. Som eday.

Bu t n ow .. I ju st digit ally dow n load gam es t h e m in u t e t h ey com e ou t . Su r e it 's con ven ien t bu t t h e m agic .. is gon e. 20

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IT'S2018! STEPUPYOUR WRITTENBY: GAMEGIFTGIVINGGUIDE DANIELLEEDEN Wom en an d POC Geek s ar e sn at ch in g edges an d givin g lif e t h is 2017. Th ese cr eat or s br in g an u n m at ch ed f lavor t o t h e geek com m u n it y an d it ?s im por t an t , n ay, im per at ive t o su ppor t t h ese m agn if icen t voices. Use you r h oliday dollar t o be t h e f lyest gif t giver on t h e gam e ser ver an d h elp a cr eat or f u n d t h eir n ext gr eat w or k . You r gir l h as don e t h e h eavy lif t in g an d com piled a list of cr eat or s w it h gif t opt ion s u n der $50 t o get you st ar t ed.

AGENTSOFTHEREALM by M ildr ed Lou is gives you m agical gir ls, college lif e, an d t h e st r u ggle of it all. Bor n f r om a w eb com ic st ill u pdat ed Tu esday an d Th u r sday, Agen t s of t h e Realm is an u r ban f an t asy, you n g adu lt gr aph ic n ovel. Th e st or y f ocu ses on f ive h er oin es as t h ey n avigat e college lif e an d gr ow in t h eir ow n st r en gt h . Lu sh ar t an d h ear t f elt st or ies lin es ar e easy t o f all in love w it h an d M ildr ed Lew is? w r it in g beau t if u lly capt u r es t h e t r agedy, h ope, an d t r iu m ph of a m agical gir l saga. Sever al f r ien ds an d I w er e lu ck y en ou gh t o get in on t h is volu m e as a Kick st ar t er . I?m st ok ed t o r ecom m en d it an d k n ow t h e M agical Gir l lover in you r lif e w it h sw oon over t h is deligh t f u l t om b.

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JOLLYNIHILIST Th is Seat t le based cr eat or is on e of t h e m ost pr olif ic ar t ist s in t h e geek com m u n it y. Th eir collect ion of w or k em br aces t h e cu t e, t h e cr eepy, an d all t h in gs Fan dom . I h ad t h e pleasu r e of bein g co-w or k er s w it h t h em at WeLoveFin e an d h om ies t ill t h is ver y day. I?m a lon g t im e Jolly-St an w it h a m odest collect ion span n in g f ive year s.

Th e Kaw aii Hor r or design s on TeePu blic ar e k iller . Th e Pock et ClapTr ap an d pixel t ees on WeLoveFin e ar e dope. An d don?t get m e st ar t ed on t h e or igin al design s on Et sy an d RedBu bble. M y lat est piece of spar k le is t h e Ju n k in t h e Tr u n k pin an d it ?s m y f ave! Th ese dim e piece design s ar e available over sever al ou t let s, so peep t h e Squ ar eSpace page t o get lin k s t o ever yt h in g.

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PRINCEOFCATS Pr in ce of Cat s is a h ip-h op r em ix of Rom eo an d Ju liet an d you r boy Tybalt is r ock in? t h e m ic. Ron ald Wim ber ly ?s dr am at ic ar t st yle adds dept h t o scen es set again st 1980?s New Yor k an d h is f low s dr opped solely in Iam bic Pen t am et er f u se in t o st or y f or t h e ages. As Wim ber ly ?s solo debu t , t h is gr aph ic n ovel t h e per f ect addit ion t o an y com ic en t h u siast ?s collect ion . Th e ph ysical book is lar ge f or m at w it h a beau t if u l black em bossed h ar d cover w r apped in a st r ik in g cover w it h ar t cr eat ed by Wim ber ly. Use t h e St or e Locat or on t h e Im age Com ics page an d su ppor t you r local com ic r et ailer !

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BOOTYANDGEEK Boot y an d t h e Geek is ever yt h in g. Th is body posit ive clot h in g lin e cr eat ed by M agdalen a Fox boast s a f an t ast ically geek y select ion of boot y sh or t s, on esies, an d m or e. I per son ally ow n t w o pair an d m y best f r ien d ow n s f ive, so t r u st an d believe w h en I say t h ey ar e w or t h t h e in vest m en t .

Th e h igh w aist m ak es t h em soooo com f or t able an d t h e gen er ou s cu t s k eep m y boot y poppin g. Th ey ?ve even passed t h e r igor ou s st r ess t est s of Hallow een h ou se par t y h oppin g an d bu r lesqu e sh ow pan t y bossin g. Rock you r f an dom w it h design s in spir ed by DC & St ar Tr ek , get w ack y w it h Pu ppy Par t y! an d Don u t Boot y, or slay w it h Pleat h er ?n Lace. Ch eck w h at ?s cu r r en t ly available on t h eir w ebsit e an d k eep an eye ou t f or sales.

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FLYNERD Balt im or e-based design er an d scr een pr in t er , M im i, descr ibes a Fly Ner d as, ?Som eon e w h o h as som e qu ir k s abou t t h em bu t t h ey em br ace t h ose qu ir k s.

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