I know I ‘owe’ you a post about the event, but honestly… I don’t know if I want to talk about it. Suffice to say, many old faces were present, many drinks were drunk (but not that many) and good times were had.
In other words, everything I loved about my job, encapsulated in one evening and one very early morning.
To ensure this isn’t a complete loss for those of you who couldn’t make it though, I’ve made a Flickr set (which incidentally, resides on my newly minted ‘Pro’ account, so you can expect more images to make their way online over time).
Enjoy. Back soon.
The soon-to-be-unemployed Creative Concepts team is very proud to present our swansong event… organised, as usual, with not nearly enough time.
Just a quick one here. First things first: man, Judge Dredd does not age well as a film (it’s on TV as I type). Although I still do think the costumes are… kinda good, at times. Screw it, it’s an excuse for a picture of Stallone:
Wait: did I say the costumes looked… good..? Read More
A few links ‘n’ things I thought you might be interested in….
Pre-Leipzig we gave an exclusive Aion preview to PCGZine, who visited the office and got loads of ’stuff’ from us that they’ve put together into a six-page preview. In case you didn’t know, they’re a PDF-based online magazine, so you don’t even have to go to the shops to read it.
Anyway, you can grab the PDF file right here and have a peruse. It’s supposed to be ‘interactive’ with rollover videos and stuff, which might work in Acrobat, but I’ll tell you right now doesn’t work on a Mac.
If you’d prefer a preview that isn’t in PDF format, you might enjoy this look at Aion from The Escapist, who aren’t generally known for their hyperbole. They like what they saw at the recent press preview in San Francisco, which is all good news.
We spent a lot of our time during GC on our feet, but we never made the commitment to distance that a few of our more dedicated Aion fansites did. A number of them banded together to basically walk the length and breadth of Leipzig (as in, the town) and get pictures of every Aion billboard we had there.
Apart from being proof that yeah, we spent a bit of money on the game’s promotion, it also proves undeniably that our fans are mad, crazy people who we love to bits. See the photographic proof of this true ‘Quest for GC’ in this Flickr set.
While we’re talking about “things our fans do for us”, here are two photos with things that make me happy:
Yep, that’ll be Martin with a shark tank, as presented to him by a fan during the show. (Our Marketing Manager, Mirko, is on the right.) That’ll be a direct reference to my dialogue, then….
Last but not least - AionSource’s t-shirt of GC, featuring fan art based on The Shark, as modelled by Martin, constructed by Chris, and conceived by me in Episode 6.
Fan-made merch. Love it.
Off today. And tomorrow. And Saturday. And Sunday.
The last two might not seem that surprising, but believe me, it’s a strange feeling to have nothing particular on, that I absolutely must do… for four days straight.
Anyway, pawing through my bag this morning I found a couple of GC-related artifacts that I thought I’d share, for no particular reason: Read More
Before I forget, a few pics that ended up on Flickr…
Images by Mat, of course. A few more (just a few!!) are on the official Flickr feed for us.
Tagen Funf? Funf Tagen?
Day Five, anyway. LAST DAY! WOOOOOOOO!!!!
I’m very proud to introduce our two latest NCsoft characters, drawn from Aion: The Tower of Eternity.
First, say hello to Namiya - a sorcerer of the Elyos, born in light…
And her opposite number; Alma, a chanter of the Asmodians.
These images are the final result of several months work, so I’m pretty happy they’re finally out! I’ll be revealing a lot more about the casting process in the weeks ahead - a post is near-done on the whole thing.
For now though, if you’d like to learn more about Aion: The Tower of Eternity, visit the official site. If you’d like to meet Namiya and Alma, come to Games Convention (although they’ll appear at other, future shows, too).
