Best of August 2009 & Back from PAX

[TomFulp]

Go Digg Cave of Wonders - we've managed to land the front page of the Gaming section twice in the past month!

Artists: Don't miss your chance to be part of the 2010 NEWGROUNDS CALENDAR!

If you want to participate in Pirate Day (September 19th), Coop83 has assembled a list of all the voice entries!

Writers: Check out the Monthly Writing Contest!

This past weekend was the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle. We had a combined Behemoth / Newgrounds booth and it was our biggest year yet!

NG attendees included Glaiel-Gamer, Starogre, Goshadole, MoriChax, monkokio, Mexifry, Fawx, fluffkomix, doondeka, rawnewdlz, farfenwaffle, Nathan, Derek Yu, angryglacier and others.

MoriChax brought some Castle Crashers plushies to the booth but I somehow missed her appearance; I think I was hanging out with Glaiel and Starogre, who were across the aisle demoing the console version of Closure. Original Flash version:

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  Closure. by Glaiel-Gamer

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Starogre (Jon) posted news and pictures from PAX and Glaiel posted tidbits as well. All three of us ended up with the flu, apparently there was a swine flu outbreak in Seattle so I might get checked out today.

Here are the Best of August! Each of these winners gets $30 store credit and an award certificate. The top submission in each category will also be in the running MOVIE and GAME of the year!

TOP FIVE MOVIES

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  Tarboy by jameslee03

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  Girlchan in Paradise Ep2 by Egoraptor

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  Crotchless Chaps by BiffTheTimid

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  Ages 17+

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  FRUIT by Munglai

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  Everyone

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  How to Hook Up the NES by giggas

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  Everyone

TOP FIVE GAMES

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  Toss the Turtle by Foreverkul

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  Ages 13+

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  Epic Battle Fantasy 2 by matt-likes-swords

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  Everyone

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  Another Small Favor by Zeebarf

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  Ages 13+

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  This is the Only Level by jmtb02

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  -Stick War- by CRAZY-King-JAY

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  Ages 13+

Runner-up Movies

6. Castle Repercussions - D1
7. [ClockDay09] Running NG
8. Weebl & Bob : Peripherals
9. AnusboyII
10. DARE
11. Dick Neck: Origins
12. Life in the Portal: Clock
13. LoL: Oh Yes And Spiders
14. Life with Navi
15. Castle Repercussions - D2
16. : Creative Cremation :
17. Tomorrow's Nobodies Ep. 6
18. Facebook Reality
19. Zelda: UO Epis:8
20. Cat Face ep.14

Runner-up Games

6. You Only Live Once
7. Enigmata
8. Viva Caligula
9. Knightfall 2
10. Turn Based Battle!
11. More Zombies
12. Leaving
13. Chicks`N`Dicks 2
14. GOBTRON
15. Frantic_2
16. Demolition City
17. Cube Colossus
18. Pixel Grower
19. Multitask
20. Guardian Rock

The August voter of the month and winner of $100 is Sispri!

I also forgot the voter of the month for July. That $100 goes to Kisuke!

Cave of Wonders has kicked off our Power of Three games hub, with ads benefiting Penny Arcade's Child's Play Charity. More Po3 games will be added to this list in the coming weeks.

Madness Day is September 22nd! Prizes are listed here.

[BananaBreadMuffin]

PSssssssssssh, fruit wasn't as good as munglais old stuff

[SCUD14]

Did you showcase game three there?

[AntoArts-Admin]

Will we see more games for PO3 soon?

[FromADistance]

Great news all around Tom. Good to hear you enjoyed yourself at PAX. :)

At 9/9/09 10:57 AM, TomFulp wrote: The August voter of the month and winner of $100 is Sispri!

I also forgot the voter of the month for July. That $100 goes to Kisuke!

Wow, two familiar users winning monthly voting prize. Congrats to both!

[Ungar]

Oh my god, dickneck origins woo!

[Boss]

The mention of the 2010 calender contest is making me feel like working on my submission for it instead of playing perfect dark BUT I REALLY WANNA BEAT THIS LEVEL.

[Greg-SKA]

Woopie, Cave of Wonders and Dadgame was Awesome. Oh yeah Tom, Were can i learn the basics of Programing a? I wanna be one.

[likitty]

welcome back tom

[Starogre]

TheJermz was there with monkokio too. You probably didn't see him though

[Iemon]

Neat, first page.

[maxvm]

At 9/9/09 10:57 AM, TomFulp wrote: Artists: Don't miss your chance to be part of the 2010 NEWGROUNDS CALENDAR!

I'll just buy the thing when it comes out, but good luck to the entrants!

This past weekend was the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle. We had a combined Behemoth / Newgrounds booth and it was our biggest year yet!

It must have been very fun, if a little crowded at times.

Cave of Wonders has kicked off our Power of Three games hub

I hope to see the rest of them, hopefully they will all be great!

[wwwyzzerdd]

At 9/9/09 10:57 AM, TomFulp wrote: MoriChax brought some Castle Crashers plushies to the booth but I somehow missed her appearance;

You might wanna go see your doctor then.

[Auz]

Girlchan was good, but not that good in my opinion. The games were really nice this month though. Congrats to all the winners.

Also I´m looking forward to the PO3 games =) Cave of Wonders is a good start.

[Sweeper128]

At 9/9/09 11:16 AM, wwwyzzerdd wrote:

At 9/9/09 10:57 AM, TomFulp wrote: MoriChax brought some Castle Crashers plushies to the booth but I somehow missed her appearance;

You might wanna go see your doctor then.

Ditto this action! Do it! Wish I lived near PAX, or America for that fact.

[Timmy]

'Crotchless Chaps' was the first flash that my friends actually laughed at when I showed them. Usually they just go, "Why the hell are you making me watch a stupid cartoon?" and smack me.

So, for restoring some credibility for myself and Newgrounds amongst my friends, I believe it should win some sort of bonus prize.

[kanef]

Thank's for changing my username Tom!

[TomFulp]

At 9/9/09 11:16 AM, wwwyzzerdd wrote:

At 9/9/09 10:57 AM, TomFulp wrote: MoriChax brought some Castle Crashers plushies to the booth but I somehow missed her appearance;

You might wanna go see your doctor then.

I got a 12:45 appointment.

[Rucklo]

yaaaaaaaayyy ^___________^

[TheDaemonicPoet]

Cave of Wonders bores me :( I am sad.

[Faires]

Penis

[squeakytoad]

Why does Pirate Day have better awards than best of the entire month?

[Luxury-Yacht]

At 9/9/09 10:59 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: PSssssssssssh, fruit wasn't as good as munglais old stuff

Yeah, but Fruit had Tom Waits in it, which is big bonus points.

[doondeka]

PAS WAS AWESOME!!!!!1

[Glacier]

PAX was fun.

[Nekow]

so... eh... no word about if we are getting our scouts back at the art portal? Guess we just have to get back on our feet by ourselfs

[fluffkomix]

At 9/9/09 10:57 AM, TomFulp wrote: NG attendees included Glaiel-Gamer, Starogre, Goshadole, MoriChax, monkokio, Mexifry, Fawx, fluffkomix, doondeka, rawnewdlz, farfenwaffle, Nathan, Derek Yu, angryglacier and others.

how did you know i was there? i never told anyone cept farfen, rawnewdlz, fawx and mexifry.

[knugen]

Is there a release scheme for the PO3 games? I remember someone saying something like that should be put together, but I realize it might be a hard thing to do with all the delays you always have but never take account for in game development ;)

[UnreaK745]

Kickass. I can't wait to devour the Cave of Wonders.

[citricsquid]

At 9/9/09 12:27 PM, knugen wrote: Is there a release scheme for the PO3 games? I remember someone saying something like that should be put together, but I realize it might be a hard thing to do with all the delays you always have but never take account for in game development ;)

hi