graphical form.

I am yet to order. I hope it picks up!

Sorry that I disappeared; life's like that sometimes.


First, my heartfelt thanks to all the letter illustrators. That's some awesome, charming, funny, beautiful, sweet work you people did.

Some people did more than 1 letter, a few did three. Exciting to have that much creative energy with consistent quality, too!

A special hug to be-jot who really did some heavy lifting. He did 5 letters altogether, with 2 of them being back-ups. His attitude was most worthy. He said (I am paraphrasing, here) "I don't care if they get used or not; I care about the little girl and moving this project for her forward".

I have to give a shootout to Chuklz (aka mr. lafemi). Many people helped me get the list of words together. Chuck really bore down and majorly helped me refine and define that list of gamer's terms and lingo. He also schooled me on the history of the joystick . The project would have stalled for much longer at the beginning if not for his kind attention.

nimmot and nick were my sounding boards when this first got going. each of their unique perspective informed mine as I tried to get my head around what was needed for the little book.

And.. the meskadon. meska's work on that sweet little cover was truly a thing of beauty. when i saw his working model, my first thought was "oh shit, i HAVE to learn how to mask", my second thought was.. "that's labour-intensive, wow!" taking all those separate elements and combining them into a good book cover was a heroic thing.

By default, mesk turned into the layout king when my HD died. i don't even recall asking him; he just did it. I am especially grateful that he was there to make the last-minute decisions that always crop up in any project. the whole thing would have stalled way farther past the deadline without his talent, skill, and attention.

I do want to thank those of you who signed up, but just couldn't get there. Yeah, it was sad that you couldn't, but you cared enough to sign up, you moved the project forward (we nearly stalled during the sign-up phase), and if there was a scramble later, at least there WAS a later.

Finally, I want to thank Biff for putting up with the whole thing. He knows that people show they care in a lot of different ways; some of those ways are a lot more hassle for him than others..

I love you all.

NICE WORK ALL
be ordering mine shortly

when monies come in, i'll order mine. x-mas and my 2 boys birthdays in nov. & dec. has got me spread thin. i'm definitely getting one tho.

Nice one Rocco!

Post photos please, i want to see the finish. I'm waiting for a tonne of moolah, and then i'll grab a few.

wonderful!

I've been informed that I'm getting one as a gift. I puddled up.

...........

Biff's pal Hawty McBloggy put the book in her Holiday Gift Guide. That graf I made doesn't look too bad in context.

http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2009/11/25/beyond-the-pages-of-a-book/

I put it in Adam Engst's Holiday Gift Guide in the "Games" category

http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx?7@@.3cf58059/1


I've emailed (these are people who have hosted Fairfax in the past) a few of the larger game sites.

Penny Arcade (the Childsplay charity)
halo.bungie.org
Rooster Teeth
Ctrl+Alt+Del

I'm mentioning this so we don't repeat each other's efforts.

I got my purchase this afternoon too!

mick, you need to edit the first post in this thread now - subect should change, too. put some pictures and links, etc. come on, hurry up!

hah! nice pseudonym, nicko

Got mine today. I opted for a hard cover imagewrap.

It's toight. Well done f'luckers!

Yes

I can take a hint (eventually).

done.

Gamers Alphabet on joystiq.com

and hello to the visitors from joystiq and kotaku

i'm glad blueshead isn't around to scare them off, and i think i've managed to fabreze the smell out of his la-Z-boy.

Is it too soon to start planning Volume 2?

hmmm

i was thinking someone else might be champing at the bit.....

we'd need more terms for some of the letters. E, I, O, Q, Y, J, U, V, X, Z spring to mind. it was hard coming up with at least 2 choices for several of those.


at least people would know what they were getting into this time.

we could do numbers as a companion. guess it wouldn't ave much to do with gaming. but it could just be a fazyluckers skillzzz competition. Or we could do a old linear PST type thing like the good 'ol days. if that hasn't been played out.
I do kinda like an idea liek we did with that calendar and this book. eveyron ejsut gets a # and go from there design, photograph, 3d model, smash to your hearts content.


hmmmm, a video/animation montage thing would be cool to.

wormy, we've got 2 other collabs going now. the mixtape and base's big circle(s).

i really was thinking of Volume 2 of A Gamer's Alphabet. the other things are fun, but the added purpose of bunny support and IS awareness really made the little book feel worthwhile.

chris, what did you mean by "widened slightly"? i'm intrigued.

(yes, knackered... but get 'em while they're weak is my motto.)

i'm on board with what chris said about the concept needing expansion.

time for another discussion.

if we start discussing it soon, there may be something to work on in a few months. who knows?

i've thought of a couple of different approaches. i hope others have, as well.

we do good work, my friends. let's do it some more.

x

as i read that one more time - i so fucking wanna do that it's gonna be a challenge, but fuck it's gonna be worth it...
i also spoke with two friends of mine, my co-workers, who got hooked on doing some graphics, so there should be a couple of hands more to get the job done.

i will
i spoke today with my guys at work - 4 graphics designers and 1 writer - everybody got hooked and willing, so hopefully we will come up with a more refined idea for that project soon

Ya, sounds good be-jot

Is it time to "unsticky" this thread?