Last Days - the Out-Of-Game site

been a while since i've posted, but believe me that's not been for lack of stuff happening. just before this past christmas, last days acquired a former QA dude, pawel sasik, from yoostar.com. he's actually an even better project manager - which is what he's doing for the web-game. with his help, we've made some pretty quick progression and will be launching a quick alpha version of the game in about 2-3 weeks. if you're interested in being a part of this alpha launch, let me know and i'll get you the url when the time comes.

so about two weeks into working with pawel, he let me know he was interested in also helping in writing episodes of the tv show. needless to say, i was a little reticent as this hasn't worked out with any of the other writers who've approached me to do the same, but he gave it a shot anyway and right away it was obviously a good fit. while i'm a decent outliner and editor, getting something from outline to initial rough script has always been hard for me, and that's what pawel is a natural at - and in a way that's really true to the characters i've already outlined. so about a month in now, we're already more than half finished with episode three - even as progress with the web-game continues to move.

now regarding love story, we hit a roadblock for a bit regarding the edit several weeks ago, but we've passed it and saw the first true rough edit of the piece as written done this past weekend. i have to admit, the troubles we were having earlier in the year had me doubting the power of the piece. but even without a bit of music and even super rough, that last edit caused me to tear up twice, which renewed my confidence in the piece (thank god!). so we're now back on track with that and hope to have color-corrected, sound engineered and scored edits within the next 2-3 months. we're still open to other names for the piece though, so please send me any bright ideas if you have any. 'love story' makes me think of warren beatty and annette bening and that's not a good thing. =P
the last two tidbits are news about friends' projects - both of them picked up my crackle.com. the first, which my homey Peter Robinson of Geeks On! helped write is called Trenches. Trenches was originally greenlit by ABC's Stage 9 Digital but ended up spending the past couple years on some dusty shelves when Stage 9 went the way of the digital dinosaurs. thankfully, Crackle bought it recently and started airing it a short time ago. it's a fun star wars spin-off and actually pretty amazing for the very little money Peter's homies had to make it.

and finally, mark gantt & jesse warren's 'The Bannen Way' had a little premiere at the Egyptian Theatre last weekend. considering the fact that you could have made roughly 30 Bannen Ways for what they spent on just the pilot episode of
Lost ... well, let's just say those two boys deserve some serious props.

well, that's all for now. stay cool.

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