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by dkpatriarch
© 2009 David Hilton
Prior to E3'09 I listed 22 games gone Missing In Action (MIA) that I hoped to see at E3. Well in this update you will see which ones re-appeared, which ones remain lost, and which ones are stuck in production waiting for a publisher to help out. For more details about each game see the full-write up by clicking here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.
In the meantime, if you're like me, you'd like to see some of the big publishers enter into the buyer's market and pick up some of these new and interesting titles that aren't just safe sequels or offshoots of existing IPs.
In a year full of talk of twos (Bioshock 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Killzone 2, Mass Effect 2, Uncharted 2: Drakes Fortune etc.) it is the newer IPs like Alan Wake and Heavy Rain (for PS3) that have me the most fascinated. Sure, those twos, threes, and fours are some really great IPs that I have or will be picking up, but creative new ideas and games give diversity, and the little studios could use some help to get their vision to full potential and market.
Here is the list and current status of each game as we know it:
Found at E3
OXCGN has some great interviews with the various developers and publishers on those games mentioned below that were found at E3-09. We will endeavour to have those interviews, screens and videos up in due course.
Alan Wake: Found at E3
The Pacific Northwest, with its logging towns, great massive treed forests, and tiny fishing villages should provide a variety of excellent environments for a psychological action thriller game about a writer who has trouble sleeping but starts to pen a thriller he doesn't remember writing that also happens to be coming true. Spooky and cool.
Microsoft and Remedy have shown us that this exciting game is coming next year and woken us from the vaporware nightmare. Visit Alan Wake Official website for more information on the game.
Darkest of Days: Found at E3
I really like the sound of this shooter, probably because history is a passion of mine. The concept behind this little known game announced way back in 2006 is that Darkest of Days puts you in a historically-based first-person shooter where you travel back and forth in time to experience some of history's "darkest days" and fight through some of the most epic battles and events in history, including the eruption of Pompeii during Roman times, the U.S. Civil War, World War 1, World War 2 and more.
8Monkey Labs is working on it for the PC for sure, but even though they've said it will be out in Fall 2009 for PC and Xbox 360 and having a video on their website that shows a bunch of gung-ho marines (yes them again) heading off on their 'last best hope' missions through time, there is little evidence of a 360 version. I hope there is because I'm particularly curious about the scenes where you shoot Roman Centurions with a modern machine gun and about the Nazi concentration camp.
Edge Of Twilight: Found
Here's a local Australian game being produced by studio Fuzzyeyes for publisher SouthPeak Interactive that combines third-person platforming with hack 'n slash; sort of like Devil May Cry, but in a steampunk fantasy world.
It is based around 5 characters, the main one being Lex, a halfbreed who can travel between the two realms of Day and Night. Then there's Athern Guard, Majestic Lithern, Tainted Warrior and Tainted Bruiser. You'll find their specific details on the website as well as some downloads and further information.
• New videos leaked? It seems Atari and FuzzyEyes Studios are having a lovers quarrel about this "leaked video" at E3 . . .
Section 8: Found at E3
Section 8 means to be discharged by the military by being mentally unfit for service and I wondered if this game had gone MIA because it was unfit for service or if it just has just 'gone dark' to surprise us at E3. Well now we know…it was to surprise us at E3. To be honest another FPS based around gung-ho space marines (albeit with lots of armour) doesn't really excite me.
To be fair the concept by TimeGate Studios (who are hirinig btw) is that you will be able to dynamically alter the flow of battles by calling for vehicles and 'burn in' wherever you want on the map, sort of like a faster futuristic version of the parachute jumps we did in Medal Of Honor: Airborne a few years back.
Venetica: Found at E3
• But PC only???? There seems to be a lack of reference to 360?
A year ago first footage of a new RPG fantasy game that promised to mix cinematic emotion, story and action called Venetica and developed by studio Deck 13 was revealed. The environments were an amazing colourful fantasy version of Venice, Italy, and certainly grabbed my interest.
In it you play Scarlett, the daughter of Death, who must grow her powers to save her father and defeat the evil necromancers. I never thought of Death as the good guy…but anyway. Then it went MIA and I feared that this was going to be yet another new IP from a smaller developer that would just disappear. After all, we now have Assassin's Creed 2 that is re-creating Venice so perhaps they got a bit intimidated?
Good news is that the game is still kicking. A new 'behind the scenes' video was revealed, but the footage still doesn't show how far along the game is, though they still have ambitions of a Q3 2009 release for PC and Xbox 360.
On hold – seeking new Publishers
Faith and a 45:
On hold, awaiting new publisher
This one, from Denmark independent studio Deadline Games, (also responsible for the 2 Watchmen games) looks to take some Gears of War style cover and shoot gameplay and mix it with a romantic road movie storyline. The story of two outlaw lovers in a re-imagined depression-era America, fighting to survive against a corrupt oil-man and his men, certainly seems original. It intends to be a gritty co-op shooter with an atmospheric cinematic quality.
The game takes the unlucky Bonnie and Clyde-styled couple, Luke and Ruby, across 1930s America fighting against a "dark army of steel-plated vehicles, and armour-clad pyromaniacs". The fact that they are a couple is important to the game as Ruby will apparently give a "kiss of life" to Luke if he falls in battle to revive him and kisses as rewards for good work.
On hold, awaiting new publisher
This 3rd person puzzle game by Greek Studio Track 7 Games looks like something different and largely missing from the 360. From modern Athens the characters of this adventure game explore ancient mysteries with environments that are both modern and ancient.
The game's website is still active but the last entry made was a year ago, and this game also lacks a publisher. The 360 needs a good Broken Sword-like adventure. This was a no-show as well at E3, but they at least told us why.
The Crossing:
On hold due to unexpected financial challenges
What happens if the Renaissance never occurs and medieval monk-knights the Templars never get killed off? Well Arkane studios thinks they would seize control of France and you would have a Paris that advances with medieval influences in both architecture and ideas and they do this through their game The Crossing. So you have two settings; normal modern Paris and an alternate reality Paris where things are very different.
I think it's a great concept with lots of interesting environmental possibilities. Except this First Person Shooter has gone missing….or was released in an alternate reality where alternate me is playing it.
Their website has lots of interesting screenshots, but no news on a release date (even in the forum where some devoted gamers are begging).
Still Missing In Action
Doom 4: Still MIA
Ahh Doom. It came at the dawn of the First Person Shooter (FPS) game, after Wolfenstein 3D, another Id Software creation for PC, in the early 1990s. We had a remake of sorts with Doom 3 last gen on Xbox and PC, but another was supposed to be coming. While Id has confirmed it is hard at work on another Wolfenstein for this gen (which looked great at E3) as well as the new IP Rage, Doom 4 was announced a year ago and not much has been heard or seen since. This game was firmly MIA. Then some news finally trickled out of GameSpot last month: it was still being planned with a new team, Id Software were still hiring, and it's not a sequel or a reboot. But it wasn't shown at E3.
Halo Chronicles: Still MIA
Awhile back the idea of 'episodic video games' became popular, with games like Alone In The Dark doing "previously on…" TV-style recaps. Other titles decided to do episodic downloadable content instead. In 1997 Peter Jackson (of King Kong and Lord Of The Rings film fame) had his Wingnut Interactive start work on an episodic game (we think meaning an interactive film-game) using the Halo franchise called Halo Chronicles. Even in 2008 it was confirmed that people were being hired and Halo Chronicles was being produced, but this year rumours are that the game is on hold indefinitely. With Microsoft wanting to get Halo fans in a frenzy about Halo: ODST and with the surprise announcement of Halo: Reach it's no surprise it didn't make an appearance at this year's E3, so that leaves it not alive, but not quite dead yet either. What happened? Did Microsoft or Peter Jackson have problems with each other? Will it be a Natal game in the future?
Perfect Dark 2: Still MIA
Rare's Perfect Dark series began on the N64 console and Perfect Dark Zero was one of the first games made and released for the 360 console at launch. Though its look was overly 'shiny' the rebooted game was mostly a success because of its deep split-screen and online multiplayer. Not many other games have come close, even today, to the number of multiplayer gameplay options, except Halo 3. We've heard at E3 that the N64 title is coming to XBLA, but this is different.
This game wasn't announced, so technically it isn't MIA. However, there were rumours of it being made back in late 2007 and Rare's other games this gen, though creative and with a niche following, have not been the big successes that Microsoft would have liked. The next Perfect Dark Zero (2) on 360 was said to be darker (of course), with a less shiny but more interactive environment, have moral choices with a variety of storylines, will avoid having cut scenes like the Half Life games, and be as big as Halo. Yet we've heard nothing solid since those rumours and still didn't at this year's E3. Rare have to be hard at work on something…..and my guess is that Natal may be involved.
Star Wars: Battlefront 3: Still MIA
As early as 2006 there were rumours that Star Wars Battlefront III was in development by Free Radical for LucasArts. However, Free Radical imploded after the failure of the PS3 exclusive title Haze and after LucasArts removed the Battlefront game from their hands. The company went into administration and half the staff were dumped and then finally Free Radical was bought by Crytek. Meanwhile, leaked images and promising footage of Battlefront III found their way onto the net before LucasArts did their best to shut them down.
Rumours then turned to the possibility that Pandemic (who made the recent Lord Of The Rings: Conquest game, which is similar in style) would be the next studio handed the game. This was denied by Pandemic and nothing showed up at E3. So is it happening?
Age of Conan: Still MIA
In 2008 the MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) Age Of Conan was released on PC, a platform known for its online-only games. The thing is that it was also announced for the Xbox 360 and has yet to appear, almost exactly a year later.
Is there trouble porting it to the 360 or is the whole concept of a MMO game for a console just too uncertain? Are console gamers going to take to a game that is only played online the same way many PC gamers have? After all the Halo MMO and The Lord Of The Rings: White Council MMO games were either cancelled or put on 'indefinite hold'.
Then there's the issue of those who would be most excited by the game having already purchased it for PC, thinking it would be at its best there anyway (assuming they have a high-end PC).
Crusaders: Invasion of Constantinople: Still MIA
Not much is known about this "deep action adventure game with an RPG touch" set in 12th century Constantinople (present day Istanbul) by French game studio Kylotonn. It was announced in 2007, but all is quiet now. With Assassin's Creed moving into the Renaissance, the Crusades is still a rich period to set an action game.
If they can make the game's primary location, Constantinople, medieval Europe's bridge between West and East, come alive, then I'm sold. Another little guy who has to struggle to be competitive against the big studios who largely remake similar games in an economic environment gone bad, their website is also still active, but the last screenshot was posted in July 2008.
Dead Island: Still MIA
Dreaming of a holiday on a tropical island full of drooling raging zombies (no, not the druged-out backpacker variety)? Studio Techland have been working since 2006 on Dead Island
It's a sandbox first-person view survival horror game where the protagonist is trying to find his wife on a zombie-infested island. Think Lost (because you crash on the island and there are human factions) meets lots of zombies….stuff the 'black smoke'!
The chance to kill zombies on a tropical island sounds interesting, as is its focus on melee combat over shooting.
Highlander: Still MIA
The premise of a 2000 year old immortal warrior makes for a perfect time-travelling video game with a great variety of game settings in different time periods. From New York to feudal Japan in the shadow of Mount Fuji and on to what promises to be a very interesting new game environment, Roman Pompeii during the eruption, this game had me very excited.
Announced by Eidos in January 2008 with an eye-catching trailer, it went missing shortly after. The latest is that the game, a third-person action game featuring a previously unknown Immortal, Owen MacLeod, as the main character, will be released in March 2010. With Square-Enix taking over Eidos late last month, will the game really see the light? Or will it be violently beheaded? Check out Highlanders Official Website for more information.
• possible early 2010 release?
Hydrophobia: Still MIA
Hydrophobia is set onboard the Queen of the World (no doubt a homage to the movie Titanic and the over-used quote 'I'm the King of the world!'). It is the largest cruise ship ever constructed. The area between the hulls resembles a city – it has schools, universities, even a football stadium. You can live there if you are super rich, which sounds good to me: visit exotic ports by day and return to a city every night. It's virtually a mini country, like a floating Vatican City- but its religion is money. No taxes and no prying Big Government here. And lots of water. Sounds like a winner…a city that turns into a waterpark when terrorists show up to spoil the party.
The game is being made by Blade Interactive who showed a trailer last E3 but the release date of March this year has passed, and not much news has been forthcoming since. Since the game is supposed to already have a sequel for it planned, we had hoped to see something of it at this year's E3! – But alas, it was a no-show.
Rainy Woods: Still MIA
Access Games is aiming for a Twin Peaks-type atmosphere with their PS3 and 360 game Rainy Woods, but not much is known about it and their site only has a page that says its coming in 2009, which is doubtful.
With that other mysterious missing game Alan Wake seen at E3, and the exciting PS3 mysterious game Heavy Rain already looking fantastic, would there be enough room for a game about a young FBI agent, who happens to have an alternate personality, investigating a murder outside the fictional American town of Rainy Woods? Obviously not…it didn't show.
I love mysterious atmospheric games but this one may have gone MIA to stay away from these other two more famous atmospheric games.
Salvation: Still MIA
No, not Terminator Salvation, the game based on the film. This Salvation has a very interesting story, but not much has been seen since the basic video on the Salvation website. The game is being made by Black Wing Foundation and N-Game Studios.
The story goes something like this: it is the year 2026 and the world government has resorted to stem cells and gene engineering to stage the Judgment Day. They create a genetic replication of Christ and the Antichrist and destroy them to set forth severe fundamentalism on Earth. Salvation was not at E3…
To End All Wars: Still MIA
This title was originally announced in 2007 by UK- based video game publisher Ghostlight Ltd. for a release in October 2008. That was quite some time ago, obviously, and rumours have had the game coming out early this year but so far nothing. The game studio working on the game, Kuju, describes the shooter: "Set in the war-torn trenches of World War I Europe, To End All Wars will deliver unrivalled atmosphere and realism" and "no two battles will be the same and game maps will feature a massive variety of terrain". The screenshots looked like they needed polish, but the premise was promising.
But it's all quiet on the gaming front….
The Outsider: Still MIA
Washington D.C. provides a great backdrop to political intrigue in a game promising to allow more freedom of choice and difference in storyline depending on your actions. Yeah, yeah, I've heard that before too, but Fable 2 was a start. It was supposed to come late this year.
Game studio Frontier (who are now hiring btw) is going for a 'unique experience with The Outsider, using a dynamic world and story'. You are John Jameson, ex-CIA officer framed in the assassination of the President of the United States. All so very Jack Bauer-ish. Apparently there will be a lot of NPCs running around too, making the environment more realistic and interesting. Hopefully this game will combine a replayable game with multiple possibilities in an environment that is fresh and alive. So maybe a more interesting sandbox-like game with actual stories instead of 'fetch this, protect that, find, chase and kill this and that'?
2 Days 2 Vegas: Still MIA
How long has this game apparently been in production? 2 Days To Vegas has been in production – since 2003! I'd have given up on this one except it has recently resurfaced and has a 360 and PC release date of 2009, and a PS3 one of 2010. Game studio Steel Monkeys are creating a third-person action adventure game about one brother (a recently release convict -sigh- how original) going to Vegas to help out another brother in trouble. The game takes place over 48 hours during the journey from New York (sigh) to Vegas.
If you have any further information on these games you can link to, please do not hesitate to let us know.


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Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The film series, consisting of two trilogies, has spawned an extensive media franchise called the Expanded Universe including books, television series, computer and video games, and comic books. These supplements to the franchise resulted in significant development of the series' fictional universe, keeping the franchise active in the 16-year interim between the two film trilogies. The franchise depicts a galaxy described as far, far away in the distant past, and it commonly portrays Jedi as a representation of good, in conflict with the Sith, their evil counterpart. Their weapon of choice, the lightsaber, is commonly recognized in popular culture. The franchise's storylines contain many themes, with strong influences from philosophy and religion.
Feature films[edit]
- Star Wars (1977)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2013)
- Star Wars Rebels (2014–present)
Video games[edit]
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (2003)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011)
- Last words in Star Wars media
- Chad Vader (fan film)
External links[edit]
- J.J. Abrams [1]
- I had my office moved to the art department just because I knew that's were I was going to be spending most of my time. It was up a floor and down the hall. I had two offices; I kept one in the executive wing and the other one in the art department where I spent all of my time. That's sort of where I come from, so I wanted to just monitor it you know? Daniel Simon, who was our primary vehicle designer, has got a book called COSMIC MOTORS that showcases his work, but he is this amazing designer. He did virtually all of our vehicles and aircrafts along with the submarine and all of that stuff. He's sort of the guy I wanted to be when I was designing stuff for STAR WARS. I worked as closely with those guys as I could just sort of monitoring the stuff, but with somebody like Daniel you just sort of send him off in a direction and let him generate stuff. It was amazing.
- Joe Johnston [2]
- Ten years later, I would have said yes to directing one of the prequels.
- So, I took the screenplay and divided it into three stories, and rewrote the first one. As I was writing, I came up with some ideas for a film about robots, with no humans in it. When I got to working on the Wookiee, I thought of a film just about Wookiees, nothing else. So, for a time, I had a couple of odd movies with just those characters. Then, I had the other two films, which were essentially split into three parts each, two trilogies. When the smoke cleared, I said, 'This is really great. I'll do another trilogy that takes place after this.' I had three trilogies of nine films, and then another couple of odd films. Essentially, there were twelve films.
- It's a nine-part saga that has a beginning, a middle and an end. It progresses over a period of about fifty or sixty years with about twenty years between trilogies, each trilogy taking about six or seven years
- George Lucas [Steranko, "George Lucas", Prevue #42, September–October 1980.]
- The Star Wars series started out as a movie that ended up being so big that I took each act and cut it into its own movie…The original concept really related to a father and a son, and twins—a son and a daughter. It was that relationship that was the core of the story. And it went through a lot of machinations before I even got to the first draft screenplay. And various characters changed shapes and sizes. And it isn't really until it evolved into what is close to what Star Wars now is that I began to go back and deal with the stories that evolved to get us to that point…When I first did Star Wars I did it as a big piece. It was like a big script. It was way too big to make into a movie. So I took the first third of it, which is basically the first act, and I turned that into what was the original Star Wars…after Star Wars was successful and I said "Well gee, I can finish this entire script, and I can do the other two parts.
- George Lucas, Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas by Dale 2 Pollock, 1983 p. 36
- You have to remember that originally Star Wars was intended to be one movie, Episode IV of a Saturday matinee serial. You never saw what came before or what came after. It was designed to be the tragedy of Darth Vader. It starts with this monster coming through the door, throwing everybody around, then falfway through the movie you realise that the villain of the piece is actually a man and the hero is his son. And so the villain turns into the hero inspired bythe son. It was meant to be one movie, but I broke it up because I didn't have the money to do it like that—it would have been five hours long.
- George Lucas, Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas by Dale 2 Pollock, 1983 p. 38
- The first [version] talked about a princess and an old general. The second version involved a father, his son, and his daughter; the daughter was the heroine of the film. Now the daughter has become Luke, Mark Hamill's character. There was also the story of two brothers where I transformed one of them into a sister. The older brother was imprisoned, and the young sister had to rescue him and bring him back to their dad.
- George Lucas, Claire Clouzot, "The Morning of the Magician: George Lucas and Star Wars," The George Lucas Interviews, ed. Sally Kline (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999), pp. 57-58, ISBN 1-57806-125-3
- The part that I never really developed is the death of Luke and Leia's mother. I had a backstory for her in earlier drafts, but it basically didn't survive. When I got to Jedi, I wanted one of the kids to have some kind of memory of her because she will be a key figure in the new episodes I'm writing. But I really debated whether or not Leia should remember her.
- George Lucas, quoted in Bouzereau, The Annotated Screenplays, p. 291.
- Without Ray Harryhausen, there would likely have been no Star Wars.
- George Lucas Comingsoon.net. RIP Ray Harryhausen: 1920–2013 Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- These are my kids. I loved them, I created them, I'm very intimately involved with them and I sold them to the white slavers that take these things...
- George Lucas [4]
- [Irvin] Kershner was absolutely perfect for the middle film, which is a dark, troubled and anguished film. That's the kind of character Kershner is himself; he's very amusing socially, but his mind is full of dark torments and worries. George was the perfect man for Star Wars because he understands gags. He's got a great story sense. He's got tremendous appreciation of all the little gags and jokes. But I think I was probably the right guy for the third film, because I like the great virtues: I love loyalty, friendship, love...
- One, two and three are going to be very interesting − if George is ever able to start writing. Steven [Spielberg] and I would like to. It's a very interesting part of the saga, the early days. The youth of Ben Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker is really important. It's a very different world. Technology is different, means of communication are different. Sentiments are different. But it will take a long time, I'm afraid so. It's just a fact we will have to face. Good things come in threes, and all good things come to an end. That's just one of the realities of life. Your kids may see it.
- Dazzled, jealous and angry ... I am convinced that (Lucas) has looked at my books!
- Star Wars leans more towards fantasy than science fiction and I think that's to its benefit. It has good vs. evil, monsters, princesses, knights, magic items, etc. All of these make it as easy fit for the RPG genre. Star Wars is also one of the most beloved IPs in the world. Since the first movie came out in 1977 fans have wanted to live in that universe and video games are the closest they'll ever get to that fantasy.
- James Ohlen, lead designer; Agent (July 11, 2013)
- Before Star Wars, the films that were box-office hits were The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Bonnie And Clyde and The French Connection - gritty, amoral art movies. Then suddenly the onus switched over to spectacle and everything changed... I don't know if that is a good thing.
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- Star Wars had come out around the time of Seagull, and everyone thought I was a horrible actress. I was in the biggest-grossing movie of the decade, and no director wanted to work with me.
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- George made a fairy tale story, with a princess, the young prince, and the cynical Harrison Ford playing Han Solo. To me, it was an absolutely perfect rendition of a great comic serial. I learned to draw from comic strips, the better ones. I always remembered the early Supermans were better drawn than the later one, and the early Tarzans were spectacularly well drawn, the anatomy of the jungle was great. There's artistry in comic strips and George was obviously a devotee of that and what he did was brilliant.
- No, again, it's not my characters, so he can do whatever he wants. And the story was also that I was going to do it. I was going to go to Lucas and be their John Lasseter-type of person and do a feature and supervise the "Star Wars" television show. And things kind of fell apart, blah blah blah. But, yeah, I'm super proud of what we did. And I felt like we did a justice to "Star Wars" and as a fan.
- That's the one thing that is kind of weird that he just wants to wipe it off. Because we used to be in the encyclopedias, some of the characters that we created. And now they're gone. And you can't get the DVD and all of this other stuff. And it's like, whatever. What are you going to do, right? It existed.
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A spacer GIF is a small, transparent GIF image that is used in web design and HTML coding. They were used to control the layout of HTML elements on a web page, at a time when the HTML standard alone did not allow this. They became mostly obsolete after the adoption of Cascading Style Sheets.
David Siegel's 1996 book Creating Killer Web Sites [1] was the first known to publish the Spacer GIF technique. According to Siegel, he invented the trick in his living room.[1][2]
The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard diminished the use of spacer GIFs for laying out web pages. CSS can achieve the same effects in a number of ways, such as by changing the margin or padding on a given element or by explicitly setting a relative position. If used properly, CSS reduces unnecessary code in a web page. Blank 1×1 GIFs are still occasionally used to fix a PNG rendering limitation in Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5.5 – 6[citation needed].
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- ^ a b Rønn-Jensen, Jesper (2006-03-03). "Justaddwater: Who invented the Spacer GIF". Justaddwater. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
- ^ a b Siegel, David (1997-10-02). "The Web is Ruined and I Ruined it". XML.com. O'Reilly Media. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
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And the Land Lay Still
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|James Robertson
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And the Land Lay Still is the fourth novel by Scottish novelist and poet James Robertson. Upon publication in 2010 it was widely praised for its breadth of exploration of Scottish society in the latter half of the 20th century.
Plot summary[edit]
The novel's narrative is shaped around the portfolio of the late photographer Angus Pendreich. His son Michael is involved in the establishment of a new exhibition of his renowned father's work.
The book focuses on the characters presented in these photographs, which span post-war Scotland across geographies and social classes from the homeless to senior politicians. Their disparate stories present a collage that highlights the highs and lows of modern Scottish society.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
The award-winning epic novel received near-unanimous critical acclaim in the mainstream British press.
The Daily Mail said that the novel was a "toweringly ambitious book, virtually flawlessly realised, a masterpiece".[2] For The Independent, the "dizzying grand opus" was "eminently readable" and successful in showcasing "an alternative history of the country told by its everyday people instead of its movers and shakers".[3]
The Observer said that Robertson had "caught something of the sheer bloody-minded craving for self-sabotage in the Scottish soul so accurately it's painful".[4] The Herald was impressed by "a state-of-the-nation novel with a Dickensian scope".[5]
The Daily Telegraph was impressed by the book's ability to meld "engrossing individual storylines" with "cultural shifts such as the birth of Scottish nationalism, the death of industry, the sexual revolution and the boom in North Sea oil".[6] The New Statesman noted that four years' worth of research had gone into the book and finished its review with the line: "It's some achievement".[7]
Writing in The Guardian, the writer Irvine Welsh said of the "highly ambitious" book that it "represents nothing less than a landmark for the novel in Scotland, and underlines the author's position as one of Britain's best contemporary novelists".[8] Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond selected the novel as his book of the year for 2010, telling the Scotland on Sunday that it was "outstanding", "important", and the author's finest work.[9]
The novel won the 2010 Scottish Book of the Year Award[10] and was long-listed for the 2011 Creative Scotland Book of the Year Awards.[11]
- ^ Robertson, James (5 August 2010), And the Land Lay Still (1st ed.), London: Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 978-0-241-14356-8
- ^ "James Robertson's And the Land Lay Still". UK: The Daily Mail. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Scots guard: James Robertson has dedicated himself to preserving the native culture and language north of the border". UK: The Independent. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson". UK: The Observer. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "James Robertson: And The Land Lay Still (Hamish Hamilton, £18.99)". The Herald. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "James Robertson: Interview". UK: The Daily Telegraph. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "And the Land Lay Still by James Robertson". New Statesman. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Irvine Welsh enjoys a sweeping look through a Scottish lens at a turbulent era". UK: The Guardian. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "Books of 2010: Authors, actors, politicians, sports stars and more reveal their top reads of the year". Scotland on Sunday. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- ^ "2010 shortlist". Saltire Society. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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Believe it or not, there hasn't been a numbered "Resident Evil" game released in almost a decade that also feature zombies. At that, the last game that did was the pretty forgettable "Resident Evil 0", so you really have to go back to 1999's "Resident Evil 3: Nemesis" for the last time "Resident Evil" was simultaneously worth playing and featured zombies. Since then, players looking to get their fix of zombie killing have had to turn to ill-advised spinoff games like the Wii lightgun "The Umbrella Chronicles" or clunky, MMO-lite games such as the "Outbreak" series.
It has to say something about late twentieth century America that at a certain point, the computer game owned by the most households was a simulation where you practiced picking mines out of a field while trying not to blow yourself up. Granted, it wasn't exactly a graphic representation, but just think about it. Someone once sat by himself in a room and THOUGHT THAT UP. Just saying, it's weird.
Anyway, someone went and added an adorable little girl and zombies that want to eat her, and that's somehow still less disturbing to me. Available now on your various Apple devices.
Here's a leaked teaser for "Resident Evil: Retribution", the latest chance for Paul W.S. Anderson to play sexy dress up with his wife Milla Jovovich and get paid to do it. Think of it as the world's most expensive foreplay (spoiler alert: I bet it works)
I will make three predictions about this game. 1: Lloyd Kaufman makes a cameo. 2: A poop geyser will somehow be involved. 3: I will play it.
As a craggy asteroid rockets through space two bored police officers sit in their cruiser. One takes a nap. The other clocks the airspeed of a whippoorwill. Suddenly the asteroid is shown on a collision course with Earth. Our cops? Still bored, though one more annoyed with the other. The asteroid screams through the atmosphere, erupting in flame and splitting before impacting in the dirt a mile or two behind them. The smoking asteroid cracks open as we hear a squirmy chattering. Sound familiar? Of course.
I'm going to level with you, there's no way in hell I would ever be able to sit through this movie. That said, I do enjoy adorably sincere press releases.
Wait, you mean to tell me almost the entire cast of "Nun of That" has reunited for this? Aw snap, sign me up! (trailer after the jump)
I'm not going to pretend I know anything about contemporary Japanese splatter or J-splotation films; a term I am assuming is only used outside Japan. I've seen "Versus" on one of those late night video store runs back when video stores were actually a thriving business. Ya, whippersnappers. Takashi Miike's "Audition" is one of my favorite horror films period. I would have to hand in my film geek card if I hadn't encountered "Battle Royale" at some point or another.
Like many of you, I enjoyed the hell out of AMC's new series "The Walking Dead" last season. I was extremely surprised they managed a gritty, gory tale of the zombie apocalypse that was paired with great acting and characters with personality. Most can agree that this is also a series that isn't just for die hard zombie or horror fans - the true drama is about human survival during the end of the known world, and the stories of the survivors can appeal to almost anyone.
Bantam has announced it will publish the official novelisation of Dead Island, a zombie action game from Techland and Deep Silver. Currently slated for a UK only release on September 8, 2011, in paperback form with a price tag of £6.99 (About $9.50). I'm sure we'll be hearing news of an international release soon.


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I found myself nodding alot to this article.
On the whole England-supporting thing, I am definately club over country and seeing the likes of Terry, Gerrard (as captain) and Downing representing 'us', I can hardly feel enthusiastic!
And, on the subject of signing, OT will not be able to relocate away fans to tier 3 of the north stand next season and create a signing section in the se section, like some of us hoped. But still hope for the season after.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Just so you know 'motherless' sp unk bucket slaphead, albert_b_s_d is not one of my ID's.
I've driven you so nuts on here that you seem to think any anti-Man U posts are from me and me alone!
Oh dear.
I do it very rarely but it's always a mistake for me to read republikofwankunia articles. This one is an extreme version of the usual united paranoid whinging ("FA treat us like shit" etc) followed up with a big dose of arrogance (we're better than England so why should we support them, or even play for them).
United fans who are real football fans should be bigger than this.
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William Guy William Guy May 19, 2012 08:46 Flag
So where was it wrong?
United do rule United do rule May 19, 2012 07:11 Flag
Ah, a Chitty fan now albert ? What happened to your beloved barcodes ?
United do rule United do rule May 18, 2012 14:40 Flag
No, she is
Then there's you 'Wily' with your see through act where you're really as thick as two short planks but you keep trying to make out that you're something clever!
No biting now!
William Guy William Guy May 17, 2012 18:54 Flag
you really arent that stupid are you lala?
it must be an act surely
Crap article written by a typical Man U moaner! Nobody forces Man U knobheads to support England, do they?
I've known plenty of Man U fans in the past who also supported England and they happily cheered on Shearer when he represented the country, yet the very same group of guys heckled him at every given opportunity when he played at club level.
Man U and some of their fans really need to get over themselves, they're no strangers to giving players from other football clubs stick or slagging off players who have left Old Trafford.
What a bunch of miserable, moaning, whinging old fan nies you Man U knobheads are!
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I cant see why a geordie would be such a bitter ABU?
It's not like your club has ever been much of a challenge to utd over the decades is it?
Naa i suspect you're really a bitter gooner who is hiding behind a fake ID.
now which one?
most amusing and much love to you.
exactly neil. so it doesnt have any relevance to who u support more.
unless u are saying if england improved & utd declined, u would support england more because they we're playing better football?
It's OK.. I've made my points.
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Calls to scrap Australia's written citizenship test
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- July 28, 2011
- Calls to scrap "too hard" written citizen test
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THE federal government faces calls to scrap Australia's written citizenship test because it is too hard for thousands of migrants who cannot understand the questions.
New Australians are refusing the test for fear of failing and being deported, with just 9043 migrants applying from October to December last year when there should have been about 30,000, The Daily Telegraph reported.
A submission to the Inquiry into Multiculturalism said almost 23 per cent of Sudanese migrants, 17.5 per cent of Afghanis and 16 per cent of Iraqis fail to pass the test on first or subsequent attempts.
The NSW Teachers' Federation demanded the government drop the written questions and return to a "basic spoken English test" as used in the past.
"The citizenship test requires near native-speaker competence in English," the federation's submission says.
"The test ... is particularly disadvantaging certain migrant and refugee groups and lowering their uptake of citizenship. Many refugee groups have reported that due to a fear of failure and a perception of being deported if unsuccessful ... they are far less likely to sit the test at all."
The test is of 20 questions drawn at random from a pool of questions. To pass, applicants must answer 15 correctly. UK migrants top the list of successes, then India, China, South Africa, Philippines, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Korea and Malaysia.
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JAY of Melbourne Posted at 4:57 PM July 28, 2011
The test is dead easy and I'm not Australian nor is English my first language. What are these people complaining about?
Simon F of Perth Posted at 4:33 PM July 28, 2011
Open and honest debate is a healthy thing, however to even consider the possibility of scrapping this written portion is beyond understanding!? My wife recently became and Ausy citizen and she had to work hard at her English over many years, and she embrace's our Ausy ways and culture. I am a permanent resident in her home country, and not a citizen because I do not speak the language well enough!! Fair enough I say!! Accept your limitations and the consequences that come with them, or improve and reap the benefits!! AS other have said, our "test" comes with what can virtually be called a cheat sheet....with all the answers!!! You are welcome if you actually want to be an Ausy, but don't arrive with your hand out, looking to live in your own little closed in society shutting out the rest of us!! If you don't love it...leave!!!!
Flutz Posted at 4:25 PM July 28, 2011
Nothing wrong with the citizenship test. If someone won't learn enough English to understand and complete the test, they aren't really genuine in their desire to be citizens of our great country and don't deserve the honor. In Canada you have to undertake a 5 year Tafe-equivalent course of study and pass all aspects of it before you can apply to be a citizen (which includes being competent in English or French or preferrably both). If anything we should be looking for ways to make it tougher to become a citizen of our great country.


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LET, Lotterhos Empowerment Training, Peter Lotterhos Transformative, Empowering, Intelligent, Caring, Committed Hartford, Nationwide
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I first participated in LET over 4 years ago. I have remained connected to LET since then by participating in additional trainings. In short, I am a return customer. Why? I have seen great results in my life by utilizing this training. Specifically, this training taught me a new way of understanding myself and the way my mind works. I see how my self-depricating attitude left me shut off from the world and prevented me from having close relationships, affected my success at work, and my overall happiness. What I got out of the training was the ability to choose my life, a great sense of freedom and aliveness because I was no longer tied to my old baggage. My relationships with people changed because I was more open to communicate honestly, share my emotions, and be unguarded. There was a common trend to my romantic relationships, and that pattern changed once I practiced the type of communication LET makes available to its participants. As a result, I have created a successful, loving relationship. I am married, happy, and confident.
I would not have gotten such wonderful results without a great coach. Peter Lotterhos is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. I know this because I have seen him work. I have participated in several of his trainings. I have seen him interact with people I care about, total strangers, and have interacted with him myself. What I get about Peter is he is totally, 100% committed being a positive force in your life, my life, the world. His patience to work with people is remarkable, and he does not give up when defense mechanisms would push him away. Why? Because he does not define people by what holds them back. He sees a person as a source for creation and possibility. As a coach, he can be tough, just like the trainer that you hire to kick your butt into shape at the gym. His commitment is to get your mind, your life, into shape. I have never seen him not follow through with this when an individual is willing to stay with the training, no matter how defensive or stubborn they may be. His ability to listen is off the charts. His ability to read a person's personality, body language, and emotions is incredibly keen. This is true for men, women, young or old.
Overall, I would describe Peter as caring, patient, and committed. He is truly brilliant for developing this training, and he is gifted as a coach and leader. His training program is captiviating, life-changing, and brings an intelligent and grounded perspective to life. LET is truly transformative. I am willing to share more about my experience or answer questions if they are posted on this site.
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The date has now been set for the 2016 Macsim Sydney to Surfers Ride, which will start on Saturday 30th April and, due to roadworks on the Pacific Highway, follow the same route as last year, with overnight stays at:
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