Leisure Suit Larry RETURNS!!!

The news has been out since October, but I have just today discovered that a small game publishing company called Replay Games, has acquired the rights to the Leisure Suit Larry franchise. Apparently they are led by a former Sierra On-Line beta tester, which means that they love the games and not just the potential cash flow they may receive from the franchise (ah hem... Magna Cum Laude and Box Office Bust.)

Their first step is to remake an HD version of 'Leisure Suit Larry 1: In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards'. They are planning to release it on as many formats as possible... including XBox Marketplace and iOS devices. They also plan to give each game of the series a similar remake (except for Magna Cum Laude and Box Office Bust, that is.)

Another good sign is that the series creator, Al Lowe, is not only putting his stamp of approval on the creation of these games but he is stepping in and getting involved, just to make sure everything is done right... thats almost even better news than knowing remakes are coming out, that Al Lowe is back working again... on games.

The LSL1 remake is set to release sometime this year (which is the 25th anniversary of the original Larry) and that's all we really know about release date, no month or quarter has been given for it's release... i'm hoping for it to be sooner rather than later, but I'll happily wait now that I know the franchise is being handled with care...

They have also hinted at the release of new Larry adventures... maybe we'll finally see 'Lust in Space' or even go back and make Leisure Suit Larry 4: The Missing Floppies, for real... although that's pretty unlikely.

Pictures

Hey, real quick...

I just realized that whenever I create a blog post, whether it be for this blog or my Dallas Cowboys blog (anothercowboysblog.blogspot.com) I need to make sure I ALWAYS include at least one picture.

It's something I noticed about all of the blogs I read... I tend to enjoy the one's who use photos on every post more than the one's who don't.

I dunno, that's all, just saying...

Akai MPC Fly

Thanks to Engadget.com I found out that Akai, the electronics company that produces some of the greatest music productions tools used in the industry, have created an iPad compatible MPC/iPad Case and App.

It is called the MPC Fly and it combines physical pads with an exclusive iPad 2 MPC app. It seems to bring all the MPC goodness right on your iPad.

Sure I have a bunch of music creation apps that work great already on the iPad, but I've always wanted to get an MPC anyway and this seems to be the perfect combination product for me.

The way they promote this, it is supposed to be used 'On The Fly' to get your thoughts down quick, and that can be taken back into the studio to be mastered. Well, I would probably use it for the full production... that's just my style.

Anyway... looks awesome, can't wait to see the pricing and availability... this may be my next major music purchase.

iDucation

Today was an Apple press event regarding Education... there were a few things introduced:

- iBooks 2, which introduces textbooks into the mix that have the ability to have interactive features like swiping sentences to highlight them, bring up dictionary for terms, watch videos or interact with 3D models.

- iBooks Author... A full fledge OS/X app that allows anybody to publish an eBook for any genre and makes it as easy as dragging and dropping content into it to create a fully interactive book. Geared toward education, but it can be used for anything.

- iTunes U update... most don't even know about this part of the iTunes Store, but iTunes U has an abundance of college lectures available to download... they will be expanding and updating this and it will have more K-12 educational material on it as well.

They also have a lot of publishers backing them up on this project including McGraw Hill and other notable textbook publishers... this should provide them with the push they need to get Apple adopted into schools everywhere.

~EDITORIAL~

I think this is great... Sure I'm very biased because I love Apple products, but it was certainly wasn't a matter of 'if' it was just a matter of when this technology would infiltrate schools. For a student of any age, but especially High School and College, having all of your learning materials in an iPad instead of carrying tons of books is a relief, not only on your back but also in keeping things organized.

Apple has made a huge step and made the tools for creation as easy as pie... not unlike the way they created Final Cut Pro or Garageband... they are excellent at creating the tools so that creative and intelligent minds can run with it and create great content. This is Apple's way, and I imagine this will do wonders for the education field as a whole.

Where Are You!?

If there's one thing that I always forget about and never bother with and show no regard to, it's gotta be this blog. I have never been consistent with my posts and even-so, it's always boring 'blah-blah-blah' type of shit.

Whatever...

Just to catch up... it's now 2012, the year of the apocalypse I guess, and so far things are going OK, not great, but that's a whole different tale to spin.

Ok, now that we're caught up... I will say that I tried Burger King's new fries, and they were semi-marginally better, but still not that great, and they had a weird kind of oily aftertaste that was not appreciated by myself or my wife. I will try them once more, perhaps we got a bad batch... but I'm not hopeful. I think I'll stick to good fries, like McDonald's or Five Guys or Friendlys.

OK, now that we're caught up even further... I will say that I am kind of tired, so I'm going to go. That is all... see ya again in another 2 months or something.