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> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 19:48:09 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Re: Chat with Push, NV, Puppetmaster now on December 8,
> 2002
>
> Due to connectivity issues with Doug, this chat needed to be
> rescheduled.
>
> It's now this Sunday, Dec. 8th, at 4pm Eastern/1pm Pacific.
>
>
> --- In cloudmakers@y..., "SpaceBass" <cloudmaker@m...> wrote:
>> For any Cloudmakers who played along with the recent Push, Nevada,
> game,
>> we've managed to schedule a chat with the consulting producer
> and "Push
>> Puzzle Kingpin" Doug TenNapel for Sunday, December 1, 2002, at 5:00
> p.m. PST
>> (8:00 p.m. EST). The chat will be held in #unfiction on the Chat-
> Solutions
>> network (irc.chat-solutions.org)and will be moderated. Chat and
> question
>> guidelines will be posted shortly at Unfiction.com.
>>
>> Before working on Push, NV, Doug TenNapel got his start in
> television as an
>> animator for the cartoon version of "Attack of the Killer
> Tomatoes." Later,
>> he got interested in video games and created both the "Earthworm
> Jim" game
>> and subsequent television show. His upcoming TV effort,
> entitled "Gear," is
>> based on his graphic novel of the same name, published by Fireman
> Press. Mr.
>> TenNapel has dozens of comic book, video game, animation, and
> television
>> credits, and he also wrote, directed, and played a part in the 2000
> movie
>> Mothman. His personal website is located at
> <http://www.tennapel.com/>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> SpaceBass
>
>
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> From: "David Golden" <jasonfalkner10@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 10:50:45 -0800
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com, jawbreakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Excite $20,000 Treasure Hunt
>
> Someone just turned me on to this new treasure hunt at excite.com and I
> thought everyone here might like to get involved.
>
> Excite $20,000 Treasure Hunt
>
> http://msxml.excite.com/_1_VJOUS30VF49PK__info.xcite/promo/thunt/index.htm
>
>
>
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> From: "kreteno <kreteno@...>" <kreteno@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 16:12:18 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Re: FW: TRONKILLERAPP.COM STARTS!
>
> There's a yahoo group set up, but it hasn't been very active:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tron2circuitboard/
>
> There's also a thread for it at the unforums of unfiction (in the
> news & rumors forum).:
> http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14
>
> Chasing the Wish should also be starting soon
> (www.chasingthewish.com).  It should be quite the experience, so if
> you haven't registered, you may want to. It's free, the registration
> is just to give them your contact information and such. There is a
> forum set up for it on unfiction as well:
> http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=54
>
> Brooke
>
> --- In cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com, "kevinst434 <kevinst434@y...>"
> <kevinst434@y...> wrote:
>> Cool. Where will we be discussing and disecting this?  Here, or
>> on some other group? Is there a Tron game Group yet?

http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0301/17.terraquest.php

Grown ups not ready after all: TerraQuest game axed
by Peter Cohen, pcohen@...
January 17, 2003 4:15 pm ET

Last November MindQuest Entertainment founder and CEO Keith Griffin
triumphantly declared that his company's online spy game TerraQuest was the
kind of game "adults play when they grow up." Alas, not enough of them did,
because MindQuest today announced that the game had been stopped.

Designed for Mac OS X and Windows using Shockwave and other technology,
TerraQuest encouraged players to search for clues for a US$25,000 payout. In
fact, a quarter of a million dollars was to be awarded to players by the end
of six play periods. Players paid a one-time registration fee for the
privilege.

Although MindQuest made it clear at the outset in an interview with
MacCentral that the prize money was funded from sources other than direct
registration fees, they couldn't keep the ball rolling long enough to make
it work.

"There is simply not enough participation in the experience to keep this
version of TerraQuest going," said the company in a statement.

MindQuest plans to take the feedback of users and editors who reviewed the
game to modify its "structural part," and hopes to revisit the concept in
the future.

Players who participated in TerraQuest won't be out a dime, however:
MindQuest Entertainment noted that all registration fees and charges for
"express clues" will be refunded in full to each player. The winner of the
first game period -- Roland Spencer -- will get his $25,000 payout as
promised.

The Go Game relies on the very latest in wireless technology, keeping the
game moving with a constant give-and-take of digital information. Teams of 4
to 6 players compete with one another to complete a sequence of creative
challenges or "missions" in the most ingenious, daring, creative fashion. We
track your heroic deeds as you go along, verifying your location and the
time it took to complete each mission. Go Game conspirators may be lurking
around every corner.

Through clues downloaded to a wireless device and hints planted in unlikely
places, you'll be guided through a city you only think you're familiar with.
Clues can appear at any time, anywhere. Perhaps you didn't notice the woman
on the bus reading a magazine upside-down. Or the note stuck to the side of
the bathroom mirror of your favorite bar, or the electric scooter parked
outside with your name on it. After a day of Go, you will.

As a player you may be a sleuth, a superhero, a saboteur, or all three. It
all depends on, well, you. We at Go Game Central devise a diverse range of
activities to suit everyone's interests, aspirations, strengths, and
weaknesses. We beam these "missions" to your team and you, like any good
super-human, are to complete them with wit, cunning, and creativity. To play
The Go Game you'll need quick thinking, a little street smarts, a lot of
ingenuity, and the courage to break a few social rules.

After the final mission has been completed, teams convene at a local pub to
share their experiences -- in all their high-resolution, full-color glory.
Over beers and burgers, players vote on the digital photos and videos from
the day as they're projected on the big screen. Points are tallied in a
hilarious exchange of the day's events and the winning team makes off with
the prize.

http://www.smartmobs.com/archives/000633.html

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> From: Bronwen Liggitt <bronwen@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:49:15 -0500
> To: <cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Sean Stewart to write a comic book?
>
> Cartoonist Steve Lieber, who did art for WHITEOUT, said in the Millarworld
> comics forum that he was "working with a novelist on his first comic book
> project . . . It's Sean Stewart. He's an s.f./fantasy writer, probably best
> known for GALVESTON, an amazing novel that won the World Fantasy Award in
> 2001. (Actually folks here might know him better as the story guy behind the
> webgame for the Spielberg film A.I.) He's taken a serious interest in comics
> recently, and has a really good feel for how they work."
>
> You can find that forum thread here:
>
> http://forums.millarworld.biz/viewtopic.php?t=568&postdays=0&postorder=asc&s
> tart=20
>
> And Steve Lieber's website is:
>
> http://www.unrewarding.com/steve/
>
> Hopefully Sean will fill us in on his potential involvement with this
> project soon.  A Sean Stewart comic would be mad fun!
>
> Bronwen
>
> P.S. In related news for fans of Sean's book, GALVESTON -- AICN reported
> earlier this week that Sean Astin is going to direct a movie based around
> the Galveston flood of 1900.  That link is:
>
> http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=14539
>
>
> "Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
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> From: "kreteno <kreteno@...>" <kreteno@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:12:32 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Chasing the Wish is Live
>
> Chasing the Wish (www.chasingthewish.com) went live tonight with an
> email sent to registered players.  The email led us to
> www.synthasia.com, a web design & marketing firm.  From there, 5
> other sites were found.  There's been quite a lot to digest thus
> far, but it looks to be quite a journey.
>
> A copy of the email can be found here:
> http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/files/32_1046410647.txt
>
> We've been gathering information over at unfiction:
> http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=54
>
> There's also a yahoo! group set up:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wishchasers
>
> And I'm sure that they've been attacking it at cd.org as well:
> http://www.collectivedetective.org/campaign/wish
>
> The first fan site went up a bit ago and is quite an effort:
> http://www.chasingthefish.com and it looks as if it was recognized
> in the game at http://www.synthasia.com/aquarium.html
>
> There's also an irc channel set up on irc.chat-solutions.org #ctw
> (you can get to it from unfiction if you don't have an irc client
> installed)
>
> hope to see you around!
> Brooke
>
>
>
> "Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
> FAQ at: http://www.cloudmakers.org/faq/
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Party!

-----Original Message-----
From: vpisteve [mailto:vpisteve@...]
Sent: 12 April 2003 20:18
To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [cloudmakers] ANNOUNCE: CM Anniversary Party/ARGFest-o-Con in
Las Vegas


Hey everyone,

If you live anywhere near Las Vegas, consider joining us for a
little get together, just like the old Cloudmaker Parties.  Most of
us who will be there are/were Cloudmakers, so we'll be celebrating
CM's anniversary while we're at it.

The party will be on Saturday evening, April 26th. To throw a little
wrinkle into it, you must solve a little puzzle to get specific info
on exactly when and where the festivities will be. To dive right in,
info and the puzzle can be found at
http://www.marthasboardinghouse.com/exodus/argfestocon.htm .

It's going to be a great time, and we've got over a dozen people
coming so far. Plus, there are rumors of some interesting things in
store. Hope to see some of you there!



"Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
FAQ at: http://www.cloudmakers.org/faq/
To unsubscribe: cloudmakers-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com



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> From: "vpisteve" <vpisteve@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:51:37 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] New Game: Acheron
>
> A new Alternate Reality Game has been announced. Acheron will be a
> free game, launching this summer.
>
> See http://www.acheron.us/
>
> A cool little realworld scavenger hunt today during the ARGFest-O-
> Con/Cloudmaker Party in Las Vegas led to the discovery of this site.
> You can read details at
> http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7797#7797
>
> We had been getting hints that something was afoot, and now we know
> what. This looks like it really has potential.
>
> -vpisteve
>
>
>
> "Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
> FAQ at: http://www.cloudmakers.org/faq/
> To unsubscribe: cloudmakers-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
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> From: "mzlauren75" <mzlauren75@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 19:06:45 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Straight from E3
>
> Came across a game here while covering E3.  I'll give it a more
> thorough write up on vgonetwork in a few days, but I thought I'd give
> you guys a heads up...
>
> Majesco is launching the game Black9, a conspiracy-theory action game
> where you're a mercenary hired out by the different factions who want
> to rule the world.  Quoting the press release:
>
> In 2080, nine powerful cartels known as Illuminati are engaged in a
> struggle for the control of mankind. Motivated by their own special
> interests, these manipulative Illuminati head towards a perilous
> endgame, and players find themselves in the role of a mercenary
> walking the gray line of right and wrong. Black9 is a Machiavellian
> world full of greediness and betrayal, and players will need to be
> resourceful in order to stay true to their own code.
>
> This web-based program begins in may and features an in-depth look at
> the world of Black9, its characters, technologies and strategies.
> Upon completing sections of the program, you will receive exclusive
> keys to unlock the secrets in the final versions of the game shipping
> Fall 2003.
>
> Interested? Go to www.black-9.com
>
> Oh and I told them that if Cloudmakers/Collective Detective crashed
> their servers, we're sorry :)
>
> Lauren
>
>
>
> "Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
> FAQ at: http://www.cloudmakers.org/faq/
> To unsubscribe: cloudmakers-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
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> From: "vpisteve" <vpisteve@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 07:03:06 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] ANNOUNCE: "Acheron" Pre-Game PM Chat on May 28th
>
> The folks behind Acheron (www.acheron.us) have announced a PM chat
> to talk about their upcoming Alternate Reality Game, scheduled to
> launch this summer. Acheron PM William Walrath will be in attendance
> as a representative to answer any question and give us a preview of
> what's in store.
>
> This moderated chat will take place on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at
> 9:00 pm EDT / 6:00 pm PDT in #acheron on irc.chat-solutions.org. For
> browser-based access, java IRC applets can be found at
> http://www.acheron.us/chat.html or http://www.unfiction.com/chat .
>
> Stop by http://www.acheron.us for more information. Details about
> the chat will be posted on the forums at Unfiction
> ( http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php ).
>
> -vpisteve
>
>
>
>
> "Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
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> From: "kreteno" <kreteno@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 20:38:23 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Tulse Luper
>
> Peter Greenaway is using the internet as part of a project that will
> also include several films.  The internet site will be used in a
> variety of ways, one of which will be a series of 92 puzzles that
> will require collaboration.  92 seems to be a theme through all of
> this as there are 92 suitcases with 92 items.
>
> The site went live on Saturday (at the same time as his film aired
> at Cannes), but was a timer until today.  It's rather bizarre with
> lots of interesting things.  Check it out at:
> http://www.tulselupernetwork.com
>
> Other sites include:
> http://www.tulseluper.net/
> http://www.tulseluperinturin.net/
>
> You can check out a NY Times article about it:
> http://tinyurl.com/cive
>
> Brooke
>
>
>
>
> "Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
> FAQ at: http://www.cloudmakers.org/faq/
> To unsubscribe: cloudmakers-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
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> From: "Johnnie J. Young" <jjyoung@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 14:00:04 -0700
> To: Cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com, Cloudmakers-LA@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Google U.S. Puzzle Championship
>
> Google U.S. Puzzle Championship
>
> http://www.google.com/puzzles/
>
>
>
>
> "Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
> FAQ at: http://www.cloudmakers.org/faq/
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>
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> From: James Bickers <jamesbickers@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:47:01 -0700 (PDT)
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] interview for newspaper article on ARG
>
> Hi all, James Bickers here - I'm a writer with the
> Gannett newspaper Courier-Journal, and have been asked
> to write a feature story on alternate reality games.
> I'm looking for a local hook - is anybody here a
> resident of the Louisville, KY/southern Indiana area,
> that might be interested in being profiled in the
> article?
>
> All the best,
> James
>
> www.jamesbickers.com

On 31/7/03 2:56, "kreteno" <kreteno@...> wrote:

>> bGV0bGFta2JvbGV0bGF5ZXRsYXV0dmR3aG1pYWk=
>> Confused? I don't blame you. Perhaps you should ask for a kloo....
>>
>> post: http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1924
>>
>>
>> Once translated, that leads to: http://tinyurl.com/ihal
>
> He's changed it to: http://www.martavius.com/triv/flashback.html
>
> once again, enjoy!
> brooke

Ah, nostalgia :)

Dan

Update!

Sean's site is back, and he's added some new content all about the Beast:

http://seanstewart.org/beast/

The "introduction" is new, and a fun read.

Cheers,

Dan

Looks like it'll be fun :)

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> From: "spacebass98" <cloudmaker@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 00:21:51 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] ANNOUNCE: ARGFest-o-Con 2
>
> Man, I can't believe it's been a whole year* since the last ARGFest-o-
> Con in Vegas, which was a rousing success with attendance of at least
> several thousand**.
>
> Sure, everyone who went said it was the best time they'd ever had in
> their whole lives and if something tragic were to happen on their
> various ways home, at least they'd die with smiles on their faces,
> but that just irked a bunch of whiney crybabies from the east coast
> US who didn't have the gumption to pry themselves away from their
> keyboards for a weekend to fly a mere six hours and party with their
> ARG-loving chums.
>
> SO, we're doing it all again! That's right, the SuperARGFest-o-Con
> (AND Wet T-Shirt Contest, if I have my way) is back, and back with a
> vengeance! Possibly even in 3-D! This time, we're heading east,
> wayyyy east, possibly even southeast and maybe down a bit because
> much of Florida is below sea-level.  Mark it in your datebook now:
> ARGfest 2, November 7-9, 2003, Orlando, Florida, USA.  Vote early,
> and vote often, 'cause hey, it's Florida and that's how things work
> there.  No pesky recalls needed when everything's wacked from the
> start!
>
> All the info you need to know can be found at the Official
> SuperARGFest-o-Con Wet 'n' Wild Splashy Fun Site & Happy Sun Tan
> Booth, currently located here:
>
> http://argfest.unfiction.com/
>
> We're looking at around 18-20 attendees so far - old and brittle
> Cloudmakers as well as fresh, young, nubile*** new faces - and hope
> you can make it too!  Remember to RSVP to Brooke**** when you've
> confirmed your reservations!
>
> ARGFEST! WOO!!*****
>
> Cheers,
> SpaceBass
>
> * In Internet time, that is.
> ** If you include all the drunk tourists who were there at the same
> time, perchance by pure coincidence.
> *** Not a guarantee.
> **** I dunno, there's a mail link or something on the who's coming
> page. Didn't she do a great job on the site?
> ***** No, I haven't been drinking. Really. I swear. Just wait 'til
> Orlando, though. Hooboy!
>
>
>
> "Cloudmakers: We Make Waves."
> FAQ at: http://www.cloudmakers.org/faq/
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>
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Consolidated from a few messages at CM:

Irwin writes:

> http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=1759
>
> The company that Neo worked for as Thomas Anderson has a website up.
> Interesting.. Read above article for details

Stephen Graves has set up a Yahoo! Group

> I've started a group to sift through the clues:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/metacortechs/

Cloudmakers.org partner site Unfiction has a forum set up, too:

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?c=13&sid=604e08498642060b57e236
50bfc8cf1d

There's a guide of sorts here:

http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~mlpatter/matrix/

And a whole bunch of information here:

http://www.bole.ca/matrix/

Happy hunting,

Dan

------ Forwarded Message
From: "Matthew Hood" <mantene@...>
Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:41:24 -0000
To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [cloudmakers] Stephen King - Dark Tower AI type game!

Someone over at theDarkTower.net (tyler himself I believe) stumbled
upon  sombracorp.com... If you have read the latest Dark Tower novel,
Wolves of the Calla, then you will recognize this name... Sure enough,
if you click on Developement you will get a log in screen. We know the
username and password and we know how to solve the following two
puzzles but so far that is it.

Don't know how good this one will be but I have to admit to getting
that adrenaline rush once again. Looks like it may be an honest to
goodness AI type game made by people with money but we will see.

Hop on over to http://thedarktower.net/forums and search for the
thread titled 'Sombra Corp' it is pretty big.

Matt Hood
'Mantene'

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Hi all,

Adrian and I are involved in the launch of a new game, and our project is
hiring.

Check out the teaser at http://www.projectsyzgy.com/

It would be an understatement to say that we're both very excited and
optimistic about this :)

We'd both love to tell you more, but (as the saying goes), we'd have to kill
you.

Cheers,

Dan Hon (Cloudmakers Co-Mod)

That will teach me to look like a fool:

The correct url is: http://www.projectsyzygy.com/

Natch.

Sorry all!

Dan

> Hi all,
>
> Adrian and I are involved in the launch of a new game, and our project is
> hiring.
>
> Check out the teaser at http://www.projectsyzgy.com/
>
> It would be an understatement to say that we're both very excited and
> optimistic about this :)
>
> We'd both love to tell you more, but (as the saying goes), we'd have to kill
> you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan Hon (Cloudmakers Co-Mod)

*** Happy Birthday to Us ***

11th April 2001 ring any bells? Today is Cloudmakers' three year birthday.
That mailing you signed up for oh so very long ago, the one where some
people were jabbering on about this guy called Evan and how he was dead?
Three years today.

(An aside: it looks like we have around five and a half thousand people
still signed up to the main list, having lost around two thousand since our
peak. Two thousand over two years is, incidentally, six hundred and
sixty-six point six recurring. Rather fitting, I thought.)

Three years ago, we all fell down a rabbit hole and plunged into a world of
murderous sex-bots (but it wasn't their fault, honest), genital re-treads,
singing mailbots, step-selves (yes, you can congratulate yourselves for
managing to wriggle out of that mess, PMs) and a globe spanning web of
plankton. Oh, and a certain Mr. Sweborg. Oh, it was fun. But anyway, enough
of looking back.

*** What's been happening in the ARG universe? ***

Biggest shout out, as ever, goes to you - the players. Without people like
you putting together the ARG Network (http://www.argn.com/) and other
community hubs like Unfiction Forums (http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/)
and Collective Detective (http://collectivedetective.org/), there wouldn't
be much of a genre left. Game of the moment is AWARE
(http://www.ruaware.org/), in pre-game mode right now (check out discussion
at http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=72).

PM-wise, Elan Lee has jumped ship and is now VP of design at Myriad Mobile
(http://www.myriadmobile.com/). Mod-wise, rumour has it that a startling
proportion of them now actually have jobs and aren't students any more.

*** Sean's New Books (emphasis on plural) ***

PERFECT CIRCLE

Sean Stewart has two (two!) books coming out. Perfect Circle is due out June
15 2004 from Small Beer Press - check out the publisher's page here:

http://www.lcrw.net/seanstewart/index.htm

so you all need to go out and buy at least three copies and tell all of your
friends to do the same. And for them to tell their friends to do the same,
too. Those in New York--or near it--get to Sean speak at the Little Gray
Book Lecture Series on 2 June, although Sean reliably informs me that these
aren't *boring* lectures and promise to be a whole barrel of fun. As if they
wouldn't be...

DARK RENDEZVOUS - A CLONE WARS NOVEL

And yes, the rumours are true: Sean's other book is a Star Wars novel.
Here's what he had to say about it:

"Yes, it's true‹I've written a Star Wars novel.  Funny how life works out,
isn't it?  ButŠ I was eleven when SW came out.  I made a (sad and floppy)
lightsaber by lashing a length of PVC tubing to a flashlight with black
electrical tape, and demonstrating in the process why I was not cut out to
be an engineer.

"One of the things that made this project appealing was the chance to write
about the Big Questions‹truth and pain, the difficulty of right action and
the Problem of Evil‹in a context that, like, half a million people, many of
them kids like the one who made the lightsaber, would stop to read.

"Plus for twenty years I have wanted to write a really killer swordfight
scene, and I finally got my chance."

Again, now's the time to propel this book up the Amazon charts. Buy at least
three copies and tell all your friends to:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345463099/102-1294971-7435309

*** Enough about us ***

Where are *you* now? And are you still waiting for the next big thing?

Regards,

Dan Hon (co-mod)

Fanfic!

http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1818384&time=1081925111

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> From: "meowcuriouskat" <KG785@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:06:32 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Belated presents...
>
> A while back, I decided to revisit our memories, and suddenly was
> quite inspired to write. Unfortunately, midway through, that
> inspiration wore off. I left the story half-finished. Now, in an
> effort to break my writer's block, I resurrected and finished it.
>
> Before even getting inspired in the first place, I'd read through
> some A.I. fanfiction, and discovered that, even though we're over
> 5000 strong, all the fanfiction that I found mostly had to do with
> either David or Joe, which kinda pained me. Even more was that there
> was none for most of the other characters in that wonderful universe.
> A handful about Monica or Dr. Hobby, that's it.
>
> And so, my contribution to the world of A.I. fanfiction, freshly
> published for the world to read, is linked below. Comments and
> criticism are welcome, lawsuits are not. (I make no profit from my
> fanfiction. Credit is given in a lengthy disclaimer at the top. There
> is no reason to sue.)
>
> http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1818384&time=1081925111
>
>
>
>
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Hi everyone,

Sean's got a new novel coming out next month, and we've updated his website:

http://seanstewart.org/news/

Check out more details about Perfect Circle at:

http://seanstewart.org/novels/perfectcircle/

He's put up two chapters of the novel there, so I encourage you all to print
them out, settle down, read them and go buy a copy :)

Those in NYC can see Sean at the Little Gray Book lecture series on 2 June,
while those in Chicago can see him at the Book Expo America on 5-6 June.

Dan

http://tinyurl.com/3d9us

WEDNESDAY, 2 JUNE

> Sean Stewart here. Just wanted to say that I'm going to be in New York
> this coming week, and more particularly I'm going to be doing a
> reading-type thing ("The Little Gray Lecture Series") at a place called
> Galapagos, in a district called Williamsburg, in Brooklyn (which I HAVE
> heard of) on Wednesday at 7 pm, and frankly it would be nice to meet
> some of the crew. Also I've never been to New York, but I gather from
> watching many hours of police drama on TV that's really scary.
>
> Did I ever mention I grew up on the Canadian prairies?
>
> Anyway, I will mostly be talking about Regular Story stuff--ostensibly
> this is part of a book launch tour for a novel called PERFECT
> CIRCLE--but I've also been working long hours for many weeks now on,
> ah, something else, and you never know what might slip....
>

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Heads up kids, it's two years since ARGN and there's celebrations - and they
wouldn't be celebrations unless there were some sort of puzzle. Check out
the front page of http://www.argn.com/ for the rabbit hole :)

Dan
Cloudmakers Co-Mod

The first chapter of Sean's new book, Perfect Circle, is now on Salon. Check
it out!

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/07/02/perfect_circle/index_np.html

or:

http://tinyurl.com/2oytn

Cheers,

Dan

I think Beast II is here :)

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> From: "vpisteve" <vpisteve@...>
> Reply-To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:46:55 -0000
> To: cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cloudmakers] This might be it, folks
>
> I know, I know. Constantly waiting for the Beast II.
>
> Well, check this out:
> http://files.bungie.org/halo2_teaser-trailer.mov
>
> It looks like http://www.ilovebees.com is definitely tied in somehow
> with the upcoming Halo 2 release for XBox. That's the trailer for the
> game being shown in theaters around the US.v
>
> Watch the end. It's there. So, we know there's something major going
> on here, and know that there's a countdown of sorts in progress. Watch
> for something big within a few days.
>
> Bees.....the Hive.......A's and I's dropped from text......microsoft
> tie in......hmmmmmmmm.
>
>
>
>
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> From: Dan Fabulich <dfabulich@...>
> Reply-To: <cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 12:04:01 -0800
> To: <cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [cloudmakers] [SOLVE] ilovebees *was* the Son of the Beast
>
>
> Credits have finally been posted on http://www.ilovebees.com under the
> MIA link... it turns out our old pals were behind it, as many of us had
> speculated.
>
> Notables include Elan Lee and Sean Stewart, now working for
> http://www.4orty2wo.com/
>
> But it also included new names, like Jane McGonigal, fellow Cloudmaker,
> who wrote her dissertation on The Beast.  At the SF live event, we also
> met Kristen Rutherford, the voice of "Melissa", the Operator, who was
> also an original Cloudmaker.
>
> Check it out!
>
> -Dan
>
>
>
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> Reply-To: <cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:09:09 -0000
> To: <cloudmakers@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [cloudmakers] Sean Stewart's "Dark Rendezvous"
>
>
>
> As many of you may know, Sean Stewart's latest book is from the Star
> Wars Clone Wars series.  "Dark Rendezvous" is set after  "Attack of
> the Clones," and right before "Revenge of the Sith"
>
> I am enjoying a few Beast references.  I'm halfway through, and so
> far we've got an Evan Chan cameo, and he reuses the Sentient Property
> Crime Bureau.  I think it's kinda funny.
>
> At this point, I expect a few more before it's over.  It's a pretty
> good read.  Standard Star Wars fare, although I enjoy his original
> novels better.
>
> sapagoo
>
>
>
>
>
>
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