Archive for November 2007

Furry Radicals blog : Week twelve

In this installment the what is said to be a monkey gives word that the secret LucasArts project is coming on nicely.  Read below or here - http://www.frd.co.uk/blogs.php#id_12

“Are Monkeys still funny? I hope so, because I’m still going.

Today I had a wonderful lunch of delicious scraps left over from a lunch meeting in the board room. Those of us gestating in the lower tiers of this splendid company love ‘Scraps Day’ because we get to taste a tiny sliver of the executive high life - chicken satay instead of cheesits, roasted Mediterranean vegetables instead of Kinder Eggs - you get the idea. Of course, we only get the good catering in on a special occasion. In this instance, it was thanks to a visit from our new buddies: LucasArts. You can spot them a mile off in this place - they’re the ones with clean, ironed clothes, acne-free skin and brushed teeth. They came to have a look at our progress so far on the ‘top secret’ project. Needless to say, they were extremely impressed and pleasantly surprised at how fast things are going.“

BAD NEWS : HAZE to be delayed again.

I’m very sorry to say that HAZE has been delayed until ubisoft’s last fiscal quarter of 2007-2008. In understandable English that is early 2008.  Over a year delay in total. How long will this go on for? At least we can be sure HAZE won’t be rushed. It would be nice for accurate release dates however.

Furry Radicals blog : Week eleven.

A monkey at a party? Sounds interesting. View the post below or here - http://www.frd.co.uk/blogs.php#id_11

 “M-to-the-O-to-the-N-to-the-K-to-the-E-to-the-Y.

Christmas is just around the corner. Apart from the obvious (buying copies of Haze for everyone I know) we’re also gearing up for our Christmas party. Originally I suggested that we hold it in a casino, until someone pointed out that there are probably several gambling addicts in our number. So, we’re all going to a bar to get tanked up instead.

The venue is extra-large this year, owing to the fact that we’ve now surpassed two hundred staff members. Jeez, we’re a monster. The bar bill last year was pretty impressive. God knows what it’s going to be like this year - especially because Sizzlewood and co. will be indulging in some ‘extreme relaxatin’ to celebrate the end of Haze. I wonder who’ll get naked and puke this time?“

HAZE video : Streets of Britain

A slightly humorous video about HAZE and slightly random too.

HAZE release date confirmed.

14th of december ubisoft has put it. Is this definite or will there be even more delays? Hopefully not.

Week Ten on the furry radicals blog.

Look below and you can see nothing has happened within the last week but now we can all enjoy read the latest post on the “Furry Radicals” blog. It can be located below or here - http://www.frd.co.uk/blogs.php#id_10

“This Monkey’s blog is written in front of a studio audience.

While I’m relaxing in a corner, reading Edge and eating Wispa bars, everyone else is sweating profusely. The Haze submissions are coming up, y’see, so everyone is at battle stations trying to spit on everything before polishing it vigorously.

Meanwhile, some of the Haze marketing material arrived at the office today. Posters, cut-out figures, little sticky-on-the-wall things. They’re all cool, and knowing the light-fingered mothers in this joint, you can expect to see most of it on eBay in a few weeks. But I guess that’s viral marketing of sorts, isn’t it?“

Week nine on the furry radicals blog.

 The what is said to be a monkey has just come back from holiday and has written a new post on the furry radicals blog. By now you should know that this blog is a waste of time but I’ll post the update anyway. Read below or via this link - http://www.frd.co.uk/blogs.php#id_9

“Monkey writes blog = comedy.

I’ve been on holiday - somewhere sunny, with cheap women. You might be wondering why I’m telling you this. Well, there are two reasons - one: I am a compulsive exhibitionist. Two: when I left, the game was looking good, but now it’s looking GREAT. When I got back into the office, I played the entire game from start to finish and finally got my hands on some of the multiplayer levels that everyone else has been singing the praises of. Since there was no-one around who wanted to play with me, I opted for an Old School Deathmatch - me versus fifteen bots. I got my arse kicked inside-out, but that’s not important.

I can’t give away too much, but one of the multiplayer maps is set during the night, and looks freaking awesome, all misty and moonlit. It was actually quite romantic. Maybe I’ll bring some local chick back to the office and walk her around the level and sing to her. If THAT doesn’t get me laid, nothing will.“