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I never played Karateka in the 80s, but as a big fan of Prince of Persia and Jordan Mechner's journals, I was stoked to hear that an interactive documentary about Jordan's prototypical cinematic platformer was in the works by Digital Eclipse.
Released this week, The Making of Karateka on the surface looks like any other game you buy through Steam ($20, Windows-only), GOG, or whichever favorite store or console you prefer (available also for Xbox, PS4/5, Switch). Once the thing loads though, you really get 3 things: a documentary, the original Karateka, and a new remaster.
The documentary part is an audio-visual slideshow retelling Jordan's development story starting with his teenage years pitching his earlier title Deathbounce to the publishing house Brøderbund. It's an interesting look into the iterative process, seen through correspondence letters, journal entries, and many playable builds at various stages of completion. After we reach the eventual rejection of that title, Jordan comes back with a prototype of a visual-narrative experience unseen on home computers. We get to follow Karateka's full life cycle from pre- to post-production, ending with the conception of its sequel (which eventually turned into Prince of Persia). It's a real treasure trove! Fellow pixel artists will appreciate the many graph-paper sketches and interactive overlays of final game sprites compared to rotoscoped outlines and filmed footage. There are also video segments, from a comprehensive breakdown of the music to interviews with other developers reflecting on the impact Jordan's games had on their careers. You'll even encounter a fan letter signed by the one and only "John Romero, Disciple of the Great Jordan and worshipper of the Magnificent Mechner!" (I kid you not, you can't make this stuff up).
Perhaps just as crucial for an interactive documentary like this, you can launch any of the floppy disks in the emulator, trying out various iterations and ports of Karateka.
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The emulation is fantastic and lets you fiddle with display settings (monochrome or color display, scanlines, pixel perfect or zoomed) as well as enhance the frame rate. You can even rewind the many deaths you will face if you've never played the game before (like me). If you spend some more time obsessing over the weird artifacts of the Apple II hi-res graphics, you might even go down the rabbit hole of realizing that on the Apple II you didn't really paint colors as much as you used different monochrome dithering patterns that the graphics display would then turn into 4 different hues. A fascinating learning experience if you include some of your own research online!
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Add to this the Commodore 64 and the Atari 8-bit versions to compare how the graphics got adapted across the earlier ports and you have a nice way to relieve the mid-80s with a bit of help from modern emulation (I did beat the C64 version without rewinding though!). I'd love to see more art from the other remakes, especially the 16-bit Atari ST port, but I understand their decision to omit playable versions of those due to the lower quality on the gameplay side of the translations.
This brings us to the final part of the package, the modern remaster. Unlike the 2012 complete reimagining of the game (with 3D graphics and all), Digital Eclipse approached the remake as the ultimate port of the original to an imaginary system along the lines of a 90s VGA PC.
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It's well done. Some of the fully-redrawn scenes are a bit overpainted for my taste (I'd prefer a pixel art rendition of the castle than a blurry photographic collage, although there were many games in the 90s that did take this approach), but the in-game graphics are really in style, including the smooth animations that are like one would imagine granted a beefier CPU. It's also a sort of director's cut with previously unseen scenes added, in particular, the battle with the leopard as a clever action-puzzle in the middle. The AI is unfortunately even less challenging than Jordan's implementation. As great as the 6-move fighting system could have been, you yet again resort to simply kicking away opponents as they tirelessly crawl into your range. There isn't even the nuance from the original where you were the one who had to approach some enemies with skilled timing. On the other hand, you now have optional goals and achievements that make the repetitive/easy combat work in your favor (stringing various combos, beating opponents or the level under a time limit …). As the Digital Eclipse president Mike Mika admits at the end of the welcome commentary mode, they didn't manage to achieve their perfect port, but they did come close.
In conclusion, I thoroughly enjoyed playing both the original as well as the remake and while the combat system lacks any sort of depth beneath its stunning animations, Karateka is instead a monumental experience for its presentation. Big characters with personality and realistic motion are displayed through cinematic camera cuts and story vignettes (3 years before Ron Gilbert came up with the word "cutscene"). There are details like animating the unfortunate falling off the cliff at the start of the game, or respectfully bowing to the first guard as they bow in return. Jordan's creative work is precious and worth the attention this release gifts it.
I highly recommend The Making of Karateka to all retro gamers and/or game developers for its immersive documentation which provides an experience that goes beyond the usual video documentaries. It's interactive—just like the subject it's talking about—something I want to see more in the future. And if the $20 by any chance seems high to you, consider that the original retailed at $35 (and that was in 1984 dollars).
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kpoplrcfiles · 22 days
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[EP] cignature (시그니처) - Us in the Summer (그해 여름의 우리)
[EP] cignature (시그니처) - Us in the Summer (그해 여름의 우리)' cignature makes colorful summer memories in their fourth EP album Us in the Summer! The girls illustrate a vibrant summertime in four new songs, including title track "Smooth Sailing."
cignature (시그니처) – 4th EP Album ‘그해 여름의 우리 (Us in the Summer)’Release Date: 2023.08.29Genre: DanceLanguage: Koreancignature makes colorful summer memories in their fourth EP album Us in the Summer! The girls illustrate a vibrant summertime in four new songs, including title track “Smooth Sailing.” Track List:1. 어젯밤 이야기(Mess With My Mind)2. 안녕, 인사해(Smooth Sailing)*Title3. Sorry So Sorry4. Little…
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christine-ebooks · 2 years
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pshfeed · 2 years
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DIMENSION : DILEMMA
Tracklist
"Intro : Whiteout" 1:39
"Tamed-Dashed" Title3:16
"Upper Side Dreamin'" 3:09
"물랐어" 2:47
"Go Big or Go Home" 3:21
"Blockbuster" (feat. Yeonjun of TXT) 3:47
"Attention, please!" 2:47
"Interlude : Question" 1:24
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touhou-memories · 4 years
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Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream title screens from trial version (left side) and full version (right side).
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tryslora · 3 years
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If I'm lucky, all errors have been caught before posting this year, and I have properly accounted for all variations needed for removing a leap year. Man, leap years are killer to deal with in terms of tracking down tiny changes to formulas! BUT. I think I actually did better this year than last year. Can we not discuss the things I screwed up? Anyway. I really did doublecheck pretty much everything that goes back to the Wordcount sheet.
ANYWAY.
For those who have been waiting for this spreadsheet, here it is! Sorry to be so late. For those who haven't seen this before, please take a look, use if you'd like, and share if you want to. All I ask is that if you make changes and spread the changed sheet around, please credit me as the original inspiration and link back to the original as well.
2021 Word Tracking Spreadsheet
Instructions and explanation are behind a cut/read more to save your feed/dash. This spreadsheet was developed because I found that it helped me keep myself moving forward from year to year, and I've been using it since 2012. I've been sharing it after folks asked what I was using to track my words, and it has evolved over the years into the version below. The instructions include screenshots from the 2021 spreadsheet and have finally been updated because a few things have changed. So. I guess I should update the instructions!
This spreadsheet was designed to allow you to set monthly goals for your writing, and easily track your words on different projects each day. It totals up your words for the day, your words for the month, and your words for the year. As you carry it along year to year, you can even track trends in your writing habits (for example, I’ve learned that I really suck at writing in May/June/July).
I’m going to go through this tab by tab to show you what’s what, and how to set yourself up and work daily.
We are actually going to begin with the second tab: Monthly Totals. This is where your totals are tracked, and where you set your goals. You can either set all your goals ahead of time, or month by month.
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On this tab, you can fill in your pledges per month, and your goal for the year in the cells marked in grey. The monthly pledges (see column D) will transfer to other tabs as needed, and will be used to calculate a daily expected word count for each month. If you set an annual goal (you don’t have to!), you’ll be able to see how close you are to making that goal, and whether your pledges add up to the annual goal.
New: You can see your words to goal, and average needed per day to get to the goal.
You can see my usual pledges here. I've lowered my goals recently because I've found that around 500 words expected per day actually encourages me to make more, and doesn't make me feel bad if I make fewer.
The Actual column (B) is calculated automatically for you based on what you fill in on the Wordcount sheet, so let the spreadsheet do the work for you!
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The next tab we need to take a look at is the first one. This is where you’ll be doing your work, on the tab titled Wordcount.
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It may look complicated, but I swear it’s not! It calculates pretty much everything you need, as long as you just keep copying information from row to row.
It’s set up so it’ll work whether you start a brand new project of 0 words, or carry forward a WIP that had words before the new year started. All you have to do is put in the title, the purpose (fest, community, this is all just for your notes), and the due date, then put in your starting word count. When you add a new project, make sure to fill that starting word count (0 or otherwise) down through ALL the prior days so that your totals stay consistent. The way I do this in Excel is to select from the starting total down to the current date, then choose Fill Down. All rows MUST be filled in or else your words will go negative (see above, where the cell G6 has a value, even though the word count did not change that day).
When a day begins, it’s easy. Just copy down the prior day (except January 1st, just start with the one in place) by selecting from column F through the last column after your current WIP and then copy it down to the next row.
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For example, if I were ready to start Jan 3rd, I select from F6 through I6 (one after my last project) and copy those cells down (I do it by using the little square in the bottom right to drag it down, but you do what's best for you.
When you finish working on a project, enter its current word count.
Now, let's take a closer look at what's above.
I started two projects on Jan 1st: Title and Title2
Title started with 0 words
Title2 came in from last year with 20 words already written
On January 1st, I recorded 100 words for Title and 1200 for Title2, and the sheet calculated that I wrote 1280 words that day
On January 2nd I didn't do anything on Title, but Title2 inreased to 1300 TOTAL words (NOT new words), so I added 100 words that day.
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On January 3rd, I added Title3 with 0 words to start, and I made sure that every row in my new column showed those 0 words.
The sheet color codes for days where you are below target or above target in the Actual Words/Day column. It’ll be white on zero days. You can see at a glance your trends for writing.
It also marks projects that have been added to as green on that day in their column, which is nice if you do a weekly or monthly round up. Again, you can see at a glance which projects you've worked on, versus the ones still waiting.
When you finish a fic, simply hide the column (do not delete it). That’s why copying the entire row from F to after last down is important, so you copy the hidden columns too.
Some information about the other columns.
Target Total is where you hoped to be that year by that date. If you’re not there, don’t worry!! Zero days are OKAY and give yourself a chance to catch up another time. If you need to adjust your pledges, go do that on the Monthly Totals tab and everything will update.
The Daily Target is the total you are hoping to reach to stay on target toward the Monthly Pledge for that month–it’ll be different each month depending on what you pledge.
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Now let’s move on to some of the fun tracking pieces. Next up are Daily Graph and Monthly Graph, which are exactly what they sound like. I’ll show examples from my 2017 spreadsheet (note, the daily graph will look very up and down–that’s OKAY! Again, let yourself have zero days…).
Daily Graph
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Monthly Graph
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Please note that the monthly graph has changed slightly. The pledged words are a line, but the actual words are now an area graph so you'll be able to see that fill in, and see your pledge as a line over it. That will give something good to look back on at the end of the year, but I don't have a new example yet!
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There is a weird little blank tab for tracking AO3 stats, if you want to do so like I do. Feel free to modify as you need, based on your own person fandoms. I just carry data through from year to year so I can see how things change.
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The last two tabs are my favorite! The Annual Comparison tab becomes useful after you’ve been using the spreadsheet more than a year, because by keeping track of totals year to year, you can start to see what your writing tendencies are. This tab has changed this year!
In the main data, I have added a Range (difference between the current month and the average) and a Median. In both cases, it won't calculate (just like the average) until you're actually in that month. Prior calculations are against the prior year's data.
Just copy in your data from prior spreadsheets, then let the new column for this year calculate on its own. No work needed once you've put in the old data!
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Sample data included solely to be able to make it make sense. It won't be in the sheet you download.
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The chart has changed! The area chart is your average across all your data. The colored lines are all the years. The current year is in black, with markers, to make it really stand out. So you can see both how you are doing against your prior years and your typical average per month.
And the last tab helps you track your progress toward your pledges. This tab is why I created the spreadsheet in the first place. I did NaNo back in 2011 and realized that being able to see my progress helped keep me writing. I like visuals! It lets me see at a glance how I’m progressing toward my goal each month.
You don't need to fill in a thing on this sheet! It pulls in the pledge from where you set it on the Monthly Totals tab, and calculates your wordcount based on that sheet, and does everything for you. Just sit back and enjoy the charts. Red columns are the expected totals, and blue will be your actual progress. You can see whether you're ahead or behind (and DON'T WORRY if you're behind, it is OKAY).
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Yes, that’s my actual horrible progress December 2018. It was a rough month.
Anyway, that’s it! Hope you like it, and if you’ve used it before, thank you for coming back. Feel free to ask if you have any questions!
2021 Word Tracking Spreadsheet
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acn97414 · 3 years
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Oh i found the simple music i did before
I wish I could make a better one now @@
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eacbooks · 3 years
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The Sacred Books of The East: The Texts of Taoism Translated by James Legge. 2 Volumes (No. 39, No. 40): Tao Teh King; The Writings of Kwang-Sze; The Thai-Shang Tractate of Actions and Their Retributuions.
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1:A song you like with a color in the title2:A song you like with a number in the title3:A song that reminds you of summertime4:A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about5:A song that needs to be played LOUD
1a (a song i like with a color in the title):bruno is orange by hop along or greener by tally hall
2a (a song i like with a number in the title): february 15th by hobo johnson, seventeen by ladytron, or better than hurt (8-24-17) by i.am.orange
3a (a song that reminds you of summertime): teenage dirtbag by wheatus
4a (a song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about): karma chameleon by culture club
5a (a song that needs to be played loud): no children by the mountain goats or putting the dog to sleep by the antlers
thank you so much!!!!
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retronator · 3 years
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I was a big fan of Antoine ‘Sir Carma’ Lendrevie’s voxel art ever since I wrote my big article on pixels and voxels in 2016. Not long after, Antoine moved to Vancouver—the home of Brace Yourself Games—and started working as lead artist (and now art director, among other artists) on the simulation/strategy game Industries of Titan.
What followed were 4 years of patiently looking at cubes being carefully arranged into delicious dioramas on his Twitter, merging slowly into vast sci-fi cityscapes you can marvel at in the screenshots above (make sure to see them up big to take in all the voxel detail).
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Finally the good news, you can now start colonizing the largest moon of Saturn yourself, as Industries of Titan landed in early access yesterday on Steam and Epic!
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kpoplrcfiles · 1 month
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[Mini Album] CRAVITY (크래비티) - EVERSHINE
[Mini Album] CRAVITY (크래비티) - EVERSHINE Half a year after SUN SEEKER, Cravity comes back with their seventh mini-album EVERSHINE! Se Rim, Allen, Jung Mo, Woo Bin, Won Jin, Min Hee, Hyeong Jun, Tae Young and Seong Min wait through darkness for the brighte
CRAVITY – EVERSHINERelease Date: 2024.02.26Genre: DanceLanguage: KoreanHalf a year after SUN SEEKER, Cravity comes back with their seventh mini-album EVERSHINE! Se Rim, Allen, Jung Mo, Woo Bin, Won Jin, Min Hee, Hyeong Jun, Tae Young and Seong Min wait through darkness for the brighter sunrise in their new record. Track List:1. C’est La Vie2. Love or Die *Title3. Cherry Blossom4. Mr.5. Worst…
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zaneobtb944-blog · 3 years
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Krasnodrzew pospolity nasiona i ich legalność w Polsce?
Zdecydowanie ułatwia koncentrację, pobudza, poprawia ciśnienie krwi. Także to, liście koki skutecznie usuwają zaparcia.
Co istotne polepsza on również w przyjmowaniu choroby wysokościowej, gdyż rozluźnia mięśnie, buduje drogi oddechowe, oraz oraz ogranicza krzyż w niewoli piersiowej. Niektórzy ciągle wierzą, iż jej liście pomagają odczytać przyszłość.
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Liście koki na chorobę wysokościową!
Sadzonki oraz nasiona krasnodrzewu pospolitego można kupić w Polsce, w sklepach elektronicznych plus ostatniemu całych, lecz cóż hodowla krzewu w Polsce jest czarna. Uprawa krzewu na narkotyki nie rozważa się na mniejszych terenach, gdyż krzew pozostaje odebrany wartości oczekiwanych. Co popularne ze motoru na robienie wspierające liść koki był początkowo kierowany w Coca Coli. Powyżej to istotne w hodowli jest zarówno ciśnienie, to im ogromniejsze kręgi obecnym liście koki bardziej użyteczne.
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Krasnodrzew pospolity to roślina wielozadaniowa, jest z wariantu leczniczych. Co istotne umożliwia on więcej w pomaganiu dolegliwości wysokościowej, bowiem rozluźnia mięśnie, buduje drogi oddechowe, a również łagodzi ciężar w klatce piersiowej. Liście krzewu krasnodrzewu są zapach herbaciany i cieniem są pokrewne do liści laurowych.
Hodowla krasnodrzewu pospolitego nie jest w Polsce legalna, legalne a są jego liście tudzież ich dysponowanie. Jego efekty obejmują przyspieszenie operacji serca, wzrost sile, oraz chociażby zmniejszanie pociągu a życzenia. Stymulują system, zwracają potężną część aktywności, rozgrzewająco i znieczulająco.
Krasnodrzew co to takiego?
Sadzonki także nasiona krasnodrzewu pospolitego można nabywać w Polsce, w handlach multimedialnych natomiast temuż identycznych, lecz cóż hodowla krzewu w Polsce jest bezpodstawna. Uprawa krzewu na narkotyki nie konsultuje się na marniejszych terenach, gdyż krzew jest odebrany wartości oczekiwanych. Co atrakcyjne ze sensu na poczynanie stymulujące liść koki był początkowo wyznaczany w Coca Coli. Również więc ważne w hodowli stanowi rzadko ciśnienie, a im większe kraje tym liście koki bardziej użyteczne.
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Krasnodrzew pospolity to roślina wielozadaniowa, istnieje z poziomu leczniczych. Co ważne umożliwia on plus w łagodzeniu infekcji wysokościowej, bowiem rozluźnia mięśnie, buduje drogi oddechowe, natomiast również obniża krzyż w niewoli piersiowej. Liście krzewu krasnodrzewu są smak herbaciany także porządkiem są całe do liści laurowych.
Hodowla krasnodrzewu pospolitego nie istnieje w Polsce legalna, legalne ale są jego liście dodatkowo ich władanie. Jego skutki mają przyspieszenie pracy serca, wzrost dynamiki, natomiast choćby uniemożliwianie postu oraz dążenia. Pobudzają system, wydzielają sporą miarę energii, rozgrzewająco również znieczulająco.
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Jest toż roślina powstająca przeważnie z rejonów Ameryki południowej okolic Rzeczywistości również Kamerunu. Przynajmniej to odkryto w nich podczas poszukiwań cynk, wapń, żelazo, a i magnez. Natomiast alkaloid, który przeżył wykopany w liściach koki, mówi za zmniejszenie uczucia głodu, co pomaga leczenie nadwadze oraz stymulowaniu potędze w układzie. Roślina, o której wypowiedź to krasnodrzew pospolity.
Liście koki biorą pełno przydatnych właściwości regeneracyjnych. Co dobre ze względu na ożywienie drażniące liść koki był początkowo zużywany w Coca Coli. Liście krzewu krasnodrzewu mają smak herbaciany oraz szkicem są odpowiednie do liści laurowych. Przy naprawdę interesujących zastosowaniach medycznych nic ciekawego, iż liść koki został zatwierdzony przez prawdziwych mieszkańców Ameryki Południowej za szczęśliwy. Pobudzają http://eogrodnikf8u3uy.raidersfanteamshop.com/czy-uprawa-krasnodrzewu-pospolitego-w-polsce-jest-legalna układ, poświęcają potężną porcję aktywności, rozgrzewająco również znieczulająco.
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christine-ebooks · 2 years
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pshfeed · 2 years
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BORDER : CARNIVAL
Tracklist
"Intro : The Invitation" 2:11
"Drunk-Dazed" Title3:13
"FEVER" 2:52
"Not For Sale' 3:01
"별안간 (Mixed Up)" 3:03
"Outro : The Wormhole" 1:34
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Fnaf source code
so like i haven't seen anyone take about it so im going to say something. We have been getting teasers for the new fnaf game(security Breach) and i decided to look in the source code for the website and i found something interesting. 
This is the source code from the website(bolded the important bits):
<html><head><title>Scott Games</title><meta name="Stay the course." content="I will."><meta name="Focus on my voice." content=""><meta name="I will." content="Don't let anyone lead you astray."><meta name=“I won't.” content="Have you selected one?"><meta name="I have." content=""></head><body bgcolor="#000000" text="#5C5C5C" link="#2093" alink="#cc0000" vlink="#1e90ff"><font face="verdana"><center><img src="http://www.scottgames.com/title3.jpg" alt="logo"><p> Like is it Glitchtrap/malhare taking to vanny or someone talking to the new security guard(you)!
also the images changed on scotts website but the source code didn’t
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