Just a quickie post to pimp my friend’s new business: hand-made steel mousepads.
I got mine the other day, and it is pure hot-rolled steel gaming sweetness. It’s lovely and heavy and works great, plus he custom-stamped with my battle-cry.
At least, I’d like that to be my battle-cry. It’s rare that I pwn anyone and even rarer that I frohwn them. But I can dream.
If you want one, and you should, check out his site, Greensforged.com. There are all sorts of shapes to pick from, including the Ravenholm-style sawblade. They’re really neat, and I’m not just saying this because he’s a friend, but because they’re really neat. You should order 100,000 of them.
Speaking of friends who are way more talented and motivated than me, my pal Zompist has published his popular and useful Language Construction Kit in book form! Real made-of-paper book form! The LCK is not just a great resource for you fiction and fantasy writers, but also for game designers who are looking to create believable and naturalistic languages for your gameworld.
I know, I know, traditionally fantasy and sci-fi gameworlds are populated by people speaking English with English accents, but think game designers can do a little better, and this book could definitely help.
It still exists online here if you’d like a taste, but the book version has loads more material and information. It’s available on amazon if you’re keen. Zomp also blogs quite a bit, and quite a bit of that is about gaming.
As for me, well, someday I’ll have something to sell you. This I so swear.
17 Comments
March 31, 2010
Mouse brothers!!
March 31, 2010
Sexy. I’m highly tempted to get one. You having the exact same mouse as me is definitely influencing my decision as I now have a picture of exactly how nice my mouse would look sitting on one of these quality pieces of craftsmanship… If I can think up a decent phrase to put on it I’ll pick one up.
March 31, 2010
Rolled steel? My mouse pad needs to be drop forged!
March 31, 2010
I have two Greenspads, one for gaming and one for work. They are plain awesome! I liked your inscription too, made me chuckle.
March 31, 2010
Wow a blog post! :O
March 31, 2010
…I’m going to buy one now.
March 31, 2010
Sell the complete concerned series in one big comic book, that’d be awesome!
March 31, 2010
Oh Chris, you’re only meant to shamelessly plug products when you’ve got your own chat show, you’re two steps behind.
Are those mouse pads beig shipped internationally? Would love one but may see rammifications in the form of both costs and UK customs wondering why I’ve imported a small piece of steel for no apparent reason.
March 31, 2010
Always cool to see people using the same mouse :P
Although half the planet has a Logitech G5.
March 31, 2010
That something someday should’ve been a Concerned-book :(
March 31, 2010
I would kill and eat three men to have a Concerned book.
But I might also kill and eat three men for fun, if you catch me on a good day.
Maybe.
March 31, 2010
I JUST BOUGHT A MOUSEPAD CAUSE OF YOUR AWESOME SALES TECHNIQUE. YOU SHOULD GO ON THE ROAD DOOR TO DOOR SELLING STUFF I BET YOU’D MAKE A FORTUNE. SORRY I JUST HAD TO YELL CAUSE I’M SO HAPPY TO BE GETTING A NEW MOUSEPAD CAUSE THAT’S HOW AWESOME YOU’RE SALES PITCH WAS.
March 31, 2010
Chris went over this, he was offered by Valve to publish Concerned, but because he had made the comics in a weird resolution, he couldn’t easily port the pictures to paper without losing quality, and fixing it would of literally required him to make the Comic from Scratch. Anyways, G5 ftw and whatnot.
March 31, 2010
Any chance your getting commission on those mouse mats?
April 2, 2010
i want a hard copy of concerned plz. and maybe a frohman statue for good measure, ;p
April 3, 2010
I used to use the Frohwned spray while playing Dystopia. It was funny when people recognised it.
April 4, 2010
I would get one, but its $50.. I could be gaming with that cash. :(
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