Serpentorslair 3rd Annual Dio Contest

08_CobraCommanderOur Friends over at Serpentor’s Lair have announced their 3rd Annual winter dio contest.

THE SERPENTOR’S LAIR 3ND ANNUAL WINTER DIO CONTEST!

YOU CAN WIN FANTASTIC PRIZES !!!!


HERE IS HOW

FOR THIS DIO CONTEST THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: MAKE A DIO THAT DEMONSTRATES THE WINTER SEASON YOU CAN USE FIGURES FROM ANY TOY LINE. THIS COULD BE SNOW, ICE , OR ANYTHING THAT LETS US KNOW THAT THE DIO IS TAKING PLACE IN WINTER. IT IS THAT SIMPLE. THE DIO DOES “NOT” HAVE TO INCLUDE TEXT, BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO HAVE TEXT.

THE CONTEST WILL RUN FROM TODAY NOVEMBER 18TH THROUGH MIDNIGHT EST ON JANUARY 31ST. 

THE CONTEST WILL BE JUDGED BY THE 6 SERPENTORSLAIR ADMINISTRATORS AND NON PARTICIPATING STAFF MEMBERS.

FIRST PRIZE FOR BEST “G.I.JOE DIO” WILL BE A G.I.JOE ROC NIGHT RAVEN, MARVEL HEIMDALL FIGURE AND TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS WINDCHARGER, AS WELL AS A ONE OF A KIND CUSTOM “ARCTIC COBRA TROOPER” OF YOUR CHOICE EITHER O-RING STYLE OR ME STYLE PRODUCED BY SERPENTORSLAIR STAFF CUSTOMIZER PROTOXERO. 

 

head over to serpentor’s lair to check it out. -revsears

IGN now has a G.I.Joe wiki… Here was my experience contributing to it.

08_CobraCommanderYou can check out the IGN wiki HERE and my work is spread through out but includes, Duke, Barrel Roll, DDP, Comic Oddities and plenty more. Of course I’m not the only one who worked on those entries, but at least other than Duke, I started those entries and did the majority of the work on them.

I found their wiki layout really smooth and easy to use. It was my first time editing a wiki but their was a prize on the line so I put in a few hours, sometimes just adding trivia to existing characters others just creating an unfleshed out stub using the suggest format so that others could fill in, but i loved getting into details as much as possible.

I ended up being a winner, and the wiki contest and the wiki itself were announced months ago but i hesitated to mention it on here as it took well past what the rules stated to find out who the winners were, and then even longer to receive prizes. I have no idea if this was the usual for IGN, but the silence went on long enough I haven’t bothered to continue editing, although I’m really thankful for the prize, and now that it’s cleared up might resume doing so. I wonder if something else was going on in the background? I know IGN was bought out this year.

Whatever the reason, the slow experience might give you pause if your after a prize, but the wiki contents are great and it’s not to late to keep making it interesting.

-revsears

The Clancy, and G.I.Joe connection

authorclancyThey say it comes in threes, and this week I know of three deaths in a short time. Tom Clancy, an amazing author referenced above, Sam Petrucci a long time and skilled G.I.Joe packaging artist, and a less “nerdy” figure from outside of entertainment, influential author and pastor Chuck Smith.   Prayers and thoughts for all their families.

G.I.Joe Dossiers Episode 3: FLINT

08_CobraCommanderSkinny and his cohorts have continued to work on the G.I.Joe dossiers, and in case you miss this one (forgive my slack in sharing it, life has been busy)  check it out below.  It’s also worth nothing they were on kickstarter, unfortunately they were not funded as hoped. Those outfits aren’t cheap, and the time involved is valuable too, here is hoping something works out in the future.

Skinny has been keeping us update to on our forums HERE.

Knowing is half the battle: introducing a G.I.Joe themed, “Did you Know” image series

benchpresscomicsSimilar to the series I introduced yesterday, only this one has a template purely for Joe. Let me know what you think! Once I have gotten the template the way i want it, i’m smelling another contest!

Update: For more info on the potential comics check out YOJOE.COM, specifically HERE.  -revsears

G.I.Joe Battleground iOS game review

5by5nG.I.Joe Battleground has been out for sometime now and most of the discussion has settled. Love it or Hate it, it’s there and it’s free.

My review was mostly completed shortly after it’s release but i held off hoping that more updates (that have happened) would change my views, they simply did not.

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Hasbro owns Wizards of the Coast, the folks who make Magic the Gathering, I can’t help but point that out.  Similar to how i did in my review of the other Mobage/hasbro Game: Transformers Legends,  I long for that level of a complexity and strategy. Digital games can even go beyond that because those cards could have three or more sides of images, if they wanted to! Continue reading