Flash Final Stuff...

http://loki.stockton.edu/~stk34812/Flash_Game_Final.html

There will probably be more to it, if there's more time between finals.

If there are problems with any of these Brian, please let me know.

Book Project Stuff...

*The cover for the book.

The book involves several different plots surrounding different characters of significance. Most of the characters are of vampire heritage, otherwise known throughout the book as "Eve-Dwellers".The setting provided is a city under quarantine named Wayward Haven.

The Eve-Dwellers are on the brink of extinction in the year 2110 A.D, hunted day and night by the very species
that they have preyed on for ages; humans.

Wayward Haven, a city sectioned off on the coast of New Augusta. The city was now being utilized as a prison for convicted felons and criminals, but was once a prosperous city of trade and commerce named Westward Haven. When the town became more and more condemned due to its share of gangs feuding over territories, the city was then dubbed Wayward Haven and assigned as a place for society's criminals. To this day, the people who couldn't afford to leave the city suffer from the presence of the prisoners in captivity at Wayward Haven. Recent sightings have been reported of Eve-Dwellers collected in mobs inhabiting the city in growing numbers, so Wayward Haven is under a quarantine because of the abundance of vampires that now take refuge there. As to why the Eve-Dwellers are in Wayward Haven has yet to be revealed.

The leader of the refugee vampires is known as Leonard Couture. Once an Eve-Dweller of significant power and position, his life of privilege crumbled before him when the V.E.A(Vampire Extermination Act)was passed by his government. Leonard fled from his home, leaving everything behind, until years later he found himself fleeing with several other Eve-Dwellers to the remote Wayward Haven. Leonard is the rational vampire of the group, devising plans the provide satisfactory yet safe results for he and his fellow nomads. Leonard finds some similarities between the Eve-Dwellers and the mortal men and women that occupy Wayward Haven, sympathizing for those who aren't granted the best of options in life.

*The editorial.


http://loki.stockton.edu/~stk34812/phil_book_project/story.pdf

*The pdf file. The book itself is unfinished.

Photo Gallery Stuff...

This basically a project dedicated to all my art, and junk. What more can I tell you?

http://loki.stockton.edu/~stk34812/Website/Main.htm

*Phil's Page. There's some bugs to the gallery page still, Brian.

6-Word Short Story Stuff...

*The animated text.

http://loki.stockton.edu/~stk34812/TextJunk2.html

Hypertext Stuff...

The Spiders

I decided to choose the web comic "The Spiders" due to its political and fictional standpoint on the war with the U.S and Afghanistan. My father did a tour for the military for over a year in Afghanistan, and I have heard my share of what really happened over there, so I decided to write about something for the sake of contemplating other perspectives on the matter. This web comic written and illustrated by cartoonist Patrick S. Farley is a serious, yet fantasized version based on the activities that transpire there. The web comic surrounds an alternate history of the U.S invading Afghanistan territory, where the President of the United States is Al Gore.

Another interesting concept of The Spiders web comic is that society can actually watch the events unfold as they occur through web cams attached to mechanical "spiders" set loose by the U.S for surveillance. The comic surrounds an abundance of different characters throughout various chapters, from a soldier who serves the U.S Military, to a group of Afghani women who are considered refugees. The web comic shows just how big of an impact the war has on each characters life, and what war makes of each character.

According to sources on wikipedia.org, "Contrary to most webcomics, the comic is displayed in an "infinite canvas" format, where each page
of the comic has the individual panels lined up in one, continuous strip."(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spiders) The Spiders web comic has a specific feel which will either alienate readers, or draw them in. Aside from the infinite canvas pages, there are a few page layouts which resemble news websites that provide updates on they story's progress. These additional pages give the web comic several different views of the story to provide depth. This layout actually gives the web comic a documentary-type feel.

The text and the images compliment one another. Like any comic or web comic should, each panel elaborates on what is being explained or discussed. There’s more text for the pages involving the websites, but if it were the other way around I believe it wouldn’t have been as affective. What is most important is that the text or dialogue in the sections involving panels do not overshadow the activity within the panels. For any comic or web comic to be work, there has to be a collaboration of image and text that is pleasant to the eye.

The style of writing is that of an elaborate, yet fast-paced comic book type. The political approach reminds me a lot of the Ghost in Shell: Stand Alone Complex mangas that are quite famous in Japan. I think that for those who aren’t politically concerned or involved, there are a lot of terms and discussions that some may not understand or be very interested in. Personally, I enjoyed the writing. There are a lot of issues in the comic that aren’t fiction, like the Afghani customs for husband and wives, and the U.S flying food over to the desert outskirts. Reading The Spiders web comic out of order may cause some confusion with readers, but there is enough reference to previous scenarios throughout the project to where you can find out what you missed if need be.

Overall, I enjoyed The Spiders. The writing reminded me a lot of Masamune Shirow and Hideo Kojima’s work, which is often politically driven. The story had a ton of plot twists and didn’t lose its momentum, despite how in depth and how long the story was.
*The editorial on The Spiders.

My hypertext project, like that which was done with my group project, will be a comedy. The plot for my project will surround a man, a woman and her family. I suppose if you played the scenes out of order, the humor would still be there, but where it all comes together to make sense would create problems.

The protagonist is Joe, named purely for the fact that his character looks like “The Average Joe”. Joe takes a trip to the local coffee joint for a break from work, and bumps into supporting character Hannah. Hannah serves as the love interest of Joe from the second he meets her, and takes a liking to Joe.

*My editorial on "This is Joe".

http://loki.stockton.edu/~stk34812/this_is_joe/

*My Hypertext project. There are some bugs to a one of the pages here, as well.