Shrapnel Games Blog

With another year drawing to a close it’s time to reflect back, and if the world has taught us anything, it’s you reflect with lists, so here ya go…

The list of 2005 goodness…

Nancy, the staff and developers of Shrapnel Games, Ed “Mr. Responsible” Wier, Troll Lord Games, Battleship Chess, Diet Pepsi, Elizabeth Starr, Iron Maiden, Children of Bodom, 3 Inches of Blood, George R.R. Martin, Almond Joy, Publix, Seinfeld on DVD, Sin City, the Sin Twins, Kobolds Ate My Baby, Guiness, Panda Cafe, the Saviors of Gelb: Rick “Victor” Marble, Bill “No Show” McDowell, Michael “Brennede” Meinhardt, Shawhan “Edward” Proctor, Jeremy “Dylan” Spiech, Jim “Daeloch” Zabek, Skittles, David Weber, Molli at MGAG, Roswell Auto Center, the QT on 92/Crabapple, Scooby and Einstein, La Bella’s, Memoir ’44, Fantasy Flight Games, Reaper miniatures, Toy Vault, Rebell, Family Guy, Loreena McKennit, Mike Martin, Jeff Hardt, Fiery Dragon, garlic, caffeine, Sunkist fruit pouches, Cheez-It, In Flames, Drivethrough RPG, Ogre Cave, Noble Knight, Boulder Games, the wargaming crew of Paul, Jim, and Tom, Game Tunnel, Vallejo paint, Uniball Vision, mechanical pencils, Think Geek, pretzels, the atomic clock, Lost Squad, Red Sonja, Knights of the Dinner Table, Dork Tower, Full Frontal Nerdity, The Order of the Stick, Creative, independent computer gaming, Powerbar, Post-It notes, Stanley staple remover, Black and Decker steam vac, Vlasic dill pickles, Office Space with flair, electric blankets, Chuck, Chuck, Brian of the old crew, Great Escape, Dr. No’s, Advil, Kataklysm, Nighwish, Metagaming, Jay and Gayle, the Bradleys, Gary Gygax, a good shiraz, American Splendor, Fiddler’s Green paper models, Dragon Quest VIII, Goodman Games, Erol Otus, Jim Holloway, ASPCA, DTP boardgames, Crown Royal bags, nice polyhedral dice, and anyone I left out!

The list of 2005 badness…

Jenna who wants a sugar daddy (so how’s that life of yours turning out?), Cobb county police who don’t understand the concept of directing around an accident, federal law enforcement agents who throw their wives around, the Wendy’s on 9 near the Ferrari dealer (how hard is it to only put ketchup on the sandwich?), the New York Times, Atlanta drivers, Target, Kara for vanishing again, General Motors, Comsquared (may you all swim in your own vomit and fecal matter for eternity), Volkswagen, Starbucks, energy companies, and the 27 stoplights on the way to work.

I shall catch everyone on the flip side! See ya in 2006!

Happy New Year!

[Roll Credits]

Scott……………………………… Scott R. Krol
Binky the Wonder Dog………… Dobie
Second Assistant Camera………… Mark Greenwald
Director of Photography………… Cathy Toole
Production Runner, Second Unit… Frank Corbin
Focus Puller……………………… Becky Gelkin
Costume Supervisor……………… Tom Harley
Assistant Production Coordinator… Stephen Elijay
Visual Effects…………………… David Thorne
Unit Nurse………………………… Karen Witt
Key Grip………………………… Oliver Haywood
Driver……………………………… Martin Fellows

Accounting services provided by Woods, Koch, and Alston LLC
Catering services provided by Tyme and Tyme Again
No animals were harmed in the production and all animal acts were overseen by the Humane
Society.

“The Number of the Beast”
Iron Maiden
© 1982 EMI

“Summertime Blues”
Eddie Cochran
© 1958 Warner

“Mozart: Requiem”
Tafelmusik
© 2005 Sony Classical

Soundtrack available on Sub Pop Records.

Color by Kodak.