2005-01-06
Don't Bogart the Stuffinged Lamb
Way way back in 1997, just a little before I became a father, I got a hand-made envelope in the mail, containing a brief letter, and a 5.25" floppy disk. It was from a ~14 year old Dustin Chambers. He had seen one of the Commodore 64 demos Darren and I had done, it had included my mailing address, so he wrote. The disk included a bit of art and code and stuff he was working on. Pretty neat! He wondered if he could join the group, and I said sure thing. We did one demo together (called 12th Day, released on the 12th day of Christmas, which was exactly 7 years ago yesterday, I think) and have stayed in touch ever since. I've helped him with a few other projects since then too.
We're hoping to have a new demo done in the near future - DTV work has kept me from some of these other things I want to work on (but I'm not complaining!). Dustin's part is looking quite good.
And I finally met Dustin Chambers (aka Fuzz) in person while at the World of Commodore in Toronto in early December. He drove down from the Ottawa area where he's going to university. Things were kind of hectic at the show, so I'm disappointed that I didn't get to spend more time with him. At least we were able to sit together, discussing division routines in assembly language, over the best, but most expensive buffet meal I've ever had. Mmmmm, battered white fish and lamb stew....
We're hoping to have a new demo done in the near future - DTV work has kept me from some of these other things I want to work on (but I'm not complaining!). Dustin's part is looking quite good.
And I finally met Dustin Chambers (aka Fuzz) in person while at the World of Commodore in Toronto in early December. He drove down from the Ottawa area where he's going to university. Things were kind of hectic at the show, so I'm disappointed that I didn't get to spend more time with him. At least we were able to sit together, discussing division routines in assembly language, over the best, but most expensive buffet meal I've ever had. Mmmmm, battered white fish and lamb stew....
