tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post4666466465244883310..comments2023-11-15T21:54:30.888-08:00Comments on Greenspeak: Novel writing is hard.Jeff Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16156559263867246922noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-43170395716122145742019-12-02T11:27:41.592-08:002019-12-02T11:27:41.592-08:00Rise from your grave! What a necro post!! Fuckin&#...Rise from your grave! What a necro post!! Fuckin' spammersFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059850940905038201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-4666893809246952042009-12-30T01:03:46.752-08:002009-12-30T01:03:46.752-08:00Please please release the novel :)Please please release the novel :)Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811824586395071891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-59250351437405852052009-12-24T19:56:07.390-08:002009-12-24T19:56:07.390-08:00oh, jeffrey. you never needed permission to suck.oh, jeffrey. you never needed permission to suck.xianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264552034193633118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-39349178715573870132009-12-22T19:10:40.408-08:002009-12-22T19:10:40.408-08:00Steam is having a massive Christmas/Winter sale ri...Steam is having a massive Christmas/Winter sale right now - and even D2D is getting in on the action... those guys put a game called Space Siege on sale for $10.<br /><br />I had never heard of Space Siege, so I Googled it and was led to a review.<br /><br />I started to read, and thought, hey, the tone of the writing here, the sarcasm, I've seen this somewhere before? Then I looked up and saw a picture of Fall Risk. <br /><br />Wow, that was a pretty brutal review - that must've been one of the last reviews you wrote, Green? My favorite line from the review: "... it's like a baloney sandwich, in that it gets the job done."<br /><br />Ha! Like a baloney sandwich! <br /><br />The question now is, does one shell out ten dollars for a baloney sandwich? I am shocked at how many games I bought this year. Shocked isn't even the word - disgusted might be a better way of putting it. Some games I spent literally two hours playing before moving on to something else (can anybody say ARMA 2?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-19531496173314017422009-12-22T17:57:27.541-08:002009-12-22T17:57:27.541-08:00I come to this blog to bitch about how old it is a...I come to this blog to bitch about how old it is and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.<br /><br />Nike shoes beat it!Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-11993124630436467742009-12-18T14:42:32.762-08:002009-12-18T14:42:32.762-08:00Hey, it's the Nike shoes guy!
I love this guy...Hey, it's the Nike shoes guy!<br /><br />I love this guy. This guy was here back in the summer too - I think when Jeff had the swine flu. <br /><br />By the way, did I mention why they decided to call it the swine flu? - it's because when you get this disease you have an overwhelming urge to phone up the person who gave it to you and say to him: "You swine!"<br /><br />Ha ha haaaaaa!<br /><br />Merry Christmas, Green!<br /><br /> Merry Christmas, everyone! (Merry Christmas, Nike Shoes Guy!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-60343767255855493962009-12-18T08:21:25.876-08:002009-12-18T08:21:25.876-08:00Great now we have this ahole spamming your blog, t...Great now we have this ahole spamming your blog, that's it for me... good bye everyoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-9424401139237494072009-12-15T09:22:03.057-08:002009-12-15T09:22:03.057-08:00Hey anonymous,
Why don't you steal Jeff's...Hey anonymous,<br /><br />Why don't you steal Jeff's blog and keep posting while pretending to be him? it looks like he doesn't cares anyway...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-23340001108915796052009-12-14T20:50:46.891-08:002009-12-14T20:50:46.891-08:00Bravo Anonymous Bravo! A great performance!
You ...Bravo Anonymous Bravo! A great performance!<br /><br />You are the Jedi Master now. Heck, you have the job now.<br /><br />Arrrgh! Walk the plank Green-----Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-66421992795842433172009-12-14T10:28:17.191-08:002009-12-14T10:28:17.191-08:00Wow, nice update Anonymous!!!! I guess Jeff's ...Wow, nice update Anonymous!!!! I guess Jeff's been busy writing his novel thing. He's hit 50,000 words, so I assume he's finished it. Novel must be pretty hard since it's preoccupied Jeff to the point where he can't logon to his blogger page and at the very least press his elbows into the keyboard and update us with a kindly "fdgfskkjkijhjmdcdsdssdhjkl;" or two, but I guess that's what Twitter is for. Jeff hasn't put up an excerpt on his nanowrimo page, but his synopsis sounds great. I wonder if "The Cudgel of Xanthor" will be set in the magical world of Nargol?Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059850940905038201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-18615853061057840802009-12-14T10:25:03.944-08:002009-12-14T10:25:03.944-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059850940905038201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-20696983855051549992009-12-12T19:06:14.902-08:002009-12-12T19:06:14.902-08:00Green, remember a while back when you jokingly sai...Green, remember a while back when you jokingly said that you were going to out-source your blog to India? - well, you don't have to. <br /><br />I will do it.<br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />Hi gang! <br /><br />Not many blog posts from me here as November gets going, but for once I have a good reason! Remember that time when I collapsed and ended up in the hospital - well it happened again! In fact it happened right before I was about to write a new blog. In fact, it keeps on happening every time I sit down at my computer to write a new blog! Imagine that! All this passing out, of course, prevents me from blogging. It's difficult to blog when you're a permanent Fall Risk, like myself!<br /><br />I've also been involved in a group project.<br /><br />If you're not familiar with NaNoWriMo, it's a collective bit of organized group insanity, in which tens of thousands of people around the world voluntarily agree to set a personal goal: to avoid updating our blogs!<br /><br />The beautiful thing about it is that they--the organizers, I mean-- go out of their way to empower you. Not that I need much encouragement not to blog. In fact I don't need any encouragement at all! I love not blogging!<br /><br />I've also been busy with my Christmas shopping.<br /><br />Because of the limited window, the ONLY thing that matters really is that my family buys me more gifts than I buy them! <br /><br />Actually I've been short of funds lately, and have been doing some things late at night in order to supplement my income. I've gotten to know some guys who work on the corner. For someone like me, this was just perfect encouragement. Knowing that the official group is giving me permission to suck has given me the strength to just do it.<br /><br />And as I'm seven days into this I can testify in a court of law: I've really learned how to suck! My god, I never knew how hard it was to actually do!<br /><br />Not surprisingly, the part that's coming easiest to me is the banter I have with my clients when we're finished. I've managed to concoct a few laugh lines. <br /><br />Having to work at this, as well as my job at E.A., has been difficult. Still, I persevere! Why? Because everyone has given me permission to suck! And I love it! As I sit down early every morning to grind I just do not look back. <br /><br />Anyhoo, that's what I'm doing this month! So forgive what's likely to be the even-less-frequent-than-usual blog posts. <br /><br />Also, I've been writing a novel. Maybe I can post the occasional excerpt? <br /><br />Maybe.<br /><br />Do you guys want a good laugh? Read the excerpts from my novel and I promise you that you WILL laugh. <br /><br />Thanks, kids. See you in the New Year.<br /><br />Jeff Green.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-4956904193416338922009-12-10T16:47:20.049-08:002009-12-10T16:47:20.049-08:00Thanks Fred I'm better now. I was out of line...Thanks Fred I'm better now. I was out of line. I need anger management sometimes.<br /><br />Happy holidays to everyone here. Or to Jeff happy Hanukkah.Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-79941473383594753642009-12-10T05:47:17.022-08:002009-12-10T05:47:17.022-08:00Dude, Clifford, get a grip man. Jeff has no obliga...Dude, Clifford, get a grip man. Jeff has no obligation to us to update his blog constantly. If he has something going on, he'll post. No need for the guilt trip, man.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059850940905038201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-5306920591355789142009-12-09T20:37:27.803-08:002009-12-09T20:37:27.803-08:00Hey Jeff! Updated your blog! Man we go through t...Hey Jeff! Updated your blog! Man we go through this every month. Jeff update update update we say. Jeff will come back with some excuse that some donkey kicked him in the leg and he was all out of whack. <br /><br />I am not swearing (I should!) but I am holding back. Really Jeff you are really letting us down. We have folllowed you for years. We come to this blog because we love you and you guided us to the best games. We loved the work you did on CGW and GFWs.<br /><br />So get out and update your blog.<br /><br />Jan 2010 Jeff updates his blog. Worthless piece of @#$%^.Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-29755216485397111872009-12-09T18:16:40.654-08:002009-12-09T18:16:40.654-08:00Happy 1 month and 1 day anniversary of the last ti...Happy 1 month and 1 day anniversary of the last time Jeff updated his Blog!Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059850940905038201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-49910801486742123572009-12-07T18:44:51.943-08:002009-12-07T18:44:51.943-08:00Yeah, so it looks like I damned well figured it ou...Yeah, so it looks like I damned well figured it out. <br /><br />Jesus, we're fools. We're fools, everyone of us. <br /><br />You know how somebody you know will have all this credibility? You just blindly trust them, right? When they tell you something big you just accept it. Right? Right?<br /><br />Wrong - every now and then 'a stable person' you know will catch you completely off guard and will just totally flip out. I've seen this happen on multiple occasions. People crack under the pressures. Happens all the time. I'm seeing a lot of it happening lately via the blogs I've been reading. This economy we're in has just been wreaking havoc on people's lives's. <br /><br />This supposed novel which Green has written - um, has anybody here actually seen it?<br /><br />No they have not. <br /><br />I'll tell you what I have seen though. The Shinning. It's a great movie and I'd highly recommend it to anyone here. In this movie, Jack Nicholson, basically shuts himself off from the world and attempts to... ahem... 'write his novel'. Make note of the words 'attempts to' because if you're wondering whether or not it worked out for Mr. Nicholson I can tell you now that it didn't. Short story: he ends up trying to murder his family.<br /><br />See where I'm going with this?<br /><br />Yeah. <br /><br />Deeply, deeply disturbing. <br /><br />(I wonder what his family thinks about this? Green probably emerged from his room every night with a great big grin on his face: "I just wrote another five thousand words!" he would've said. Yeah, that grin is just disturbing. Deeply, deeply disturbing. What was he really doing in there?)<br /><br />Norah JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-6746654576315258162009-12-07T11:19:12.863-08:002009-12-07T11:19:12.863-08:00Apparently "Updating Blogs is Hard" as w...Apparently "Updating Blogs is Hard" as well.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332421336595540056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-35151853896114490832009-12-07T04:26:10.602-08:002009-12-07T04:26:10.602-08:00Hello? hello? Jeff where the hell are you?Hello? hello? Jeff where the hell are you?Iam Adushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-27810141164127346802009-12-05T16:27:17.253-08:002009-12-05T16:27:17.253-08:00LOL!
Did you hear about the plot - the decisions ...LOL!<br /><br />Did you hear about the plot - the decisions that get made during the creation of the game have an impact on the world itself, because of course it's a double-narrative!<br /><br />Ha! <br /><br />Just what the world needs - another story within a story. <br /><br />Who knew that Green was capable of this? How does the novel begin: with a dream sequence maybe? <br /><br />Irving BerlinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-81580738490173202552009-12-05T13:27:13.913-08:002009-12-05T13:27:13.913-08:00I heard you finished your book on out of the game ...I heard you finished your book on out of the game and I've gotta say i REALLY want to read "The Cudgel of Xanthor". Please release it...I don't care about typos or continuity. I'm sure this book is really funny. Who knows maybe it'll catch on and you'll be the next J.K. Rowling and become a billionaire! Then you can give me half for inspiring you to release it. :)<br />Seriously, release it!capnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-38773498250097940542009-12-04T08:02:20.240-08:002009-12-04T08:02:20.240-08:00Hey. Good job on reaching your goal. Any chance we...Hey. Good job on reaching your goal. Any chance we'll get to read an excerpt sometime soon?jackhookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17764861508828131850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-7387724009317121842009-12-03T14:58:19.899-08:002009-12-03T14:58:19.899-08:00I have a question that isn't appropriate for t...I have a question that isn't appropriate for the mailbag column - but where did you get your copy of The Saboteur? Is this an early release version which you got because you're an employee at EA? I thought that The Saboteur wasn't going to be available until next week? (Steam isn't listing it for sale at all.)<br /><br />Over at one of the forums we've been wondering about this game - based on what little we've seen of the gameplay, it's really tough to tell if this game is going to be a sleeper hit, or if it's going to be the dog's dinner. <br /><br />I'm happy to see that your initial impressions are positive. Also, did you know that console gamers will be charged a 5$ fee for a 'nudity DLC' (the DLC basically strips certain females of their clothing), while PC gamers will have the nudity already built in - just one more reason to be glad you're a PC gamer, I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-9690768216599256582009-12-02T22:06:13.805-08:002009-12-02T22:06:13.805-08:00We can only hope so. haha.
One more thing, I'...We can only hope so. haha.<br /><br />One more thing, I'm digging the news articles you've got on EA. I'm not going to lie, I've never visited the page before, but it really is neat having some semi-editorial content on such a corporate website.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246185065261896480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446932103172180245.post-49784368700137595622009-12-02T08:15:33.622-08:002009-12-02T08:15:33.622-08:00Congratulations on your 50000 words! Hopefully I g...Congratulations on your 50000 words! Hopefully I get to read it some day.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526454220608625397noreply@blogger.com