Shawn Baxter, aka “Snow Infernus” and “The Nubbin,” is one of Capcom Unity’s most enthusiastic members. So much so, in fact, that a good portion of Capcom’s US marketing group — and some of our Japanese devs as well — actually know his name. Shawn is a constant poster on the forums, comments on blogs, pops into Friday PAC sessions regularly and has tons of dialog with other Unity folks as well as Capcom community commandos like Seth, Chris, Christian and myself (too many Chriseses, which is why I am always “Kramer”). And, as mentioned in the previous post, he’s also a pretty snazzy artiste, whipping up the kick-ass Lost Planet PS3 theme. Shawn’s one of the reasons why we’ve focused so much on our community outreach over the last 18 months: to be able to connect directly with people just like you, the diehard Capcom fan.
And that’s why Shawn will be joining Capcom in Las Vegas for CAPTIVATE08, our blow-out, world-wide media summit. Shawn is going to be amongst the first on the planet to see and experience some of the secret gems that we’ll be rolling out, and we’re pleased as punch that he’s going to be there with us.
How hardcore is young master Nubbin? He’s so hardcore that we actually informed him of his selection for CAPTIVATE08 via Xbox LIVE email. In real life, Shawn is a 21-year-old designer from Illinois who is quite possibly the world’s biggest Lost Planet fan. Shawn came to Capcom Unity by having his ass handed to him at Lost Planet multiplayer demo matches; turned out the player using him for target practice was Brian Dunn, our original Lost Planet blogger. Shawn’s done a number of cool freebie Capcom-centric designs, including some awesome Windows desktops and now his design work has actually landed him some paid gigs from Capcom; he’s currently taking stabs at a few different logo concepts, as well as whipping up a new Lost Planet COLONIES t-shirt. Since joining Unity, Shawn has posted over 2,300 messages on the forums, averaging almost 5 posts per day!
As Shawn puts it: “Lost Planet and the Capcom Unity site was the start of meeting a lot of Capcom employees, and great new friends. And it started a serious addiction to Capcom games. I always played Capcom games, but never knew what a difference being a part of the community would make.” We agree.
One down, four to go. Are you gonna make it? Keep your eyes on Capcom Unity, as CAPTIVATE08 is nearly upon us…
I’ve had to do some odd things in my professional career — organize a community-driven bikini pageant, help Harvey Birdman into his costume, bring Snoop Dogg and Biz Markie bags full of video games at a John Singleton party in Miami — but I have never had to officiate over a ceremony where a cartoon character was named to an ambassadorial position. Yet.
Meat Bun is a new online store thingee that sells some fairly rad secret gamer t-shirts. These are the kind of t-shirts that you could wear out to the opening of an off-the-chain underground ultralounge/dance club/opium den* and not, immediately, turn off the ladies. Or dudes, depending on gender/orientation. Instead of freaking out hotties in “da club,” you’d look at least partially hip (+6 to all Save vs. Outright Rejection rolls), while getting that in-the-know-nod from other suaved-up gamer dorks in disguise. I dig this creative, license-skirting, potentially bootleg t-shirt, simply entitled “Fight Night.” I also really, really like the Shigeru&Gunpei&Satoru&Hiroshi shirt, ’cause it’s like an old school East Coast hip hop shout-out, but directed at the Kings of 8-bit instead of the Kings of Rock.
*Note: wearing a one of these shirts does not mean that you will start getting invited to attend such things.
Every now and then, student animation projects are just downright amazing. This one is from a French animation project. Called Mauvais Rôle, or Bad Role, it follows a fantasy RPG demon as he looks for a new job. Just try and count the video game references, there are a ton! If you pay attention, you can even see Mega Man. Enjoy and remember: subtitles improve reading skills!
True story: the ladies, they love the Dante. Stone gamer hotties like Jessica Chobot (she of PSP-licking fame and a professed lover of all things Zack and Wiki) have glowingly expressed their mushy feelings for our (half-)man in the red trench coat. Is it his sarcastic humor? His piercing stare and metrosexual hairstyle? His… big guns? *slap* Sorry. Whatever the magic is, make sure to share some with your lurve interest on St. Hallmark’s Day with our handy-dandy DMC Valentine’s Day eCard mail-o-tron. If you’re not feeling particularly inspired when it comes to the love lettering, here are a few suggestions from our Unity team:
Be still your beating heart.
Cry your heart out.
Don’t speak.
Be mine… forever
Such a bleeding heart.
Looks like you’re wearing your heart on your sleeve.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Get lost.
Let me break your heart…literally.
Cross my heart and hope you die.
All heart and underworld soul.
Your heart bleeds for me.
Serious as a heart attack.
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. With a sharp blade.
If this doesn’t convince your heart’s desire to make with the snuggles come Feb. 14, dump that hot mess and move along. That way, you’ll have more time to finish DMC4 on “Dante Must Die” difficulty.
People wonder sometimes what we do all day. Most of the time it’s just boring old work, but sometimes you get research something truly bizarre. Such was the case today.
In a meeting early today, someone asked: “What are the names of the two characters in Forgotten Worlds?”
Well, the blue character we’ve used in a couple a fighting games, and his name is The Unknown Soldier. Not a very imaginitive name, but at least he had one. The red guy’s name was a lot harder to discover. You could only play as him if you were the second player, so he just didn’t get as much notice. We researched for awhile, looking both internally and over the web, hunting for his name.
Turns out he does have a name, though we only ever used it when he appeared as a thug in “Final Fight.” Sending one of our helper zombies down into archives (we pay them in delicious brains), we uncovered his name and are happy to confirm that his name is Two P (2p) . . .
Didn’t think we could get less imaginitive than The Unknown Soldier, did you?
Since we don’t post eeeeelegal magazine scans and the Famitsu featuring the exciting new SFIV character hasn’t actually come out yet, it’s time instead for an exciting installment of [echoing announcer voice on] “Random Stuff Lying Around the Office,” where we bring you up-close and personal with the promotional trinkets that light our days and fill our nights. This episode is brought to you courtesy of Chris’s mighty phone cam.
First up is a sweet new Devil May Cry 4art book. It’s hardbound and full of goodness showing how the world of DMC4 goes from concept art to fully-rendered models. Here’s a scan of the cover, as well as a couple of sample pages here and here for you to drool over.
Stantz: Symmetrical game stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947. Venkman: You’re right… no human being would stack games like this.
Capcom Unity member bulletdemonanswered the (ridiculous) call, and picked up some exclusive, not-available-for-sale anywhere cans of Umbrella Corporation’s REVIVE for his trouble. Membership has its privileges.
I love seeing the different things that our fans send in to us to prove their love for our games. I’ve always considered myself a gamer, but there are levels of fandom far beyond my own. The above papercraft is, in a word, excellent. Congrats to the creator. You are much better at art than I will ever be. Can’t wait to see what gets sent our way when Apollo Justice steps into the courtroom.
It’s a hard knock life here at Capcom, what with working on some of the best video games on the planet and all. Every once and a while, folks round abouts need to take a few minutes (or a two hour lunch break, whatever) and blow off some steam. Thus was born: MANTISS AND THE HEX!!!
A number of Capcom staff jumped on to the Rock Band fantasy bandwagon, including myself and freshman Jason; Darin and Randy from Customer Service; Ryuhei the IT guitar god; Colin, Lily and Tony from marketing; Rey from Product Development and a host of curious onlookers wondering just what the hell we were up to in the demo room. Songs were sung, drums summarily pounded and fans won and lost by the handful as we bashed our way through a number of rockers. All in all, the second-best game of the Fall to play with a room full of people — after Zack and Wiki, of course.
Shawn Baxter, aka “Snow Infernus” and “The Nubbin,” is one of Capcom Unity’s most enthusiastic members. So much so, in fact, that a good portion of Capcom’s US marketing group — and some of our Japanese devs as well — actually know his name. Shawn is a constant poster on the forums, comments on blogs, pops into Friday PAC sessions regularly and has tons of dialog with other Unity folks as well as Capcom community commandos like Seth, Chris, Christian and myself (too many Chriseses, which is why I am always “Kramer”). And, as mentioned in the previous post, he’s also a pretty snazzy artiste, whipping up the kick-ass Lost Planet PS3 theme. Shawn’s one of the reasons why we’ve focused so much on our community outreach over the last 18 months: to be able to connect directly with people just like you, the diehard Capcom fan.
And that’s why Shawn will be joining Capcom in Las Vegas for CAPTIVATE08, our blow-out, world-wide media summit. Shawn is going to be amongst the first on the planet to see and experience some of the secret gems that we’ll be rolling out, and we’re pleased as punch that he’s going to be there with us.
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