Woo! That means I can play it without failing miserably on the first level!

Well, really, the only thing that was truly difficult in the first hack was the level where when you jumped up too high, your controls reversed. I mean, the only real problem with that is given gravity, Mario remains in that altitude for but a second on average, so it's not really easy to keep swapping directions while managing to avoid Cheep-Cheeps and land on the platform. Once you get the rhythm down, though, it's more tedious than hard.

Also, I can't wait to see this second hack. I will totally LP it if it's awesomesauce enough (and I am expecting it to be).

On a related but different note, I need to upload youtube videos of me playing my own first ROM hack and another ROM hack done for fun. And no, I will not hijack your thread with embeds.... or will I?

Muahahahaahah!
j/k

What. The. Bloody. Heck? ._o;

Zeeeerraaaaaaa....

hmm, @the comic idea:  What if we made the comics as a .8xp program, so you send it to your calc and it will be a movie, or a scrollable picture...

Eh, that'd be kind of a hassle, don't'cha think? I mean, then we'd have to include extra stuff and then people would have to hassle with transferring it or putting it on emu.

If we write such articles, we need to make sure the said projects are very advanced, though, in terms of completion. We need to avoid discussing about projects where only a title screen and rudimentary engine is done, since they still have small chances to be completed at such early stage of completion.

Definitely a good rule.

Do you think the source code of my tunnel game would do? It could use some commenting, though.

Depends on how long the source code is. I was mostly thinking of tiny snippets that demonstrate individual features of Axe, not necessarily one big game code (which individuals may not understand).

Also I think that (while remaining respectful), it would be nice to review a bad game that gets an incredibly high amount of downloads just because of the name that is not deserved that much. We would point the good and bad parts of the game and what needs to be done for such game to be better.

I agree, that'd be a good idea.

Ack, Finals! I forgot about those!

But still, people, please volunteer if you know you'll have free time after finals! :O

Also, another idea for a section: Funny Quotes
We could post funny things from forums or IRC. Nothing like a good laugh to go with your articles
Heck, if we got artists, we could have a calc-based comic series in the back too

Raylin: Pick something to do an article on and do it, then. Be sure to post what you're doing though, especially if it's something not on the list. I want to be informed and, if necessary, actively weed out bad ideas ;P

_player1537: Can't wait to see what you come up with. Note: you can review non-game things as well. This isn't a gaming-only magazine

And if somebody volunteers to do something, doesn't mean you can't volunteer to do it too! A little friendly competition or some group work won't hurt and it's always nice to have options, either on different takes of the same subject or different subjects for the same type of article (who wrote about [subject] better? or which hidden gem is a better hidden gem? for example)

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DJ Omnimaga: Sure thing! We can use a tips and tricks section! Everybody can submit tips and tricks and the best will be chosen

Also, we should have a Letters to the Editor / Community Speaks section. So .. uh... spread the news? Tell people if they have stuff to ask us, send their questions to me?

Sure! What game(s) where you thinking about reviewing/talking about?

As for the format of this kind of article, here's my current idea for the layout. Feel free to nitpick and/or disregard it

Program Title Goes Here
Author: Author goes here
Platform: Calculator model(s) it runs on goes here

This paragraph would be a general overview of the game. Basically what the game is.

This paragraph would be a personal review of the game. Basically, how fun you consider the game to be, why it's a hidden gem, and whatever other thoughts you might have

For other people, here's a list of some other ideas for articles. If you like one, DO IT! If you have a suggestion, say it! And maybe do it! We need article journalists PRONTO! I don't want to have to do it all myself! Then the magazine would be biased!

 - Four or five reviews of "hot and new" programs on TICalc. It'd follow the same model as the Hidden Gem, I guess, except paragraph two would be a personal review along with pros, cons, and suggestions for improvement (if any). Of course, these are suggestions so feel free to ignore them
 - Something about Ndless or the Nspire?
 - Article about Axe Parser and maybe a small sample of the Axe code?
 - DEFINITELY an article about the new TI-OS and all its bugs and stuff. And BrandonW's patch for it (he patched something about it, didn't he?)

Oh, and don't limit yourself to the 83+/84+. We need to cater to the 89 users too even if just a little. Maybe not so much 85/86.

Also, for reviews/gems: include at least one or two pictures of the game play if possible (even if it's just TICalc.org pics). For articles about major things, if you have some good images, include them. If not, don't worry. We'll get images one way or another.

Once we actually get some articles flowing, we'll worry about the magazine design. I'd rather not dawdle on graphics if they're going to go to waste.

It got postponed due to other stuff, but hopefully it should be back on track for the Summer quarter issue. People need to write up articles and submit them to me for review. Meanwhile, I'll work with graphically skilled people to get a good template going.

Articles so far:
 - Iambian interview about E:SoR

Come on peoples!