Jazz2Online News

Don't give Mark a burrito.

Epic (Mega)Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney has been inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. He (which is to say, the Unreal Engine) was introduced by coworker and friend Mark Rein. "You can view the ceremony here:":http://www.gamespot.com/shows/gamespot-live/?event=interactive_achievement_awards20120209 the Epic Games section starts at about 1:10, and _the requisite Jazz Jackrabbit footage is at 1:19:25._ ZZT and Jill of the Jungle get a lot more attention, but to be fair, "ZZT's":http://zzt.org/ community has quite a few years on our own.

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Geek a Week interviews CliffyB

A guy named Len Peralta just interviewed CliffyB, and you can find the recording "here":http://traffic.libsyn.com/jawbone/GAW_VG_CLIFF.mp3 if you'd like a few details about the man behind the legend. Most of it is stuff like Cliffy being a fan of musicals (his current favorite is Wicked) and his secret interest in film directing, but he does mention naming Jazz after a Transformers character. Catchier than being named Wubbo Ockels after Arjan's dog, I suppose. Anyway, it's not much, but it's more lip-service than Cliffy gives in the interview to pretty much any other game he's made.

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EpicGamers on deviantART

Are you a fan artist, or have you ever even pretended to be? You should join the "EpicGamers group":http://epicgamers.deviantart.com/ over at deviantART. It was created in collaboration with Epic Games' official community blog, and it's got a Jazz Jackrabbit folder that's looking awfully lonely right about now. (And even if you're not a traditional artist, they're open to the possibility of exploring other media, so... give them a try! Maybe this is the big break that "Adventures in Stonar":http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?t=18669 has been looking for!)

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Did You Know: we need your help!

One of the front page sidebars on J2O is "Did you know??", which gives you brief interesting facts about JJ2 and related games and occasionally links to find out more. We haven't added anything to the list in a long time; post your suggestions for new DYKs here in the comments!

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Let's Play JJ2 1.00g

I'm currently in the process of making a Let's Play of JJ2 1.00g. It will show differences between this version and 1.23, trivia and other things. It will also show basic secrets and what not to those who don't know know much about the game. This is also a small tribute to a community as strong as steel. I want YOUR opinion.

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JCS Awards [2011]

Best Battle: "The Impossible Metropolis":http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/6826/but-enough-talk-another-olc-battle-pack/ by cooba

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Contest Time!!!

Do you fancy yourself decent at creating levels? Do you enjoy winning 40+$ of free video games? Do you think you're the very best, like no one ever was?

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Dean Dodrill -- the animator of JJ2's cutscenes, artist for TSF and JJ3, and creator of Lori -- is still working on Dust: An Elysian Tail and has announced that it will be released sometime in 2012.

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