Just a quick note… I had a lot of complaints about the “random” buttons not working on the site, so I’ve gone ahead and updated them with a new plugin. The old one worked MOST of the time, but for some reason it would occasionally just stop working. Anyway if there are any problems with it from this point on, please let me know!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on March 15, 2010 · 2:14 AM
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What? More conventions ALREADY??
Yes we’ll be back on the road this weekend (and driving thru mountains of snow) to hang out at Katsucon 16 in Washington D.C.!
Alyssa and I will be stationed in the dealers room, conveniently located next to our friends Jen and Brion (of Mystic Revolution and Flipside respectively), so if you feel like fighting the weather you should stop by! Alyssa will have a massive pile of her video game bead magnets for sale, and I will be trying out two brand new shirts that are not yet available online! Exciting! See you there!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on February 11, 2010 · 3:21 AM
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Made some long overdue tweaks to the site’s code this morning… only thing you may actually notice is the new “Retweet” button which makes sharing your favorite submissions on Twitter even easier!
Remember, one of the easiest and most effective ways you can help support Halolz is to Stumble, Retweet and Facebook Share all your favorite submissions! It really makes a big difference.
Thanks!
Oh and there may be a new background for the site. >__>
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on January 20, 2010 · 6:20 AM
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Well it’s been a while since I did any kind of write-up after a show, but you know what? MAGFest was a great show! Despite the fact that I had to man the Halolz booth most of the time, here are some of the highlights of my crazy four day weekend.
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on January 6, 2010 · 7:14 PM
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A special edition motivational for our friends at MAGFest, featuring a performance by The Minibosses!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on December 30, 2009 · 10:46 AM
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This New Year’s… your mind… BLOWN.
This weekend spend your New Year’s at MAGFest, the video game music festival featuring bands, games and so much more! Also featuring… me! I’ll be there hanging out, promoting Halolz and selling some of the fine wares of Ninja-Bot!
But what’s that, you live in Texas and can’t make it to MAGFest? Well why not check out Ikkicon instead? My good friend (and Star Wolf t-shirt artist) Matt Herms will be there with a selection of Ninja-Bot shirts! Be sure to stop by his guest table and check out his stuff!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on December 29, 2009 · 1:22 PM
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Hmm, haven’t really done a general blog post in a while… but I’ve got a few things to mention so lets just cram them all in at once, shall we?
First my apologies for the updates being a little sparatic the last couple of days, we all came down with the flu last Thursday and it has not been pleasant (keep in mind I have a two year old daughter). Hmm, I wonder if I’m being punished for something? Nahhhhhh…
Next I wanted to mention that I will officially be at MAGFest this Jan 1st-4th in Virginia. MAGFest is unlike a lot of the shows I normally do, in that it’s primary focus is video game music… which should be pretty awesome! I’ve wanted to make it out to this show for a few years now but it always lands on my birthday so it’s been difficult to work it into my schedule… but this year I’m just going to suck it up, ditch my loving family, and spend my birthday at a video game festival! I’m such a good person! >__>
Speaking of the vidjeo games… I wanted to throw out a quick plug for a game I started playing recently called LOVE, which also happens to be made by my friend (and semi-regular Halolz submitter) Trunks. It’s a fairly simple old skool platformer with a neat respawning twist and a kick-ass soundtrack, and most importantly… it’s absolutely free! Pick it up if you have a sec!
And speaking of my friends, I wanted to mention that our friends at Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged are up for one of them there fancy internet awards (y’know like real awards except made out of electrons and magic!) If you’re a fan of the series why not give them a vote?
Hmm, what else. Oh the Facebook page thing seems to be going really well, be sure to keep sharing your favorite submissions on there!
Oh and you may have heard that Valve is holding a propaganda contest for the TF2 Soldier/Demo War that’s currently running… so uh, don’t be surprised if you see a lot of these types of poster entries appearing on the site this week!
I think that’s about it! See ya’ Monday!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on December 14, 2009 · 12:26 AM
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What, you thought we were done with shirt spotlights? You wish!
The Hamthrax H1N1 World Tour!
Visiting an immune system near you!
This one’s not actually a Halolz shirt in any way… it was sort of a running joke started by Brian Clevinger, which I then spun out of control earlier this year on the ol’ Twitters. Then later when Steve did a comic featuring this art, well… we decided to make a three-way bro pact to make this Anthrax/swine flu parody shirt happen!
And even though this is listed as a Dec 6th pre-order, you can still pick one of these up right now! It’s the perfect shirt for those of you who like to rock out (while simultaneously using anti-bacterial soap to promote good flu preventative hygiene!) YEEEEEAHHHHH!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on December 9, 2009 · 11:48 PM
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In case you didn’t notice the big ol’ image over in the news box… our annual holiday postcard fundraiser for Child’s Play is in full swing! And this year we have a sweet new Christmas postcard you can pick up featuring words by Brian Lastorka and art by Caldwell Tanner (who you may already know from our Falcon Lunch tee!) I did a tiny bit of work too, but really these guys get all the credit this year!
So if you like the card, be sure to send in a donation and get yourself a set for the holidays! And hey last year’s Halolz card is available too! Pick some up today!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on December 8, 2009 · 5:23 AM
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Okay so this one probably looks a little familiar…
Warning: Coffee is extremely hot.
Fortunately our cups can take temperatures up to 9000 degrees!
I made this artwork specifically for the Wolf Wednesdays design, but then as we were sending the shirts off to pre-order I thought “hey y’know, this is a pretty good design all by itself!” And so the “Starfox Coffee” shirt was born!
So yeah, this will probably be a limited run shirt… but for those of you craving a straight-up Starbucks/Starfox parody design, this is your lucky day! Grab one ASAP, and don’t forget that the coupon code “SHARKBITE” at SharkRobot will get you an extra 5% off your order!
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on December 6, 2009 · 10:23 PM
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