Digest for June 2 - 8

Robot Martini digest July 2 - 8

That was a hot week for Baltimore and a busy week for RMG. Art and Design for our corperate identity continues, both on beta.robotmartini.com and off-line on our hard drives. The biggest downer is, unless you are a graphic designer (or the Angry Daughter of a Typesetter), you wont find the nuts and bolts of what we are working on very interesting ;-)

Here's a recap of the week


Floppies #20 Meta Rules or How to Handicap good players
A comic inspired by players who are too good no matter what you do to them
Monday: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/648

Astrobrot #13 Vacation Edition
JD sends us his love from the west coast, sun glasses and all
Tuesday: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/649

The Mister Taru Show "gets you over your mid-week hump"
this week Mr Taru awakes to find A) that he's hung over and B) that he's being video taped by idiots (again)
Wednesday: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/651

Blah Blah: Gavin rants about game design
5 examples of bad game design, curtesy of Atlus Games' Lunch Money
Wednesday: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/652

Wednesday After Hourse: the .357 Magnum!
despite rain and a bad bartender, Zeke and I manage to get a good drink this week
Thursday: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/653

SideScroller: Jack Thompson Special Edition
Dan Greene raises a glass to an American hero. God bless the Florida state bar and supreme court. Also one of dan's better drawn pieces (not that they ever aren't well drawn, just really liked this one)
Thursday: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/654

Game Night vs Lunch Money
Shawn, Sqwabuck, Dough, MechaShiva, and Gavin played lunch money on Thursday night's game night. Fun was had, though I think we were all burnt out by the last game. Videos and Photos can also be found on here on facebook
Sunday: http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/657

Also last week, the Robot Martini T-Shirts arrived. We did principle photography Saturday and Sunday, and if the heat doesn't blow out my computer we should have them up on the site early this week.

The shirts are 2 color silk screened on Hanes' "Tagless" shirts. They claim to be pre-shrunk, but with 100% cotton shirts, I am always a bit suspicious of shrinkage.

MechaShiva and I made Robot Heads too... but you wont get to see them until early next week ;-)

And last, but certainly not least: A big Happy birthday to Jess, wife of Web Guy

Cheers,
Gee out

.357 Magnum (shots!)

GWG's Ezekiel Bailey and I hit the town each wednesday night. Our goal is to experience something new each time and tell you about it. Got a drink you want us to try? Let us know down in the comments below!

This weeks drink got off to a sluggish start. Zeke had planned on subjecting me to an Afgan Whore down at the Yacht Club, but was thwarted by the universe's worst bartender. Not only did he claim he was out of every liquor we could name, when asked what he could mix, he shrugged and told us he "only drinks beer".

Booze shortages and no will to pour root beer or yogurt aside, it struck Zeke and I totally dumbfounded that a bartender would refuse to offer drink suggestions. So we picked up our stuff and headed back up the road.

The night was finally cooling down, the rain had let up, and there was a nice car crash on the way. So our spirits were already raised as we headed into McOshea's.



.357 Magnum
Stir 1 oz Vodka (plain) and 1 oz Rum (plain) into 3/4 of a glass of 7up. Then top it off with Ameretto. This gives the drink a bullet in a bullet casing look, which is somewhat lost when you add straws and ice. In this case, we had limes on the side.


As a sipping drink, it takes the buffet approach. The bullet is crisp and clean; the shell casing is syrupy and sweet, and the lime mingles in between. If you want thicker flavor, pull your straw up. If you want thin crispness, push your straw down.

No real surprises here.

As a shot, the drink behaves totally different. It has a one-two punch, oddly starting with the bottom of the drink, and finishing off with an almost whiskey like punch of almond.

Even though I didn't like the actual taste as much, the novelty and originality of the shot made me like it more. Obviously, Zeke sided with taste, and liked the sipping drink more.

It is worth noting that this drink is nicely alcoholic. Zeke, whose blood is roughly 80 proof, was nicely buzzed after our two drinks. So considering the price of largely rail-friendly booze, this may be worth considering.

4 out of 5 burps