Troels Pleimert

How is that better than "Quasardilla"? Come on, I spent five minutes on that one. ;)

I had this one on Twitter: "The Bowel Buster Beef Bomb."
 
Also, a couple of other disgusting ideas:
 
The Skid Mark Surprise Super Fun Meal
 
Communion Wafer Nachos (so thin they're practically one-dimensional!)
 
Quasardilla with extra Suicide Sauce
 
and, of course
 
The Retroactive Abortion Chili Dipper.

Hey everyone! Your friendly neighborhood SpacePope here. We hope everyone is excited about the latest SpaceVenture update (Click here to view). Not that the Two Guys are out of hilarious ideas, but we thought it would be fun to get the community involved on this. We'd like your ideas for funny content for Taco Nova. In fact, if your ideas are good, we might even steal appropriate them for use in SpaceVenture!
 
So here is what we are looking for:
 
Meal names Combo names Beverage Names Advertisement Slogans You can submit them here by replying to this thread.
 
Thanks so much everyone! Here is a little inspiration for ya. :)
 
Chris Pope
http://twitter.com/thechrispope
http://facebook.com/thechrispope
 

If only Chris would let me swear at them. For some reason, he thinks that's "unprofessional behavior."

*standing ovation*
 
And now to actually read it. ;)

Any loyal listener to the SQH podcast has known about a lot of this for weeks, lol.
 
Which isn't to say that the SQH podcast is a replacement for the Kickstarter page, but maybe Pope should be issuing written TLDL (didn't listen) summaries of his contributions to the podcast...?

Yeah, that ought to do it. :D
 
Wow, that was quite a hefty chunk of updatin'.

Yeah, that ought to do it. :D
 
Wow, that was quite a hefty chunk of updatin'.

Yeah, that ought to do it. :D
 
Wow, that was quite a hefty chunk of updatin'.

It's almost 2 in the morning here and I was sound asleep when I felt a disturbance in the force, like 10000 SQ fans crying out in orgasmic joy at the same time.
 
I was too tired to read it all.
 
I skimmed over it up to the part where it said that Josh Mandel has joined up as a cameo writer.
 
Now I'm going to fap myself to sleep.
 
I'm sorry I ever doubted you!
 
$300 well invested!
 
I'm not worthy!
 
I'm not worthy!
 
 
 
Anybody got some tissues?

If only Chris would let me swear at them. For some reason, he thinks that's "unprofessional behavior."

I'd love to, but it's not up to me. Or Chris, for that matter. And I certainly respect the Guys' insistence on keeping surprises intact.
 
That said, I hope I can be a part of some more substantial updates in 2015 as the project gets closer to completion.

If only Chris would let me swear at them. For some reason, he thinks that's "unprofessional behavior."

Troels' new job: Spend hours trying to placate 3-4 unwaveringly pessimistic morons on a comments section no one else checks.

I love the idea of a hyper-modern 3D parser game! :D Wow, that sounds so amazing, I'm turning into JDHJANUS here.
 
I think we should come up with an original story. How about a game set between SQ3 and SQ4, detailing what happened when Roger got back from Earth through Black Hole Bertha? It's never been explained how he went from there to Magmetheus. Presumably, he just got spat out where he started, near Pestulon. So he's still stuck in a quadrant with no idea how to get home?
 
Maybe he goes back to Monolith Burger to get directions, only to be sidetracked by some quest that eventually leads him out of the quadrant and onwards to Magmetheus. The game could end with Roger finally getting directions to his home planet Xenon, and his decision to stop off and get a drink at the space bar is the final line of the game.

You might want to stay away from songs like Heresy, dude. ;)
 
Anyway ... Yeah, good picks, people! I love Tool as much as the next guy -- in fact, I even bought that Lateralus vinyl with the double picture discs and the holographic artwork that didn't sound all that great, but looked spectacular -- and I have both Toxicity and Steal This Album from System of a Down (which is one of my wife's favorite bands).
 
Oh, and I gotta give a shout-out to this one:
 

Hell fuckin' yeah! Paradise Lost ticks everyone of my boxes with regards to depressing lyrics, punishing guitars, and -- of course -- a good, solid melody you can sing along to. I mean, it may not be everyone's favorite, but I LOVE the song "Symbol Of Life." Anyone who can sing the lines "can't get by with what I've got / always dwell on what I've lost / just a loaded gun, a symbol of my life" convincingly is a fuckin' hero in my book.
 
Anyway, time for a showcase, ladies and janitors. How about some epic rhythm guitar work to start us off? Brandon, I know you're going to get a kick out of this:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3269wR6Kg_M
 
These guys are (were) my fuckin' heroes of cybermetal. These guys effortlessly took everything that made Fear Factory great and just upped it to the ultimate level. You know that "next level" Tyra Banks always talks about on Top Model? These guys took the fucking warp cheat and went straight on to the last level. I was so sad to see these guys break up. Luckily, I did manage to see them live once and I got one of their guitar picks with "Sybreed" emblazoned on it.
 
Next up, let's go to Australia:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTLL7KieVuI
 
Sorry I can't show you a performance or anything, but this song is just ... well, it's creepy, it's technically impressive, it's hyper-aggressive, it's melancholic; it's everything I want in a song. These guys are Australian, so you'll have to fill me in on the cultural discrepancies, but, as far as I can tell, this is about a person in an abusive relationship finally exacting his/her revenge on the perpetrator. My favorite line of this song echoes the old Tex Murphy game "Mean Streets" with the breakdown, "My perception covered in red / All of the psychotic voices screaming inside my head / I can't separate anymore." Again, I realize in writing this sounds like any 14-year-old angsty teenagers diary and shit, but in the context of the song, the pause that comes before him screaming "anymore" and then the tranquil, melodic guitar line that follows ... well, shit.
 
What does this have to do with Tex Murphy, you may ask? Well, every time this dude yells "screaming inside my head," I immediately think of Carl Linsky's tape recorder: "They're in my head! They're in my head!" Okay, so I'm a nerd.
 
Right, finally ... let's get off our train to Depressionville and get on the expressway to JustPlainFuckingImpressiveTown.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRZRMD2kCM
 
Brandon, you're free to join in any time while I pick my jaw off the floor.
 
Edit: Boy, BBcode is really screwing with me. Sorry, guys.

Yeah, well, Jane Jensen said the same thing about believing in God because she went through a thunderstorm in an airplane. I'm pretty sure both of these fine people weren't exactly in their pious mood when they were writing their oeuvres.

You might want to stay away from songs like Heresy, dude. ;)
 
Anyway ... Yeah, good picks, people! I love Tool as much as the next guy -- in fact, I even bought that Lateralus vinyl with the double picture discs and the holographic artwork that didn't sound all that great, but looked spectacular -- and I have both Toxicity and Steal This Album from System of a Down (which is one of my wife's favorite bands).
 
Oh, and I gotta give a shout-out to this one:
 

Hell fuckin' yeah! Paradise Lost ticks everyone of my boxes with regards to depressing lyrics, punishing guitars, and -- of course -- a good, solid melody you can sing along to. I mean, it may not be everyone's favorite, but I LOVE the song "Symbol Of Life." Anyone who can sing the lines "can't get by with what I've got / always dwell on what I've lost / just a loaded gun, a symbol of my life" convincingly is a fuckin' hero in my book.
 
Anyway, time for a showcase, ladies and janitors. How about some epic rhythm guitar work to start us off? Brandon, I know you're going to get a kick out of this:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3269wR6Kg_M
 
These guys are (were) my fuckin' heroes of cybermetal. These guys effortlessly took everything that made Fear Factory great and just upped it to the ultimate level. You know that "next level" Tyra Banks always talks about on Top Model? These guys took the fucking warp cheat and went straight on to the last level. I was so sad to see these guys break up. Luckily, I did manage to see them live once and I got one of their guitar picks with "Sybreed" emblazoned on it.
 
Next up, let's go to Australia:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTLL7KieVuI
 
Sorry I can't show you a performance or anything, but this song is just ... well, it's creepy, it's technically impressive, it's hyper-aggressive, it's melancholic; it's everything I want in a song. These guys are Australian, so you'll have to fill me in on the cultural discrepancies, but, as far as I can tell, this is about a person in an abusive relationship finally exacting his/her revenge on the perpetrator. My favorite line of this song echoes the old Tex Murphy game "Mean Streets" with the breakdown, "My perception covered in red / All of the psychotic voices screaming inside my head / I can't separate anymore." Again, I realize in writing this sounds like any 14-year-old angsty teenagers diary and shit, but in the context of the song, the pause that comes before him screaming "anymore" and then the tranquil, melodic guitar line that follows ... well, shit.
 
What does this have to do with Tex Murphy, you may ask? Well, every time this dude yells "screaming inside my head," I immediately think of Carl Linsky's tape recorder: "They're in my head! They're in my head!" Okay, so I'm a nerd.
 
Right, finally ... let's get off our train to Depressionville and get on the expressway to JustPlainFuckingImpressiveTown.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoRZRMD2kCM
 
Brandon, you're free to join in any time while I pick my jaw off the floor.
 
Edit: Boy, BBcode is really screwing with me. Sorry, guys.

Yeah, well, Jane Jensen said the same thing about believing in God because she went through a thunderstorm in an airplane. I'm pretty sure both of these fine people weren't exactly in their pious mood when they were writing their oeuvres.

"The game sucked, but man, those updates... those updates. Wow. They were of the likes we'll never see again."
 
"The game is the best I've ever played, but the lack of updates 6 months ago ruined the game for me completely."
 
 
^^ Two things no one will ever say.

Thanks, guys. I would love to be able to keep you more in the loop. I've been privileged to see some of the work-in-progress stuff and been allowed to play internal builds of the game to give feedback from a "game player" perspective. But I also have to respect the Two Guys' wishes not to let anything out into the open that they don't want to show yet.
 
Would I do things differently if this was my own Kickstarted game? It's too easy to say yes, because there's a lot of work that goes into a thing like this, and I completely understand that the Guys just want to bunker down and get this thing done as soon as possible, and not spend any (for lack of a better word) extraneous time coming up with clever updates and tidbits. I would love to see more stuff released to the public and I totally understand the sentiment from the disgruntled backers.
 
But this isn't my Kickstarter. I'm just a fan like you guys. A fan with some added privileges, sure, but a fan first and foremost. I'm a cheerleader and I may seem overly optimistic at times, but this is not because I get to play with the big dogs or because I'm getting some sort of kickback. 'Cos I'm not. I'm really just super-psyched for the game. And because I get to actually talk with the dudes who are making it, my confidence in their ability and the game they're putting out remains unwavered.

Angel Dust is an amazing album. I saw Faith No More on their reunion tour at Roskilde Festival and I remember being super bummed out that they didn't play Malpractice. Look up Mike Patton and The Dillinger Escape Plan doing Malpractice live -- fantastic stuff.
 
I also really, really love Mr. Bungle. Particularly the first album. It's silly, weird, dark and unapologetically so. :)

Thanks, guys. I would love to be able to keep you more in the loop. I've been privileged to see some of the work-in-progress stuff and been allowed to play internal builds of the game to give feedback from a "game player" perspective. But I also have to respect the Two Guys' wishes not to let anything out into the open that they don't want to show yet.
 
Would I do things differently if this was my own Kickstarted game? It's too easy to say yes, because there's a lot of work that goes into a thing like this, and I completely understand that the Guys just want to bunker down and get this thing done as soon as possible, and not spend any (for lack of a better word) extraneous time coming up with clever updates and tidbits. I would love to see more stuff released to the public and I totally understand the sentiment from the disgruntled backers.
 
But this isn't my Kickstarter. I'm just a fan like you guys. A fan with some added privileges, sure, but a fan first and foremost. I'm a cheerleader and I may seem overly optimistic at times, but this is not because I get to play with the big dogs or because I'm getting some sort of kickback. 'Cos I'm not. I'm really just super-psyched for the game. And because I get to actually talk with the dudes who are making it, my confidence in their ability and the game they're putting out remains unwavered.

Huh?
 
Don't be discouraged by the lack of posts. This board is a fun and cozy place, but not exactly a whirlwind of activity.

(Once this fabulous adventure is over, I'm thinking of collating the whole thing into a festive and somewhat professional-looking pdf. Probably going to need some cover art, though ... Wink, wink.)