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	<description>The somewhat professional blog of Thomas Mannino: Multimedia Developer, Casual Game Designer, Interactive Storyteller, Music Video Enthusiast, Sociology Buff, and Internet Scientist</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Amazing weekend ahoy!</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/27/amazing-weekend-ahoy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend has amazing energy.  It&#8217;s the Penny Arcade Expo, Dragon*Con, and then also Burning Man.  It seems like if anyone I know is doing anything this weekend, it&#8217;s one of these three things.
Ever since I was a little kid, and went to the Nintendo World Tour, when it stopped in New Mexico, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This weekend has amazing energy.  It&#8217;s the Penny Arcade Expo, Dragon*Con, and then also Burning Man.  It seems like if anyone I know is doing anything this weekend, it&#8217;s one of these three things.</p>
<p>Ever since I was a little kid, and went to the Nintendo World Tour, when it stopped in New Mexico, I wanted to &#8216;work a booth&#8217; at a convention of whatever kind.  Being excited and talking about a cool game, and getting paid to do it.  As I grew up I realized that it wasn&#8217;t something I&#8217;d be doing with whatever direction of my life.  My first time at E3 re-lit that dream in my head, walking around and seeing all the game designers and marketing people selling you their game.  It was still a dream, but I was much more practical and realistic to know, again, it was going to be a long time, if at all, I&#8217;d ever be able to do something like that.</p>
<p>This weekend, I will be with friends, among friends, at my favorite convention, seeing people I miss dearly, also meeting people I&#8217;ve never met in person.</p>
<p>Also, this weekend, to put it simply, my dream of &#8216;working a booth&#8217; is coming true.  It&#8217;s going to be pretty grueling, physically and emotionally, but it&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve wanted to do forever, and now I get to do it.  While wearing a pirate costume and leather pants.</p>
<p>I am so excited and proud about what we have put together, the project, the people involved, everything has been so awesome.  I can&#8217;t wait to see what people think.</p>
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		<title>Twin Skies Video Blog - Pantsless Apology</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/26/twin-skies-video-blog-pantsless-apology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to Me!</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/25/happy-birthday-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my birthday present [edit, which is on Sept 2nd, btw... don't be confused.. haha] to myself this year, I spent 100$ on  some boxes of my favorite candy, ever, ever, ever: 
This is literally my #1 super favorite candy of all time.  If could eat only one candy ever again, it&#8217;d be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For my birthday present [edit, which is on Sept 2nd, btw... don't be confused.. haha] to myself this year, I spent 100$ on  some boxes of my favorite candy, ever, ever, ever: </p>
<p>This is literally my #1 super favorite candy of all time.  If could eat only one candy ever again, it&#8217;d be these.  If I was stranded on a desert island and had to pick one candy, this would be the one I pick.  If I had to marry a candy, it&#8217;d be this one.  It&#8217;s so stupid and simple.  It&#8217;s just &#8216;gummi candy&#8217; but in a disk form.  It&#8217;s the perfect sized bite, to either bite in half or just eat the whole thing.  It has all the good gummi flavors like cherry and pineapple.  So good.<br />
<a href="http://www.candyfavorites.com/Haribo-Mega-Roulette-Gummi-Candy-pr-2026.html">http://www.candyfavorites.com/Haribo-Mega-Roulette-Gummi-Candy-pr-2026.html</a></p>
<p>And then these two puppies have always stood out in my mind as being amazing because they are more of the delicious gummi candy, however as a kid, you look at these things and go OMG THEY ARE THE BIGGEST EVER.  Plus they are rats and spiders and it was a good way to stereotypically gross out your mom.  LOOK MOM I HAVE A RATS BUTT HANGING OUT OF MY MOUTH NOMNONOM.<br />
<a href="http://www.candyfavorites.com/Gummi-Rats-Large-Wrapped-pr-796.html">http://www.candyfavorites.com/Gummi-Rats-Large-Wrapped-pr-796.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.candyfavorites.com/Gummi-Tarantula-Spider-Large-Wrapped-pr-799.html">http://www.candyfavorites.com/Gummi-Tarantula-Spider-Large-Wrapped-pr-799.html</a></p>
<p>I figure I lost some weight&#8230; I got myself down to 180 pounds from 195, without eating very much candy or sugar so I figure I might as well buy like fifteen pounds of candy and just put it right back on.  Knowing I&#8217;m going to have these boxes of my favorite candy to myself makes me cackle like a mad scientist.  I&#8217;m going to dump them on the floor and swim in them.  Actually I doubt I will eat them all, but having them in my possession makes me feel young!</p>
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		<title>Twin Skies Video Blog #6 - Clothing!</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/22/twin-skies-video-blog-6-clothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Twin Skies Stuff: Freebies and Fan Comic!</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/19/twin-skies-stuff-freebies-and-fan-comic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The powers that be sent some of the Twin Skies fansites some encouraging schwag.  Here&#8217;s one of their unboxings:

And then a fan drew up a comic with me in it O_o

I think after this, I&#8217;ll put my burn and dodge tools to rest for a while. I abuse them. Happy presumptive birthday, Oliver. And [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The powers that be sent some of the Twin Skies fansites some encouraging schwag.  Here&#8217;s one of their unboxings:</p>
<p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cmp-cyeRRqI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cmp-cyeRRqI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>
<p>And then a fan drew up a comic with me in it O_o</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tommannino.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/oliverandmannino.jpg"><img src="http://www.tommannino.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/oliverandmannino-300x300.jpg" alt="" title="oliverandmannino" width="300" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-160" /></a></p>
<blockquote><p>I think after this, I&#8217;ll put my burn and dodge tools to rest for a while. I abuse them. Happy presumptive birthday, Oliver. And Mannino&#8217;s in the corner there because I am his uber fan. <3</p></blockquote>
<p>Uhoh!</p>
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		<title>Valve: Sammich Power&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/19/valve-sammich-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the powerups for the Heavy is Sammich Power:

MEET THE SAMMICH:
http://kotaku.com/5039075/heavy-gets-his-sandvich-im-still-waiting
I could have told you this was powerful, years ago:
http://www.scatteredgenius.com/features/paris/7/
be an eating hero!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the powerups for the Heavy is Sammich Power:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tommannino.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/06_sandvich.jpg"><img src="http://www.tommannino.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/06_sandvich.jpg" alt="" title="06_sandvich" width="496" height="292" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-154" /></a></p>
<p>MEET THE SAMMICH:<br />
<a href="http://kotaku.com/5039075/heavy-gets-his-sandvich-im-still-waiting">http://kotaku.com/5039075/heavy-gets-his-sandvich-im-still-waiting</a></p>
<p>I could have told you this was powerful, years ago:<br />
<a href="http://www.scatteredgenius.com/features/paris/7/">http://www.scatteredgenius.com/features/paris/7/</a></p>
<p>be an eating hero!</p>
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		<title>As of today&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/14/as-of-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have exactly ten white hairs in my mustache.  Also I&#8217;m turning twenty-nine in 19 days.
Sorry, not twenty-nine.  I&#8217;m getting another year&#8217;s experience at being 21.  That makes 8 years experience!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have exactly ten white hairs in my mustache.  Also I&#8217;m turning twenty-nine in 19 days.</p>
<p>Sorry, not twenty-nine.  I&#8217;m getting another year&#8217;s experience at being 21.  That makes 8 years experience!</p>
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		<title>Bigfoot = Viral Marketing!</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/14/bigfoot-viral-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4531119.ece
I bet anyone a dollar this is a viral marketing campaign.  I don&#8217;t know for what, of course, but we will find out soon!
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<p>I bet anyone a dollar this is a viral marketing campaign.  I don&#8217;t know for what, of course, but we will find out soon!</p>
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		<title>For those about..</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/12/for-those-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;to get XML errors&#8230;.. I salute you!
Edit: I like the part where 7:55 it goes down for maintain special time.
Edit: 8:18, GG, Blizz.  Thanks for lettuce gnomes.
I&#8217;m still going to Anaheim and partying my ass off.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;to get XML errors&#8230;.. I salute you!</p>
<p>Edit: I like the part where 7:55 it goes down for maintain special time.<br />
Edit: 8:18, GG, Blizz.  Thanks for lettuce gnomes.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still going to Anaheim and partying my ass off.</p>
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		<title>Blizzcon?</title>
		<link>http://www.tommannino.com/blog/2008/08/12/blizzcon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the question everyone has been asking me the past X weeks has been &#8220;OMG ARE YOU GOING TO BLIZZCON?&#8221;  To which I&#8217;ve always answered, &#8220;Yes, but I don&#8217;t have tickets yet, nobody does, so don&#8217;t get your hopes up.&#8221;  Well I was warranted in my cynicism =P
So, I ask the question, now [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, the question everyone has been asking me the past X weeks has been &#8220;OMG ARE YOU GOING TO BLIZZCON?&#8221;  To which I&#8217;ve always answered, &#8220;Yes, but I don&#8217;t have tickets yet, nobody does, so don&#8217;t get your hopes up.&#8221;  Well I was warranted in my cynicism =P</p>
<p>So, I ask the question, now that tickets are sold out:<br />
<strong>&#8220;So, are you (really) going to Blizzcon?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>P.s. I&#8217;m not asking lily because you&#8217;re a little loot whore overpowered shaman.  L2p you jerk.</p>
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