Score: 9

"Pretty -Awesome- for such short notice"

submission: Egocaptured

date: February 23, 2008

Interestingly, the thing that made me laugh the hardest was the Bill Cosby voice message at the end. Whoever did that needs massive props, 'cause it was a damn near spot-on imitation.

Score: 9

"Very Fun"

submission: Cell Defender

date: August 29, 2007

For some reason, I really enjoy playing this game. It took me a while to figure out how to play it well, though. I found it much easier to play when zoomed out - keeping a distance from all the enemies to keep the view zoomed out and holding down the "A" key, I beat the game on "Crazy" difficulty very quickly, only dieing once. I liked the music, I liked the design, and the controls weren't as bad as everybody says - not to me, at least.
The only thing that could be improved upon is making the zoom in/out function manual instead of automatic, because it was very annoying to have the camera zoom in at the most inopportune times, limiting my view range and aim, and also increase the lag tenfold.
So, if you somehow made the zoom function manual, this game would easily be worth 10/10 - but as it is, I give it a 9/10. I really hope you make a Cell Defender 2!

Score: 9

"Worthy of being in the Brackenwood Collection"

submission: The Myth Of Sisyphus

date: August 18, 2007

I enjoyed watching this, though I will say that Sisyphus' grunts got a bit old toward the end... I wouldn't recommend getting rid of the grunts, just making them quieter.

The animation, on the other hand, was pretty darn good. It wasn't exceedingly detailed, but it was stylistic and fairly smooth. Yes, it looks an awful lot like Adam Phillips' work, and it does lack the overall polish of a Brackenwood film, but it's still a cut above 90% of the stuff on this site. Like so many others have said already, it doesn't matter that your style is -CURRENTLY- similar to Phillips'. If you were claiming that you came up with the style yourself and gave no credit to Phillips', then it would be different, but as it is, people have no right to criticize this movie because it "lacks originality" in the style. The only way you can really get better at something is by copying someone better than you - your own unique style will surface in the process.

Another thing I would recommend is that you include an explanation of the Myth of Sisyphus somewhere, either in the description or the video itself, because too many people are giving it bad marks because they don't know the legend and are too illiterate to read the video's description. Otherwise, they'd know that the movie is -BASED- on the Myth of Sisyphus.

Great work! I'll be looking forward to future submissions from you!