Neverending Nights

OMG it’s 2006!

2005 was a banner year for Neverending Nights. We didn’t finish up the season, we didn’t win any awards, we didn’t complete the DVD… Wait 2005 sucked!

Actually 2005 was a great year for Tom and I. We did get to go to the Machinima 2005 Film Festival in NY where we got to meet some fans and other filmmakers. Chessrook, TMRiddle, Reece, Amanda, Ben, and Paul. We continued to make NEN despite my raging case of Attention Deficit Disorder. 2005 saw the construction of our very own sound booth and we added a 5th computer to the film studio. We introduced some great characters into the series and said goodbye to some others.

However 2005 would of truly sucked if it hadn’t been for you. The people reading this. Our fans.

On New Years night we gathered at Poppy’s (salt vendor) house to watch the new year chime in and we had a special treat. The prototype NEN DVD. That’s right, we have the prototype done. Now I know what your saying, “how can you have a DVD without the last two episodes?” Well I don’t know, But we do. Once the last Episode is finished we will get the audio commentary done and get the DVD finalized. Then we will have the sponsors section on the site up and you can sponsor your favorite website and get Neverending Night’s season one on DVD. We can’t sell the DVD so you get it as your free gift for donating to our bandwidth fund. Details to follow.

2006 looks to be a great year for us here at Neverending Night’s. I hope you stick around to share is with us.

So when Adam and I started Neverending Nights – we never really expected much. We hardly expected it to really go beyond five episodes. Now we’re fast approaching Episode 21, the end of Season One! And it’s been an incredible voyage so far!

We’ve been in PC GAMER UK, Interviewed by Bioware (the makers of Neverwinter Nights, as if you didn’t know that already, right?), we were an official selection of the Machinima 2Thousand5 Film Festival, we’ve opened an online store, found ourselves mentioned on quite a few other sites and forums, found our videos on Machinima.com (the kind folks who also offer Quicktime Streaming versions!), we had a brief appearance in MachiniMag #7, and on and on and on.

But you know what is always very cool to me?

The “fans” of the series. When Adam and I kicked this off – like I said – we didn’t expect to do more than five episodes before losing interest. We never imagined we would have “fans.”

We’ve been blessed enough to have a fan ask for our autograph, and even autographed TMRiddle’s copy of Neverwinter Nights! Nameless, one of the users here (who doesn’t pop in so much) even launched the first ever (and probably ONLY!) Neverending Nights Fan Site! We have also had Derek of OriginalConsole.com made a few cool NeN Wallpapers using his comic sprites, among other pieces of fan art by several others! All of that has been incredible – and I thought I had seen it all! Then, sotc comes along and surprises us by showing off a cool NeN necklace she had made! Talk about cool! I was totally floored!

All seemed quiet in the fan section! Until just about a week ago. A user on our forum, SnafeDarkrold contacted me about a musical piece he had created, inspired by Neverending Nights. Naturally, I was floored to hear this. So when he sent me the piece, I really enjoyed it! I edited the file to include information about himself and NeN – and have uploaded the mp3 of Neverending Nights – Fanfare here! (Right Click, Save As… Less than a meg in size).

So I just wanted to take a quick second and thank you all – whether you have done a piece of fan art, launched a fan site, made a necklace, or made a musical piece – or even if you have done none of that, and you simply enjoy our videos – Thanks!

Now, I will cease my rambling for now and pass out.

A long, long, long thanks! (NeN Related)
So when Adam and I started Neverending Nights – we never really expected much. We hardly expected it to really go beyond five episodes. Now we’re fast approaching Episode 21, the end of Season One! And it’s been an incredible voyage so far!

We’ve been in PC GAMER UK, Interviewed by Bioware (the makers of Neverwinter Nights, as if you didn’t know that already, right?), we were an official selection of the Machinima 2Thousand5 Film Festival, we’ve opened an online store, found ourselves mentioned on quite a few other sites and forums, found our videos on Machinima.com (the kind folks who also offer Quicktime Streaming versions!), we had a brief appearance in MachiniMag #7, and on and on and on.

But you know what is always very cool to me?

The “fans” of the series. When Adam and I kicked this off – like I said – we didn’t expect to do more than five episodes before losing interest. We never imagined we would have “fans.”

We’ve been blessed enough to have a fan ask for our autograph, and even autographed TMRiddle’s copy of Neverwinter Nights! Nameless, one of the users here (who doesn’t pop in so much) even launched the first ever (and probably ONLY!) Neverending Nights Fan Site! We have also had Derek of OriginalConsole.com made a few cool NeN Wallpapers using his comic sprites, among other pieces of fan art by several others! All of that has been incredible – and I thought I had seen it all! Then, sotc comes along and surprises us by showing off a cool NeN necklace she had made! Talk about cool! I was totally floored!

All seemed quiet in the fan section! Until just about a week ago. A user on our forum, SnafeDarkrold contacted me about a musical piece he had created, inspired by Neverending Nights. Naturally, I was floored to hear this. So when he sent me the piece, I really enjoyed it! I edited the file to include information about himself and NeN – and have uploaded the mp3 of Neverending Nights – Fanfare here! (Right Click, Save As… Less than a meg in size).

So I just wanted to take a quick second and thank you all – whether you have done a piece of fan art, launched a fan site, made a necklace, or made a musical piece – or even if you have done none of that, and you simply enjoy our videos – Thanks!

Now, I will cease my rambling for now and pass out.

The folks of Machinimag.com have released the latest issue of their PDF online magazine! Lucky issue #7 proved once again to be our lucky number! Why’s that? Is Neverending Nights mentioned? Well. No. Not really. But if you look closely – well, not even closely – you will see the ugly mugs of Adam and I both in the picture (Adam even got in twice!)

So go on! Download MachiniMag #7 (10.9 megs of goodness!) and give it a look! And don’t forget to bookmark their site for future issue releases! These guys can’t be all that bad if they’re bold enough to shove pictures of Adam and I in there!

Here is a snippet from the awards show where the Godfather of machinima thanks Me for all my hard work. I think he thanks Tom too but I really wasent paying attetion.

http://neverendingnights.com/video/w00t.wmv

The folks of Machinimag.com have released the latest issue of their PDF online magazine! Lucky issue #7 proved once again to be our lucky number! Why’s that? Is Neverending Nights mentioned? Well. No. Not really. But if you look closely – well, not even closely – you will see the ugly mugs of Adam and I both in the picture (Adam even got in twice!)

So go on! Download MachiniMag #7 (10.9 megs of goodness!) and give it a look! And don’t forget to bookmark their site for future issue releases! These guys can’t be all that bad if they’re bold enough to shove pictures of Adam and I in there!