Mar 05
Minister of Media & TechnologyFlash Games, Video Games
This Flash game Friday goes out to the Minister of Interior Design. Just keep reaching for the stars and maybe someday you’ll beat my 3643m score.
Today’s Flash game is Canabalt. Developed by Adam Atomic who created Flixel. He developed this game to showcase the commercial potential of a simple 2d Flash game using the library of code he developed over the past couple years. The game utilizes a single key to jump obstacles, but the levels are randomly generated so no play through is the same.
Click here to play Canabalt.
Feb 26
Minister of Media & TechnologyFlash Games, Games, Video Games
It’s been a while since I’ve made a non-administrative post, and now that we have our new system I think it’s time to reintroduce a weekly post. As I’ve started working and learning more and more about game development, I have a new appreciation for the little guy. In small teams some amazing and creative games are made. They may not have the fanciest graphics, but the themes and concepts are always pretty unique. Which leads me to my first post in this category – Cream Wolf - a game that uses old school graphics and gameplay, but presents a really unique story.
I recently posted on this on my personal site, but it’s too good not to share with all of I.F.S. I won’t ruin the concept with a summary, but just go play it when you’re bored today or this weekend. I’ll follow this up with a post every Friday of an awesome and free game.
Play Cream Wolf
Feb 24
Minister of Media & TechnologyWeb/Tech
Alright ministers we’re now officially moved over to the new site and wedoiteverymonth.com now points to the new site domain flapjacksociety.com. I figured now that wedoitquarterly our old domain name was out of date.
Let me know if you notice any kookiness or if any images don’t work as I had to use some magic to get all the files moved over.
Also I’ve moved the minutes and documents to a secure page, the password is the same one I sent out in the email.
Good flapjack,
M+T
Feb 22
Minister of HistoryFlapjacks, Trips
This is a little late as I’ve had some issues posting, but please enjoy…
Feb 11
Minister of MOMCurrent Affairs, L.A., Meeting
Mission Accomplished. Well done gentlemen. It was a very enjoyable weekend and I thank everyone who made the journey for the first ‘new’ LA meeting. To those Ministers and Jew who could not be with us, you were missed.
IFS Meeting, check. New CB trophy, check. ‘New and Improved’ Anthem, check. Beer and Whiskey consumed, double check. Super Bowl Party, check.
**Member of the Month: The Minister of Letters**
Notable Accomplishments: New CB Trophy, “In the face of adversity you suck, fuck you.” Complete with top hat/wand emblem, and drama dancer guy. But perhaps the strongest addition from Letters was the newest edit of the IFS Anthem, a copy of which should live in your email inbox. Amazing, simply amazing. Well played Baggs, you deserve it.
**Continental Breakfast Award: The Minister of Art and Design**
Notables: Totally spaced on planning the meeting place. Managed however to come through in hospitality points, and was rewarded with the appropriate CB award love. Honestly, the CB trophy is awesome, and its been unofficially decided that it must be awarded to a member present at the meeting. It’s simply much more fun to award to someone who’s there.
Worthy of Note: Jimmy made a strong appearance in the middle of the MOM acceptance speech, stuck around for a few cold ones, and a little pin killing. GCross made a strong appearance for the weekend, proudly proclaiming as a guess, “The ‘Minister of Defense’, maybe?”. Difficult to argue there’s a strong case for that one. Something to ponder… If you’ve yet to meet ‘G’, he’s a friend from home (Chico, CA) and is a ‘Real American Hero’, a US Marine. A welcomed guest at any future IFS meeting.
Full Blood Ed, managed to drunkenly yell Anchor Man quotes across the bar. Lexicon was kindly removed from the bar for refusing to bribe a bouncer. Athletics was kindly asked to leave the bar because of inappropriate head gear, and a ’snippy tude’. MOM had a few too many early, and tried to keep it together for the remainder of the night, nice. Glory spaced, and Nova spent.
The following are a few gems from the weekend. I’m thinking of making a run as the new MoPhoto, I got a little extra time on my hands, and no life, why not?
Feb 05
Minister of CompetitionUncategorized
Good flapjack my brothers. I love you like a fat kid love cake.
Jan 26
Minister of MOMAlcohol, Current Affairs, Daily Quotes, L.A., Photos
First and foremost, everyone please look at the post below to M&T’s latest version of the IFS game, ‘Flappy Does Adventures’. Its awesome. Be good ministers, comment on how awesome it is.
Yesterday was a sad day. Dels Saloon closed its doors for good. The landowners have opted not to renew the lease, not because the bar was losing money, but the owners of the building opted instead to open a swankier, more overpriced and likely douchier bar in its place. ([Story](http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/restaurant-openings-and-closur/dels-saloon-closing/)) If they put in another Busby’s, I’ll likely fire bomb it.
A few ministers may remember the days of Franklin St. It was a quaint ‘little’ apartment in Santa Monica, where a numerous ministers and friends resided. It was a great house, until it was overrun with tropical parasites I brought back from the jungles of Panama on a research trip. Whoops. Many football games were watched, beers consumed, and meals enjoyed. One time, I even threw the Minister of Athletics in the shower with his clothes on, closed the shower door, and turned on the water. Pow!
The standard operating procedure after any Franklin St. gathering was the obligatory trip to Dels Saloon a few short blocks away. It was an easy jaunt down the street, especially with the help of a few ‘road sodas’. If you never made it to Franklin St. and consequently Dels, you missed out on a lot, and you probably suck at life.
Dels Saloon saw the likes of an epic Karaoke crooning battle between the Minister of Letters and our ‘close personal friend’. There were also less epic although equally amusing karaoke attempts from others, no shame at Dels. There were chance encounters with truckers, hipsters, blue collars, students, old fashioned drunks, and even the occasional random hook ups with strangers. There was the occasional daytime cocktail, which were far outweighed by far too many instances where we were the last ones being shooed out the door, with full beers in our pockets for the walk home. Through thick and thin, Dels was the place, our place.
A classic dive bar, Dels enjoyed a brief run of popularity with the younger folks after a brief cameo in a popular movie. Occasionally you’d even spot an attractive female there, **occasionally**. That was rarely the focus, and that’s what made it great. Dels Saloon was a great place to share a drink with friends. A true staple in the IFS diet from 2006-2008.
Last Night, there was a gentleman, a regular, who stood up on top of the bar and hushed the crowd to make a toast. He started slowly and worked up to a yell, “This bar is the greatest, goddammed, fucking place….in America!” Cheers erupted from the crowd. I laughed, but didn’t disagree. Last night I had trouble thinking of a better one, Turnpike IHOP, perhaps.
The following is a mini photo essay from the last night at our beloved Dels. Single Tear.
Dels Saloon. Rest in Peace.
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