By Kieron Gillen on December 9th, 2009 at 2:46 pm.
Our second favourite Scots-Malaysian person of all time (behind Betty Boo), occasional-RPS contributor and general games journalist king Mat Kumar has done a zine. Exp. is “Intended to offer a different and defiantly print-orientated style of video game writing, the magazine takes the form of several experiential articles considering the games Mathew experienced from the 21st September to 25th October 2009 (though not in chronological order.) The articles aren’t reviews or critical essays, and are instead intended to reflect the thoughts had while playing”. Crikey! Lots more details here, plus ordering info for where you can put down your COLD HARD CASH. Of course, this isn’t the end of his recent extra-curricular activities. He also designed a cocktail for Ste Curran’s All-Tomorrow’s-Parties’ festival chalet, inspired by the famed incident where he crashed the ListenUP podcast whilst steamingly drunk, as described here.
NAME: SHIT JUST GOT REAL, PEOPLE
DESCRIPTION: I don’t want to talk about boners; I want to talk about
feelings. This drink begins the madness.INGREDIENTS:
1 shot vodka (any)
4 drops tabasco (at least. it must BURN.)METHOD OF PREPARATION:
1. Put the tabasco into the vodka.
2. Toast Charles Barkley (IMPORTANT).
3. Slam drink.IDEAL SOUNDTRACK:
Long Live The Party – Andrew W.K.
FEELINGS IT IS SUPPOSED TO INVOKE: [three adjectives]
Rakehellish, unmuzzled, bezerk
Meanwhile, in PC games, other stuff happened.
That might’ve been the only episode of Listen Up actually worth listening to. Made me laugh, at the time.
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now I feel like my cocktail was a bit over-elaborate compared to that simple bolt of rocking out power.
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milko: My Wrong Island Ice Tea was also filigree in comparison.
KG
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Sounds a bit… NGJ.
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Vodka and Pepsi, right? It being basically the same as normal old Vodka and Coke.
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1 part lighter fuel
1 part kopparberg pair cider
1 x bacon rasher to decorate
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My mind boggles imagining the may things that pair cider could be made from.
A pair of shoes, for example.
Delicous.
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@CMaster, a golden rule: always check your own spelling meticulously when picking on someone else’s.
Also, it’s clearly a pair of kopparbergs. Or one part of one, which might just be a single kopparberg.
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That’s great, will check this out sometime.
Lived in Penang for ~3 years between 89-91, great times – I’ll go back there one day…
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There isn’t enough Andrew WK on the radio/internet.
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Whoops wasn’t meant as a comment…ignore
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Malaysians FTW! What can I say? (I am one too)
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Malaysia Boleh! (Am married to one)
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So he writes “experiential” articles and makes up drinks? I assume you have a NGJ Dorothy Parker tucked away somewhere, writing scathing stories about your lifestyles.
All seems a bit… masturbatory, doesn’t it? Next you’ll be having games developed around the themes you espouse… oh, wait. Although to be fair the (I think everyone agrees) excellent Penny Arcade can be said to have started that trend.
Maybe Penny Arcade is your Dorothy Parker?
Hmm.
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“All seems a bit… masturbatory, doesn’t it?”
And that is a bad thing?
Besides: Not everybody agrees with Penny Arcade being excellent, but that might well be due to some strange foreign language/humour barrier I’ve never experienced anywhere else.
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So this man is a Scotsman, yet I have to pay extra for shipping to the UK?
Boo!
I was so ready to cold-hard-cash this, too.
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FYI any UK readers: I’m based in Canada. Shipping to the UK I actually LOSE money on (each issue costs me $4.00 to ship, as it’s small packet air, for some reason).
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Nice work dude.We should share one when you’re home for Xmas.
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You were an absolutely fantastic drunk.
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mathew: Ahhh, that makes sense. Sorry to doubt you, sir!
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Thanks Gillen.
When the exp. website is up properly, I should really make sure to put up some posts “bigging up” your comics, making sure to spell only half of your first name as you insist on doing for me
(I love you really, Kie.)
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Urrbody In The Club Gettin’ Tip Ste: One part vodka, one part malibu, one part haribo, one part pineapple, one part terror. Amazing.
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What does liquid terror taste like?
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Jesus, it was horrible listening to the pure idiocy half the cast of that podcast displayed. If I was in Matthews position I would have walked out halfway through the damn thing.
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Technically I did. I still demand a re-match against Robert Ashley when I’m sober. I will DESTROY HIM (with words)
(and then karate kicks to his FACE)
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You deserve that re-match. Also, bit of a shame that you did leave, I think you could have added some great counter-points to the conversation that followed.
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Okay… this is oddly specific.
His name is Mat Kumar
His 2 races are scottish and malaysian
Me and my roomates name are
Matt and Kumaar Respectively
Our two races are german and Indian
I like things with alchohol
He likes things with spice
And this guy offers vodka and tabasco….
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You are a fantastic drunk. I also love that even while obviously pissed Robert Ashley still sounds incredibly stoned and/or like a member of the Meat Puppets. The Love guy also sounds like he has some serious problems with his girlfriend.
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The people up in arms about a drunk person on a videogame podcast in that neogaf thread are really embarassing.
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For some reason I read:
WAT MUDKIP
DID THIS?
Too much 4chan for methinks.
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