Lube and Mouldy-Bun Baloney use a convenient mind trick to get past a stormblooper patrol. Darth Vapour shows his dark side, and unleashes his fury on the planet Alderdamn!
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator, Lube Skystalker
Matthew Smith as Darth Vapour, Mouldy-Bun Baloney, See Creepio
Stanley Brain as Number Two, Stormblooper guard
Sarah Farley as Princess Leer
A long time ago in a galaxy basically just around the corner in the grand scheme of things, it is a period of civil war. During the mighty battle, rebel spies manage to steal the secret plan to the empire’s ultimate weapon: the Dud Star, an intergalactic fast food restaurant complete with warp drive and shiny new seats. When they ask you if you want fries with that, I highly recommend you say ‘yes please’.
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator, Lube Skystalker
Matthew Smith as Darth Vapour, Mouldy-Bun Baloney, See Creepio
Stanley Brain as Number Two
Sarah Farley as Princess Leer
Miguel, Death, Number Two and Tomas make their way across the River of Blood to the Gates of the Afterlife. Number Two finally completes his purpose, which he has been complaining about for the past however many parts.
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Miguel Huesos
Matthew Smith as Tomas ‘Red’ Encion
Stanley Brain as Number Two and Valora DeCazador
Stuart Moncrieff as Death
Sal was kind enough to provide me this link, full of development shots from the now abandoned 3D Tierra project. There was a lot of sleepless nights on his part involved in their creation, and it’s a shame it ultimately never saw the light of day (or the nightlight of night, for that matter!)
And also this link, which is Nightlight circa early 2005.
Slightly worrying that I was still talking about Beneath Monkey Island at that time. Part 4 will hopefully come one day…
Miguel, Death, Number Two and Tomas finally manage to evade the pygmy headhunters, and are finally drawn towards the volcano on Isla Calavera, which is the only possible source of the ‘River of Blood’… (well, there is one other, but Number Two isn’t exactly proving co-operative).
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Miguel Huesos
Matthew Smith as Tomas ‘Red’ Encion
Stanley Brain as Number Two and Valora DeCazador
Stuart Moncrieff as Death
With Death captured by headhunters on Isla Calavera, Number Two and Tomas Encion act as a diversion, giving Miguel the opportunity to sneak into the village and rescue him!
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Miguel Huesos
Matthew Smith as Tomas ‘Red’ Encion
Stanley Brain as Number Two and Valora DeCazador
Stuart Moncrieff as Death
It occurs to me that New Year’s resolutions tend to be a mixed bag of things that you never got to during the course of the year. I entered 2007 with a sparkle in my eye, confidence in the future, and intentions so good that if they were a movie, Pepsi would be scrambling to get some product placement. I won’t bore you with the entire list, but hey, here’s some highlights.
1. Finish the Tierra de los Muertos book
4. Pay more attention to Nightlight
5. Lose weight
7. Sleep naked in a hammock
9. Promote world peace
Three of those, I’m glad to say (or slightly worried to say, in the case of sleeping naked in a hammock) I can safely cross off. Promoting world peace wasn’t all that successful, and as for Nightlight… poor, neglected Nightlight.
So this year, I have three resolutions. You ready? I’m determined to keep these.
1. Tierra de los Muertos gets published (Might not be able to keep, but sure, I’m going to do everything I can)
2. Nightlight is no longer going to be neglected
3. Worry less, and be happy
I don’t know entirely how the second one is going to be fulfilled yet - at times, the progress of Nightlight (notably Beneath Monkey Island, presently) is a little out of my hands, plus living in Melbourne puts me pretty much out of the support zone as far as getting new material recorded easily. But it occurs to me that where there’s a will, there’s a way, even if it means booking myself into a recording studio for an hour or so down here and recording a new, original series by myself. Might be limited in the characters and voices, but I’m sure it’s workable.
So the light isn’t going out. And hopefully, I’m gonna let it shine…
Well Christmas has come and gone uneventfully in my corner of the globe. The year is closing, and really, as I look back on it, Nightlight has become unfortunately neglected in my attempt to finish (successfully) and publish (working on it) a book I’ve been working on for too many years.
And so I spent the majority of Christmas day sitting in front of the television watching Magnum P.I. in a Hawaiian shirt. I’d long since resigned to the fact that I was too poor to fly to my family for the holiday, and somehow had worked myself up to actually look forward to the bizarre method of celebration. Tom Sellick is definitely a quieter, less stressful person to spend Christmas with than anything else I’d ever experienced.
After a while, text messages started trickling through to my phone. I was out of credit and unable to reply, but I appreciated it all the same. So to those dropped me a line, my love to all five of you, if you read this. Heck, I’ll even extend it to the two people who are not in my phone, who I have no idea to the identity of, but still thought enough of me to send these:
“Merry christmas honey.. And have a safe and happy new year..! XOX”
Bit of a mystery, because ‘honey’ would indicate I’m familiar with her in some way shape or form. I’m assuming it’s a ‘her’. I’m hoping. Then there’s the second one, who should maybe seek some psychiatric help. But hey, the sentiments are appreciated.
“Merry christmas boys! Happy anti-muslim day! May baby Jesus smite his enemies on his bday! I like to think as jesus as a ninja fighting off evil samarai”
Any weird text message contents do not reflect the opinions of myself or anyone who considers themselves amongst the Nightlight crew. I’d better make that point clear before the website ends up at war with another country. Really, one is enough.
Christmas love to all. Yes, even to you, China. Be well.
The Evil Doctor Beazley and Number Two narrate a story that takes place on Christmas eve, when Prime Minister John Howard finds himself bad tempered and all alone. It’s up to the three spirits of Christmas to show him the error of his ways and what the holiday season means to others!
Starring:
Matthew Smith as John Howard, Alexander Downer, Mr. Bigglesworth, and Pauline Hanson
Stuart Moncrieff as the Evil Doctor Beazley, Jesus, and Death
Stanley Brain as Number Two and Peter Costello
Written by Matthew Smith
Produced by Stuart Moncrieff
As a special Christmas Bonus, the smash hit single ‘You’ve Got a Friend in Me’ performed by Dr. Beazley and Number Two!
After a mid-ocean collision with Death’s ship, Miguel, Tomas and Number Two find themselves off the shore of Isla Calavera. All well and good, until Death wades assure and finds himself at the mercy of some knee-high opposition…
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Miguel Huesos
Matthew Smith as Tomas ‘Red’ Encion
Stanley Brain as Number Two & Valora DeCazador
Stuart Moncrieff as Death
Guillermo Fiori as Pilot
