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This week’s illustration is from the Kickstarter for the tabletop role-playing game, Ponyfinder: Griffins of Everglow

Oh boy, I skipped a week and the skies opened up and projects just spilled out. Lots of good stuff this week–I particularly liked the 30s-retro version of Rocket Racoon from “Guardians of the Galaxy,” check him here–but my enigmatic fascination for the week is going to have to be “Genlab Alfa.” Partially for the badgers, because the badgers are really cute. Partly because it looks like a well-developed anthro post-apocalypse, which are two of my favorite things in a setting.

Mostly because it’s in Swedish.

I don’t really have the energy or perversity to write out a review of a google-translated game. On the one paw, it’s, well, Swedish. On the other paw, I’m not really sharp enough on video games to be coherent on the subject. But if you have a moment, visit the web page, love the badgers with me.

A tiny apology, I’ve been sluggish on new entries, particularly for Patreon pages, and this will probably continue through July. Work is progressing at a pace on my first Kickstarter, a new series set in the world of the 2004 “Kaze: Ghost Warrior” film. More information over on FA, we’ll be launching July 4 at AnthroCon. Come and find me somewhere in the Art Track at 3:00! But the project’s eating into my free time like nothing, so it’s been hard to stay caught up and keep a good variety of content, certainly my goal of two reviews a week has been suffering. Mea culpa.

And now, a bunch of new stuff.

Reviews over the last two weeks: BadFurry’s Guide to the Fandom, which is snarky as heck but I think it’s loving snark. and on the TOTAL OTHER END of the spectrum, the lovingly, gently, achingly hipsterish Horace and Agnes: A Love Story.

Reviews

New Projects

For a “complete” list of furry/fur-friendly crowdfunding projects, check out the Project Page and Patreon Page!

Art/Photography

Going Stag (Ends: 6/27/2014)
Elegant and surreal prints of genuinely strange art-deer

Old timey “Rocket” (Ends: 7/27/2014)
Rocket Raccoon from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise, but done in a snappy 20s-vintage style. Stickers, tees, posters.

Audio

Radio Unifurse (Ends: 8/11/2014)
Funding for Radio Unifurse, a furry radio podcast airing after the Funday Pawpet show sundays!
Oof, slow start. Also, guys, don’t set your funding date for 60+ days out. You’ll only prolong your suffering :(

Books/Print

Bad Furry’s Guide to the Furry Fandom (Ends: 7/9/2014)
Tweets, observations, and TERRIBLE ADVICE from the minds of The Bad Furry and Likeshine.

Four Arms (Ends: 7/10/2014)
A story of a beautiful young girl (with four arms) and her huge guardian wolf. A kind of a dark fable.
Somehow, this feels very Russian to me, but I can’t say why exactly.

Children’s Products

Spider & Fly, Lion & Lamb (Ends: 7/9/2014)
Okay, it’s a Christian children’s product, but the lion and spider are both well-drawn and appealing.

Comics/Graphic Novels

Malden: Burrito Deathmarch (Ends: 7/2/2014)
Angry, trippy comics about, possibly, a dog and his evil duck. There may be aliens, and tacos.

Doggerland (Ends: 7/9/2014)
A strange surreal fantasy graphic novel, very detailed illustrations. The talking fox and wolf dude are how I’m justifying this one for inclusion, I just like it.
Ooh, $0 of $29000, and flexible funding. Not a very good investment :(

Reynard City: Triple Threat (Ends: 7/11/2014)
I know there are superhero foxes in this graphic novel, I know it. I just can’t figure out how.
More images and info at “Reynard City“, a Saturday morning cartoon in webcomic form. Not in love with this guy’s art, but he’s successfully funded before.

Retrograde (Ends: 8/4/2014)
A sci-fi tale about humans and uplifted dogs, trapped in space at the mercy of aliens.
I do like some of the art and images in this one (or maybe I just like dogs in tight pants). This project’s worth looking at, but I do challenge you to try to get through the end of the video without laughing!

Public Art

Metal recycled dragon sculpture (Ends: 6/26/2014)
A strange dragon-like monster glowing with internal light, made of a constellation of recycled materials.

M.O.O.Ping (Ends: 7/16/2014)
A rampaging herd of cow-costumers are going to stampede across Burning Man this year! Ingredients, 20 cow suits, five boxes of pink latex gloves, and your money.
Burning Man: Endless source of enthusiastic but bent ideas.

Tabletop Games

Bunnies vs. Zombies (Ends: 7/2/2014)
Super-cute bunnies vs. not-so-cute zombies and slime monsters. What do you do when bunnies interrupt the carrot harvest? Fight back!!
Great artwork, classic post-Tiny Toons rabbits, I swear I’ve seen that artist before. Lots and LOTS of parts in this board game, maybe too many. Got to say, I’m tired of the zombie meme, but I’ll never be tired of bunny warriors.

Tooth and Sword (Ends: 7/2/2014)
Disgustingly cute chibi warriors and wizards for your tabletop RPG. Cute minis, huge eyes.

Ponyfinder: Griffins of Everglow (Ends: 7/11/2014)
A griffin-themed expansion for the Pathfinder world, “Ponyfinder.” Griffins for your ponies for your dungeon crawl, or dungeon soar!
Almost double goal with 20+ days left on the clock!

Video Games

MonsterSpot Battles (Ends: 7/1/2014)
A big WTF? Something between Pinterest and Pokemon, find monsters anywhere on the internets and battle them in an arena. Strange stuff from monsterspot.com.
I’m still trying to process the weird here.

Mutant: Genlab Alfa (Ends: 7/6/2014)
Tons of anthro characters in this grim post-apocalyptic world, a sequel to Mutant: Year Zero. At least I think. It’s all Swedish. But it made goal, so that’s good!

Five Nights at Freddy’s (Ends: 7/14/2014)
Dark horror/humor first-person explorer–you’re the night guard at a kiddy’s pizza restaurant. You know, with the scary animated mascots? That’s the one.
This campaign’s not going anywhere, but the video’s kind of fun

…Causes

Cheetah expedition with drones (Ends: 7/10/2014): A journey to Namibia to track and study cheetahs with aerial, unmanned cameras. Hope they move fast…

…Meh

This is War (Ends: 7/2/2014): I really can’t recommend this one, it’s struggling, and looks a bit raw. But the enthusiasm (and blatant hyperbole) of the fundraiser is amusing. Something something animated music video about griffins.

…Just for fun

To be colored… (Ends: 6/28/2014): Fantasy-themed coloring book by The Bros. Uber, they did a fairy-tale postcards project that I was cheering for.
K9 Mark IV BM (Ends: 7/1/2014): An art car version of Dr Who’s “K9″ robot, seating 4.
HomeMake (Ends: 7/9/2014): Video game: Exploring an endless, colorful flexible cityscaped planet with your robot dog. Kind of hypnotic.

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I'm thinking of meeting some people and I want to see if any of y'all were interested

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Elliot Rodger (Episode: 74)
How can one be the supreme gentleman? What if Elliot Rodger was gay? Also, Motomo likes Jelly Beans. THANKS FOR SUBSCRIBING!!! FACEBOOK: http://www.Facebook.com/TheRaccoonsDen ... From: The Raccoon's Den Views: 1876 65 ratings Time: 08:20 More in Entertainment

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TigerTails Radio Season 8 Episode 13
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So I've been reading furry comics for awhile (two kinds, wrong side, laslindas , ubeequest, bitter sweet ect) and I'm running out of new comics to read...can you guys help me out? Also I've been trying to remember this one comic it usually has 3-5 panels and the two main characters are a tiger and a Fox...maybe a wolf...but the author said she bases it off her life. Thanks a ton guys :D

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I'm not sure if I'm allowed to advertise conventions here in this subreddit. There's a new convention coming up in boston called Maltese Furcon. It's a themed convention that will change it's theme every year it's held. The theme this year is based off The Maltese Falcon a classic black and white movie from the 1940s. During the con we will have events happen at scheduled times allowing our guest/congoers to get involved and have fun. My name is Azriel (excuse the username) I am one of the staff members of the con. I hope to use this thread to answer any possible question you guys have about the convention It will be coming up August 1st to the 3rd. The hotel it is being hosted the Hilton hotel located near Logan Airport.

Anyways, thank you for reading this thread it is greatly appreciated. We will be the first furry convention located in Boston and hope establish something with some amazing support from the community :). Website: http://maltesefurcon.com/

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This week we're back in action~ A-Kon adventures, the future of the show, long distance relationships, and really long tangents about sociopolitical topics! Oh my! Episode 255 - I'm Cosplaying A Nerd

Christopher and Christine Kezelos made this amazing Stop Motion short as they describe: “A strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.”

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I'm feeling lonely and just a smige depressed, if any furrys want to talk with me on Skype I would be very happy. My Skype is milothefox99

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So, I've been a furry for a few months now, and I've only personally known one other furry. I'm looking for a non-obvious way to show that i am a furry, so that another furry my recognize me as one. I was searching for braclets and such, and found something that I didn't understand. Furry Pride. I'd heard about it previously, but never learned what it was and I can't seem to find a good description of it. The only reason that I'm reluctant to wear something with a furry pride logo on it is because I'm not sure if it's related to gay pride. (I'm fine with all that business, I'm just not part of it) Could someone please clear things up for me?

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Dear Papa Bear:

I was wondering if you had any advice for a furry such as myself who made some major mistakes that ended up in the loss of my mate.

I dearly love him, and we still remain friends after what had happened.

But about a year or two ago, I let my insecurities get the best of me and started a lot of fights over him constantly on his computer. I really went into a downward spiral that led to us breaking up.

I felt that him being online all the time, due to my insecurities and the growing lack of attention we were giving each other, was becoming a real threat to our relationship. I began a plethora of fights over this, even threatening to leave him over it all, when I just wanted to be with him.

I know what I did was stupid, insulting, disrespectful, and wrong. Yet, I still love him dearly and wish we could work things out and maybe end up back together eventually.

Papa Bear, I know I should have handled things differently. Now I just need to know what I should do to try to make things right between us because I really do love him and want to be with him.

Drako Tags (age 29)

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Hi, Drako,

First question: have you done anything to work on improving your self-esteem?

Papabear

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I have begun taking steps to work on my own self-esteem. Thankfully that was eased by me having roommates that were doing things I could not accept.  So part of that was taking steps to remove those things from my house.

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Hmm, interesting comment, but I’ll let it lay, although I’m wondering if “those things” involved something illicit. At any rate, good, work on that self-esteem, most definitely, because that was the trigger that led to everything spiraling out of control between you and your mate. Things are damaged right now, so in order for you to repair them—assuming he is still interested—you’ll need to show him that you have changed.

Other than lack of personal hygiene, there are few things less attractive in a partner than someone with low self-esteem because when that person doesn’t even like him- or herself, it makes one wonder why you should like them. Work on making yourself someone he’d want to be with.

I’m not sure how damaged this relationship is, but, no matter the degree, you’ll need to ease back into it slowly. Don’t just say, “Hey, let’s get back together and everything will be like it was when we were doing great again.” Approach it, instead, as if it were a brand new relationship. Go on some dates (no sex for a while; that will just complicate things) and get to know each other again. Then go from there.

If things go well, then remember that, even when couples get along, arguments are inevitable, so learn how to “fight fairly.” I wrote an article about this last October that you might want to check out (http://www.askpapabear.com/letters/learning-to-fight-fairly-is-important-in-any-relationship).

All of this should not be just one-way (although it sounds like you were the bigger offender of the two); he needs to also pay a bit more attention to you and not be mesmerized by the computer screen all the time. Remember, the reason for being together is to ... be together. Spend time doing fun things together—ideally, leaving cell phones and games at home (can the young people of today bear it?) and actually talk to each other while you are eating out, or going to an amusement park, or the beach, or whatever. You and he both need to do this. Make an agreement with him that you will be less of a needy nagger if he will spend less time on the computer and more time with you.

Good luck! Here’s hoping it works out!

Papabear