Comments on PaulCornell.com: Pete Wisdom

I may do the Mary Poppins issue.

2006-09-16T10:22:00.000+01:00

I may do the Mary Poppins issue.

I'm just glad that crikey! is unlikely to appear :...

2006-09-15T16:01:00.000+01:00

I'm just glad that crikey! is unlikely to appear :)

Looking forward to reading the book.

Thanks. There may still be a 'blimey'. I say it, ...

2006-08-23T16:59:00.000+01:00

Thanks. There may still be a 'blimey'. I say it, and, weirdly, it's one of the few mock swearwords that the truly hard in TV and film can get away with. One of the temptations of the Max line is to let the swearing off the leash and get very adolescent, so I'm being careful to use it realistically.

Congrats! Fabulous news. Petes been a favourite of...

2006-08-23T16:01:00.000+01:00

Congrats! Fabulous news. Petes been a favourite of mine for years - good luck with the series (MAX - wahooo! no more 'blimey!') and excellent choice of artist :)

Thanks, I'll do my best. I'm really fond of Pete, ...

2006-08-04T19:34:00.000+01:00

Thanks, I'll do my best. I'm really fond of Pete, and want to represent him well. Although there are also new places I want to take him.

I'm just ecstatic that Pete's being given the atte...

2006-08-04T08:50:00.000+01:00

I'm just ecstatic that Pete's being given the attention he deserves. I'll certainly buy the comic, if only to support my all-time favorite Marvel character. Good luck with the comic, if you can make him even half as snarky and interesting as he was in his early Excalibur days, you'll make Pete's many fans very happy.

You don't have that face-sucking patch for Oblivio...

2006-07-31T21:53:00.000+01:00

You don't have that face-sucking patch for Oblivion, do you? It's what they'd say as you walked past, that's the most interesting thing.

Paul says,
"You mean you actually got to write ...

2006-07-31T21:46:00.000+01:00

Paul says,
"You mean you actually got to write 'and then the Daleks burst in'? I'm sorry, did I say that outloud and online?"

Actually, erm, I was referring to completely different time travelling face-sucking amoral killing machines. Honest.

Simon says,
"Oh dear ... I don't suppose Alan Cambell's going to help me now, either, because I said his glass armour was silly.

(Not that I care, because he's a big sulky vampire)"

It's true. I'm still sulking. More so because I can't play Oblivion on my crappy computer.

(Oh, yes, I know there's a patch or something, but after seeing all those menacing Gray Foxes, I think I prefer the sulking.)

I think in that situation anyone's disposition wou...

2006-07-31T20:00:00.000+01:00

I think in that situation anyone's disposition would plunge. My cleaner now likes me to a value of one. I think I'm trying too hard. I have now invested, you'll be pleased to hear, in a small bookshop. Amidst all those Gray Foxes, is there one that's sitting down eating a piece of cheese? There's grace under pressure.

I was jealous of your servant, Paul, so I hired on...

2006-07-31T15:41:00.000+01:00

I was jealous of your servant, Paul, so I hired one to come work in GrayFoxHellHole - to do a little dusting, make the beds, etc.

I've no idea what happened, who said what to whom - but the Foxes *killed* her.

A massive - and fairly one-sided - fight began. I tried to talk to her but her disposition to me plunged from 84, to zero. Then she attacked me!

(Like she didn't have enough trouble with the Foxes)

There are now 897 Gray Foxes in my house and I'm standing on the corpse of my cleaner.

And is it me - or is the Gray Fox in the centre of the picture holding the hand of Gray Fox, Jr?

They really, really *are* breeding.

Oh dear ... I don't suppose Alan Cambell's going to help me now, either, because I said his glass armour was silly.

(Not that I care, because he's a big sulky vampire)

Simon's blog includes a screenshot of all those Gr...

2006-07-31T08:43:00.000+01:00

Simon's blog includes a screenshot of all those Gray Foxes, some of them looking at the camera in a wonderfully annoyed way. My latest quest is Getting My Servant To Like Me. More P.G.Wodehouse than Robert E.Howard.

The GrAy Fox.

I will not argue with you, Pa...

2006-07-31T01:34:00.000+01:00

The GrAy Fox.

I will not argue with you, Paul, regarding Oblivion. I have noted your comments and posted my response on my - admittedly crappy - blog.

Yours

Simon

It's the comments from people who pass by that I l...

2006-07-30T11:34:00.000+01:00

It's the comments from people who pass by that I like. 'You look like someone who can handle yourself in heavy armour.' 'Dear,' I'd like to reply. 'Nobody could handle themselves in heavy armour.' I was a vampire for a long time in Oblivion, and then all anyone said to me was 'get away from me, foul creature'. The quest to put that right was long and hard, and actually very literary in its ups and downs, and very fulfilling to complete. The idea that some people choose to deliberately play as vampires makes me shiver and start at the slightest noise, for fear that it's a gamer. I haven't met Simon, of course, but were I to do so I think I'd tell him there's a severe case of pot/kettle spin going on here, considering that he and I both spend ridiculous time on the little details that don't matter at all for the actual game play. You mean you actually got to write 'and then the Daleks burst in'? I'm sorry, did I say that outloud and online?

That Daedric armour is too heavy (and chafes). Wha...

2006-07-30T11:13:00.000+01:00

That Daedric armour is too heavy (and chafes). What you want is some nice light glass armour, which you can wear out to restaurants and so on without looking silly. Daedric stuff was fine for the Elder Scrolls, but haven't we all moved on now? (Well, ok, I haven't because I accidentally got turned into a vampire in ES and then nobody would speak to me, so I went to the top of a mountain and sulked. My game is saved there, but I just can't go back and face that angst again.)

Simon says:
"Now, I admit that once I acquired Shadowmere-the-Steed-of-Darkness I used said horse to shunt my old Hippy-Horse to a nice stable where he'd be happy".

If I'd met Simon, which I haven't, he might have told me that returning this nag to its happy home took over an hour of game time. This might seem rather excessive to some, but I have to applaud Simon for his diligence. It's important to keep your algorithms happy.

But speaking of algorithms, accessing the Brown Thunder helicopter in GTA does not a Game Master make. You see, I left an extra special cheat code in Vice City to counter just this sort of helicopter oneupmanship.

It has something to do with the appearance of time travelling face-sucking amoral killing machines in the game, but I'm keeping the cheat code to myself to avoid any potential lawsuits.

Simon is currently trapped in a house with 22 copi...

2006-07-30T09:30:00.000+01:00

Simon is currently trapped in a house with 22 copies of The Grey Fox, none of whom will talk to him. I think there's a metaphor there somewhere. And my house in Skingrad not only has the best interior design of any house in the land, but now I have a servant too, who calls me 'm'lord', although she only Likes me to a value of 12. My eventual aim is to own a nice house in every city, apart from Kvatch, obviously (did I mention I'm the Hero of Kvatch), where the possibility of nice houses exists only far in the future, if at all.

We're talking about Oblivion, the XBox game that eats up most of our lives. Simon is my agent. Because of something I did in a previous existence. And I intend to blog about Oblivion at length soon.

Now - I'm sure everyone is very proud of Paul:
...

2006-07-29T22:39:00.000+01:00

Now - I'm sure everyone is very proud of Paul:

Novels, check.

Television, check.

Doctor Who, check.

Marvel comics, check.

Cricket (God help us), check.

Personally - I've never met Paul, but - in the midst of this love-in - does anyone ask how good he is at video games? Like, to pick an example completely at random, The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion?

No.

Now - it would be a privilege to know Paul (except I don't). And if I knew his wife Caroline (Level 21, excellent archer, kick-ass stealth ability, platform:XBox 360) I'd be honoured to know her as well.

Indeed, I'd be flattered.

(Or, if I were Paul's Oblivion character faced with a lvl 1 rat, flattened.)

But I don't know them.

As I explained to Alan Campbell (fabulous author, ex-designer of Rockstar Games) after his launch party for Scar Night in Edinburgh - 'You've given me the secret codes for accessing the Brown Thunder Assault Helicopter in GTA: Vice City. I was your agent. Now I am the Game Master. We're done.'

Frankly - a fair point, and well made. There were tears, I admit,
but were any tears shed for the policemen I cheerfully ran over in the Grand Theft Auto games?

Quite.

Paul, however, is digging his heels in. He *completely* insists that his Oblivion character is better than mine - 'cos it's got rubbishy Daedric armour (or something) and lives in a nice house.

A nice house! Are you *kidding* me?

Now - Paul can write as many episodes of Doctor Who as he likes - but he will never, ever, rise to Archmage - 'cos he fecked up the pillar quest and, instead of diligently completing the mission, he lost an important scroll*, blew the head off of an innocent bystander and turned his horse into a prostitute.**

(Or something)

AND - whilst I was trying to save the world - Paul bought a house in the besieged city of Skingrad ... and redecorated it.

So my conversation with Paul - if I had ever met him - the other evening went something like:

SIMON: 'A darkness rises. Against the power of the unseen realm - there can be no victory ... save for the coming of the Dragon Lord of Old.

But he is lost, lost - and now the very foundations of the world shall be undone, for all say that he is gone. Across the sea - and lies in the uttermost West.

Yet, Lo! He rises! He is coming - in thunder and in earthquake.

Of Hell he takes no quarter, of Death requires faith.

And if requiring fails ... he will compel.'

PAUL: 'I've bought some really nice curtains. And some chairs.'

I mean - really - I'm meant to be the gay guy.

Now, I admit that once I acquired Shadowmere-the-Steed-of-Darkness I used said horse to shunt my old Hippy-Horse to a nice stable where he'd be happy (stop laughing at the back). But this sort of game behaviour is simply unacceptable.

Any thoughts?

Simon Kavanagh

* Er - I might have talked to Paul how to an adapt a Fortify Magicka spell using the Arcane University's Spell Altars ... but I don't know Paul. And I have a life. And a boyfriend. Almost.

**This may be a lie.

Cool, I hope you like it when you see it.

2006-07-26T18:25:00.000+01:00

Cool, I hope you like it when you see it.

I just read your interview over at Newsarama! Love...

2006-07-26T18:05:00.000+01:00

I just read your interview over at Newsarama! Love Pete Wisdom and I'm enthusiastically looking forward to your upcoming MAX series!!

Oh, hey, I just read that thirty seconds ago! Tha...

2006-07-26T07:50:00.000+01:00

Oh, hey, I just read that thirty seconds ago! Thanks for the mention. And yes, give us a shout nearer the time, I'd be up for that. Cheers.

Hi, Paul, congratulations. I've been blogginf at t...

2006-07-25T14:39:00.000+01:00

Hi, Paul, congratulations. I've been blogginf at the Forbidden Planet site on scriptwriters and novelist being signed up for comics, but it's cool to see someone who is both being signed up! Quite often post interviews with the SF and comics writers (see the interviews catagory of the blog) and would love to get you talking on there a bit closer to the comic coming out if you'd be up for it.

And there's a Jack Regan line for him in the first...

2006-07-25T11:24:00.000+01:00

And there's a Jack Regan line for him in the first issue.

Pete Wisdom is Jack Regan.

Or Warren Ellis'...

2006-07-25T11:21:00.000+01:00

Pete Wisdom is Jack Regan.

Or Warren Ellis' Mary Sue.

Paul saw my reaction to this news first hand.

-Mark Peyton

Indeed. I really don't think there's much of a com...

2006-07-25T08:08:00.000+01:00

Indeed. I really don't think there's much of a comparison any more.

Pete is Marvel's Constantine to lazy people becaus...

2006-07-24T22:33:00.000+01:00

Pete is Marvel's Constantine to lazy people because he's a Brit in American cmics, he smokes, drinks and can be a bit unpleasant sometimes.

But can't we all? :-)

Thanks, Jim. And as you can see, Mark, I really lo...

2006-07-24T14:58:00.000+01:00

Thanks, Jim. And as you can see, Mark, I really loved your work!

Comments on PaulCornell.com: Pete Wisdom

I may do the Mary Poppins issue.

I'm just glad that crikey! is unlikely to appear :...

Thanks. There may still be a 'blimey'. I say it, ...

Congrats! Fabulous news. Petes been a favourite of...

Thanks, I'll do my best. I'm really fond of Pete, ...

I'm just ecstatic that Pete's being given the atte...

You don't have that face-sucking patch for Oblivio...

Paul says,"You mean you actually got to write ...

I think in that situation anyone's disposition wou...

I was jealous of your servant, Paul, so I hired on...

Simon's blog includes a screenshot of all those Gr...

The GrAy Fox.I will not argue with you, Pa...

It's the comments from people who pass by that I l...

That Daedric armour is too heavy (and chafes). Wha...

Simon is currently trapped in a house with 22 copi...

Now - I'm sure everyone is very proud of Paul:...

Cool, I hope you like it when you see it.

I just read your interview over at Newsarama! Love...

Oh, hey, I just read that thirty seconds ago! Tha...

Hi, Paul, congratulations. I've been blogginf at t...

And there's a Jack Regan line for him in the first...

Pete Wisdom is Jack Regan.Or Warren Ellis'...

Indeed. I really don't think there's much of a com...

Pete is Marvel's Constantine to lazy people becaus...

Thanks, Jim. And as you can see, Mark, I really lo...

Paul says,
"You mean you actually got to write ...

The GrAy Fox.

I will not argue with you, Pa...

Now - I'm sure everyone is very proud of Paul:
...

Pete Wisdom is Jack Regan.

Or Warren Ellis'...