Matthew Schocke

Chapter 18 of Team 8…

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…after a long and glorious struggle to remain incomplete, is now finished and being uploaded. Many Kudos to Runsamok and Bibliophile for yeoman duty getting the kinks out of this mess!  икони

New Domain!

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Hello, the viridiandreams.net domain finally became available and so we scarfed it up immediately. Since that one actually, you know, makes sense we’re going to use it as the primary domain. Most of the internal links here and on the forum should reflect that, though the old matthewschocke.com domain points here as well. You may … Read more

Movie Review: The Forbidden Kingdom

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Jet Li Jackie Chan Woo Ping doing the fight choreography? I am so there. Okay, Lindsey and I broke our long-standing movie drought last weekend and went to go see this. We were not disappointed. The plot is logically structured, given the obligatory fantasy elements. Most of the kung fu theatre tropes are invoked, but … Read more

Forums and the Omake Contest Entries

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We’re excited to announce that the forums are open and ready to be used. With all the recommendations we received, Lindsey and I decided to go with PhPBB3. I’m pretty excited about all the options it allows, and I think it will work out pretty well for the community. The link to the forums is … Read more

A little taste of Chapter 16…

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(Here’s a little something to tide you over while I keep banging on Team 8-16 and work on NoFP-36 with my betas… This is un-beta-ed, and there is no guarantee it will make the cut for the final version.) Naruto was just leaving the hospital when one of the chuunin that assisted the Hokage caught … Read more

True Colours, part 7

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It was nearly a week before Madam Pomfrey pronounced me fit to escape her clutches. Not that it stopped her from loading me down with nutrient potions and pain relievers. I didn’t have the heart to tell her that I’d grown accustomed to very short rations since I was little.   With the bandages removed … Read more

Message Boards coming soon!

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Given the increased participation on the article comments (and other factors), Lindsey and I have decided to move forward on an idea we’ve been kicking around for a while now. We’re going to be adding forums to the site. Up until now, the Viridian Dreams yahoo group has been the primary means of dialogue between … Read more