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Champlin at the Bit Blot: Aquaria, Multiwinia, Ambrosia think mash up

By Alex McLarty on November 11, 2008 in News. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .
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Ah, obscure in-joke article titles. Everyone loves them. You see, John ‘Magnus’ Champlin (yes, in his spare time he is the World’s Strongest Man) from Ambrosia was kind enough to chat to me for 3% of the day about Aquaria, Multiwinia, Ambrosia, smoking jackets and other goodies. He’s called Champlin, for some reason we talked about champing at the bit, Bit Blot developed Aquaria, which is similar to champing (or chomping, depending on your region) at the bit. It all makes sense! Perfect sense! Onward, to Madness!

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Aquaria

By Alex McLarty on September 29, 2008 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
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John Champlin from Ambrosia let me know that Aquaria, the hand-drawn underwater side scroller from Bit Blot, has reached Final Candidate for Mac.

Aquaria has been in development for the Mac for quite some time and although I’d liked to have seen the release a bit sooner, it’s a testament to Ambrosia that they wouldn’t let me see it before every bug and wrinkle had been ironed out. Bit Blot, the original developers of the game for PC, also made some changes for the Mac version - namely making artwork fit onto the widescreen monitors that most Mac users have.

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