Nightly Roundup #1040

Not a lot of news today everyone so have a Rainbow Dash by an artist that is still learning the ropes! Visit him here to give him some encouragement and maybe a watch.

Meanwhile, if you are looking for something else to do I will say this Roundup is filled with groups and events looking for more participants/help so make sure to check those out after the break!

Nightly Discussion #86

Sleeping ponies are best ponies! It helps that they have a built in pillow that lets them sleep just about anywhere. Sleep well AJ, you deserve it.

Get your talk on in the comments gang!

Twitter: Calpain

Music of the Day #364

I wonder how Fluttershy pays for the food for all those animals? Or does she go out and get it herself?

It's Music of the Day time. Get some below!

Animatic: The Plagues

Nightmare Mooney! Luna sure does corrupt easily.  We have a neat little animatic for you all to check out today.  Get it down below!

Creepy Unicorn Masks Added to Payday 2

We have a bit of a fringe pony report in this one, and debated even posting it, but the "Wut?" factor wins out again.  Payday 2 has a new addition added with Update #34.  You can now rock a unicorn head. Whether its a reference to MLP is debatable, but it's still totally a thing that happened. 

Full patch notes over here!

Thanks to Chris and everyone else for sending it.

A Brony Tale Now On DVD

For those of you who couldn't get a chance to watch Brony Tale now have another opportunity with the release of the movie on DVD! If you're interested you can get the movie at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at Best Buy.

Amazon
Best Buy
Barnes and Noble

Twitter: Calpain

Winter Wrap Up Takes Round One in Pony Episode Battle

Three months of winter coolness~

Winter Wrap Up absolutely dominated the first round of our pony episode battle.  It's surprisingly interesting to see how the season one episodes have evolved as the fandom expands and changes over the years.  I remember when Ticket Master was beyond loved, and Look Before You Sleep was down there at the bottom.  It was always one of my favorite episodes of the season, with Twilight Sparkle hitting her pinnacle of adorakableness.  Good job getting it to 3rd place!

Next round, we have the second half +1 of season one.  Expect each of these to have 13 instead of 12, because I suck at math.

Now go! Vote away! 

And get the full final results below the break for part one.

Nightmare Nights Announces Heather Nuhfer

 Nightmare Nights is announcing another guest- and a special surprise for you lovely EQD readers- all below the break. You won't want to miss out on this, so go check it out!

Spotlight Music: Moonlit Dreams / Dancing in the Clouds

Orchestral Design does some of the best orchestral score style stuff out there in the fandom.  This makes me want to play a game with some creepy forest somewhere in it. Banjo Kazooie style or something.

And if that isn't your thing, we have a bit of vocal electronic stuff dedicated to the whole Twilight X Flash Sentry thing from Undreamed Panic and Dreamchan. Get both below!

1.) Moonlit Dreams (Instrumental - Orchestral)
2.) Dancing in the Clouds - Panic Ft. Dreamchan (Vocal - Electronic)

Claire Corlette (Sweetie Belle) and Mike Vogel (Hasbro Studios) Ice Bucket Challenges

Head honchos at Hasbro Studios and Sweetie Belle hoppin on the Ice Bucket Challenge storm. We even got some Sweetie Belle lines out of Claire.  Get both below!

Comic: One Special Ingredient / Magic Trick

Applebloom giving Zecora questionable plants, and... ear biting. Yep, ear biting. You got me.

Get it below.

Occulus Rift PonyVRville Release

THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED. Or it's arriving.  Slowly.  You may not be able to teleport to Ponyville or upload your head into a simulation just yet, but we do have the early 21st century solution popping up over reddit.  Ponyville is now in a format supported by the Occulus Rift.  That's 3D ponies right there.  Can you handle the next level?

The creator warns that it is currently rather unoptimized, so you may experience some crashing and other issues, and the animations aren't the best on the planet yet.  It's basically a fun 3D side project at this point.

Head on over here to check it out, or get some videos below the break.  Occulus is not required, but it kinda kills the point of it when it's not 3D! 

Word from creator, Igor: Just wanted to add, some people may get the MSVCR120.dll error, that's the microsoft c++ runtime, and can be gotten from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784

Animatic: Top Tened By John de Lancie

Another silly one from the group working with KimPossible.  Head on down below the break to check it out!

Drawfriend Stuff #1264

How long do you think Rainbow Dash would last? Those creatures are a thing of pure horror aren't they?

Get some art below, much less scary than the header!

[1] Source
Five nights

M.A. Larson's Ice Bucket Challenge - And Send your Ice Bucket Videos!

We have yet another pony staffer joining the Ice Bucket Challenge hall of fame, or ice pail in this case. M.A. Larson went all out on this one. Video down below!

We've also opened up for a compilation later on of ice bucket challenge videos.  If you want to join in on it, upload your frozenness to Youtube and send a video over to the [email protected] box with ICE BUCKET in the subject line.  Once we get enough, we will toss a post up! And be sure to let Meghan McCarthy know.

Good luck! Go save the world one disease at a time. 

And thanks to Midnight Blitzz for sending it! The only one, slackers. 

Short SFM: Fly by / Rocks / Unicorn

It's sometimes hard to find a place for these. That first one is really cool though for the time it takes to happen though!

Get some short SFM stuff below.

1.) Fly by
2.) {SFM} Rocks
3.) Sigma - Unicorn

Animation: How Ponies Made Season 4

A behind the scenes look at ponies in their natural habitat; filming Season 4! What goes on between edits of the footage we all get to see when the final product rolls around? Get it down below!

Thanks to Oilyvalves and everyone else for sending it! 

Pop Up Ponyville Book on Amazon

The pony pop up books have started to appear.  This one was spotted over on Amazon, with a release date of August 27th.  For once we don't have to wait 5 months to get one of the pre-order pony items off the site! That never happens. 

Head on over here for it!

Thanks to jskr for the heads up!

Luna Shirt on Unamee

Another 24 hour shirt has arrived, this one for 11 bucks over on Unamee.  If the design above appeals to you, get it over here!

Thanks to Kevin for the heads up.

Andrea Libman's Ice Bucket Challenge, Complete with Pinkie and Fluttershy

Ice and buckets, the most useful meme we've seen in forever.  Or is it a meme? What would this even be considered? I haven't a clue.

Anyway, Andrea Libman joined in with a bit of Pinkie and Fluttershy banter at the start for fun.  Head on down below the break to check it out!

Tonight on Equestria Whaley

Princess Whalestia

Nightly Rounderp #1039

Cloudchaser is best beach pony.  Prove me wrong.  That's right you can't.  Who thought of her name anyway? That's the best pegasus pony name.  Chasing clouds all day.

Get some roundup stuff to go with best pony.