Capping off an interesting year with plenty of ups and downs, December ended up being another pivotal month in the way I approach my creative projects. Here's what I shared with the Internet community:
This Blog:
Some hearty, thinky posts this time around, and ones I'm already looking back on as some of the most important posts I've written for this blog, at least on a personal level. I think it's safe to say that I've finally gotten the bulk of the brooding out of my system for now. I can't guarantee all sunshine and kittens from here on out, but the forecast looks pretty good.
- Retrospective: November 2013
- The Proverbial Straw
- Philippians 4:11-13
- The "Do Something About It" Policy
Some hearty, thinky posts this time around, and ones I'm already looking back on as some of the most important posts I've written for this blog, at least on a personal level. I think it's safe to say that I've finally gotten the bulk of the brooding out of my system for now. I can't guarantee all sunshine and kittens from here on out, but the forecast looks pretty good.
- Retrospective: November 2013
- The Proverbial Straw
- Philippians 4:11-13
- The "Do Something About It" Policy
GameCola:
I really tried to have something to contribute this month. I wrote a short post in December that got scheduled for January, and I poured several hours into a review that may or may not ever see the light of day at this rate—every time I go back to work on it, I scrap the whole thing and start from scratch. That's been my problem over the last few months: I've spent a lot of time writing GameCola articles that I haven't been entirely satisfied with, though I've never had a case of writer's block this bad (assuming you can call deleting everything you write "writer's block"). Even the RPG podcast I wrote and ran in December took forever to edit, which is why you won't be seeing anything about that until my January retrospective. My contributions for December were super-easy: show up to an event and talk into a microphone for an hour or three. I think my future contributions for the foreseeable future will be primarily behind-the-scenes, focusing more on editing than writing, with the occasional recording cameo. We'll see.
Podcasts:
- GC Podcast #68: Of Consoles and Peripherals
Videos:
- Merry Christmas! In case you missed the LIVEcast…
I really tried to have something to contribute this month. I wrote a short post in December that got scheduled for January, and I poured several hours into a review that may or may not ever see the light of day at this rate—every time I go back to work on it, I scrap the whole thing and start from scratch. That's been my problem over the last few months: I've spent a lot of time writing GameCola articles that I haven't been entirely satisfied with, though I've never had a case of writer's block this bad (assuming you can call deleting everything you write "writer's block"). Even the RPG podcast I wrote and ran in December took forever to edit, which is why you won't be seeing anything about that until my January retrospective. My contributions for December were super-easy: show up to an event and talk into a microphone for an hour or three. I think my future contributions for the foreseeable future will be primarily behind-the-scenes, focusing more on editing than writing, with the occasional recording cameo. We'll see.
Podcasts:
- GC Podcast #68: Of Consoles and Peripherals
Videos:
- Merry Christmas! In case you missed the LIVEcast…
YouTube:
Between holiday travels and working on the aforementioned RPG podcast for GameCola, I didn't even start recording commentary for my next Mega Man 7 video. However, there's plenty here to watch: a four-hour livestream of random (occasionally holiday-themed) video games, and the final piece of the livestreaming Mega Man marathon from 2012—which seems like an appropriate way to have closed off Mega Man's (otherwise mournfully disappointing) 25th anniversary year.
GCDotNet:
- The First Annual GameCola HoHoHoliday LIVEcast Extravaganza
DashJumpTV:
- Megathon 2012: Mega Man 10 (Wii) - Part II
Between holiday travels and working on the aforementioned RPG podcast for GameCola, I didn't even start recording commentary for my next Mega Man 7 video. However, there's plenty here to watch: a four-hour livestream of random (occasionally holiday-themed) video games, and the final piece of the livestreaming Mega Man marathon from 2012—which seems like an appropriate way to have closed off Mega Man's (otherwise mournfully disappointing) 25th anniversary year.
GCDotNet:
- The First Annual GameCola HoHoHoliday LIVEcast Extravaganza
DashJumpTV:
- Megathon 2012: Mega Man 10 (Wii) - Part II
The Backloggery:
A few new games to close out the year—'twas the season of holiday gifts and holiday discounts, you see—plus the reinstatement of a game I'd previously removed from my Backloggery due to the low likelihood of me ever bothering to organize or participate in a game with people I knew. Amazing how agreeing to join in a livestream of TF2 changes things like that. I'm also pleased to report that I've now got another adventure game under my belt that I completed without any external assistance, and better yet, it's officially my new favorite adventure game.
New:
- Escape Goat (Steam)
- FEZ (Steam)
- Mega Man Battle Network 3 White (GBA)
- Team Fortress 2 (Steam)
Started:
- Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back (PC)
Beat:
- Tomb Raider II (PC)
Mastered:
- Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back (PC)
A few new games to close out the year—'twas the season of holiday gifts and holiday discounts, you see—plus the reinstatement of a game I'd previously removed from my Backloggery due to the low likelihood of me ever bothering to organize or participate in a game with people I knew. Amazing how agreeing to join in a livestream of TF2 changes things like that. I'm also pleased to report that I've now got another adventure game under my belt that I completed without any external assistance, and better yet, it's officially my new favorite adventure game.
New:
- Escape Goat (Steam)
- FEZ (Steam)
- Mega Man Battle Network 3 White (GBA)
- Team Fortress 2 (Steam)
Started:
- Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back (PC)
Beat:
- Tomb Raider II (PC)
Mastered:
- Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back (PC)
And with that, 2013 has reached its conclusion. So begins another year of retro gaming and writing about stuff that happened ages ago! Out with the new, in with the old, as they say.
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