Normally I introduce these retrospectives with a blurb about the state of my creative endeavors or what was going on in my life the previous month. I'm going to try to start blogging more, like I used to when I was writing for Exfanding, so I'm holding those thoughts in reserve for some potential future posts. In the meantime, here's what I've got to show for myself from July:
This Blog:
I'm fairly certain it took me as long to write about Mass Effect 3 as it did to play it. Spending so much time working on such a colossal and critical post, however, got me eager to focus on something refreshing and different—stories, perhaps, or at least the kinds of posts that don't require days, let alone weeks, of revision and rewriting. This line of thinking helped prompt the last post of the month, and hopefully it's a first step toward the next phase of my writing on this blog.
- Retrospective: June 2014
- Mass Defect 3
- Ruminations on Writing
I'm fairly certain it took me as long to write about Mass Effect 3 as it did to play it. Spending so much time working on such a colossal and critical post, however, got me eager to focus on something refreshing and different—stories, perhaps, or at least the kinds of posts that don't require days, let alone weeks, of revision and rewriting. This line of thinking helped prompt the last post of the month, and hopefully it's a first step toward the next phase of my writing on this blog.
- Retrospective: June 2014
- Mass Defect 3
- Ruminations on Writing
GameCola:
This may be an all-time low. I've had many all-time lows during my time writing video game humor outside the mainstream, but resorting to an (admittedly technically relevant) irrelevant-to-gaming post was not how I envisioned meeting my quota. I was probably going to post it anyhow, but it looks worse when my only other contribution is a podcast (which only counts for half credit anyhow) in which I was only somewhat qualified to participate.
- No Beard, No Good
- GC Podcast #75: We Don’t Talk About the Dark Times
This may be an all-time low. I've had many all-time lows during my time writing video game humor outside the mainstream, but resorting to an (admittedly technically relevant) irrelevant-to-gaming post was not how I envisioned meeting my quota. I was probably going to post it anyhow, but it looks worse when my only other contribution is a podcast (which only counts for half credit anyhow) in which I was only somewhat qualified to participate.
- No Beard, No Good
- GC Podcast #75: We Don’t Talk About the Dark Times
YouTube:
I did it! I made a new video! You're so proud. I know; I know—get back to work and make the next one...
- Mega Man 7 - Part 7: Get Your Weapons Ready, Already
I did it! I made a new video! You're so proud. I know; I know—get back to work and make the next one...
- Mega Man 7 - Part 7: Get Your Weapons Ready, Already
The Backloggery:
A free giveaway and a surprise opportunity to affordably pick up something that's been on my list account for the (nowadays) unusual amount of new material for my backlog. Everything else was either the continuation of an ongoing project of some sort or an attempt at something considerably shorter and fluffier than the Mass Effect trilogy.
New:
- Mega Man X8 (PS2)
- The Sims 2 Complete (Origin)
Started:
- Kid Icarus (NES)
- The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES)
- Tomb Raider III (PC)
Beat:
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (VC)
- Kid Icarus (NES)
- The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES)
Completed:
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (VC)
- Kid Icarus (NES)
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Wii)
A free giveaway and a surprise opportunity to affordably pick up something that's been on my list account for the (nowadays) unusual amount of new material for my backlog. Everything else was either the continuation of an ongoing project of some sort or an attempt at something considerably shorter and fluffier than the Mass Effect trilogy.
New:
- Mega Man X8 (PS2)
- The Sims 2 Complete (Origin)
Started:
- Kid Icarus (NES)
- The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES)
- Tomb Raider III (PC)
Beat:
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (VC)
- Kid Icarus (NES)
- The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (SNES)
Completed:
- Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (VC)
- Kid Icarus (NES)
- LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Wii)
In the process of writing this post, I think I figured out how I'm going to step up my blogging this month. Let's see how this mid-year resolution pans out...
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