Depending on where you were looking, it might've seemed like I'd disappeared from the online scene entirely in October. In fact, I was doing loads of writing and editing behind the scenes for GameCola's top-secret new Style Guide wiki for the staff. A little GameCola archive cleanup was involved as well, and I set aside some time to finish off my penultimate Mega Man 7 playthrough video for YouTube, which was technically ready to go in October but couldn't be screened by a test audience (my wife) until November. Toss in a few road trips and a whole lot of relaxation time to recuperate from a busy few weeks at work, and you might never know I was still around. Here's what I do have to show for myself, though:
This Blog:
This was a sad, sad month for updates on this blog, and on this website in general; I barely even touched my Series Opinions. In addition to having my attention focused elsewhere, I had been notified that Feedburner e-mail subscriptions to my feed were showing up in pink text on a white background all of a sudden, and I was holding off on writing another post until I could get that fixed. I'm not even sure the issue has been resolved yet, and it's not exactly easy to test out without writing a new post. Of the two things I did manage to write, the first post is one I see myself linking back to in the future, and it satisfies the "Holidays" category in my ongoing efforts to write a post on each of the post tags I've used, in order.
- 1997, October 1, The END DAY
- Retrospective: September 2014
This was a sad, sad month for updates on this blog, and on this website in general; I barely even touched my Series Opinions. In addition to having my attention focused elsewhere, I had been notified that Feedburner e-mail subscriptions to my feed were showing up in pink text on a white background all of a sudden, and I was holding off on writing another post until I could get that fixed. I'm not even sure the issue has been resolved yet, and it's not exactly easy to test out without writing a new post. Of the two things I did manage to write, the first post is one I see myself linking back to in the future, and it satisfies the "Holidays" category in my ongoing efforts to write a post on each of the post tags I've used, in order.
- 1997, October 1, The END DAY
- Retrospective: September 2014
GameCola:
Another sad, sad month for updates. My first contribution's not bad (actually, I'm pretty pleased with it), but the second one is another "Oh, we have absolutely nothing to show for ourselves today, do we?" post that got thrown together at the last minute...that's I'm also pretty pleased with, now that I think about it. Guess things turned out fine after all.
- Q&AmeCola: Your Guide In Life
- GC Podcasts #51-53 on YouTube: Just Another Turtle, Paul & Jeddy!
Another sad, sad month for updates. My first contribution's not bad (actually, I'm pretty pleased with it), but the second one is another "Oh, we have absolutely nothing to show for ourselves today, do we?" post that got thrown together at the last minute...that's I'm also pretty pleased with, now that I think about it. Guess things turned out fine after all.
- Q&AmeCola: Your Guide In Life
- GC Podcasts #51-53 on YouTube: Just Another Turtle, Paul & Jeddy!
YouTube:
As part of GameCola's END DAY celebration, I lent my voice to a neat six-way race of the NES cult classic RPG. This one's an interesting watch even if you're not familiar with the game.
- Let's All Play Crystalis BLIND: Race to the Statue!
As part of GameCola's END DAY celebration, I lent my voice to a neat six-way race of the NES cult classic RPG. This one's an interesting watch even if you're not familiar with the game.
- Let's All Play Crystalis BLIND: Race to the Statue!
The Backloggery:
Oh, good! Proof that I did something to account for the dearth of updates everywhere else this month. You'll notice several new games on the list, but I only shelled out $1.99 the entire month for video games. Broken Age was my wife's, and she wanted me to try it out; Dragon Age and Pizzarian were free giveaways, FTL was gifted to me by a friend, and Quest for Glory II was free to download; having now played the first game, it finally occurred to me that I could give the fan-made VGA remake of the second one a shot.
It's not often that my wife gets to show me a game she's played that I haven't, so she was excited to watch me play through Broken Age and Botanicula as part of our irregularly scheduled couple bonding time. I finally finished off the last of the Tomb Raider games I'd picked up from Good Old Games, and was relieved to be done with that chapter of my gaming education—I have a knack for finding wildly popular game series to be tedious and frustrating, and despite some periods of fun here and there (mostly in the second game), this one was no exception. At least I got to start on Star Wars: Dark Forces, the game that kicked off one of my all-time favorite game series (Jedi Knight)...after the obligatory struggle with DOSBox to get it to run correctly. It's another rough relic from the same era as those first three Tomb Raider games, but at least it's a style of gameplay I'm very comfortable with.
New:
- Broken Age (Steam)
- Dragon Age: Origins (Origin)
- FTL: Faster Than Light (Steam)
- Pizzarian (Desura)
- Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (VGA) (PC)
- Star Runner (Desura)
Started:
- Botanicula (PC)
- King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (PC)
- Pizzarian (Desura)
- Star Wars: Dark Forces (PC)
Beat:
- Botanicula (PC)
- Broken Age (Steam)
- King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (PC)
- Pizzarian (Desura)
- Tomb Raider III (PC)
Completed:
- Botanicula (PC)
- Broken Age (Steam)
- King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (PC)
Mastered:
- Broken Age (Steam)
Oh, good! Proof that I did something to account for the dearth of updates everywhere else this month. You'll notice several new games on the list, but I only shelled out $1.99 the entire month for video games. Broken Age was my wife's, and she wanted me to try it out; Dragon Age and Pizzarian were free giveaways, FTL was gifted to me by a friend, and Quest for Glory II was free to download; having now played the first game, it finally occurred to me that I could give the fan-made VGA remake of the second one a shot.
It's not often that my wife gets to show me a game she's played that I haven't, so she was excited to watch me play through Broken Age and Botanicula as part of our irregularly scheduled couple bonding time. I finally finished off the last of the Tomb Raider games I'd picked up from Good Old Games, and was relieved to be done with that chapter of my gaming education—I have a knack for finding wildly popular game series to be tedious and frustrating, and despite some periods of fun here and there (mostly in the second game), this one was no exception. At least I got to start on Star Wars: Dark Forces, the game that kicked off one of my all-time favorite game series (Jedi Knight)...after the obligatory struggle with DOSBox to get it to run correctly. It's another rough relic from the same era as those first three Tomb Raider games, but at least it's a style of gameplay I'm very comfortable with.
New:
- Broken Age (Steam)
- Dragon Age: Origins (Origin)
- FTL: Faster Than Light (Steam)
- Pizzarian (Desura)
- Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire (VGA) (PC)
- Star Runner (Desura)
Started:
- Botanicula (PC)
- King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (PC)
- Pizzarian (Desura)
- Star Wars: Dark Forces (PC)
Beat:
- Botanicula (PC)
- Broken Age (Steam)
- King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (PC)
- Pizzarian (Desura)
- Tomb Raider III (PC)
Completed:
- Botanicula (PC)
- Broken Age (Steam)
- King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (PC)
Mastered:
- Broken Age (Steam)
Looking forward to November!
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