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Retrospective: September 2013

10/1/2013

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Happy END DAY! It's been an interesting and busy past month, both online and offline. Perhaps the most exciting news is that my wife opened up a new shop on Etsy.com called Hoovercraft (clever, right?) and now she's working from home full-time to create and sell handmade arts and crafts of all types—soldered wire necklaces, wood-burned geek keychains, paintings, whimsical pillows; anything and everything, really. We've both been in an upbeat, creative cycle recently, and I know the projects I've been working on reflect that to some degree. There was a nice balance of new and familiar with my side projects in September, and I get the feeling next month may be even more diverse.

This Blog:

I almost didn't end up writing much of anything this time; my focus was all but entirely elsewhere. Still, with a little help from some outside influences (for better or for worse), I found some inspiration.

- Retrospective: August 2013
- Open Letter to Google
- Be My Muse
- Gaming Outside the Mainstream

GameCola:

A somewhat significant month for GameCola history, September saw the resurrection of our collaborative "Versus Mode" column along with what I'm anticipating will be our final "Spam Attack" column, at least for a long while. Last year's Crystalis D&Dcast served as a warmup for an October-long celebration of The END DAY (more news on that next time), and a few gears started to turn behind the scenes for the next RPG podcast. Lastly, I broke some news. That, like, never happens.

Columns:
- Spam Attack: Wine and Freckles
- Versus Mode: Mega Man, Capcom, and Mighty No. 9

News:
- No, Really, It's Completely Different From Mega Man

Videos:
- Crystalis D&Dcast on YouTube

GameFAQs:

Whoa! Speaking of things that never happen, I finally released a walkthrough that's been on indefinite hold since...erm...2009. This was ridiculously fun to write (I daresay it's entertaining to skim through even if you're not playing the game), so much so that writing guides for GameFAQs has officially gone back into the rotation. Because I need another side project right now.

- Hamlet FAQ/Walkthrough

YouTube:

Keeping up with a regular recording schedule has me on track to release a new video about once a month, and the next installment in my long-anticipated MM7 playthrough arrived right when I expected it to. Let's see how long it takes before I start to slip again.

GeminiLaser:
- Mega Man 7 - Part 2: Polar Droid Solution

The Backloggery:

Not much of a gaming month for me; I spent a couple of hours here and there chipping away at EarthBound Zero, but I took a break for a few days to delve into a game I had wanted to play for some time and kept forgetting I had. I'm so glad I finally got around to this one: It's not often that I find a sequel that far surpasses its predecessor (in most ways, in this case), let alone one that's so engrossing and perfectly up my alley in terms of humor and game design (I swear, Alternate Universe Me was involved in the development of this game).

Started:
- StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge (NES)

Beat:
- StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge (NES)

Completed:
- StarTropics II: Zoda's Revenge (NES)

All in all, another creatively satisfying month, and a springboard to the next phase of my side projects.
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