Just a little update for both of my readers… For the next couple weeks, the blog is taking a bit of a break. October is always a busy month for me personally, what with my birthday, anniversary, Halloween, and such. I also have a lot on my plate professionally; trying to get seasonal work and I’m currently accepting review assignments from GotGame.com. My desktop PC also just fried, so that kinda sucks too.
The podcast and cosplay of the week will run on schedule, so there’s still plenty of new content on its way to the site.
I have a shit-ton of things going on right now (most presently, the awesomness that is Animazement), but I absolutely had to give an update on the video game documentary that I was recently filmed for.
First, it’s no longer going to be a feature film. Instead it will be an ongoing online series; a move that makes plenty of sense. The first episode is up and running and this is where you’ll see my handsome mug!
I won’t go into much more details this time, but here’s the clip!
Never heard of “Fast Karate”? It’s a hilarious podcast that discusses anime and video games, but very sarcastically. There’s a new show up twice a week–one for games, one for anime–and there’s over 300 episodes in the archive where you can search for your favorite games or anime shows. (I recommend the Bubblegum Crisis episodes.)
Our plan is to roll up at the con sporting our custom “Fast Karate” shirts and pass out buttons to anyone who wants them. The shirts will have our favorite quotes from the show on the front, like “All of a sudden…FROG NUNCHUCKS.” On the back will be a logo (that I designed).
So, hey… FREE STUFF, y’all! If you’re at Animazement this month, look for a guy wearing a shirt with either this site’s logo, or the logo below:
Fast Karate for the Gentleman: When the fate of the world depends on the speed of your karate.
Do you like video games? Do you enjoy playing on your Nintendos, your Xbox 2s, and your DSESPs? Can you write in complete sentences or make photoshops? Then you may have potential in the field of video game journalism!
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I almost forgot to mention that my new column over at GotGame.com is up! It’s called Robot Punch! and will update every Friday afternoon.This column will cover console gaming, kung fu lasers, and just about any other kind of geeky otaku topics not covered on the main site.
There are already a couple articles in there, with an exciting interview scheduled to publish next week.
GotGame finally fixed it so you can see only articles posted by a specific author on their site. So if you’d like to see my work there without having to sift through everyone else’s stuff, you can look me up here.
I have about four more articles that they’re sitting on before publishing. For a while, it looked like I hadn’t contributed anything in two weeks, but they’re finally releasing the stuff I’d submitted. Hopefully, more of my work will appear over the next week or so. This excites me since some of those stored in the queue are ones I’m actually pretty proud of.
I never like it when people make apologies for delayed content. Things happen. If the content is good, then it’s worth waiting for. So rather than make weak excuses for why my posts have slowed down a bit, I’ll instead offer a heads-up.
Over the next couple months, I’ll be writing articles for GotGame.com. I’ve been accepted into their summer internship program and I’ll be working with them over the next couple months. In fact, my first article is due up this week! Thus my attention will be divided between that and continuing to write articles here.
I’ll try to post my usual quick bits on news articles that I see through the week, but I’m much more eager to direct my energy toward deeper articles (quality over quantity and all that jazz). News articles are fairly easy to comment on, but researching the heady stuff is kinda killer.
The good news is that I’m allowed to post the articles that I write for GotGame here as well, at least in their pre-published form. Think of them as my “director’s cut” before my editors dig their claws into them. I already have about two ready and outlining a third, so being ahead of schedule (assuming they jive with whatever I’m assigned) on that end will hopefully also free me up for here.
My buddy Chuck (aka Comtar) wrote a super-long post in his LiveJournal, the highlight being the last part concerning reviews of Metal Gear Solid 4. Chuck’s been a close friend for years, has loads of video game experience, and is a pretty sharp guy… Which is why I often ask him to write for my site here! Another reason being that he and I differ in many of our opinions, which is good for diversity, I think. For the interested, my own comments can be found on the entry as well, throwing in way more than my own two cents.
