Yes, We’ll Have E3 Coverage Next Week

Last year I was out gallivanting in Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde with Grace when E3 rolled around, and Nester and TEi did their best to keep up with all of the gaming news. Well, this year Nester is unavailable and TEi has retired, so it’ll be up to Jason X and me to keep you all informed. I’m excited about covering E3 again, although I will not be detailing out every single report and game reveal that happens. Instead, I plan on covering what catches my attention solely, and giving it more verbiage. Sounds more fun for me than merely spreading myself thin on things I don’t care about. I assume Jason will do the same. If you want COMPLETE coverage, well, there’s sites that pay people to talk about things that they don’t care about. :p If you want passionate, insightful coverage of topics of interest, well, we’ll have your back.

Now, Wednesday around noon I will suddenly vanish, probably in the middle of some good stuff, but it’s for a good reason. I’ll be recording a podcast with Game On Girl at that time, and I’ll pass that along to you once they post it up on their blog.

On that note, this weekend will continue being light from me. I’ve got some car business to take care of, among other things, so I’ll be signing off for now. See you on Monday!

A Light Week on LVLs. Approaching!

Sorry folks, but I’m going to not be doing a ton of updating on LVLs. this week. I want to work on my secret project, the George Macy Imagery, and continuing to figure out what games I will be selling off soon. So, all of those tasks counteract with being here! Nester is also in the middle of a move, so it will probably be very quiet for a bit, unless Jason has a lot to say. Consider this a bit of a vacation for us, eh?

 

 

Tunage Updates – Koji Kondo and Naoki Kodaka pages fully updated!

Slowly but surely that backlog is being conquered! I finally finished up Koji Kondo‘s page by compiling a proper discography for him, which took some time, busy man that he is. With Kondo finally done, I moved onto Naoki Kodaka‘s page and gave it the complete overhaul, and it has its videos all up to date and two new clips added in that I had omitted before. That leaves Michiru Yamane and Yutaka Minobe to receive the revision treatment, and then I can get into setting up posts for the new composers I’ve been meaning to do.

Looking Back – 1989 Features New Awards!

There’s much more diversity in my awards for 1989. Strider (pictured), Dragon Warrior, Ducktales, Cameltry, Mega Man 2, The Guardian Legend and Ys Books I & II walk away with positive rewards. I also hand out some dubious honors to LJN’s atrocious NFL Football, the awkward original TMNT NES game, the music for California Games’ Footbag, mock Alex Kidd, and slam Ultima Exodus’ shameful box art. Good fun all around!

I’ll be taking a short break from these to update some other things around here for a bit. I’ll probably get into the ’90′s in June.

Looking Back – 1988 is Award-Riddled!

I’ve gotten back into the swing of Looking Back updates, and now there’s a slew of awards for 1988. Bionic Commando walks away with Best Hero, Best Villain and Worst Song (aw), while Super Mario Bros. 2 makes its appearance felt with Best Heroine and Best New Enemy. There’s more, too, so check it out here. 1989 will hopefully come out today, too.

Looking Back Updates: 1983 – 1987, 2011 feature further awards and are more polished

I’ve been revising and expanding all of the Looking Back articles I’ve managed to get awards done yet again! Here’s what is new:

1983 – Mainly polishing. I did add a little explanation about the awards, too.

1984 – A new “Best New Enemy” award along with revision.

1985 – A new “Best New Enemy” award along with revision.

1986 – Just some editing here.

1987 – The Worst Game of the Year was extensively revised, and there’s Best New Enemy and a new Worst Song writeup.

2011 – The Worst Game, Best New Enemy, Worst New Character, Worst Box Art and Worst Voice Acting awards are all added in, plus that sweet revision.

Now I can get into the other Looking Backs! Enjoy the new stuff!

Hey-o. School’s done!

Cereblation!

So yes, I’m done with finals. I’ve got one A+ for sure, and I’m positive my other two classes will also offer me A’s, so all is well. My first semester was wonderful, and I already miss it.

So! Summer is now on. Next week is going to be a little crazy because I skipped work for the most part to both study for finals and recover from some nasty allergies/cold symptoms, which are lingering a bit. I have plans for LVLs. in mind, but it may take a bit for them to actually grow. I’ll be posting a little more regularly, but keep in mind that I want to really improve my blog writing, so it may even out to about where it was while I was in school until I get the swing of my new writing habits down.

It is good to be done, and I am excited about having some free time soon to put into here.

LVLs. a la WordPress is 3 years old today!

Time is short, but I do want to thank all of our lovely viewers who have meandered our way over the past three years. LVLs. would still keep plugging on, but the support is wonderfully appreciated and motivating. I’d also like to thank all of the LVLs. team who aid me in supplying it with awesomeness. Again, I’d still be marching on if I were alone, but the site would not be what it is without your backing.

I’ll be busy with a bit of work and finals studying over the next couple of days, so I’ll see you this weekend once those exams are put to rest (hopefully I do well on them!).

Stripping Away Silence – My Future Writing for LVLs.

Hello, everyone! I’ve managed to finish the first sixteen weeks of instruction at my university, so I’m freed up a little until next week when finals begin for two of my classes. XD

I want to notify you that I (not Nester or Jason) will be radically changing how I write for LVLs. for now on. I took a wonderful writing course over the semester, and I plan to apply those newly learned techniques into my blog writing. I have some complex topics in mind for the summer, and I want to treat them as essays. These will take more time to develop fully, as I will be applying offline writing applications like reverse outlines and exploratory writing into their creation. I will also be revising them more extensively. I want to write posts that I am really proud of, and these tools will help me to achieve that goal.

To put in that effort, I will need to spend less time on frivolous posts.  So I will be trimming back on my news posts unless they are very significant to me, and I will likely be cutting down on some of the regular features that don’t require a lot of thought (Artistic Discussion, Song Highlights). Instead, I will put that focus into making all of my work of a higher quality that I know I am capable of now. That is not to say I will not be doing these lighter kinds of posts; they will be done less frequently but with additional depth I haven’t put into them before. I also will be spending less time online so I can do other things that I love more often. I’ve been making an effort to draw more, and damn, I’m loving getting back into that old hobby of mine. I also want to play games and read more, and something needs to give way to make time for these things. Honestly, I float around the Web way too much, and it’s such a horrible timesuck. I want to not waste my time doing things that don’t really aid me in my dreams, and web surfing often works against me.

Nester and Jason will continue to do what they do, because LVLs. was built on the concepts of individualism. Their style is their own to develop, and I don’t want my changes to how I approach writing to affect what they do. I appreciate their output to the blog very much and this has absolutely no bearing on what they do for LVLs. As for the other staff, Grace puts schooling first, so she’ll resume her infrequent posting, perhaps gracing (ha) us this summer with a couple of things. Cammy is, as far as I know, very busy still. TEi recently turned in his LVLs. pants. I’ve been considering a couple of new writers as well. I’ve invited a fellow student from the writing class I took to join us here, but she’s not sure about committing quite yet. I am also going to ask my writing instructor if he would like to do anything here, as he was quite an avid gamer in his college days, and the discussions we’ve had have been marvelous.

With the third year of our WordPress hosting approaching on the 9th, I am very excited about seeing where this new approach takes me and the blog as a whole. I am looking forward to achieving new watermarks for myself, and to ruminate on some topics I’ve yet to discuss (or improve ones I’ve already covered!).

Weekend of Hiatus and its Sequel, The Early Weekdays of Absence

Yep, I’m gonna be off doing school things and/or work most of the weekend/early next week, so I wouldn’t expect to see me around LVLs. until Wednesday afternoon or so. Enjoy your weekend!

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