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Hola Frands!

I just wanted to do a quick write up for my stream plans.

So right now my plan is to stream at least 3 nights Mon – Friday from 6 CST to 10 CST. Saturday and Sunday I will probably stream, but the times will be fairly random.

I’ve also got a few stream projects I want do. First, I plan on streaming every numbered Final Fantasy game from 4 to Lightening Returns. To do this I’ll need to purchase a device that will let me stream from my PS2 and 3, which I plan to do in the next month. I’ll also need to purchase the FFX&FFX-2 HD bundle, FFXIII, FFXIII-2, and FFXIII Lightening Returns. None of that should be an issue though.

Second, I want to participate in ExtraLife this year in some capacity. I’m talking with a friend about this but I haven’t made any official plans.

Third, and probably the one that’ll be the biggest challenge: I’d like to stream the D&D group that is going to start playing shortly. To stream it how I like would probably require me to: Buy a new laptop, buy at least one more webcam, buy a high quality microphone. So this one is the most financially challenging because I’d want a new laptop. I could potentially get around that, but I’d still want the extra webcam and the microphone. I’d also need some USB extension cables, but those are like $2 for 15 feet so that isn’t really a problem. Which is good because they’d probably need replaced on occasion when someone inevitably trips over them and dies on stream.

There are some other things I’d like to do but just aren’t in the cards right now – Such as stream Bravely Default when it releases which would require a $450 investment in like 3 weeks for a product that isn’t even in stock right now. So that one is seeming pretty unlikely.

So when can you expect all this stream stuff to start? Well, I’ll start back to regular streaming next week. So I’ll likely stream something on Monday at around 6PM CST. I’ll try to stream a little bit every night, but I’ll likely have to cut some off. Wednesdays I probably won’t stream (for now) because generally I’m going to reserve those to exclusively do stuff with Subterfuge Gaming, a community/Wildstar Guild I recently joined (Check out the website if you’re into that kind of thing 🙂 )

What sort of content can you expect? All sorts of gaming shit. I’m literally into all kinds of gaming and I’ve got a pretty expansive backlog because I got a bit lazy with my gaming last year. So, I’ve got a lot of things in my Steam Library that needs playing, a couple of console games (Last of Us and Tales of Symphonia Chronicles when that releases), some older games (Such as the Person series that I’ve never touched but plan to play), and pretty much anything and everything in between. Once Wildstar releases I’ll probably be streaming a lot of that content as well. I also fully intend to play coop games with viewers and friends while streaming. If I play some games with viewers I’ll make a post with plenty of time in advance about which game(s) I’ll be looking for coop partners for.

I know I’ve got a pretty small following right now, and I appreciate the handful of people that actually read these right now a lot. Hopefully I can expand upon this a bit and do some cool stuff :).

..I kind of suck at it. So part of my new years resolution is to make a bit more of an attempt at actually posting shit on here again. Mostly random ramblings that’ll incorporate a bigger attempt at starting a streaming schedule and putting my thoughts of gaming to words again. I haven’t really had an outlet for that lately. I know I’ve largely lost my interest in reviewing things. So, you’ll not be seeing much of that from me anymore. I’ll probably post a small paragraph or two when I finish something just to tell you how it is, but that will more-or-less be it.

So some updates from 2013 that I never made:

• I now have a really good gaming PC, a 3DS, and another PS2.
• A large portion of my old game collection that was stolen has been replaced.
• My internet connection has improved in such a way that I can now actually stream games (woo!). You’ll hear more about this.
• I went to PAX. It was fun but not nearly as fun as previous years. I’ll make a post about this later.
• I’ve burned out on League of Legends, got reinvigorated about League of Legends, and then burned out on League of Legends again. I’ll probably make a post about this later too!
• I’ve been trying to get back into MMOs but so far nothing has stuck with me. I plan on posting some MMO exploits.
• I’ve played less games overall this year than I did last year. Funny how that works when you’ve got a real job that you actually enjoy doing.

So the most important bit is the bit about streaming. I’ve been trying to do that pretty regularly and adjust my setup in a way that compliments that. My timing was rather random during the last bit of 2013, but I plan to be a bit more structured this year. Not really structured, because that never works out for me when I try to do that, lol.

I’ve got a few future plans coming up this year. Just to list some:

• I’ve got a lot of random Steam games I’ve never played now. I plan on doing a Steam Stream challenge where I play games I’ve never played on Steam at least once or twice a week.
• I plan on streaming some D&D play from a game I will start DMing soonishly.
• I plan on streaming PS2 and potentially 3DS games. This requires some pricey hardware and PS2 is higher on my priority list.
• I plan to stream FF5-FF13 Lightning Returns. I’m insane I know.
• I plan on contributing to Extra Life this year in some capacity. I’ve been talking with a friend about streaming some stuff. Things that have been tossed around are a random older JRPG and the early Mega Man games (From the PS2 Mega Man Anniversary collection).
• I will probably stream some MMO content. It really depends on what releases and how interested I get in it. FF14:ARR is almost certain in around April if PC users can play with PS4 users (which everything as lead me to believe they can)

So, what’s going on right now? Well right now nothing pretty much. I’m working on setting up some stuff for D&D and I’m playing a little FF3. I’d be playing more on my computer but my chair broke so I’m having to get it replaced from Amazon and the replacement won’t show up until Tuesday. So this weekend I’m going to be pretty quiet. I probably won’t stream much next week either because I’ll be watching Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 which everyone should totally watch. I’ll also be playing with some stream settings to get things looking nicer. I’ve also been watching more Anime again and I’m trying to catch up on Supernatural (I’m in the middle of Season 4!).

I’ll try to make posts here more often. We’ll see how that goes, lol.

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With 2013 literally tomorrow I figured I’d make a quick post about what I’m looking forward to playing in 2013, and what other gaming exploits I plan on getting into. I’ve got two fairly big projects I’m going to try to do in 2013 as far as gaming goes, and I’m in a pretty good position now to see them both to light. Aside from gaming I’ve got a few other projects I’m going to try to push forward as well, most of those things aren’t even in a planning phase though.

I’ll go ahead and start with my most anticipated (announced) games of 2013. List is in order of release dates.

• Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (1/22) – A JRPG from Level- 5 with art from Studio Ghibli? Sign me up!
• Dead Space 3 (2/5) – Next installment of one of my favorite current gen series. I need more sci-fi horror in my life.
• Aliens: Colonial Marines (2/12) – I’m a little dubious on this one. Gearbox development team is a good plus (though they’ve had their failures). Direct sequel of Aliens movies. Only thing that worries me is that I’ve been burned by Aliens video games in the past. Maybe this one will pan out though.
• Tomb Raider (3/5) – I was never very big on the Tomb Raider series of old, but this approach to Lara Croft has me fairly interested. An Uncharted feel to the game, with Ubisoft at the helm? I can get behind that. Maybe this will get me into the series.
• South Park: The Stick of Truth (3/5) – I’ve been off and on with this game for a while, but after the VGAs I decided to go ahead and give it a chance. It does look hysterical and I’m a sucker for RPGs.
• Gears of War: Judgement (3/19) – I love Gears, but I’m a bit dubious on this title too. Giving People Can Fly a hand-me-down Gears side story prequel when they could be working on Bulletstorm 2 or something a bit more interesting just leaves a bad feeling in my gut. I’m getting this because I love Gears of War, but I’m not expecting much out of it.
• Bioshock Infinite (3/26) – Bioshock. Do I even need to type anything else here?
• Injustice: Gods Among Us (4/1) – Mortal Kombat fighting mechanics and getting to beat the hell out of people as comic book characters? I can dig it.
• The Last of Us (6/2) – Original IP from Naughty Dog that has a lot going for it. It looks great and I really hope they pull it off. I’d hate for the game to be a dud, and for Naughty Dog to be a 1 trick pony.
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (TBA 2013) – I really like the Castlevania mythos, and I enjoyed Lords of Shadow 1. Pretty excited for this one after watching some trailers.

Other games I’m totally interested in, but aren’t definite day 1 buys for me:

• Devil May Cry (1/15) – I had some fun with DMC 1 and 2 back in the PS2 era, but dropped it for no real reason. I debated picking up the HD collection and DMC 4 but haven’t done that yet. I’ll probably grab this one after I do that and replay the older ones.
• Crysis 3 (2/19) – I like shooters. I liked the other Crysis games. I’ll probably play this eventually.
• FUSE (3/13) – Somewhat interested. Third-person cover shooter with sci-fi/Deus Ex sounding themes seems pretty legit to me.
• Metro: Last Light (3/31) – I couldn’t really get into Metro 2033, but I’ve been debating giving it another chance just because of how good this game looks. I’m still on the fence on this though.
• Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (4/1) – This is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine, but I really like games that let me play through anime stories. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 lets you play through the first few arcs of the Naruto Shippuden anime, and this one is supposed to continue where that game left off. It isn’t a day 1 buy for me, but I’ll probably pick it up during the summer lull.
• Splinter Cell: Blacklist (4/1) – I’m not really huge on forced stealth stuff, so I’m a bit dubious on this one because of that. The trailers do make the game look really good though.
• Grand Theft Auto V (TBA Spring 2013) – I’m interested in this for the open world aspects, the economic system that usually comes with these games, and the random fun. I wasn’t a huge fan of GTA4 though, so I’m a little dubious.
• XCOM (TBA) – I like Sci-fi a lot. I really liked XCOM Enemy Unknown. This is a shooter, and I like those too. I’m really interested but fairly dubious because this game has had some really odd news behind it. Changes in design and gameplay style that just smell funny to me. I’ll definitely keep my eye on it though.
• Beyond: Two Souls (TBA) – I’m fairly interested in this one, but I’m going to wait for reviews. I’m also not going to buy it day 1 on the principle that I’m not a big fan of some of the things David Cage has spewed after the success of Heavy Rain.

Next I want to talk about the two video game related projects I’m going to endeavor myself on this year. The first of which is replacing my stolen games and expanding my collection of video games. This mostly covers things I’ve played and want for collection or that I’ve never played and really want to play from the past 2 or 3 console generations (with a little older than that games mixed in but not many). I’ve got two different wish lists for this: An Amazon wish list and a collection list on Google Drive that also has a wish list tab. My current focus on that project is to knock out all the games under $30 while looking for good deals on the more pricey parts of that list.

The second project I’m going to undertake is to upgrade my current gaming setup and eventually have a way to stream myself playing games on a mostly nightly basis. This will be the easier of the two projects and I’ve pretty much already got this mapped out. Only thing I’m really worried about is bandwidth and the fact that I won’t be able to stream anything for a system that doesn’t use HDMI cords without actually getting a TV (the setup I plan to use and currently use is all computer monitors).

That is what I’ll be up to in 2013 though, as far as gaming in concerned. I’ll update my “projects” page as well to reflect all this too. I’m already having a pretty awesome January. Moved in to new place and start new job on Monday. This year is already great.

Alrighty, so this is just going to be a brief post about all the changes I’ve made to this site and what I intend to do with it now.

The biggest change will probably be the fact that I’m going to focus on what I’m doing project wise and a lot of my posts will probably be somewhat related to that. In addition to just stating that, I’ve added a “My Projects” page that’ll list off all the projects I’m currently working on, descriptions of projects, what the progress is on them, and links to view or download them if applicable. Additionally I removed some cluttered stuff on the side menu as well, and added my Twitter feed. I’m no longer going to be posting about what I’m playing and such unless I have something substantial to say about it. This is mostly because I posted a link to my Raptr profile on the right menu as well. My Published Works and My Projects sections are currently 100% updated and I’ll try to update them weekly (even if I don’t make a post). I’m not going to commit to a certain time period to make posts, I’ll just make them as I see fit. That being said I do plan to more regularly make posts, and give this blog a bit more attention. I’ll try to be less ranty that my prior posts and only post informative things. I’m sure I’ll occasionally rant on certain topics, but I won’t make it a regular thing. Most posts will be devoted to a single topic, instead of posts prior that were just about how my week went or something along those lines. This way I can get more detailed, and more importantly it looks more professional. A more professional look is kind of my whole goal here. I’m not going all the way out on that (mostly because I don’t think that’d be possible), but I’m going to make an effort to make my posts as professional as possible (this excludes rants for obvious reasons).

So content you’ll see on here now will now be based on a single topic. Topics will have the wide range that they had before, but be more focused. This could mean I make multiple posts in one day, and could mean that I go a while without posting anything if I don’t have anything substantial to post. Hopefully I’m productive enough where I don’t take forever to post updates and the like.

I think that about covers it. Feel free to give me any feedback about the new and improved blogthing.

Rebooting my blog. Should be done in the next week or so. Hopefully I’ll start writing more and giving updates on my writing and projects more.