2017 Update

Turns out I've come up with what to do with this thing: doing it on YouTube!

I've had thoughts about this for a few months obviously, given by how I haven't kept this updated in any official capacity. Basically, Blogger is fine and dandy for written reviews and thoughts, but I feel it doesn't always convey any sort of emotion that a ton of my thoughts get into. As such, having a sort of vocal performance, even if I'm just sitting down and talking about entertainment I like, has a much better chance of connecting with someone who's curious what a nobody like me thinks about things.

As such, I'm about to review entertainment twice a week on my YouTube channel! The current plan is similar to how this was functioning for a while until I got caught up in how "quiet" it was here:

Every Friday I plan on doing video game reviews, with my obvious focus on games I've played and focusing on how series moved forward, from what a game franchise did differently or the same from its previous entries, how it was received, if they hold up on their own if applicable, and what they did better or worse as a result of whatever focus the game was aiming for. Very similar to what I was doing here, but in a video format where it can easily be more "heard" and to get me interacting out there with people wanting to discuss such things. I'd also love to start reviewing series I've never played if I get such requests! For instance, I've never fully beaten or played tons of major series, and I figure a "newcomer" has some sort of input when I'm crazy enough to want to play an entire series to fully appreciate it.

While that's the focus, I want to also do film and television series on Tuesdays, as I talk about this stuff with friends and family enough that I can do the same for non-video games as well. While games are my first love, movies are a close second followed by television shows. Might as well be part of the discussion of things old and new, right?

Kicking this all off hopefully sometime this summer, I am planning on either filming with my phone with little footage cuz copyright stuffs on YouTube is a pain and I'd rather play it safe starting off or simply voicing over simple screenshots or videos if I can figure out how that works instead of my mug showing up? Either way, I plan on beginning with some of the oldest video game series I know and have played and owned: Donkey Kong and Mario. Fridays will kick off with a focus on the Original Series of Donkey Kong, including the Original Edition, Donkey Kong Jr. and Donkey Kong 3. Early arcade-style games are so quick I don't think anyone will care, as I couldn't stand talking about three simple arcade games for three weeks; it's not fun for me or anyone wanting an opinion! Then Tuesdays will begin by focusing on Disney movies, specifically focusing on Walt Disney Animation Studios since that's the "real" Disney that everyone should think of when discussing the company's most influential films.

Fingers crossed, and hope it works out! I would love to add to the conversation on entertainment I enjoy, with my interest in how a series changes and adapts filling a sort of niche on the YouTubes.

Ciao!

2016 Update

Oh my gosh, it's like I forgot this thing! It's almost like nobody really cares about blogger or something. Whodda thunk?

Anywho, an update! As can be seen, I haven't quite updated everything given my 12+ month break on redoing those Semi-Retro Reviews. A few things've happened since, like getting a series ready in the background for its eventual time in the hopeful spotlight. I know many don't like to think any story, especially ambitious ones, don't plan out everything in advance to make sure many things click and aren't all retcons and can see how things were set up earlier in a story.

I obviously didn't get the memo!

2015 Review Updates!

Turns out I'm taking a break from these for a little while longer!

Noticing the older reviews, they were a bit inconsistent and full of little errors of the grammar and spelling variety, and I felt I could as a whole do better than constantly writing these up usually past midnight like I had been doing!

So my pseudo-reviewing/opinion pieces will be halted for a while as I take the last three years worth of posts and clean them up. Hopefully I get it all back up to snuff to wrap up 2002's games and some classic movies back on here!

I know, bated breath for some nobody's opinions on mostly-past entertainment, but I like expressing my opinion, no matter how futile! And you did get to this page somehow and maybe was curious for the missing few years. Answers, kinda?

So pardon the mess, I have everything past A Link to the Past back on July 27, 2012 in the vault as of today, September 25, 2015, so hopefully I can get the last three years back up and polished by the end of the year. On the bright side, it gets me to play the upcoming games with less of a deadline! As you can imagine, playing older NES-SNES titles are a lot less timeconsuming compared to how bigger games eventually get around the N64/PSOne era. Those RPGs are no joke, but more time to breathe is good!

Meanwhile, I hope everyone's enjoying Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (I am!), looking forward to Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue (knew they'd have something big for next year's HD release of KH3D and a lead-up to [chi] and III!), and Star Wars Episode VII to round out this year in entertainment! Not to mention all the stuff I missed in-between, but I can only focus my energy and excitement on so much. In this case, editing my stuff to be up-to-snuff.

Ciao!

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

I want my Dream to Drop now, but the Distance is still too great.

...sorry.

The birth of the Zelda franchise font!

Super Mario World

Rewatching Once Upon A Time, I recall how fond I am of how it reminds me of a Western take on Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and Kingdom Hearts. All the fairy tale crossovers make me happy, as I could watch Snow and Charming flirt all day. They're so adorable!

Seeing as how there's a month until the next 2D Mario game releases, time to return to one of his best adventures:

Colors! Colors everywhere!