Resurrecting the Forgotten

*wipes the dust off of the blog*

Well, look at this poor thing. I haven't written here since February of this year, and that post was about my father having cancer.

Super depressing.

He, by the way, is doing well and his post-surgery tests show that he's cancer free! Hopefully he stays that way.

Anyway, I kept telling myself that I should get back into writing. I kept wondering WHAT I should be writing, but I decided that anything was better than nothing. So, here we are. I'm attempting to come up with some ideas for new series of articles. Thus far, I have two:

Dreamslinger - essentially a journal where I chronicle the unusual dreams I have sometimes. I've always told myself that I should write down what I dream about in the dark hours of the night, and I'll finally do so. And let everyone else see them too.

Minecraft Chronicles - a first-person narrative of a Minecraft character I play as he discovers the world he spawns in. I figure I can play one hour every day on Survival mode, record my narrative onto my portable recorder, and then transcribe it onto the blog. Possible entertainment for all? I think it's worth a shot.

And that's all I have. I was considering recording a reviving the idea of Idiot Box Idiot(s) as a single reviewer show (since Wes and I barely have time to record a weekly podcast, let alone do a review show about television programs), but I'm not certain if I have the patience for it.

Well, let's see if I can keep things going this time around, yes?

Excelsior.

Blog Update - 10/5/2011

All right, loyal readers, I finally got off my lazy ass and finished the article and video sections of my blog. Now, all of my wonderfully-written and wonderfully-shot articles and videos are in easy-to-find and easy-to-navigate pages right there at the top of my page.

If you're blind and find yourself unable to locate such link buttons at the top there, allow me to provide you with direct links here:

Article List
Video List

No longer will you have to dredge through dozens of back pages just to find that ONE poignant article I may have written or stolen from someone else! Be sure to use these features to share my work with your friends, otherwise I will have spent hours of my life organizing and linking it all for...well....nothing.

Excelsior!

Video Series Ideas - Feedback Wanted!

Now, I have all these ideas brewing in my head for upcoming video series that I want to make and I wanted feedback from you, my readers/viewers/friends, about which you think would be entertaining to watch!

• Doctor WHO?: A Doctor-by-Doctor Analysis - this is an analysis of the entirety of the Doctor Who series. Each video will focus on one of the Doctor's incarnations, starting with the first. This will take a while considering I need to WATCH the entire series to get the necessary clips for the opening (or maybe I'll just search for the appropriate videos), but I believe this would be fun. AND it would allow non-Who watchers to get a taste for the sci-fi phenomenon. 
• Lord of the Rings: The Other Fellowship - I had this idea today, actually. It's a parody comedy series about LOTR. The premise? A SECOND fellowship of inept rejects is sent after the first fellowship to deliver important information that Elrond forgot to give them. The second fellowship always seems to arrive just after the major events the first fellowship experiences, and have misadventures because of it. In the same vein as The Legend of Neil, I believe this could attract a large audience.
• Adaptation Decay - This is my reworked movie review idea. I scrapped my original "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" review (mostly because I thought it was crap), and came up with this idea instead. The premise of this series is that I'll critique (hopefully humorously) movies based on books, comic books, and television shows and point out how far from the source material they actually are. 
• The Geekumentary - The first episode is out (as you already know), but I thought I'd ask for feedback. This series is going to focus, documentary style, on the geek culture and its various subgenres and aspects. 
• Wordslinging Critic - This series, as you've seen from the written and video reviews, will focus mainly on current movies that I see and television programs. I'm mainly going to be sharing my thoughts in a serious manner in these particular videos, mostly off-the-cuff, unscripted streams of thought on whatever it is I'm reviewing. 
• Let's Play - Everyone and their mother has done a Let's Play, and I'll be no exception. This video series will be me narrating (again, hopefully humorously) about a game I'm playing while the video shows the game being played by yours truly. I've started with "Star Trek: 25th Anniversary" as a testing platform for this series, so let me know what you think!
• Tabletop Connoisseur - I've had this one in my head since I started. The premise is that each video will highlight a board game or tabletop roleplaying game and explain how it's played, what the setting is, premise, etc. I'm also thinking about bringing in guests that are experienced in the particular games highlighted to explain about them in a more in-depth manner than I could give. 

Well, that's all I have for now! Feel free to comment on here and let me know your thoughts, opinions, gripes, grievances, complaints, ideas, etc. about any of the above. And if you want to see something in particular that you think would be up my alley, let me know! I'll be glad to take any suggestions into consideration!

Thanks guys!

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