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All right, school's out. Time to get down to business. I'll admit that "getting down to business" isn't my thing. I'm one of those people who tries to get everything done at once, and in the process gets nothing done ^_^;; Woops. So hopefully, er--I hope I can make a focused effort with this blog/project of mine, and actually provide some people with information. Anyway, here is what's going on:
STATUS: Not functioning. Not yet. Looking at many Web design resources to see what would be the best way to layout all of the stuff I'd like to do.
UPCOMING ARTICLES, POSTS, ODDS AND ENDS:
- So You Want to Buy a
- Parents guide to buying a game console/handheld, it's accessories, and a good game to go with it. Planning on presenting this information in a nice, clean, downloadable PDF
- Dissecting Dork-isms
- A guide/dictionary to video game industry jargon, explaining everything from "consoles" to "cut scenes"
- Also along these lines, a dictionary/guide to various video game genres because a normal person walking down the street would probably look at you funny if you told them you were playing a "turn-based strategy RPG."
- Solid Sequels and Franchises
- Showcase well-known video game franchises, and which ones you can almost always buy a game from and expect quality work. Maybe include a list of "sleeper hits," or make "sleeper hits a separate project."
- Movie- and TV show-based games
- Magazines in the videogame industry
- Video games, violence, and ESRB--effectively evaluating violence in games
- Some kind of PokéMon feature
- and more... :3
So, that's what to expect from YourFamilyGames (YFG) in the near/distant future. I will be on vacation from June 16-23, so that might slow me down. But I will get this road on the show this summer.
P.S. If you have made it far, and have read this whole post, congratulations and thank you.
If you have comments, suggestions, criticisms or thoughts in general directed at YourFamilyGames, please send them in to me. I'd love to hear what you have to say about the site/blog. E-mail: yourfamilygames@gmail.com. Thanks :D
Let the record know that the Artemis Fowl series is very addicting. I was up until 4am finishing the last 300 pages or so of Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony. That's impressive because I haven't done that with a book since book 5 of the Harry Potter series. (When book 6 for Harry Potter came out I think I might have actually slept). I just could not put it down. It's one of those series that's geared towards children, but also enjoyable for adults to read. I'd have to say it's a blend of fantasy, dry wry humor (the band of heroes also happens to be a band of smartasses, something Fowl author Eoin Colfer acknowlegdes in the book), James Bond action/cool weaponry, and maybe a bit of Encyclopedia Brown just because of the variety of factoids and depth of knowledge (then again, that's to be expected... the protaganist is a boy genius after all). Apologies for that long, hackneyed sentence. The Artemis Fowl series will also become a graphic novel (fancy word for "long comic book;" not a novel that is graphic) sometime in fall of this year, according to the series' official site.
I know this is YourFamilyGames, and I should be talking about video games, but there are other hobbies in life that are equally and/or more interesting. I feel it is okay to bring these topics up, at least every once in a while. Maybe I can move this post somewhere more out-of-the-way, so video game news can still take priority... I'm pathetically new at using Blogger >_< class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th, 2007. I have yet to meet a person who read the book and didn't like it.
