Summer Blog Plans - Video Games, Anime, and Plans for the Future

Since the Community Spotlight moved to front page status my blogging activity has petered down significantly on Giant Bomb. To at least temporarily remedy this I have set up some significant plans for this Summer. Some of these I am excited about, one of these I already regret agreeing to doing, and maybe I will get to another point? Anyways Summer is going to be busy, and in order to at least placate my loss of what should be a restful and relaxing period of time I have set forth my plans to remedy that problem.

I have ranked my plans based on a triage system. With Triage Level I being something I have to do now, and Triage Level IV being something that has been sent to the morgue.

Triage Level I - I Have to Do This Because I Made a Stupid Bet That I Already Regret

I am going to play Final Fantasy VIII.

This is going to be the first Final Fantasy game that I have ever played. By the way you can thank @thatpinguino for this "momentous" occasion. Shortly after his Final Fantasy IX speedrun for the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run I informed him that I have never played a Final Fantasy game. To say that he was flabbergasted would be an understatement. For the next TWO MONTHS he harangued me to rectify what he considered to be my greatest gaming shame. Then maybe...a month ago pajamasampenguinman and I agreed to a compromise. I would play Final Fantasy VIII if he would play Myst without a guide, and we would both publish competing blogs at the same time. I should also mention that the rules that we agreed to state that I too have to play Final Fantasy VIII without a guide. My first Final Fantasy...light seeds...junctions...and Squall. No guide. I am doomed.

Yes this is a terrible idea. I am going to hate this game, I am going to hate myself, and I am going to express my anger in ways that I feel I should preemptively apologize for right now.

Are there better Final Fantasy games, or even JRPGs for that matter, to start with for a person like me? Absolutely! However, Final Fantasy VIII was agreed to be the most comedic pick for my summer plans. Also, I do not own any Sony platforms so I have to go with whichever games were available on Steam. Those factoids aside I hope you will join me as I experience pure pain and dread this summer.

Triage Level II - It is About Time That I Finally Do This

I am going to do a retrospective of Kill la Kill.

Ask any member of the Giant Bomb Anime sub-community how I feel about Kill la Kill and they will laugh hysterically about how I am a crazy raving maniac.

They are correct BUT I have to finally convey my crazy ravings about why I think Kill la Kill is a garbage ABOMINATION BULLSH...wait sorry let's save this for the blog series when it finally deploys.

I have to do this. I mean the English dub deployed before I finally started a retrospective, and that is just shameful! I need this more than anything else, and honestly I do not care that I may have missed the boat in terms of when it was "topical" to talk about Kill la Kill! The world needs to know the truth. My truth.

Triage Level III - I Plan on Doing This but Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ... I Have Lot to Do This Summer.

Maybe play games that I was not been rope-a-doped into playing, or watch something I actually enjoy watching?

I recall mentioning at the end of 2014 starting a retrospective of every anime based on a video game. Maybe I'll start that by the end of Summer, because I still like the idea. I also recall mentioning trying to play DmC: Devil May Cry which is a well regarded game from another franchise that I have never experienced. That or Metal Gear Solid. Or maybe I play Chrono Trigger? Many of you mentioned that the paltry number of turned based game that I have played is so pitiful that I should consider playing that and discussing what I think about it.

Triage Level IV - This Has Been Sent to the Morgue

My vision of breaking 10,000 wiki points is dead.

Every now and again I remind myself that I use to be a fairly good platform page wiki editor as well as a credits page editor, but those days are done. I just do not have the time to repeat those halcyon days of sinking in two to three hours on the Giant Bomb wiki anymore. It is a shame because I truly care about the Giant Bomb wiki, but I just lack the free time to rally show that passion anymore.