No, your eyes don’t deceive you. It’s the State Of The Blog seven days later than usual and reposted today with a revamped Video Schedule and other things so that there’s more to talk about.
Also, the dog still refuses to follow the script.
VIDEO SCHEDULE (in progress)
A bit of a lightweight schedule, with reviews and weekly Sunday Gimmick Tables being the main uploads. Revenge Of ClassicVania Part 2 (there is no Part 3) will be up on one of the Saturdays, but there will also be occasional drops of DTM Rambles (including THAT video, likely before December hits). Reviews are mostly TBA, but a couple slots are spoken for. December does have a set declared. It’s not the declared goal, but on the other hand, ending the year on #1400 and with a new Castlevania no less, that works for me, brother.
Note: Don’t take the Ramble dates as gospel. Those will float around and pop up when ready.
Sunday, November 1st
Sunday Gimmick Table #68 – GoCo Handheld Game Bag #2
Tuesday, November 3rd
Review #1385 – Star Wars: Death Star Battle (Atari 8-Bit)
Wednesday, November 4th
DTM’s Collection (2026) #01 – VHS Collection Leftovers
Friday, November 6th
Review #1386 – Star Wars: The Arcade Game (Atari 8-Bit)
Sunday, November 8th
Sunday Gimmick Table #69 – GoCo Handheld Game Bag #3
Tuesday, November 10th
Review #1387 – Bit Blaster XL (PC)
Wednesday, November 11th
DTM’s Collection (2026) #02 – Nintendo DS Collection
Thursday, November 12th
DTM Rambles #36 – ????
Friday, November 13th
Review #1388 – Super Bit Blaster XL (PC)
Saturday, November 14th
Revenge Of ClassicVania I – Part II: Bloody Tea
Sunday, November 15th
Sunday Gimmick Table #70 – GoCo Handheld Game Bag #4 (for reals)
Tuesday, November 17th
Review #1389 – ???
Wednesday, November 18th
DTM’s Collection (2026) #03 – Nintendo 3DS Collection
Friday, November 20th
Review #1390 – ???
Sunday, November 22nd
Sunday Gimmick Table #71 – Game & Watch: The Legend Of Zelda (35th Anniversary)
Tuesday, November 24th
Review #1391 – Mole Mania (Game Boy)
Wednesday, November 25th
DTM’s Collection (2026) #04 – Game Gear Collection
Thursday, November 26th
DTM Rambles #39 – ???
Friday, November 27th
Review #1392 – IntelliVania (Intellivision)
Sunday, November 29th
Sunday Gimmick Table #72 – Atari Flashback + Intellivision NES Cartridge From AliExpress
Monday, November 30th
DTM Rambles #40 – THAT Video
PPV MUSINGS
This month concludes the Bound For Glory series, with this year’s edition rounding out the bunch. (We’re skipping 2024 because that one was done last year and not much else I could add a year later beyond mild retrospection that is covered in 2025’s musings.) As far as what next month will entail… not much other than a couple odds and ends, but that’s about it, really.
OTHER NOTES
There’s only a couple other points of note before I call this a wrap.
First off, the lack of follow-up Power Rangers: Green issue reviews is due to the fact that this is actually a five-issue limited series, and so the idea is now wait until all five issues are out before I do a review of the entire run. I’m still reading the other stuff too, but nothing that warrants further reviews of those runs. Speaking of which, I have watched the White Dragon movie (JDF’s last film) and have begun working on a review that will be up this coming Thursday. Those with open minds and not willing to hide behind a man’s death to protect this film from honest criticism are welcome to give it a read when it goes up.
The other piece of business worth noting – and something of a background detail – is that this blog is about a hundred posts away from hitting seven thousand published posts. Granted, the actual number is far more than that if you want to include scheduled posts, drafts, and posts pending review (a.k.a. in reserve for key restoration projects), but I typically don’t. Naturally, I’m aiming to close that gap before the year’s up and so expect a slight uptick in material in the next couple months. Whether it’d be upcoming videos, restoration of vintage material, or the like.
That’s pretty much the update. Later.
