Category: General Blog Updates

So I’m putting together tomorrow’s DTM-Cast audio and prepping for the eventual upload. The two major topics being put together are the WWE week and the upcoming PS Classic. But as I’m putting together the audio and gathering the notes, a thought occured to me that this is just too wonderful to restrict to audio. I could do a little slideshow on this stuff and turn them into Ramble videos. Honestly, I need material to revive the DTM Ramble series and this could be a nice start.

So while the DTM-Cast is being pushed back a week, you will be getting TWO wonderful DTM Rambles during the week. Not including this weekend’s ATGames-related piece. The Nintendo-related reviews that were intended for last week should also be ready to go this coming week.

It’ll be fun, no doubt.

So I guess the first thing that comes to mind is… “You had a DTM Archive page?”

Yeah, it was the WordPress site that I had signed onto years ago and got a domain for… Unfortunately, said site didn’t see much use despite plans to try and bring more importance to the site. So I’ve opted to cancel the subscription, which should last until next June. After which point, I will shut the site down.

At the moment, there’s very few bits and bobs to move out; mostly the old PPV predictions that I’ve cleared away from THIS space. Those will probably find a new home elsewhere if there’s a vested interest in that sort of thing, but it’ll be done in some repackaged format.

Will there be something else in its place? I don’t know… maybe. We’ll have to wait and see.

(2024 Update: The answer is yes. You’re looking at it.)

Someone over at the House Show stream inquired about that Castlevania HardType ROM hack that I was working on, which is a surprise to learn that somebody remembers that thing. Well, I’d share some news here, but the truth is that I haven’t really touched it all that much; what with the leg and the other stuff. But I’m hoping to change that soon.

I did get around to giving another quick playthrough and perhaps the time away benefitted in making a couple “key” changes to the enemy placement. Sometimes, overloading a stage with enemies isn’t such a smart idea and makes the game more frustrating than fun. So I ended up toning it down a bit for a couple segments. Make no mistake; this is going to be a challenging romp one way or another, but it won’t be balls to the wall, jump off a pier difficult.

In any event, I’d imagine a couple more spits and polishes before I deem it ready for some semblance of distribution. I’d imagine it goes up in October and I end up posting on Zophar, though I wouldn’t mind making an attempt to submit this to that other Romhacking site.

We’ll see on that camp.

Something interesting on the local front. An old childhood chum of mine frequents the local library and noticed that when he tried to access this here blog, he found that it was being blocked due to being part of a category that was blocked. I found it rather curious so during a quick stop at the library on the way to work, I decided to give it a shot myself and, lo and behold, it is indeed blocked.

Well, almost… turns out if I added the https:// bit to the website address, the page loads up normally without a hitch. Still, this is curious, as I was told the site was easily accessible just days earlier. I’ve even done some work on the site. Oh well… we’ll see if this develops into something deeper, but I’d imagine because of the rather sizable number of wrestling related posts, it was put under the wrestling category, which has been banned by the library for some reason.

Funny how a fake sport is a banned category and yet a bloody real sport like MMA is a-okay. Also, Wrestlecrap seems to work here for some reason, so that’s rather odd.

So next Monday will see a new doggy video that will have a slight announcement regarding the next couple months of video material. Then on Tuesday, there will be a pick-ups video. Wednesday and Thursday will see video reviews and finally on Friday, a DTM Rambles video on Ataribox… because that seems a bit more relevant than the Sega/ATGames partnership (and there’s actual new details that I’ve been waiting on.)

Is there anything being planned for May 4th? Nope. However, I may be going to see that new Avengers flick. Finally got around to watch that Thor movie and I thought it was quite a bit of fun. A drastically different tone from the two earlier films, but still a good time to be had with a couple funny moments and some top notch super heroics. There’s still that Black Panther movie, but I’ll wait for the DVD on that one.

The 100-Post Challenge II is taking place in July. A good chunk of the text based material is either being worked done or ready to go. The details are still being worked on, but there’s going to be some old features making a comeback, some new features getting a test run, and more of the usual stuff.

This, along with the possible mass load, will be the make-up for the lack of material as of late and while I run the risk of pushing quantity over quality, I think I’ve done enough checking over and over to the point where I think there’s a nice balance. In any event, 2018 is going to be a busy year… I hope.

Anyway, that’s it for now.

Later.

So after two weeks of being bedridden and stuff, my leg is feeling a hell of a lot better and I’ve been moving around a lot more easily. Still got a week to go before I’m back to work and I’ve still got some moving around to do before I can safely say that I’m well enough to do some heavy stuff, but at the very least, I can keep a laptop on my lap for an hour or so while on the recliner, so that means I’m getting some of the written stuff out of the way.

To re-iterate what’s been said in a previous post, I plan on resuming video uploads next Monday. The first new video up will be a DTM Rambles video and will probably touch on the whole Sega/ATGames partnership that seems almost detrimental. I would’ve liked to have touched on the whole Ataribox/VCS thing if more details on the project were forthcoming, but other than vague mentions that has been copied and pasted on various news sites, there hasn’t been anything truly substantial in that regard. As such, I’ve opted to hold off on that topic for a much later episode.

Reviews are also progressing rather smoothly. I’m hoping to start building on that backlog and have enough to hold over for the next four or five months, even with a couple of those months being really heavy loads… but I’ll get to that stuff later down the road.

Anyway, that’s it for now. I’m off to bed. Later.

I’m going to hold off posting my thoughts on last night’s marathon until Thursday because the truth of the matter is that the show was mostly background noise while I was busy doing other stuff. And when the biggest show of the year is treated as background noise save for a couple key matches, that’s usually not a good sign.