State Of The Blog – January 2022

Hey, y’all. I thought I take time out of my day to put together a little extensive state of the blog that will feature some immediate and long-term plans for the future of this webzone. There’s quite a bit to digest, so I hope you can indulge me by taking time out of your day to read this little post.

I think it’s safe to say that the past couple years have not been too active on the blog. A lot of this has to do with some personal life changes that have been brought about due to external sources. I’m not just talking about the prevailing circumstances we’re living in – though I will not lie and say that that didn’t factor into it – but I’ve been also dealing with some other things that I would rather not disclose online. As a result, things have not gone according to plan and I feel immensely let down. I could imagine the few who follow this space and actually look forward to stuff that doesn’t quite materialize as intended.

I’ve mentioned this in the past, but I should probably re-iterate here for clarity; everything I do here is done primarily as a hobby. There’s no ad revenue, no Patreon, no sponsorships, or anytthing of the sort that drives any sort of income. I do this of my own free will, time, and without getting a cent from it. It has become something that has allowed me to express my thoughts in a way that doesn’t feel restricted. There are times when this hobby starts to feel like a job and when it gets to that point, that’s when I have to take a step back and slow down.

This has resulted in unannounced periods of inactivity among the various outlets that I maintain, where there would be weeks without content. Hell, there’d be weeks where I wouldn’t even touch the blog or various tools. I want to try and rectify that for 2022; not only for the sake of content, but also for my own personal sanity, as it were.

So here’s the plan… as it were:

– First off, the first three weeks of January will be largely inactive. During this time, the only thing that will likely see regular updates are the Wednesday PPV Musings and with the exception of the WWE Day 1 musings coming up this Wednesday, a lot of these are already in the can and will publish automatically when the time comes. I do still plan on having the first episode of the DTM-Cast in 2022 on January 16th in a couple weeks, but that’s probably the only thing I could think of that will be planned ahead of time.

– With that in mind, the first review of 2022 will be posted on January 21st and will be a review of Dragon Warrior II for NES. This will kick off a couple weeks worth of big reviews, which will include the remaining Mega Man X games that were supposed to close out the year as well as the Metroid games that have been teased. The plan for the short term is to do three reviews a week for a couple months until we hit April 8th, which is Review A Great Game Day. We’ll see how the scheduling will go afterwards.

– I am planning on bringing back a couple features that have fallen off the wayside in the past year. Things like Slideshow Movie Reviews, Mega Man Maker Wily Challenge videos, and others are a couple examples, but there’s also a need to revive written features such as Power Rangers Reflections. I have some of this stuff nearing completion and hopefully in the following three weeks, I’ll be able to focus on getting that material ready to go by February at the latest.

– One final note: regarding the re-up of video commentaries and old reviews to the blog… these have taken a backseat for now, primarily due to technical issues regarding the rendering of these videos which have considerably slowed things down in this regard. This affects the commentaries moreso than the videos and I’m trying to get that sorted out whenever I can. None of this has to do with Content ID issues – although said Content ID had prevented the lost Spider-Man commentary from seeing the light of day on Youtube, which meant being hosted on Dailymotion, instead. As soon as there is an update regarding this, I’ll let you know.

And that’s about all that comes to mind at the moment. I want to make a point to turn these State Of The Blog posts into a monthly feature, so that we can keep track of stuff that goes on and such. And this would invariably include the repost of vintage content – whether it’d be old videos or even old written material from the old Webstation days.

Baby steps, however. Baby steps. Let’s get through this month before we go any further down the road.

Thanks for reading,

Later.

 

 

The Winners And Losers Of 2021

Happy New Year, everyone.

Hey, what do you know? It’s the end of another largely miserable year… but if there is one bright spot, it’s that this year is not as bad as last year and for whatever it’s worth, 2022 looks to kick off in greater spirits. That probably means nothing considering that 2021 also started off hopeful and things fell off the rails, but much like WWE’s booking of Roman Reigns, THIS TIME FOR SURE…

So here’s the deal, everybody. It’s been no secret that posts on this blog has been slagging this past year. Most of it is video reviews and the occasional Dynamite musings. So in reviewing what’s been posted and referencing old material, it was difficult to gauge what stood out this year… but we do have a list so I managed it somehow.

Let’s get to it.

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AEW Dynamite (December 22nd, 2021): Holiday Bash At Greensboro

You know… sooner or later, I’m going to have to get a new banner for these Dynamite musings. After all, next week is the final show on TNT before the move to TBS. Maybe come up with something a little more generic, but in any event, we’ve got the Holiday Bash and there’s quite a bit of stuff to touch on here, so let’s not dawdle.

Kyle O’Reilly made his AEW debut, running in during a match between Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy that saw him kick the latter down while the ref was distracted by Bobby Fish, culminating in a win for Cole after a pretty good match. Orange’s buddies try to run in for the save, but get killed by the formerly known as the Undisputed Era, which prompts the Young Bucks to come out and be confused by Cole bringing in all his old NXT buddies… well, maybe not Roderick Strong; he might be resigning with WWE if rumors are to be believed.

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AEW Dynamite (December 15th, 2021): Proof That Hangman And Danielson Can Draw

Yeah, so Winter came… and it sucks. All this snow, all this ice, all this cold… kill this shit and let’s get to spring as soon as possible.

In the meantime, we had Dynamite open with AEW World Champion Hangman Adam Page defending the title against Bryan Danielson in a match that saw both guys work their asses off for sixty minutes before

Some would argue that having a time limit draw for a first title defense makes the champion look weak and ineffective. I suppose it depends on the situation, but the match ended with Hangman hitting the Buckshot and had he a couple seconds more, he would’ve pinned the guy. To me, that told me that Hangman could hang – no pun intended – with Danielson and a rematch where there MUST be a winner is the only way to sort this out. A time limit draw in this case doesn’t make the champion look weak; it makes the challenger lucky he gets to have another shot down the road. You know what would’ve made the champion look weak? Having him lose the title in his first defense and that didn’t happen.

After that match, the rest of the show was an afterthought. There was a Wardlow squash, followed by a pretty good Shida/Deeb match that fell under the radar and didn’t quite catch on. Not because it was a bad match; on the contrary, it was a perfectly fine wrestling match and on any other night, it would’ve been a highlight. But this is a fine wrestling match following Hangman vs. Danielson; there was no way they were going to be able to follow that up. Finally, MJF beat Dante Martin to retain his Diamond Ring gimmick, which shouldn’t have been a surprise since… what the fuck is Dante going to do with that ring?

Stick around for Hangman/Danielson, take or leave the rest of the show. It’s up to you.

BREAKING NEWS: Kevin Owens Re-Signs With WWE

Source: https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/kevin-owens-re-signs-multi-year-deal-wwe-362781

My guess is Kevin Owens saw HOOK’s debut on Rampage, decided he wanted no part of that, and took a new multi-year deal with WWE… okay, maybe not. But it makes for a better story.
Good for him, though. The guy’s talented, fun to watch, and if they offered him a shitload of money to stick around, then he deserves every nickel he gets.