How about a Spoooooky Update?

As I sit here full of candy, possibly dying what may be the most painful of deaths, I realized it has nearly been a month since I’ve posted on the old, forgotten blog. This place still gets views, though (No, I’m not lying. Shut up.), so I think a sort of recap of what I’ve been up is in order.

First of all, of course, things have been quite busy at nJoystic’s terrible, dank dungeons that dwell far below the Earth’s crust.

-The nJoystic Podcast has kept coming every Friday. Since the first episode we added new music, and I think we improve a little bit more every week. If you haven’t heard the 10/14 episode, it probably has my favorite ending so far. If you haven’t let us into your ear canals, here’s a handy page on the site where you can find every episode.

-We’ve reviewed things this month!

1. Rage: Overall, I liked Rage but, even by shooter standards, it was a very shallow experience.

2. Batman: Arkham City: I won’t even try to build suspense. I was extremely impressed with this game, but there’s definitely a lot to talk about with it.

Steve also reviewed Warhammer 40K: Space Marine (because honestly, I never would), and Tropico 4.

-As for some opinionated columns, we’ve certainly made our quota.

I wrote a little piece about my time with The ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection, basically describing my experience with ICO, how it compares to Shadow of the Colossus, and my thoughts on Team ICO as a developer.

Steve played Dark Souls. Steve also died a lot, but he seemed to enjoy it quite a bit.

He also had a class war of a different sort going on in his head, as Skyrim approaches. This probably sparked more discussion than anything since I joined the site.

-And of course, lots and lots of news.

So that’s what you may have missed on the site.

So what’s next on the agenda? Well, not much for the next two weeks, unfortunately. I wasn’t as big on Uncharted 2 as some were, so Uncharted 3 isn’t exactly a must-buy for me. The new Sonic Generations demo wasn’t bad, but it left me neutral on the game, like I’ve been pretty much all year (We talk about the demo some on the latest episode of the podcast). I’m not saying I won’t be getting either of these titles, but it will probably be around the holidays.

That leaves me almost entirely on news-duty until the 11th, at the earliest. I don’t know who will be reviewing Skyrim, but I know I’ll be playing it.

I know I’ll be playing it.

I’m planning on getting reacquainted with Oblivion until then. On the 15th, I’ll hopefully have Rayman Origins (that game looks amazing) and on the 20th there’s Zelda: Skyward Sword. November is turning out to be much more absurd than October in ways I could never imagine.

Especially considering I’m trying to restart a DnD game. How the fuck will that even be possible?

And with that, you’re updated! There’s nothing particularly Halloween-themed about this update unless you consider the fact I died from all the chocolate 10 minutes into writing it.

Yeah … Happy Halloween from the eternal void.

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