Monday, July 6, 2015

Weekly Shenanigans

Monday
5 AM* - Mark Reads Cold Fire - Chapter 11
1 PM - Mark Watches Supernatural - 10x17 Inside Man

Tuesday
5 AM - Mark Reads 
Witches Abroad - Part 1
1 PM - Mark Watches Star Trek: TNG - 3x01 Evolution

Wednesday
5 AM - Mark Reads Cold Fire - Chapter 12
1 PM - Mark Watches Supernatural - 10x18 Book of the Damned

Thursday
5 AM - Mark Reads 
Witches Abroad - Part 2
1 PM - Mark Watches Star Trek: TNG - 3x02 The Ensigns of Command

Friday
5 AM - Mark Reads Cold Fire - Chapter 13
1 PM - Mark Watches Supernatural - 10x19 The Werther Project

As always, please remember that all video exchanges are to be done in the Black Market, which you'll find linked in the sidebar.

Additionally, there is a new Black Market post, and the sidebar link has been updated accordingly.

* All times listed are in the US Pacific timezone.

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26 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Alerting/Waiting/Flailing Post for Mark Watches Videos (for July 13 - 17 episodes)



This is where Mark lets us know when the new videos are up (they're usually uploaded all at once). Please do not try to buy a new episode until he posts here (or on Twitter) to say there's something new ready to download.

Link exchanges and donations take place on the Black Market post. Below are links to the store page for each show (just click on the show title), plus a list of the episodes that we expect to be uploaded for the week.

SUPERNATURAL
10x20
10x21

STAR TREK: TNG
3x03
3x04
3x05

LEGEND OF KORRA
[Note: There are NO further episodes scheduled right now, so it's likely there will be no Korra videos this week. Mark has said he will try to get to them while on tour, but they are not the top priority.]
23 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Hello again! I has stuffs potentially of interest.

On my blog:
*Captain's Log Weekly Digest 27: The ongoing chronicle of my Star Trek Online character, Adm. Eilonwy Nerys Morwen. This week's adventures consist mostly of alliance-building in the Delta Quadrant. (Spoilers for STO definitely, and potentially for any and all Trek.)
*Vlog Review: Steven Universe Season 1, Episodes 45-7: The build-up to the season finale. At the request of my Patreon patrons, I recorded a live reaction to this block of episodes, and then gave my vlog after that. (SU spoilers, obvs.)
*Sailor Moon Crystal Ep 25 and MLPFIM S5E12 group liveblog chat thingy: What it says on the tin. I wasn't available for this one, so the rest of the regulars put their liveblog in the comments. I'll follow up with my own some time this week probably. (Spoilers for SMC and MLP.)
*It was like... some kinda blob! (Feat of Clay): The Near-Apocalypse of '09, my episode-by-episode analysis of the DC Animated Universe, continues with the Batman the Animated Series two-parter, Feat of Clay. (Spoilers for Batman the Animated Series.)

On my Patreon:
*$2+ Patrons got a new Near-Apocalypse entry on another BTAS episode, "Walking into a trap (The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy)." (Spoilers for BTAS and Superman the Animated Series.)
*$5+ Patrons also got a vlog, on Gravity Falls S1E3. (Gravity Falls spoilers.)
*$10+ Patrons got a new option for their menu of monthly rewards, Crisis in Videoland! The Quest for the Lost City of Tetris. A complete Big Eyes, Small Mouth one-shot campaign (approximately 4-6 hours for a single play-through), this 140+ page PDF contains everything needed to play except pencils and dice, including a guide to the relevant BESM rules, character sheets for the seven player character options (Chun-Li from Street Fighter, Link from Zelda, Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney, Red from Pokemon, Samus from Metroid, Terra from Final Fantasy VI, and Zero from Mega Man X), and encounter, location, and scenario information for the GM. Set in Videoland from the classic Captain N cartoon, the game's plot changes depending on what combination of characters the players pick. (Deliberately mixes fake and real spoilers to avoid spoiling people who aren't familiar with every series it draws from.)

Also last week I wrote a pitch for an original graphic novel and submitted it to Oni Press. I'm not sharing that publicly, though.

Currently working on: panels for Connecticon, on The Slayers, Star Trek, and the DCAU. (These are three separate panels, alas.)

Anyone else going to be at CTCon?
So I've been having kind of a bad week. This always cheers me up. It remains one of my favorite things the internet has produced.

[youtube U5X4N2exOsU&ab_channel=cookiewaits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5X4N2exOsU&ab_channel=cookiewaits youtube]
2 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Guess what game just got rescued from hiatus hell?!



Trigger Warning: The ableist word P******ath appears at the 0:07- 0:10 mark. Also the crowd gets really loud so watch out headphone users.

Spoiler Alert: Don't view the video unless you have played both Zero Escape 1 (9 Hours 9 persons 9 doors) and Zero Escape 2 (Virtue's Last Reward)
Hello, folks! I've been sick as for the last week and a half, so I've been playing a lot of Skyrim and reading.

So I put the question out to you all: what have you been reading lately?

I'm reading am independently published book that I picked up at Oz ComicCon. It's called Key by Kylie Leane, a local girl here. It's her first novel aaaaand? It shows. I really have this desire to just red pen all over the book because it desperately needs some editing or beta work or something. But still! Girl published her first novel! Respect!
42 replies · active 507 weeks ago
Spoils Reads Animorphs

Hello Spoils! This week we are reading/discussing: #51: The Absolute

Please remember to rot13 any spoilers past this book.

For anyone who wants to read along: here

If you are just joining or catching up feel free to post any thoughts on previous books.

Next week: #52: The Sacrifice
2 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Spoils (Re-)Watches The X-Files

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This week:

Monday: 4x08: 'Ghathfxn'
Wednesday: 4x09: 'Grezn'
Friday: 4x10: 'Cncre Urnegf'
10 replies · active 508 weeks ago
I found this essay about racism in Star Trek and Star Wars.
I find it intresting and the writer makes some good points.
http://stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Racism.htm...
14 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Balthier7285 gaming live on my twitch channel http://www.twitch.tv/

This week Okami Wednesday and Thursday both at 8 pm eastern

After Okami:
A one time game (one session only)
Dragon Age Orgins

Weekly Stream To do list
Dark Souls 1
Child of Light
Fallout 3

Thinking about
Beyond Good and Evil
Journey
Rayman Legends
The Mark of Kri
looking for suggestions

Not doing
ICO

Past Games with my ratings
The Last of Us (4/5)
Valkyria Chronicles (5/5)
Infamous Second Son (3.5/5)
Shadow of the Colossus (2/5)
Mirror's Edge (3/5)
16 replies · active 507 weeks ago
US CORPORATION CHALLENGES JAPANESE CORPORATION TO A MECHA DUEL



First, this video is a thing of pure freedom and beauty. Watch it.

Secondly... IS THIS REAL LIFE?

Thirdly... the Japanese corporation has... ACCEPTED. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u8mheM2Hrg
4 replies · active 508 weeks ago
5h1njuu was playing Watch Dogs and then something went wrong

I'm thinking of starting up my verb reviews/ commentaries again (for Numb3rs, Leverage, etc.), part. as I am also playing Watch Dogs right now and was contemplating doing a verb review of it as well.

That said, I was going through the game just fine (it's not perfect, and some parts were quite irksome, but I suspected as much when I started the game) and then I reached a point where the game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I'm wondering when I'll get over it enough to keep playing. Is this what it means to be triggered?

rot'd for TW (un-rot to see TW) as I don't wish to spoil:

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2 replies · active 508 weeks ago
For us Trek fans out there.. here is a first look at the in production Axanar film.
http://io9.com/first-look-at-axanar-the-star-trek...

It's not much but the article also includes a decent interview with the director who has a lot of Trek pedigree.
2 replies · active 508 weeks ago
An Unfortunate Teaser Has Arrived

That's right. The teaser for Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events show has premiered, and it is amazing. TW for bugs, including spiders, larve, and a very gross looking leech.



This really just captures the aesthetic and makes me super super excited. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
7 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Threadworlds: Bryan Konietzko's Graphic Novel Debuting 2017


http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/02/Bryan-Koniet...
2 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Coldrun Plays the Final Fantasy Series




All prior playthroughs from FFI through the present available at http://coldrungaming.blogspot.com.

Current progress: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, as well as a likely and unfortunate end to my Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta attempt.
39 replies · active 507 weeks ago
This week's funny things from tumblr



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30 replies · active 508 weeks ago
My sister just sent me a birthday present: http://ifunny.co/fun/jJ9b60I72
I just saw a headline reading, "Katy Perry has met her match, and it's Nuns." I had a weird association to rot13 laughing defeating Katy Perry... and I'm okay with that.
Does anyone here watch the new TV series "Humans"? It's a new science fiction TV series based on a Swedish series. I discovered it today and watched the first four episodes that aired. I've already fallen in love. It's about an alternative reality where synthetic robots exist and some of them are self-aware. Also Merlin.

For those who don't know what it is, here's the trailer. It has almost all the trigger warnings Dollhouse has. Especially the consent and sexual abuse ones. (It's not glorified or excused though. But still.)



Anyone watching it? I'm really curious about your thoughts. A little commentary in the answers.
16 replies · active 507 weeks ago
Fate Plays Games Unspoiled

Xenoblade Chronicles Wii Box Art.

Old posts are archived for easy access at: http://fateplaysgames.blogspot.co.uk/

Current Game: #001 Xenoblade Chronicles
8 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Music-Sharing Thread!

No particular theme. Just a song that you enjoy and want to share with others here.

(One song per person please!)
14 replies · active 508 weeks ago
So, I have kinda conflicted feelings about something. TW for discussion of Confederate and racist stuff.
26 replies · active 508 weeks ago
Music Thread: Oeuvre Assessment: Post something from one of your favorite groups and provide a few words to explain why you like them.
2 replies · active 508 weeks ago

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