A sexy recap of all the things you people do
[Every month, we on the Dtoid Community Team throw together a round-up of everything happening in and around the community! We’ll scour thecblogsandforumsfor awesome posts, recap our latestcommunity playdates, highlightcommunity podcasts, and give you the low-down on any NARPs you may have missed.]
Podcasts andwerewolvesand NARPs, oh my!
October saw Dtoidrelaunchwith a ton offun new features, we brought you some greatcontests, you played a bunch of awesome gamestogether, and more! All in all, you were quite the busy little community this month!
COMMUNITY BLOGSbyMr Andy Dixon
It was another wonderful month in the DtoidCblogs!
You managed to pump out eightPromoted Blogsthis month, which is absolutely amazing.vApathyv’s blog about alcohol abusewas even shared by the people atRockstar, andRevuhlooshun’s open letter to Capcomwas one of our most widely-read stories of the month, cblog or otherwise. Keep up the great work, people!
When you weren’t writing brilliant editorials, you stayed just as busy by recording the1618Community Podcastsyou bestowed upon us this month. There were three fromSecret Moon Base, one fromTheFilterPodcast, one fromQ and A Gaming, three fromTaco Tuesdays, two fromWords of Crom, one fromPocketoid, one fromScary Granules, one from theLower Tier Podcast, one from some dude namedJonathan Holmes, two from the folks on theCblog Fapcastteam, and two from your friends over atCommunitoid. HOLY SHIT that’s a lot to listen to!
Equally impressive was the amount of work that went into yourArtists Wantedsubmissions this month.Panzadolphin56,OLYJNS,noobspoon,Roberto Plankton,Anaugi, andIacopo Donatiall created fantastic pieces of art for the “Crossover” topic; I can’t wait to see what you all come up with for this month’s assignment, “Self Portrait”!
I’ve been a bit lax lately on keeping up with the weeklyCommunity Blog Roundup, and for that I apologize. I promise it’ll be back soon! Thankfully, the sexy Dtoiders on theCblogRecapsteam don’t know the meaning of the word “lazy”, and they’re still hard at work every day of the week archiving every little thing you people write. Let’s give them all a hand! claps
Despite how awesome everything above was, my favorite trend this month had to be all the Halloween-themed goodness you people came up with. Betweenthisspookythreesomeof blogs by nekobun, the Halloween specials recorded bySecret Moon BaseandTaco Tuesdays, Wrenchfarm’stribute to masks, Steven Hansen’stips for surviving the spookiest night of the year, and Swishiee’sspecial edition of Team Fortress 2sdays, Michael Myers’ birthday was truly a treat this year. Thanks for keeping us entertained!
FORUMS, WE HAVE THEMbyAaron “Mxy” YostandJoanna “Zodiac Eclipse” Mueller
Mxy says:
Hope everyone had ahappy Halloween! Show off pics of your awesome costume with the rest of the community in theCOSTUMETOID thread!
This month we had some big releases such as steampunk stealth murder gameDishonoredand Revolutionary War stealth murder gameAssassin’s Creed III. If you’d rather shoot bad guys in the face rather than sneak up and slit their throats,Halo 4just released andCall of Duty: Black Ops IIwill be coming out soon! Kickstarter-funded space simFTLalso came out a while back, and apparently nobody actually wants to talk about the game on the Forums.
For those who want to take a trip down memory lane, VG_Addictwants to know about your favoriteObscure PS1 GemsandObscure Genesis Gems.
November is National Novel Writing Month according to whoever decides these things, and Mecegirl has started theNanowrimo 2012 threadfor any aspiring writers who are up to the challenge!
Zodiac says:
Mxy already picked all the good threads. Guess I’ll just go listen to some sweet newCommunitoidand play videogames.
NARPSbyConor Elsea
It’s sometime between 4 and 7 am and I’m sitting in a hotel because our real estate agent screwed up and we can’t move into our house yet. I don’t even think anyone else on the community team remembered to do this, but I’m a bit drunk and can’t sleep, so here’s what’s happening!
Have you been toMAGFest? If not, you’re fucking up your life. Fix that this year! Go to theplanning threadand get the ball rolling! MAGFest is one hell of a time, and with themusical guests having just been announced, now is the time to get on it.
If you’d rather wait a couple months to get your Dtoid partying on,PAX Eastis your next bet. The Forums have aplanning threadfor that amasexing weekend already running, so go check it out!
Looking for something sooner? Check out Dtoid Baltimore/DC’s BaltiNARP! There’s history there people. I’ve partied with a lot of the people that will be in attendance, and I can tell you that you will not be let down. That’s coming up this weekend, November 9th, 10th, and 11th, so make plans with due haste.Check it out here!
Or, if you’re stuck out on the west coast and can make it to the San Francisco area on November 10th, you may see one of our alumni, R3Y GUTI3RR3Z DJing at aDestructoid dance party! If I wasn’t in the middle of this stupid-ass move, I would already have my flight booked and spot reserved. If you go, party hard for me, kiddies.
If it’s the holidays you’re thinking of, Mr. Gobbldigook is still hard at work planning aDtoid Thanksgiving! It’s (tentatively) scheduled for the Saturday after Thanksgiving in Seattle, but stay tuned to that forum thread, because it could change. It’ll be at Panamusica’s house, who is the raddest of dudes. I’m nothing less than positive it’ll be a night to remember. And I know a thing or two about nights to remember. I’ve forgotten almost all of them.
May his Noodliness forgive me if I’ve forgotten anything. Hit me up if you’re planning anything in the future, want advice or help on throwing your own NARP, or just want to tell me how sexy I am. Until next time, be good people.
COMMUNITY PLAYDATESbySpencer Hayes
So, October happened. You know what else happened?Playdates. That’s right, myself and the rest of the community’s parents drug people around and watched them awkwardly fall around in the playpen with the other kids. Wait, it’s not that kind of playdate? Damn… I guess we did have other ones of the morevirtualvariety.
Every week we have two scheduled playdates:Team Fortress 2sdayon Tuesdays andFriday Night Fightson Fridays. I know the naming scheme is complicated but try to keep up. This month we had each of theseliterally every week. If that’s not consistency, I don’t know what is.
Sadly, that’s all the Playdates news I have for this month. If you’re interested in jumping into the upcoming events we have a brutalHalo-themedmurder-festcoming up on the 9th. You know, if you like games with murder and whatnot.
DTOID EUROPEbyBeccy Caine
October was another busy month for the Brits, with yet another two gaming events to keep us occupied. First up was theGameCity 7 festivalin Nottingham, a nine-day celebration of grassroots gaming and indie culture. Brandon Boyer’sVenus Patrol Training Facilitysaw people of all ages and backgrounds trying out gaming gems such asMega GIRP,Johann Sebastian JoustandPoleRiders. We discovered quite quickly that there’s something rather disconcerting about children playing sumo wrestling Move gameGet on Topas they cheer without fail at every sickening crunch signaling that the loser has broken their neck. I may also have video footage of community member iceblight playingProteusin frog boss mode i.e. on a trampoline. (Will sell to the highest bidder.)
GameCity also treated us to a whole host of speakers, ranging from Leigh Alexander to Kieron Gillen, covering topics such as video game preservation and experimental design culture. My personal highlight would have to be the etherealProteusdemo given by creators Ed Key and David Kanaga, leaving fellow developer and attendee Rami Ismail and I speechless. If you know either of us, you will understand that this is no mean feat.
I’ve attended GameCity for several years, but it never felt like anything to write home about until now. It’s gained a real sense of legitimacy in recent years and has come to encapsulate everything I love about indie culture and video games as a whole. Consider this a hearty recommendation to drop by next year if you’re in the area.
TheLondon Comic Con MCM Expocouldn’t be a more different event, but if comics, cosplay, gaming, “celebrities” and all things Asia are your thing, this is the event for you. The gaming presence at the expo was relatively light in comparison to, say, the cosplay, but developers such as Square Enix, Ubisoft and Namco Bandai were in attendance, with Dtoid alumnus Hollie Bennett walking us thoughNi no Kuni. The ever-talented AceFlibble, my stalwart photography companion for the weekend, has uploadedhis photosfrom the event, while you may expect to see a gallery from me soon. (Spoiler: There’s a Wolverine holding a pug in a dress.)
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And that’s it for October! Got any ideas for making this feature better? Please sound off in the comments!
Until next month <3
