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Editorial: July 2019

Welcome to July’s editorial post, a monthly progress report which rounds-up all the happenings here at Later Levels along with the games we’ve been playing. With our plans for GameBlast20 along with a trip to the London Gaming Market, let’s look at recent events.

Statistics:

Followers:

  • WordPress: 1,074
  • Twitter: 506
  • Facebook: 60
  • Instagram: 169
  • Twitch: 71
    		•  Posts:

  • Published: 14 posts
  • Most viewed: Essex: birth place of the MMORPG
  • Most liked: Blogging negativity: is my anger holding me back?
  • Most commented on: Casual, hardcore and everything in between
  • My favourite: Game passes: unexpected item in the bagging area
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    Games played:

  • A Plague Tale: Innocence (videos)
  • Alt-Frequencies (review / video)
  • The Darkside Detective (videos)
  • The Elder Scrolls Online
  • Theropods demo (video)
  • Your Future Self (videos)
    		•  Blogger highlights:

  • On Single Player Games by Shane from For The Sake Of Gaming
  • Underrated Ladies! by LightningEllen from Livid Lightning
  • Games of My Life: The Lawnmower Man from Mid-Life Geek Gamer
  • The Ultimate Game: dev team by Musings of a nitpicking girl
  • Music to carry the grind by Dale from UnCapt
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    Blog life:

    It’s that time of year again: prepare yourself for Blogger Blitz! A group of awesome creators and their favourite video game characters are battling it out in a series of wacky challenges set by Ian from Adventure Rules, and a team of just-as-awesome judges will be crowning a worthy winner. Chris from OverThinker Y and I have taken part in the past two events but this year we’re combing our powers to bring you something different. Check out our first competition commentary posts to catch up on what you’ve missed.

    Continuing the collaboration theme, a few other projects kicked off in July. I’m working on something special with Luke from Hundstrasse which will involve us being ‘away from keyboard’ (a small clue there). For GameBlast20, my other-half and I will be challenging ourselves to stream video games for at least an hour for 50-days straight from 05 January 2020. And starting from 01 August 2019, Phil and I will be taking part in this year’s Blaugust blogging festival and trying to publish a post every single day for a month.

    Real life:

    After having to work a long notice period, I finally moved into my new role at the beginning of July. I’m enjoying it as it’s more technical than my previous IT career although I’m at ‘the bottom of the mountain’s and there’s so much I need to learn. Every evening I’m arriving home exhausted after trying to cram as much knowledge into my head as possible, and sadly that’s leaving little time for video games and blogging right now so I haven’t been on the scene much recently.

    I don’t regret it for a second though and changing career was the thing to do. The lack of spare time has just made me realise I need to focus on the positives around me and do the things I enjoy when I do have a free hour. Fortunately our garden renovations are nearing completion so we’ll get to enjoy a few barbecues and being outside for at least part of this summer, and next month there’s a trip to Bristol lined up so we can visit Tim and Jake from GeekOut UK to play games over a beer or two.

    Gaming life:

    After buying a PlayStation 2 in the London Gaming Market in March, we went back to the July event to pick up some more games for the console. My favourite purchase of the day was Herdy Gerdy – I think I’m one of the only people who actually enjoyed this 2002 release and I’ll be doing a stream of it soon to relive the nostalgia! I also managed to find copies of Syberia and Syberia II to sate my point-and-click obsession, and Tetris Worlds could be a good one for GameBlast20 thanks to its split-screen functionality.

    As for digital releases, I also purchased a few new games during the Steam summer sale – although I’ve managed to complete most of them already and am once again searching for new titles to play. The highlight was A Plague Tale: Innocence and despite not being overly keen on the ending, I’d love to see a sequel one day. If you’re looking for something shorter and have 90 minutes to spare, I’d recommend checking out Alt-Frequencies. The storyline feels a little rushed but the concept is definitely an interesting one.

    Coming up:

    Events:

  • 01-31 August: Blaugust 2019
  • 10 August: Beyond Good & Evil stream
  • 14 August: The Game Room World Tour
  • 19 August: Detroit: Become Human stream
  • 20-24 August: gamescom
  • 23-26 August: Insomnia65
  • Take a look at the Side-quests page page for more
    		•  New posts:

  • What do you do when you get gamers’ block?
  • Child’s play: gaming with your kids
  • The depiction of trust in the Team Ico games
  • Do you replay titles immediately after completion?
  • When moves are misused in RPGs
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    And now over to you guys: what have you been up to lately, and what have you got planned for the coming month? Is there anything the community can help with or get involved in? Let everybody know in the comments below so we can show our support. Thanks for reading!

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    Kim View All

    Video game lover, Later Levels blogger and SpecialEffect volunteer. Big fan of wannabe pirates and fine leather jackets.

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      • The gameplay is good and the music is spot on. The ending fell a little flat in my opinion, but I wouldn’t let that stop you from playing it. 🙂

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    6. Hey just wanted to stop by and say thank you for the link. I was extremely slow this summer on content creation with having two full-time jobs, but I am glad you liked the brief post I made. I means a lot and if there is anyway I can help back feel free to give me a shout.

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      • No problem, it’s my pleasure! Blogging tends to slow down over the summer due to holidays (props to you for holding down two jobs) but it’ll pick up again next month. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next – I noticed you had some new posts that I need to check out. 😀

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        • Yea I am going to be back to writing once a day. Had a trend years ago in college doing it, but this is a big push this time. Going to enjoying seeing them all pick up and also to what you put out.

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