Fairy Godparent
September 10th, 2012

Posted by Kathleen

This monday’s three fresh videos are:

Loading Ready Run: Fairy Godparent
Unskippable: The Witcher 2, Part 2
CheckPoint: Games for Windows, or Not 

For your additional viewing pleasure, the most recent Feed Dump and Loading Time are:

Feed Dump: The Leaning Henge of Rome
Loading Time: Put it on McDebit

I’d like to think that even if Labyrinth style Goblin King abductions were a possibility (they are not, due to budgetary reasons) Jareth would be pretty unimpressed with the main character of this video.

“Maybe just leaver her in the oubliette,” he would say.

As always, if you have questions about this week’s LRR video, leave them in the comments so I can make sure they get covered in this week’s Loading Time article!

 

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Ways to Prepare For PAX
August 27th, 2012

Posted by Kathleen

It’s Monday and we have three fresh videos for you!

LoadingReadyRun: Ways to Prepare For PAX
Unskippable: Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates
Checkpoint: On Blackest Isle

This week’s LRR video was a lot of fun to shoot. My personal title was “How to Ready Your Body for PAX”, but I think pretty much everyone agrees that is a bad title.

Anyhow… This week’s video also features a ridiculous parody scene. I won’t reveal what it is, but suffice to say that if you get it, you’ll be howling with laughter, but you probably had to be sentient in the early 90s to understand why it is funny.

Remember, if you have any questions about this week’s LRR video, leave them in the comments so I can address them when I write the weekly Loading Time column.

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Midweek Madness – Bald Dump and an Oily Loading Time
August 23rd, 2012

Posted by Kathleen

Midweek update madness!

Feed Dump: Bald Men Hotspots
Loading Time: Vintage Housing

And for even more excitement, two recent Vidcasts you might have missed!

Live Vidcast from August 4 and the LRRcast for Occupied

Check out the Loading Time article on The Escapist for more information on how we rented the costumes and found the perfect location for Snake Oil.

And since I have your attention, did you know most of the LRR crew are on Twitter? You can follow Graham, James, Matt, Jer and myself if that’s the kind of thing you like. There’s also an official LRR Twitter account and one just for our Magic: The Gathering habit.

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Snake Oil
August 20th, 2012

Posted by Kathleen

May I interest you in some bona-fide sketch comedy? It’s guaranteed to put a spring in your jimmies and get your veins and arteries free of hex weevils, the leading cause of Wilson’s Croop.*

Here are Monday’s videos!

LoadingReadyRun: Snake Oil
Unskippable: Trapt
Checkpoint: Almost No Odd Job

Unlike last week, where the video was filmed only at great expense to our blood, this week’s video was a much higher production job with budgeting for real props and costumes. How fancy and unlike us! We’ll cover the production and filming process for Snake Oil in this week’s upcoming Loading Time, but if you have any questions about the video, be sure to leave them in the comments so I can make sure they get addressed in the Escapist news post that will accompany the video.

Also new this week is… me! Today marks the beginning of my stint at the helm of the U.S.S LRRBlog, displacing Matt and finally ending his reign of Pony-based terror. Just kidding — as many of you know he’s off to do his Masters degree in Vancouver. In his absence I’m stepping up to the plate, but Matt, we are all going to miss you for these 16 months.

But what does this change mean for you, gentle reader? Well… not much, but here are four things you may want to look out for!

1. All My Little Pony memes to be replaced with Jerk City** comics.

2. A more flamboyant writing style heavily influenced by a lifetime of wanting to be Douglas Adams.

3. 28 percent more references to cats.

4. ***

*Results not even a little guaranteed. 

**Really NSFW, ridiculous, offensive, sometimes transcendently funny. 

***Lots more footnotes.

 

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Scout’s Dishonor
August 15th, 2012

Posted by Matt

Have you done your good turn for the day? If not, click the link for this week’s video, below.

LoadingReadyRun: Scout’s Dishonor
Unskippable: Death by Degrees
Checkpoint: Final Fanstasy Apology
Feed Dump: Libyan Cinnabon
Loading Time: Editing

Our video this week was filmed at great personal expense. I don’t mean financial expense – mono, the site covered the cost of props and costumes. I mean bodily expense. We filmed this episode in UVic’s ‘Mystic Vale’ – that’s a parcel of forest land owned by the school, and holy hell was it ever overrun with mosquitos. WIthin minutes of arriving we realized that we were going to need insect spray, (which of course we didn’t bring) so we sent James to go get some. In the intervening time between our arrival, and James’ return with some Deep Woods Off, we got EATEN ALIVE. I know Graham’s bite count was in the teens, mine was well over 22. I don’t know about the others, but the liklelihood that one of us contracted malaria is very high. (Or it would be if malarial mosquitos were a concern here in Canada).

This is probably going to be one of my last blog post for LoadingReadyRun – at least for the next year – as I’m headed back to school at the end of the month, and I’m not going to be in Victoria much for the weeks until then. Fear not though, as I understand that Kathleen will be taking over my blogging and site updating duties, and she’s actually a witty and capable writer (unlike the hack that’s been doing this until now). I’ll probably do an official final post before I hand over the torch permanently, but in case I don’t have a chance, it’s been a thrill writing these for you, and I hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much as I’ve enjoyed having them read!

Cheers!

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