Jonny Three
April 18th, 2012

Posted by Matt

Jonny’s back, and he’s got another story to tell you:

LoadingReadyRun: Jonny Three
Unskippable: Yakuza 4 – Part 2
Checkpoint: There Is No Bubble
Feed Dump: Bacon Coffin
Loading Time: Xbox Evolution

Sorry for the late update, everyone. It’s been a super busy week, and I simply haven’t had a chance to write a post up.

Not a lot to say about this video, really. It’s the third installment (of five!) from our “Jonny” series. We do hope you’ll enjoy it.

As a reminder, the LRR crew will be at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo next weekend (Apr 27th-29th). I’ll be throwing a post up here with more details when we’re a little closer to the actual event, too, so remember to check back!

Cheers!

The 720th Degree
April 9th, 2012

Posted by Paul

Just saying this now: If Microsoft uses our idea, we expect some royalties.

LoadingReadyRun: The 720th Degree
Unskippable: Yakuza 4 – Part 1
Checkpoint: EA is Just the Worst
Feed Dump: No Foot for You
Loading Time: Geeks and Six Foot Ceilings
Bonus: Mailbag!
GPLP: X-Men Destiny (PT9)

Big thanks to GameHouse for letting us shoot in their office. We needed somewhere that looked like a stylish game development studio and, being a stylish game development studio themselves, they were perfect. As for behind the scenes info, what do you think the XBox Free60 was made out of? I can tell you right now that it wasn’t Zunes. In fact, I am pretty sure that I have never actually seen a Zune in the wild in Victoria.

Something else we did this week is the bonus Mailbag! video we did answering some questions sent in by Escapist viewers. Think of it like AskLRR, but shorter and with less talk about Magic.

Have a great week, everyone!

Some Kind of Geek
April 2nd, 2012

Posted by Matt

Well, after spending much of last week down and out with one of the worst colds I’ve had in ages, I do now hereby return the LRR Blog to its regularly-scheduled weekly updates!

LoadingReadyRun: Current: Some Kind of Geek – Previous: PTA Meeting
Unskippable: Current: Knight’s Contract – Previous: Cabela’s Survival: Shadows of Katmai
Checkpoint: Current: Ubi Goes Soft – Previous: Gaming the System
Feed Dump: Current: Commentary All-Stars – Previous: Fruit Fly Rejection
Loading Time: Current: Extra Extras – Previous: Assassin in the Snow
GPLP: (PT6, PT7, PT8)

This week’s video was written by our forums’ own Andrew Metcalfe (Metcarfre), sports fan, geek, fashionable man about town, and connoisseur of fine comedy that he is. Fun fact: when this script originally arrived in our inbox, it was missing it’s entire third page due to some unfortunate confluence of technology. Graham read it and proceeded to think, “Hm. well, it’s not bad. Bit short. Ends kind of abruptly.” It wasn’t until somewhat later that he realized that the script wasn’t actually complete, and asked Andrew about the rest of it. To Andrew’s credit, the script almost worked without. To his further credit, it worked even better with.

Next weekend is PAX East so it’s time for a reminder that Graham, Kathleen, James and I will be in attendance for the entire duration of the con. We’ll have a table in band-land, and we’ll work to arrange a meetup at one point or another (though we’re not sure when or where yet), and we’ll also have panels! Here’s the details!

FRIDAY:
6:00PM – MANTICORE THEATRE – THE BLANKITY BLANK PANEL
10:30PM – WYVERN THEATRE – ESCAPIST MOVIE NIGHT

SATURDAY:
10:00PM – NAGA THEATRE – AN EVENING WITH LOADINGREADYRUN

We hope to see you there!

Assassin Creeds
March 20th, 2012

Posted by Matt

Just like the trailer for Assassin’s Creed 3, our videos for the week have been released into the wild. You can catch them below.

LoadingReadyRun: Assassin Creeds
Unskippable: Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance Part Two
Checkpoint: The Masses Are Effected
Friday Nights: Friday
Feed Dump: Carcinogen Cola
Loading Time: Taxes Are Taxing
GPLP: X-Men Destiny (PT4, PT5)

This week’s video fetures Paul and Andy as they expound on some of the decisions that must have taken place behind the scenes to make Assassin’s Creed III the game it appears to be. Supplemented by Cam’s dignified assassin-esque badassery and a great piece of costuming from Tally, I feel like this video really comes together, and hopefully you do too.

This week also saw the release of our final episode of Friday Nights (for now). Hopefully you enjoyed watching this miniseries as much as we enjoyed making it! If you’d like to see more of it made, please let the fine folks at Wizard of the Coast know. We loved working with them, and if the demand is there, we’d love to work with them again.

Have a great week, everyone!

Ways To Do Your Taxes
March 13th, 2012

Posted by Matt

There are three certainties in life: Death, taxes, and a weekly update from LRR.

LoadingReadyRun: Ways To Do Your Taxes
Unskippable: Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance Part One
Checkpoint: GDizzle
Friday Nights: In Command
Feed Dump: Nugget Handshakes
Loading Time: Magic Grand Prix Seattle
GPLP: X-Men Destiny (PT3)

Well, this week’s video was a fun one to shoot, and quick, once we got going. WE typically commence our shooting day around 11AM or so, but, for a number of reasons, getting started on this one took an inordinate amount of time. James and Paul went out prop-shopping, and I had to pick up Kathleen from the airport upon her return from GDC (around noon). When everything was said and done, we didn’t manage to get rolling until well after 2.

Amusingly, Kate had turned up for boom duties DOOM BOOTIES. But, being an X to Y, this video didn’t have audio. So, we put her to work on screen. Andy was also around, and the sharp-eyed among you may even spot him in this video. His costume is impressive to the point of being nearly-unrecognisable, but keep your eyes open and you may recognize a familiar face.

The LRR crew is going to be on vacation next weekend, so there’s not going to be another LRRcast for a couple weeks, but other updates will continue as scheduled.

Have a great week everyone!

Cheers!