Looking forward to tomorrow’s video? well, here’s a sneak peak:
What could it mean? Only time will tell.
-mw
Preview Pic! January 17th, 2010
New Videos and New Shirts January 12th, 2010
As Matt said below, one of the things we’ll be doing more of now is actually using this blog. Since it’s on the main page now, we’ve got less of an excuse not to.
We’ve just had a Monday, which—you’ll notice—is a big video publishing day for us with both LRR and Unskippable updating within a few hours of one another.
This week’s LRR video “The Job” is an episode we put together to introduce the rest of the Crew to our new, wider audience. The Escapist knows Paul and I pretty well, and are getting to know Jer and Kathleen from ENN, but Matt, James and Tim are largely unknown to them.
Additionally, this week’s Unskippable is Part 2 of our Last Remnant skewering. While we were writing the first episode, we realized there was just too much good content to cut and we’d have to make two episodes out of it. Don’t worry, we’re stopping at two—it’s no Metal Gear August. It should be mentioned that there are, indeed, more scenes between the end of Part 2 and actual gameplay, but you’ll have to get the game if you want to see them. I’d recommend against it.
Click here to watch “Last Remnant: Part 2”
Big news for fans of LRR shirts! Our new store is online and with it comes a new way to buy our shirts!
We’re really excited about it because it means we can offer lots of new designs, and not lose a bunch of cash printing shirts nobody wants to buy (I’m looking at you, WiiPlay shirt…)
Click here to pre-order our first new design (and watch the informational sales-pitch).
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same… Except Not. January 11th, 2010
So, if you’re reading this, you’ve probably noticed that things look pretty different around here all of a sudden. Now, I know what you’re thinking, (“OHGODOHGODOHGOD CHANGE! I AM SCARED AND ANGRY!”), but before you freak completely I want to run down some of the new things around here, why they changed, and what they mean for the future.
If you’re a member of our forums, (found here: http://www.loadingreadyrun.com/forum ) You’re probably aware of the fact that we have signed a distribution deal with The Escapist (http://escapistmagazine.com) for our videos. If you aren’t a member, and you were heretofore unaware, well, now you know. The effect of this on your viewing experience should be fairly minor, though the link to our video above will now direct to The Escapist, rather than to a video page on this site. There will still be a discussion thread for our videos in both our forum and on The Escapist though, so you can feel free to comment in either, (or both!) if you wish. In conjunction with video link above, you will also notice the addition of links to our other Escapist video series, ENN and Unskippable. From now on we’ll be linking to those updates directly as well. We will still be hosting all of our Loading Time, Phailhaus, ISC and bonus videos through YouTube, with video pages here, though, it’s just the regular Monday updates that will be distributed via The Escapist.
Another major change that you’ve already noticed is that the last 3 posts from the blog are now displayed right here on the front page. In the past, our blog has been somewhat underutilized – both because we slacked off in writing for it, and because it wasn’t drawing a whole lot of readership. So, In the interest of communicating better with our viewers, particularly those who haven’t joined our forum community, we’ve bumped our recent updates right onto the front page. You can look here for news posts, appearance announcements and con schedules, behind the scenes photos, and preview pictures, along with a variety of other content.
To the right, you’ll notice that we’ve also included a repeater for the @loadingreadyrun Twitter account. We use our twitter account to post little updates from day to day about the goings on of the crew, filming, podcasting and so on. So, if you’re not on Twitter, you can just hit our main page to see what’s going on between updates, and if you are on Twitter, you can follow that account to get the updates directly in your timeline.
You’ll also notice that the “About Us” page has been updated with a more complete and expanded cast roster. The people listed as part of the cast are the people you can expect to see in videos nearly every week, and they’ll be the people producing content, updating this blog, and interacting with the forums the most. The contributors section is devoted to those people who support us behind the scenes, make guest appearances and who help us out whenever they can. We wanted to make sure that all the people who regularly help make our videos what they are got the credit they deserve. We couldn’t do all this without them, and they deserve to be recognized for their contributions.
Finally, we’ve also updated our LRR Store (found here http://loadingreadyrun.com/store/) with a new layout and t-shirt design that you can order. From now on we’ll be introducing shirts via pre-order system, with a new shirt design every month! Watch the video on the store page for more information on exactly how it’s going to work.
Hopefully this post has answered most of your questions, and will help ease the transition to LoadingReadyRun 7.0 and our partnership with The Escapist. If you have any further questions or concerns, I’ve set up a thread in our General forum for you to comment in. You can find it here: http://lrr.cc/f/11350. Thanks for reading, and we hope you enjoy watching our future videos as much as much as we enjoy making them!
-mw
LRR + The Escapist Magazine = Success November 24th, 2009
Hey guys, so as many of you might have just heard while watching Desert Bus during the Russ Pitts call in, this January LoadingReadyRun will be showing our videos exclusively on The Escapist Magazine which is where you guys can currently see ENN and Unskippable.
Obviously you guys are going to have a lot of questions and we promise you that after desert bus (and a couple days of rest) we will do our best to answer all your questions.
I will leave you with this, yes things are going to change but we feel these are going to be really positive changes that we hope every can get on board with.
Preview Pic – May 18th Update May 17th, 2009
It’s been a while, but here’s a shiny new preview picture!
What are Matt and Paul even doing in this one? Well, okay I guess that was an easy question… but why?
