Hello again, everyone! As expected, I had a long week; but, I made a lot of progress on my projects. Somewhere in there, I managed to finish reading a couple of books, watch a very little bit of television, and play a few video games. Just a reminder to you all, when you are busy, it is important to take some time to have fun.
Read MoreWow, its been a busy week. In between trying to keep my projects on time and keep all of the clients happy, I haven't had a huge amount of time for goofing off. But, I have spent some time reading some graphic novels, playing a little bit of video games, and continuing to watch some older anime.
Read MoreOh, hey, so I found this old article in my unpublished folder. Apparently, I am terrible at finishing things. Anyway, you can still read this if you are interested. At this point, we here at the Gameslave are gearing up for a new convention season, so look for a news post related to that in the near future.
On Friday, I attended a panel with LeVar Burton discussing the plans for the future Reading Rainbow project. The panel included a number of touching stories about how Reading Rainbow helped people learn to read. I, personally, did not watch RR that much as a kid. To a degree I didn't need it, since I was fortunate to have parents that valued reading, and encouraged me to find books that I enjoyed at the library. But it was really touching to hear all of these stories about lives changed by a television program. At several points, Burton appeared to be rather misty-eyed hearing these stories.
This panel happened to take place during the final hours of the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter campaign. Those of you who followed it may recall that it was hugely successful, raising $5.4M to develop an new application and online delivery mechanism for the series (really an entire literacy program). They have now launched the first new episode of the series on YouTube.
End of story, in person, LeVar Burton is such a genuine and caring individual, and the Reading Rainbow project is looking like an awesome program to promote literacy in a new generation of children.
So, I started this article several months ago, and I managed to forget to post it all. Anyways, here's my review of my favorite anime of the last year.
What do you do when your high school crush is clueless, and treats all human interaction as a chance to research for his monthly shoujo manga? If you are Chiyo Sakura, you go over to his house and start helping him draw his manga. This is what happens in the first episode of Monthly Girls': Nozaki-kun, when Chiyo attempts to confess her love to her classmate Umetaro Nozaki, but instead tells him that she is "his biggest fan". Nozaki gives Chiyo an autograph, and invites her to come to . During the rest of the series, we see the development of Chiyo and Nozaki's friendship, as well as an exaggerated look at the life of a manga artist.
The animation quality in the series is great, and the character designs are intuitive and believable. So far the series is only available subtitled; the Japanese cast is great, so don't let that turn you off. The soundtrack is generally unremarkable, playing a supporting role, while not being terribly notable. The series is great fun, and probably the best recent entry to the high school comedy genre. Overall, I give this series a 4.5 / 5.
Whew, this has been a fun week. Kinda still fighting a cold, had a trip to the doctor for an annual physical, got a tetanus/diphtheria booster, competed in an Amazing Race style event, and still managed a forty hour week without using any vacation time. Even with all of that, I've still managed to be a productive geek this week.
Read MoreHello readers. Another week has passed, and brought us to a Friday. And that means, it is time for another installment of "The Professional Gamer". What did I do this week? Read on to find out
Read MoreHi Readers! This week, I managed to spend a good amount of time enjoying myself. I finished two books that I had been reading for a long time and one TV series. I also played some fun video games. Read on to learn about what I did.
Read MoreHi everyone! With some of my hard deadlines finished, I've had a lot more time to enjoy myself this week. Have a read to see what fun stuff I did.
Read MoreDo you like Pokémon? Do you like to draw? Well then you are in luck, The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo of American are hosting the Pokémon Art Academy Competition. Running between February 18 and March 29, 2015. To participate first you need to get a copy of Pokémon Art Academy. This game offers you 40 lessons in how to paint, sketch, and draw popular Pokémon. The contest has two categories that you can enter in: Dress-Up Pikachu and Your Favorite Pokémon.
Read MoreOK, that head line probably sounds pretty misleading, but I am going somewhere with it. Pop Culture Classroom (PCC) has a goal to help young at risk adults with their literacy and art skills. And what group is more at risk then those that are already in jail? Well thanks to a $26,000 grant that was awarded last week to the Denver-based nonprofit PCC Denver jail inmates 18 to 24 will get to take a six-week course called LEAD With Comics this February. LEAD stands for Literacy Education in Adult Detention. PCC will be working with a special education teacher from Denver Public Schools to help make this a great experience.
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