I’m hardly the first person to make a “this is what YouTube was meant for” style remark about some quirky video found online. And though it’s cliche by now, there is still some truth to it. This video that came across my feed, a Roller Coaster Tycoon custom track synchronized to a popular song from K-Pop Demon Hunters, was the first real thing this year to make my feel that cliche.
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I’ve been contemplating what my first article on the site would be since losing my job as an editor for TheGamer. With my time free’d up, I wanted to start giving regular attention to my own website again. But what?
I had never made a website as a joke before. And while I was never against the idea, I couldn’t have guessed that the thing that drove me to do it would be something as strange as Blaseball.
Welcome to the dark side of lasagna. Artefacts Studios has announced Garfield Kart: Dark Exodus, a rated M sequel to their hit game Garfield Kart Furious Racing, after misinterpreting a tweet by well-known industry analyst Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX).
Shirley Curry, the elderly YouTube let’s player, won many of our hearts with her wholesome playthroughs of games like Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. One modder is honoring her by making her into an NPC follower in the game.
Shirley Curry is an 82-year-old gamer with a decent-sized following on YouTube. She’s best known for her Skyrim playthrough, spanning over 300 episodes at this point. Her gentle demeanor and wholesome outlook cultivated an even more gentle and wholesome community.
Skyrim modder Daniel Kemp has released a teaser trailer, revealing plans to develop a Skyrim mod that adds Shirley as an NPC follower.
“Shirley will be available as a follower on the Nexus in early 2020. We will provide continuous updates as we add more content, and further down the line a quest-line will be added centered around Shirley herself.”
The character will emulate Shirley’s preferred combat style in her videos, a classic barbarian style with two-handed weapons and light armor. She’ll be available in both classic and remastered Skyrim. The developer even remarks on wanting her to be able to read books to the player. And don’t worry, the project has Shirley’s approval.
Last time we talked about Shirley, it was in regard to a petition her fans started to ask Bethesda to immortalize her in Elder Scrolls 6. While we don’t know if that’s officially happening, we do know that the efforts resulted in Shirley visiting the Bethesda headquarters and meeting Todd Howard himself.
The mod will be available on Nexus sometime early this year.
The efforts and accomplishments of the Shirley Curry community continue to warm my heart. The internet can be a pretty rude and cynical place., so it’s really nice seeing a consistent source of positive vibes and behavior from a community. You’re doing great things, folks.
Have you ever been torn between whether you’d rather play Untitled Goose Game or Minecraft? Thanks to modder DeltaForceTwo, you don’t have to choose. Introducing Untitled Chicken Mod!
With Fortnite Chapter 2 fresh and new, we’re discovering a slew of new features. Here’s everything you need to know about the new fishing mechanic in the game.
Let’s be real, video game culture has had a bit of a problem with women. There’s an endless ocean of instances where women were harassed online just for being a girl. This is especially true with eSports. But according to recent research, female viewership is increasing.
It’s finally time. The legend known as the Nintendo Wii has been laid to rest at last, as the Wii Shop channel is closed down for good.
Way back in September of 2017, Nintendo announced that they’d no longer be supporting the biggest console of all time. While they stopped developing games for it long ago, this will be the final step where they close down the Wii Shop channel. No longer will users be able to purchase games online, download already purchased games, or use the Wii Transfer tool.
This took into effect on January 31.
Hopefully, by now you’ve already spent your Wii Shop points, downloaded all of your games, and transferred what you could onto a Wii U.
Rest in peace, Wii. You’d done enough.
You may have heard something about Mermaids, Hbomberguy, trans rights, charity live streams, and Ocasio Cortez lately. Allow me to provide some context.
Toby Fox, the creator of the indie hit Undertale, has teamed up with professional wrestler Kenny Omega to make a promotional video for the upcoming Wrestle Kingdom 13.
It’s been a big year for me and the site alike. I’ve made some significant progress with my writing skills, my familiarity with the games industry, and all that jazz. And you, the reader, are a big reason why.
That’s right, I’m here to stroke your goat, as they say.
When I decided to become a professional freelance journalist, the first thing I did was start up TheLizardRock.com. It was a place where I could practice and publish my writing, establish a portfolio, and get a grip on the ways of internet content creation. For a big chunk of that time, I would consider 3 views a day lucky.
Since then, I’ve established more writing clients, I’ve improved my own writing skills, and I’ve meet some very helpful folks. And one of the most positive influences from that has been the people who read my posts.
TheLizardRock.com is one of the few places I actually see analytics for. All my other clients don’t share that info. So I’m left feeling like I’m talking to the vast nothing of space. But that’s not true here. I can see how I’m doing. I can tell that pieces like my Arizona Sunshine article (which isn’t even that good, lets be honest) has been getting a lot of search engine traffic. Not because of quality, but because I was addressing an issue that no one else seemed to.
One of my most viewed articles this year was The Animatronic, a post I made explaining and showing off a work in progress bot I had developed to play Five Nights at Freddy’s for me (still not finished, I know).
It’s been a great year, and I’m super grateful for your viewership. You dudes are the best, thank you. Here’s to looking at another good year!