Personal Update 03-22-2013

     Hey everybody, just wanted to give you a quick little update here.  I will not be posting a review this week.  I have been prepping for MGC all week and will be there all weekend.

     Midwest Gaming Classic.  Mike (from The Dragon Cast)  and I will be attending MGC over the next couple days.  We will be hooking up with a few of the PSNation and Retroids guys.  This will be the first convention for either of us, so we're looking forward to a great and exciting time!  I will make a post-MGC article to post in a few days.  Also; Mike, me, and The Dragon Cast twitter accounts may have some stuff posted over the next couple days.

     As for reviews, I am still writing some and of course still watching those anime.  The simulcasts I am currently watching are going really well.  I talk about them in pretty good detail on the podcast.  I will have a review for you next week, after I travel back from Wisconsin and Michigan.  I'm not sure which review I'm going to post next, I have a couple I'm debating over.

     One last thing here, Extra-Life.  If you have not noticed there is a new tab for Extra-Life 2013 at the top of the site.  I talk in depth about it on the page, so I'll keep it short here.  I am participating again this year, should be quite exciting! Check out the page tab (or the drop menu on the site's mobile version).
Thanks!
     Talk to you guys soon!

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Extra-Life Results

   On October 20, 2012 I participated in a video game 24 hour marathon for charity.  Gamers helped raise money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.  I posted in more detail about it a couple weeks ago.  So today I just wanted to say a little bit about how it went.

   I started playing at 8am Saturday and played until 8am Sunday.  The first six hours flew by very quickly.  The next couple hours kind of slowed a bit, but then time seemed to go faster again.  The problem was the last two hours, they dragged on and on.  I played quite a few games through the 24 hours, mostly on my PS3, though I did dab into some PC games.  I had planned on doing a lot of multi-player but ended up playing mostly single-player.  I played with a few friends online, some Resident Evil 6 and Dynasty Warriors.  I had a personal goal of breaking the 900 trophy mark for my PSN account.  When I started the event I had about 870, I ended up earning trophy number 901 at the very last moment.  I had a couple technical problems with some games, so I set them aside and moved on!

   All in all the event was a great success on many fronts.  I even made it the full 24 hours (with help from some friends chatting in my ear).  There are still donations being brought in, but at the moment of this writing there has been 1.9+ million raised from the event!  I raised 62% of my monetary goal.

 Here is a list of all I played:

• Dynasty Warriors 7 (4+ hours)
• Tales of Graces F (6+ hours)
• Resident Evil 6 (4+ hours)
• Medal of Honor
• Limbo
• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
• Enchanted Arms
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
• Amy
• Mirror's Edge

Shout out goes to Mike, for helping me stay awake and all the laughs!  Make sure to check out the special episode of the podcast we did for Extra-Life. (should be episode 007)

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Extra-Life

This year I will be participating in Extra-Life.  An event to raise money in support of children in need.  I will be playing for 24hrs on Saturday October 20, 2012, starting at 8am EST.  I will be playing in support of Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters.

Help children in need by showing your support! Thanks for reading, I hope you will donate and thank you in advance! You can click the link at the bottom of the post to take you to my donation page.

Follow me on twitter as I will be updating as the 24hrs goes on.

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#extra-life