joshblog

Hey I'm Josh. I'm an amateur writer whose hobbies include web development, dungeon-mastering, undertaking projects to increase coolness factor in my life, and inventing reasons to use my cast iron skillet. Follow me for articles on my work, and reblogs of writing/creative reources. Also funny shtick.

[joshworlds]

Bloggin

Livejournal contacted me today to inform me that it’s my 19th anniversary since creating an account there. I took the opportunity to read some of my old blogs from when I was a freshman in college.

I don’t understand how I ever managed to make any friends.

[joshworlds]

tumblr’s great

[neil-gaiman]

Hi, Neil! How do you stay focused while writing? For some reason I am having a very hard time not being distracted when I try to work on a story- even with this ridiculous amount of Quarantine Free Time. Any advice?

Pretty much everyone I know (including me) is dealing with the gulf between “I suddenly have all this time, whee I am going to write all the things,” and “why aren’t I getting everything written? Why am I confused and distracted and worried?”

And all I can say is, you aren’t alone in this. Be kind to yourself. Nothing quite like this has happened in living memory, we don’t know how it’s going to end, and the world is unsafe and different. All of that takes headspace. More if you’re mourning people. 

So forgive yourself, be kind to yourself, and look out at your world from the place of “ANYTHING I get written during lockdown times is a small (or not so small) victory”.

[banannerbread]

This is my submission for greyallison ‘s Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time zine!! My theme was the Shadow Temple, so I really wanted to incorporate the Dead Hand somehow, since it always seemed so horrifyingly out of place in a Zelda game…

[thecollectibles]

Majora’s Mask Tribute parts 1-3 by Léo Chérel

[joshworlds]

JoshWorlds Game of the Year 2017

I used to write a lot more about games and stuff, and I especially enjoy writing about games I liked. BEHOLD, the games that were on my list this year:

Best games this year:

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

I have at various points thought I could get some words down on paper about this game to explain why I love it so much… but I won’t. It’s got a near-perfect core loop, and I love it. Maybe my favorite Zelda ever.

Mario Odyssey

Best Mario since Galaxy. My favorite since Mario 64.

Best games of years past I played this year:

Stardew Valley

Didn’t actually play this on the Switch, but I did sink way too many hours into it. I can’t wait to dive back into it next year after they add multiplayer.

Skyrim with mods

I did play this closer to its release for a decent chunk of hours, but I went back this year with a ton of mods enabled. My playthrough was cut short by a failed hard drive, but I had a blast, and saw more of that game than I had before. I see why people love it now.

Best mobile:

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Why do people hate this? Animal Crossing is boring on a good day, and this makes it feel like I have a reason to keep going back to it. Sure, it’s a maintenance game, sure it’s a bit scaled down… but I made a hot spring cafe at my campsite… and I’m friends with a cool alligator with a dumb face.

Magikarp Jump

I actually hate this game, but damnit, you won’t beat my high score.

Solitairica

I wish there was more to this game than there is, but it’s maybe the most addicting form of solitaire (the card game) out there.

Best to watch:

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

I never actually got myself to play - it’s not generally the type of game I get into. However! I have watched a lot of this game on streams, which is something I’ve never done with any game ever before. I love watching this game get played. Thanks, Awful Squad.

Best I didn’t play yet:

I have a PS4, and I want this game. I shall play it. I shall.

Something about really great endings?

Something about quirky, surprising characters a la Undertale?

Best Assassin’s Creed since Black Flag?

Fucking hell:

Mass Effect: Andromeda

EA has had a bad year.

Can’t wait:

Anthem

Please, EA, have a good year soon.

[joshworlds]

How to convince yourself to write a book – Josh Whitman – Medium

The story of how I wrote 50,259 words

“I suspected for a long time that I wanted to be a writer, but only now that I’ve come out at the end of this gauntlet do I realize that I enjoy writing.“

[kriscantspeakgerman]

Some Pocket Camp comics I made between being addicted to Pocket Camp and stuffing my face

[androidpriest-blog]

hey yall, im STRAPPED atm and really need just a small boost to get it together so i have 2 slots open for $50 commissions–about the above image’s level of quality, bust or full-body whatever idc, colored character on simple bg shit. this is a bit cheaper than i usually go so its a limited time DEAL and yeah it would hugely help me out so does sharing this! thanks

[starsheepsweaters]

Inktober day 21 - “Glitch”

[nesskain]

Something I’ll never finish, Nintendo this is your fault.

[nesskain]

Queen.

[starsheepsweaters]

Shooting Tsao

(edit: added more frames and made it smaller)

[bryankonietzko]

Remember way back at the end of 2015 when I said I drew a thing for a thing? Well, that thing is finally *almost* done. The fine folks at Mondo approached us back then about doing a Korrasami statue, and sent over a 2D concept by Eric Siebenaler. I did my revision pass, going for more of a tender moment, resulting in the black & white sketch above, which was used by sculptor Joe Jung. The photo at the top is the first pass on the paint, so there may be some tweaks before this is released. I’m pretty sure it will be on display at Mondo’s booth at San Diego Comic Con this week, and pre-orders will start soon. Thanks to Mondo for the cool project and to Nerdist for the SDCC preview!

http://nerdist.com/mondo-brings-batman-korra-the-rocketeer-and-more-to-sdcc-exclusive/

[michaeldantedimartino]

This is a nice companion piece while you’re reading Turf Wars! Beautiful moment!

[joshworlds]

me, a game journalist playing dark souls: shit, what am i supposed to compare this to

[brainfarto]

So HEY! CN recently had a bit of a Magiswords explosion! And it’s NOT OVER YET! Every day at 4pm this week there’s going to be NEW Magiswords episodes!

To celebrate, here are some select boards from one my previous episodes, “Share and Share Dislike!” (boarded by myself and @thegreatlukeski)

[joshworlds]

this show has amazing faces, and animators!

[memethiefsteve]

[heartbeatemoji]

this is like so funny but terrifying¿ im laughing partially out of fear