Stuey's News: Off the Scale Returns in October, More Reviews Coming...

Hello everyone!

Some exciting news for you, Off the Scale will be returning the first Monday of October so buckle in for that because it's going to be a wild ride as we make our way towards 100 episodes and the climax of the whole series.

In addition to all of this, I will be continuing to churn out reviews as fast as I am physically able to, which I'm hoping will be a lot sooner now that my course has finished. I am approximately two films and three books behind so will need to step up my game if I am to get them out this year.

The yearly review will still happen in December so stay tuned for that one.

Thank you all for your patience whilst I made it through a really busy August with all my courses and workshops that I was attending.

Here's to the design changes coming real soon!

===TLP===

LS037 - Speak Life into Your Situation

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to take this opportunity to post an update, letting you all know how I am doing aside from my reviews and news content that I have been posting.

It has been a really challenging few months for me as I have been forced to step back from my blog for a while to journal my way through. A lot of the stuff I cannot actually talk about on here because there are some things that are not meant for the public eye.

I have had to re-prioritise, as well, a lot of things as I am on week three of five of a course aimed at helping you to maximise the most out of your life. This, combined with the sessions I have been doing with my work and health provider, have got me to a place where I finally feel steadier...

Stuey's News: Further Reviews Coming, Off the Scale to return & more...

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for your patience. Life has just become one almighty storm right now and I'm here, caught in the middle of it. Caught in the eye of the storm, as the song goes.

Luckily, my faith in God has only gotten stronger as has my conviction to see out this year committed to changing what I can and accepting what I cannot as beyond my control.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that my revamp of the blog is still on course to be completed, as are more book and film reviews, with a view to, finally, restoring Off the Scale to continue on its journey to episode 100, the final stop in the series.

It has been one heckuva journey and I am glad to be in the eye of the storm right now (but that's a story for another time) out of harm's way.

Keep your heads up because that's where the horizon is!

===TLP===

RV009 - House of Cards by Michael Dobbs

Hello everyone!

As fast as I am starting a book, these days, I'm finishing it such is the lack of quality upon all TV stations.

But this is not a rant, nor is it a rave, but a review that has been around as a TV series for a few years now, House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey...

RV008 - They Found Atlantis by Dennis Wheatley

 

Hello everyone!

The next review is here now and it's from a rather interesting book I picked up at a charity shop not so long ago called "They Found Atlantis" by Dennis Wheatley. The copy I picked up looks nothing like the image I've chosen for this review, but I could hardly use an image of a blank red book with an elaborate golden trim now, could I?

RV007 - Tommyknockers by Stephen King

Hello everyone!

I hope you are enjoying these reviews as much as I am in putting them together. It has been a long time since I was able to get back into the swing of things as far as reviews go, but now they are here in the form of film & book reviews, I am hoping to have them here to stay.

This week, it's the turn of Stephen King and, arguably, his best work in the form of Tommyknockers...

RV006 - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

BOOK REVIEW

Hello everyone!

Proving my commitment is still there to turning out the content as best I can, I thought I would take some time to review Vanity Fair. After a fairly recent ITV adaptation of this book, I managed to pick it up at a bargain price from my local Tesco meaning I could see just how close and how faithful the adaptation was.

As always, I'm going to try and adopt a spoiler-free review to make it user friendly for those that are maybe thinking of picking this up but aren't sure if it's worth it.

Let me see if I can clear that up...

Stuey's News: Design Changes Coming, More Reviews Planned

Hello everyone!

This is the first break in commitments that I've had so I'm making the absolute most of it in order to keep you all in the loop that little bit more.

I hope you liked my recent review feature on ROM emulators, it's been nice to relive (and promptly get destroyed by, some of the classic videogames of my youth).

In time, I will be looking at writing a feature assessing whether we, as gamers, have become softened via the various tutorials and auto-aim elements of modern-day videogames. You can agree or disagree in the comments below, or you can face it that we, as gamers, are changing.

Given that I spent enough time getting distracted by stuff in the past, it was high time that I added this quick update to assure you that I am trying to keep all my ducks in a line, even if I have had to make some adjustments to the way I was doing things...

RV005 - ROMs Feature - Reliving the Classics

Hello everyone!

I can only apologise for the delay in delivering this content. I haven't been able to make reliable time for the construction of this article. But it's here now.

I want to take a brief look at the world of videogame emulation and the impact it has had on my life...

Stuey's News: Further Delays Anticipated, ROMs Feature Latest and More...

Hello everyone!

Thank you for your patience during this busy period of my life. I am afraid I have had to designate resources elsewhere so can't really commit the time I would need to clear the backlog of content planned for this blog.

Don't let that fool you though, what I have got planned is still happening, it just will take a longer time for me to produce it all. Yes I am committed to this blog, just not as much as I was earlier in the year through circumstances beyond my control.

I still plan on getting my ROMs feature out by month end at the latest, as well as catching up on film reviews and, eventually, reinstating "Off the Scale" back into its weekly Monday slot.

When circumstances are beyond your control, all that you can do is focus on responding to them in as best a manner as you possibly can based upon the information available to you at the time.

That's all that I am doing because it's all that I can do.

Peace out!

===TLP===