An astrologer would argue that there is nothing significant about the turning of one year into the next. It is simply, they suggest, the date moving forward as it does every other day at the stroke of midnight. This somehow does not stop them writing massive ‘Your Year Ahead’ supplements for whatever national paper sends them a pay packet however. For most people the run up to New Year provides a time for relection about the past and thoughts towards the future. I’m in a similar frame of mind about Brake For Frogger.
The second season saw the podcast far overtake the written side of the site but with good reason. We don’t have the regular roster of writers who contribute to the site with daily news and articles. If we did have then we might be attracting more in the way of advertisers and therefore income but I don’t think we’ve ever been about that. The best written pieces of 2011 were probably the ones not written by the ‘core’ team. Paulo continues to impress with his game reviewing ability for example.
The podcast is now the focus and Season 2 saw some expansion but it wasn’t exactly smooth. The summer was difficult as Tom left the band on a temporary basis in order to attend to other matters so we floated along rudderless for a short while. The four man format therefore took a few episodes to settle in, really only hitting the stride proper post summer. In among all this we had moments when Brake For Frogger became something like what I always wanted it to be, an audio magazine voiced by people who love videogames. It’s something Season 3 is gunning for in a big way.
There will be some changes. Lexie’s nervous screaming, delightful though it is, is getting a little bit thin. we’ll still be hearing from her but it probably won’t be in the capacity of her being petrified all the time. There are also some plans to shed more light on less mainstream gaming and Alan will always have us covered for retro games. I’ll also be playing Ocarina of Time and giving my thoughts each month as I get further into it. Having never played it until now this segment shall probably be labelled ‘Ocarina About Bloody Time’. We’ll probably come up with some other stuff before the record date (currently penciled in for January 26th).
If you’ve listened to us during 2011, spread the word, met us, played against us or been out drinking with us then we thank you. Here’s to a grand 2012.
Long live the Frog!
