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I have this little "segment" on my blog called "Music Friday" in which I showcase a song from a videogame (or that has appeared in a videogame) that has caught my attention in the week. This week's the turn of a Bayonetta 2 theme. The post, as usual, originally appeared on my blog.

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Morning! Let’s all thread together through the treacherous path of the final day of the work week joined by some great music!

I've n…

So I'm pretty sure you're all noticing the green names floating around on the forums. Some of them used to be mod blue but now they are like well... like mine. Say hello to your BG Content staff! We're mostly focused on driving content on the forums. The newsletter, blogs, or maybe just threads to generate discussion or interest.

BG Member Of The Week: Fievel

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I joined the forum late 2008, but like many others I read for a while before joining.

Q.…

This post is dedicated to a special Twitter friend.

My brother is not a geek or a nerd. He's a lawyer. He works over 8 hours every day and barely has time to chat via social networks, much less to play anything. He's always stressed but makes good money. His idea of fun is going out with his friends, watching sports and partying. You could say he's successful - the complete opposite of me. The night of his wedding he entered the church and walked to the front while the overhead chorus sang an a…

And here I was, thinking Blue Gartr was just a Free Company (a.k.a. a guild) in Final Fantasy XIV!

Hello! I go by the handle Sagacyte on gaming and social networks and have a small little blog about video games at sagacyte.wordpress.com. I was kindly approached the other day by Sonomaa about a blog post I had written about Square Enix and its fascination with ports, and he offered to re-post my articles here or giving me chance to do it myself - I chose the second option. And here I am! I am no…

BG Member Of The Week: Lyall

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I have officially been a member since January of 2011, but I've been lurking here since before the Great Salvage Ban of '09.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. I'm definitely a "never forget your first" kind of person, so my favorite game is the original Legend of Zelda on the NES. I've done basically everything there is to do in it barring a three-heart no-sword challenge. I was so stoke…

Have you ever wondered which of your favorite characters would win in a fight? Of course you have! In 1999, Nintendo set out to answer this question -- at least amongst their own characters. The Super Smash Brothers franchise pits Nintendo’s best (and some third-party characters) in battles against each other. Super Smash Bros for Wii U, also known as Smash 4, is the latest entry in the franchise. As ever, Nintendo has continued to build on the previous version, offering a larger game than…

Some of November RIT



Gonna stop doing posting the RITs if people keep posting reposts.



FFXIV

1. The Final Coil: Yoshi P mentioned T11 was going to be the "gear check" as t8 was though
2. Rogue/Ninja Discussion
3. FFXIV Random Complaint Thread II: DPS can't count to potato
4. [DATs] FFXIV Patch 2.4 : We're Going Mining!
5. Patch 2.4 Notes (Preliminary) (10/24/2014)
6. 2.4 Dungeons and Trials
7. Patch 2.4 Notes (Full Release) 10/27/2014
8. Patch 2.4 – Dreams of Ice Trailer Is Now Live! (10/17/2014)
9. Possibly re…

BG Member Of The Week: TummieGaruda

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. Joined September of 2008

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. This is a difficult answer, but I will have to say Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I was in High School when the game came out and I remember staying up late on school nights with my cousin playing the game without any walkthroughs. I enjoyed the story line and the music so much that every so often I go back and replay i…

BG Member Of The Week: Waraji

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I've been on BG since about 2006 but finally started posted in 2008.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. Like most of you, I never have One favorite game, but there are games I keep going back time and time again. I'm mostly an RPG player, so I've done several of playthroughs of Final Fantasy X, Seiken Densetsu 3, and Fallout 3.

Q. Let's face it, while BG is a lot of things, it is pretty…

BG Member Of The Week: Melena

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I joined in October, 2006. As a lot of others in that time frame, FFXI was the bee's knees and all the great drama was on BG. Being a member of IRON on Bismarck at that time, we found ourselves in a lot of the drama. Everything from the graphical glitch that made it look like one of our Drk/Sam's having a kraken club in the offhand, to everything Tredvolt and even Kiluminati, RustyMetal and crew's unhealthy obsession wit…

Full disclosure, I've been sick all week and wasn't able to really check in on what threads were hot this week. You should definitely look at the Ragns stats for last month though!

BG Member Of The Week: Krandor

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. Since 2005, I believe I specifically made an account to send some PMs to people to learn about the new hotness of PLD/NIN

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. Tie between Castlevania SOTN and Final Fantasy Le…

Some of October RIT





FFXIV

1. FFXIV Nexus Light Potency Update
2. FFXIV 3.0 : Heavensward - Expansion Information and Discussion
3. Patch 2.4 Notes (Preliminary) (10/24/2014)
4. [DATs] FFXIV Patch 2.4 : We're Going Mining!
5. The Final Coil: Yoshi P mentioned T11 was going to be the "gear check" as t8 was though
6. 2.38 Patch Notes
7. Patch 2.4 – Dreams of Ice Trailer Is Now Live! (10/17/2014)
8. Rogue/Ninja Discussion
9. FFXIV: A Realm Reborn News and Information(Discussion)
10. Patch 2.4 Notes (Full Release) 1…

New Sections Added
Video of the Week: This section will highlight a random video selected from the Best Videos on Youtube section or just a random video found by someone on the site. Ideally want something current/new and something work safe. Additionally if you want to send it to me in a pm or want it to be an anonymous video donation you are free to do so and I won't cite you if …

BG Member Of The Week: Scythiroth

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. I had to look this up in my profile, but 8 years apparently. o.o I was quite obsessed with FF11 (like most people here) and this was pretty much the place to be for amusing drama and endgame info. Even if I was mostly just a lurker back then.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. Xenogears. Final Fantasy 7 got me into JRPGs, but Xenogears was the game that made me realize how great a st…

BG Member Of The Week: kuronosan

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. About 6-7 years now. I joined before BLU was a thing and before we had to re-register for the forums.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
20 year old game spoiler inc. Don't you cry about it! XD
A. Chrono Trigger is probably the all-time favorite of mine. I love the closed-loop nature of the story and the idea that the entire existence of the universe was the dying recollection of some e…

BG Member Of The Week: shidobu

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. My account says 2008 but it feels like longer. I use to post on KI thread back in my XI days. Then ended up here some how!

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. It's easy to say FF11 mainly because of the people and friends i've made in my career(ff11 was a full time job), but that may just be nostalgia talking.

Q. Let's face it, while BG is a lot of things, it is pretty well known for Fi…

Some of September RIT

Nope. Since there was barely any activity in the last month RIT there's no RIT shots this month. Have this instead:




FFXIV

1. FFXIV Nexus Light Potency Update
2. All Worlds Maintenance 8/18 & 8/19 - Patch Notes
3. XIV at Tokyo Game Show 2014 (September 20 & 21)
4. 2.38 Patch Notes
5. Help with the new beast tribe daily.
6. 14-Hour Anniversary Broadcast
7. Yoshida Interview (August 19): Dengeki at Gamescom
8. Producer Letter LIVE XVII (Game Watch Translation)
9. Tips on improving graphics/FPS?
10. BR…

BG Member Of The Week: Adajer

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. Nov 2006. Joined because it was best forum for FFXI I could find. Lurked until about 2012.

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. I dont have a definitive favorite single game. I really love the Suikoden series. FFXI was awesome, really want to play it again but I just...cant. I think I am the only person who really liked FF Tactics Advance 2. Oh, and Tetris. And..

Q. Let's face it, while B…

It’s hard for me to adequately describe my excitement for Bungie’s Destiny. I could say that there are few games that I have been as excited for as I have been for Destiny. Or I could say that Destiny is the game that I have been waiting for since I quit playing FFXI. Or I could link you to my mentions of Destiny in earlier blog posts or to a handful of the myriad of posts I have made in its thread in the gaming section. I could tell you that Destiny is the game I’ve wanted to play since Bu…

We interrupt your newsletter to talk about what happened at TGS last week. Now this is just the briefest of brief glimpses at the things we are hype about on BG!

To get this started... FFXV trailer! http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/102109-Final-Fantasy-XV-HOLY-SHIT-THERE-S-ACTUALLY-NEWS?goto=newpost

Bloodborne gameplay! 30 minutes of it! http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/121521-Bloodborne-(PS4)-February-5th-2015-(Japan)?goto=newpost

And of course the HD Fantas…