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The 11th episode of Game On, Hardcore is up on the Escapist. Unfortunately, it is also the second-to-last, with next week's ep ending my short run on the site.

Despite some great feedback and everyone I know at the Escapist magazine loving the series, the numbers simply don't add up - the viewcount for each episode is way too small to justify the budget needed to create all those pictures of people fainting and virtual fish dying. Absurdity costs money, goddammit.

Regardless of my best efforts, something didn't click, unfortunately - I'm discussing some of the possible reasons for that in the Escapist forums with a bunch of cool people as I post this. Whatever it was, however, there is little doubt that the series failed to interest more than a small niche of the Escapist's viewers.

I hope you'll tune in to the last episode next week, and hang around to discuss where the series was supposed to go - if you require some immediate answers, I'll be very open about giving them. In fact, I'm considering sharing quite a bit on my own, if only to show that there was really some awesome stuff to explore, and some bigger ideas behind it all.

I'm not yet sure whether this means the absolute end of the story, or whether I'll be able to continue it in another fashion, in another time... But if it ever happens, I will keep you guys updated. For now, I think that the Marauder Shields readers and people waiting for my game are in need of some lovin'.

And another episode of “Game On, Hardcore” has just been published! Do check it out here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comicsandcosplay/comics/game-on-hardcore/13910-Game-On-Hardcore-008-Pisces-Ex-Machina