For July's Patreon reward, I'm sharing the first 5 1/2 minutes of my upcoming Cyberpunk Documentary series. More news coming soon, I hope you enjoy!
2019-08-01 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for being patient with me. Here's a fairly short update about what I've been up to the last month. Still knee-deep in my upcoming cyberpunk documentary series, but we've hit a couple milestones, I started a podcast, and some minor news about my game dev project.
2019-07-02 05:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick update for you all. I've been working with my collaborator on the first episode of my cyberpunk documentary miniseries, and we've made a lot of progress! It's a very ambitious series covering 40 years of media (books, movies, TV shows, video games, etc.), but I think this first part is wrapping up nicely!
As a little bonus, here's a sneak peek at the title card animation I'v...
Late is better than never, I guess!
Here's a Patreon vlog for May, where I talk about my next big video project: CYBERPUNK: A Miniseries.
Thanks for all your support, and I hope you all have a great day!
Hello everyone,
I'm planning on recording a vlog for you all in the next few days, but in the meantime, I wanted to share with you my plans for my upcoming "cyberpunk" documentary!
First of all, I think I will do this as sort of a mini-series, broken up into parts (likely 15-25 minutes each I reckon), as tackling another feature-length video seems daunting to me a...
In my second episode of my post-apocalypse-themed review series. This time we're talking about Dustwind, a spiritual successor to Fallout: Tactics. With heavy inspiration from the beloved 1990's RPG series, and a smack of multiplayer modes, community-designed maps and lots of replayable skirmish maps, Dustwind is a strong title with few reasons for me not to recommend wholehear...
2019-05-27 04:22:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Here's my latest Patreon vlog for you all. Today I'm going over recent happenings and future plans:
Late to post this here, but here's my one-take, edited recap of what I was up to at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) East 2019 in Boston two weeks ago.
I decided to "premiere" it last week, so over a hundred people watched it live and commented on the video as it was being streamed live.
It was a lot of fun! Would like to do it again sometime. I hope you enjoy if you missed this one!
2019-04-15 05:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks so much for your support over the past several months! Due to your faith in me, I successfully released my god game documentary last week, to a great reception. We just passed 100,000 views, 5,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
Because I started on the script last September, I decided to credit all of my patrons dating back to September (at their highest paid monthly tier), as the...
2019-04-06 16:27:25 +0000 UTC View Post
As an extra "Thank You" for how awesome all of you are, I commissioned a custom artwork themed about my upcoming video about God Games.
It features the iconic "God Hand", a wolf titan, and a certain demon that you may be familiar with if you've played the Dungeon Keeper games...
I optimized the wallpaper for 4K, 1440p and 1080p. Sorry, no Ultrawide this time, due to the nature of th...
2019-03-27 09:36:24 +0000 UTC View Post
As this month's Patreon bonus, I spent the last few days finishing the Bullfrog Productions section of the view and rendered it out. It's about 35 minutes or 1/3 of the final runtime. The video is estimated to be about 100 minutes, but may vary based on pacing and cutaways. So far this cut of the video goes through the origins of the god game all the w...
2019-03-01 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I made probably my most work-intensive Patreon vlog yet: a 50-minute breakdown of thirteen games released last year I really enjoyed.
As a special bonus to my patrons, let's talk about all the exciting, upcoming games that are coming out sooner or later: Dying Light 2, Metro: Exodus, RAGE 2, Cyberpunk 2077, The Elder Scrolls VI, Far Cry: New Dawn, and the recently released ATOM RPG.
I hope you enjoy the video, and feel free to post in the comments about games you're excited about, and I'll get back to you!
Happy ...
2018-12-29 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello! I'm busy editing my upcoming video, but I wanted to check in to see what kind of exclusive Patreon content you'd like to see from me for December.
Vote below and I'll get that video out before the end of the month, or comment if you have a better idea. Thanks for your support!
Here's an interview that fellow YouTuber, Searching for Pixels, asked me to take part in. He's a newcomer to the platform who had the original idea that he'd have talks and interviews with gaming YouTube creators. He previously interviewed some notable creators like Raycevick, Mandalore, 8BitBrody and HeavyEyed.
Running at about 74 minutes, I talk about how I got into YouTube, my education, past...
2018-12-11 15:23:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the wait! Here is the Patreon bonus for November: the entire first chapter of my upcoming documentary -- Playing God | Complete Documentary and Analysis of the God Game.
The full video will be about 70-80 minutes at my current estimate, which means I have plenty more to do, and am aiming to get it done by the end of the year, using the rest of the paid vacation I have ...
2018-12-03 13:55:20 +0000 UTC View Post
For my debut episode of Apocalypse Archives, let's take a look at the ambitious dieselpunk apocalyptic RPG: Insomnia: The Ark.
2018-11-11 23:55:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I realized I hadn't posted my podcast last week with NerdSlayer, a fellow YouTube gaming critic and historian.
We talk about the history and future of the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series, our impressions of Fallout 76, and what we speculate the direction that Elder Scrolls VI might take.
I hope you enjoy our casual chat!
For this month's vlog, I discuss the (altered) plans for October and November, upcoming videos, some changes with the channel, and other fun news.
I also mention my recent podcast with NerdSlayer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G95dYXVHq0
And my upcoming interview with Searching for Pixels:
I'm shooting to get a Patron's-only vlog out next weekend where I go into further detail, but I just wanted to update everyone on a few things...I'm still working hard on my next big scripted video (god game retrospective/documentary), but it's gotten much bigger and has a wider scope than I imagined originally.
The unexpected (but welcome) interview with Ted Peterson, and a couple weeks of mast...
2018-10-22 14:15:41 +0000 UTC View Post
As expected, my next video has become a monster, length-wise. Right now it is sitting at 12,000 words, which rivals the length of my Elder Scrolls retrospective.
Would you rather wait a few more weeks and get a single, full video from start to finish, or get two parts at about ...
My 3 and a half hour interview with Ted Peterson is now up for viewing! Just spent the last four days finishing the editing and visual accompaniment, as well as rendering, re-rendering and combining parts to get this out to you guys.
We talk about everything from his design work on The Elder Scrolls, his writing for Morrowind and Oblivion, his work at Activision, James Bond, Zork and many, many ...
2018-10-02 19:16:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a small update on my progress so far on Playing God: The Complete History and Evolution of the God Game. I've been working really hard on getting my script together and the gameplay recorded for my next video, here is a pretty-much complete list of games I'm covering in depth or mentioning in the video. It's a pretty huge list!
Non-God Games (for context):<...
2018-09-12 04:39:06 +0000 UTC View PostI've been in contact recently with Ted Peterson, who, among many other projects, was a designer on The Elder Scrolls: Arena, lead designer on Daggerfall and provided writing and additional design on Morrowind and Oblivion. Quite an influential figure in the industry.
He offered to do an interview, and though it isn't yet set in stone, I'm looking for input on what to ask him that he hasn't cover...
2018-09-05 13:53:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is an update on what I've been up to since my Dark Earth video, and what my plans are for my next two big videos. You can expect to see some classic games, as well as some very new games coming out in August and September of this year. Should be a wild ride, hopefully it will be a fun one!
2018-08-29 06:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is my interview with the creator of Dark Earth. Much of this was documented in my Not Forgotten video, but we do examine a lot of other games, trends and behind-the-scenes information as well. It's always fascinating to talk to a talented industry veteran, so I hope you'll enjoy!
2018-08-24 16:40:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's watch Johnny Mnemonic, a classic 1990's cyberpunk written by William Gibson himself, starring a pre-Matrix Keanu Reeves. Cheese, dated tech references and insane plot details abound!
Should be fun!
2018-08-19 20:23:37 +0000 UTC View PostBased on the quick poll I did the other day, it seems like a movie watching night is in order! I was thinking as a first movie night, we could watch the classic cyberpunk flick, Johnny Mnemonic, written by William Gibson and starring Keanu Reeves.
It's a cheezy film full of dated technology references, but I figure this would be a fun one to start out with. Let me know in the comments if yo...
After editing all weekend, I have finished my longest Not Forgotten episode yet: Dark Earth. In usual fashion, I'm covering an obscure game that didn't get the attention or success it deserved.
As mentioned in the video, I also did an interview with its lead creative, and that should be out within the next week or so as well. I hope you enjoy!
2018-08-13 14:43:34 +0000 UTC View PostI've been thinking about more fun activities and ways to hang out with my patrons and supporters as another way to say "thank you", for all your help. What would you like to see me schedule a (hopefully monthly) Patreon event for?
Really appreciate the feedback, and please comment if you have any other ideas. Thanks!