Hi everyone!
Okay so, usual business out of the way first- quite a bit of writing and planning done on some of the larger video essays, though nothing that was ready to hit the edit bay. There’s one short video I’m smoothing out and another I’ve been gathering footage on, just trying to see which of those projects might be coming together the fastest. I also have ...
2024-03-31 13:15:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Once again we round out the month for Usher contributors and above with yet another Timline Tour- this time concerning the Secret meaning of Return to Monkey Island.
A little shorter than usual, this one goes through some of the more detailed thought processes behind the video's creation, especially concerning the way the video's shaped changed and how ...
2024-03-31 12:34:49 +0000 UTC View PostHey Gang! Back again with another Patreon blog post on how the latest video, The Secret meaning of Return to Monkey Island, came together. This one was a real head scratcher for a long, long time and hopefully this illustrates a lot of why it took so damn long. Enjoy!
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Hey everyone!
Thank you all for the patience on the Return to Monkey Island video. I know it was promised over and over, and went through so many revisions, but I think I’m happy with how it ended up, especially judging by the reactions. It was a huge piece of unfinished business that I was very nervous about so I decided it needed at a certain point to just...
2024-03-01 00:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It's done! Another long awaited promise has been fulfilled- my video on Return to Monkey Island, discussing how the game shook out and, given the varied reactions, what it really means. Thanks to everyone who has been patiently waiting for this one to come out, hopefully it was worth the wait!
I'll be back at the end of the month with an update on what's next as well as starti...
2024-02-27 19:24:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
The last month, after a few weeks of Holiday rest, have been about me preparing for all the videos I want to put forward this year. You’ve already seen one finally released as part of a birthday trip I mentioned a while back, and now it’s time for me to finish the next major project, which is the long promised Return to Monkey Is...
2024-02-01 02:44:48 +0000 UTC View Post
A commentary to accompany the recently uploaded Winners! film I made in my foundation course at college. As you'll hear this was my first stepping stone into getting into the Arts University course in animation production I've spoken of in the past to produce my first proper short film, Screwball, and I speak on all the circumstances around its production and point out all the terrible fl...
2024-02-01 02:37:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya folks!
Welcome back with the first video of the year- covering my Birthday trip to Disneyland Paris last year. I alluded to this quite some time back, but finally managed to get myself together to get this one out there. Really had fun putting together the one on California, so when I made this surprise trip I kind of knew going in I'd probably end ...
2024-01-29 00:05:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone- to ring out 2023, I wanted to throw in my now over a decade old film Winners, my first ever attempt at directing a project outside of my room at home. As you can tell this is absolutely the product of an 18/19 year old mind who didn't know what he was doing, but had I not made it, I wouldn't have gotten to direct my 2015 University/College film Screwball, which I am still im...
2023-12-31 19:01:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The last of the Sly Trilogy commentaries is finally here! This one as it turns out makes up for the lack of post-video writeup produced at the time, which allows me to expand on the idea of the video and the difficulties in trying to get this to come together in the drafting phase, coming up with a pretty mad solution to figure things out from there. Take a listen and enjoy the final trip...
2023-12-30 21:38:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
I decided not to update until the end of this month because I wanted a couple of last month’s obligations dealt with- the Timeline tour ran a little over my planned schedule and I wanted the Q&A done after that, and now both are complete I feel better about moving forward with plans for the next couple videos. This month, b...
2023-11-30 23:47:29 +0000 UTC View Post
A little belated, but once again we're back with another treat for Usher contributors and above- the Timeline Tour for the Frasier on Cheers video!
Going a little further than the blog post detailing how the video came to be, this gets into the nuts and bolts of my thought process concerning my approach to more of the individual choices in the...
2023-11-09 02:42:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
First of all, thanks once again for your support as I was working on the Frasier video. I know the timeline got very skewed, and I really never mean to have months go by without videos, but both real life and the nature of the work just seems to get away from me when I least want. However, judging by the response I think we did okay! It was a lon...
2023-09-30 21:14:44 +0000 UTC View PostHey gang!
Back with another behind the scenes overview on how the latest video came together. This time we’re looking at the extremely troubled production process on my two and a bit hour long Frasier video, which very nearly didn’t work at all. Very funny given I said this wouldn’t be as technical as the last video in my previous behind the scenes post. Ah well. Read on!
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2023-09-30 21:09:50 +0000 UTC View Post
All is revealed at last! I hadn't just been working on a video about Frasier Crane, but specifically one about Frasier's history on Cheers, and how it developed and informed one of my favourite shows ever. Apologies once more for the sheer amount of time it took to get this one together, I just hope you all feel it was worth it in the end.
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2023-09-27 16:36:11 +0000 UTC View Post
As you can see, the Frasier video is very close to a completed timeline, but there's still quite a bit of work to do. I've spent an excruciating amount of time picking between clips, getting the variety and inclusion across the entire series to feel comprehensive while swapping ...
2023-08-31 23:15:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The second ASM commentary for the Sly Trilogy retrospective, this one covers the trials putting together a video that, of all the things i've made, i'm still extremely proud of. There's a lot of anecdotes in here about how the video was made and my general process but also on bits of trivia about the game and research I wasn't able to get into the video at the time. Hope this provides som...
2023-08-31 13:02:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Sadly, no new video this month, but a lot of work has been goin' on here at B towers.
Turns out the issues I was having with the script for the Frasier video persisted, even after the first re-write, and I decided to lay the entire thing out in the timeline and figur...
2023-08-01 00:38:32 +0000 UTC View PostHey gang!
Fairly short update this time around as I crack on with the next couple projects. The Frasier video wasn’t quite coming together. I recorded and edited the audio, from an incredibly long script, and it just came across as boring, and I wasn’t sure if it was just me or if something was inherently wrong. Listening to it I was suddenly able to identify why that...
2023-06-30 21:35:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Back again with another commentary for all you ASM's- this time concerning my Sly Trilogy Retrospective. Here you'll get some insights into my thought process behind putting this video together, how i felt about the games at the time and how I feel about things I did I may or may not have done differently. Has been good practice doing these as well as remembering what it was like to make ...
2023-06-20 02:39:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Part 2 of my Zelda Journey, this time covering my experience with the newly released Tears of the Kingdom. Apologies again for this coming out a little later than planned, wanted to clean up some thoughts I hadn't fully articulated in the video the way I wanted and get some extra footage. Was a blast to get to this point and I hope you enjoy the follow up...
2023-06-13 22:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Commentary: Cortex N Chums
So, if you just saw the B-vault post, you'll have seen that I reuploaded a video featuring all episodes of my old animated series I made as a kid, Cortex N Chums. As ASM patrons you get a chance to hear the thoughts that went behind making this as well as how I feel about it now, especially given everything the series has been through. There's s...
2023-06-02 01:26:51 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, this is a very rare release of my old animated show from when I was a teenager, Cortex N Chums. I've debated for ages whether or not I should make this public again or what I should do to preserve it, and that could still change- for now, I'd rather have it available for those interested in my work and who may want to know more about where I started out on he...
2023-06-02 01:12:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Apologies again for the silence this month, classic case of me doing a lot to try and release something before the month is out and instead delaying everything else in the process, so we’ll go through what’s up bit by bit.
Real talk- Tears of the Kingdom 2023-06-01 02:47:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
Apologies for the slightly delayed update. Last week was my 30th Birthday and I celebrated in a way that you actually might see as a short video. As a result I'm briefly in London where I'll be seeing friends and family while working on some scripts before heading back to the suite to get serious with my next video.
And what would tha...
2023-04-30 23:56:06 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick new video discussing my thoughts on the upcoming Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the Zelda series as a whole. The hope is that after I'm done with the game I'll come back and do another short video discussing the experience- though it could turn into yet another big essay. I doubt it right now, but it was nice to finally cover one of my favourites...
2023-04-22 14:29:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya ASM's!
As promised, you guys get the extra reward promised in the recent updates, commentaries over my old material, as well as a video from the B Mask vault.
This is a reupload and commentary of my old video on Portal 2, called 'Why GLaDOS is Beautiful', discus...
2023-04-15 19:13:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, and welcome to the first of the new Patreon bonus features for Usher contributors and above- the Timeline Tour!
In these videos, I essentially go through the timeline of whatever recently completed project I've made and discuss all the various details and decisions that came about while putting it all together. You'll have already read a ru...
2023-04-02 16:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey hey!
Welcome back folks, for another update to clock out the month. I took a little break after finishing the Jak video and then got back to work on a bunch of other stuff, including some Patreon rewards you’ll be seeing shortly. Next month is going to be a little busy, so I can’t guarantee the next big video will be done in that time, but it’s coming togeth...
2023-03-31 20:32:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Guys, I can't tell you how wild it is to finally have this done.
After years of telling myself I'd make this, then putting it off, then finally committing and telling my patrons, then stumbling due to issues beyond my control, then getting nervous about a full edit and constantly having to tell people it's happening while scrambling to try and make it better, fi...
2023-03-18 01:45:08 +0000 UTC View Post