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Why I Don't Watch Trailers
I hated seeing this image of Vi everywhere.Not because of the brain-dead takes from grifters complaining about it not being goon material - I beg to differ - but because when watching Arcane Season 2, my brain was uncontrollably forming the equations for how the story playing out before me would lea...
Q&A: December 10th, 2025
Kelvin Kuang Asks...Uh, a lot of questions.For the sake of the readers time, I'll be answering half here, and half in the next Q&A - Christmas Eve - along with any others by y'all that may post in-between.Q) if you are an citizen in the world of Night City, what type of job would you most li...
Recommendations: Training Day
I've seen Ethan Hawke often mention how much people love this movie. The kind of love that twenty years on gets people to still stop him in the street to sing it's praises to him like no time's passed since 2001. And I felt why that is pretty quickly, yet in not a way I can entirely desc...
Recommendations: Kate + Akane
Why recommend both of these games?Well... they're kinda brother and sister? I played Kate: Collateral Damage first, because I watched Netflix's action-film vehicle for Mary Elizabeth Winstead that wasted her talents, and was baffled to see the actress in question playing a pixel-art Indie lo...
Update: December 1st, 2025
So I've Finally...Started recording.Hey everybody,It was my intention to start recording both of my next videos about a week after the previous update here on Patreon. Laryngitis from my years of experience takes about two-ish weeks to heal from, but based on what my Doctor - that I was lucky en...
Q&A: November 26th, 2025
Duncan Gohl AsksWhat are some songs that unlock your inner white-girl and get you dancing? (SexyBack by JT and Compress/Repress by Trent & Atticus are two of mine.)Dude, it took me multiple years of adulthood to finally accept that Sexy Back is a banger. Looking back, it's really dumb because I ...
Recommendations: TRON ARES OST by NIN
I haven't seen the movie.I just know NIN showed up to work.I have no idea if this was always the plan but essentially what you have here is a great film score filled with beautiful piano melodies, haunting atmospherics, and distorted soundscapes with a NIN EP that also has all of those things bu...
The Collection
Here’s what I’ve played this last week.Dex Nail’d Valley 404 Sight Enemy FrontRed Faction II Captain Tsubasa Firefight Reloaded Saints Row: Gat out of HellWith Brutal Legend, Shadow Warrior, Shadowrun Returns, and Divinity: Dragon Commander cued.Ray, why are you playing a bunch of games from t...
Recommendations: SiN Episodes: Emergence
SiN Emergence is like a metal remix of a classic song. Is it better than the material it's clearly modelling itself after? No. But it has a charm that's unique while still reminding you of that classic.I personally couldn't get into the original SiN for a variety of reasons, ones that co...
Q&A: November 12th, 2025
Kelvin Kuang SaysLong-arm questions incoming.Bring it on!Kelvin Kuang AsksWhat's your thoughts on Volition's The Punisher video game? As a Payne "clone" minus bullet-time, it has an interesting spot; an gritty setting that's based off elements of the comics and the 2004 tie-in mo...
Recommendations: Whalefall by Foxblood
I've always adored art by "smaller" artists. Whether its student films by visionary directors or awesome games by tiny teams in their spare time, they're just always inspiring to see. Though... you can usually tell they're working with less. Whether it's the lack of unique as...
The Medium?
Reze Arc.Fuck it was good.For those who haven’t seen Chainsaw Man, I apologize to be serving you content that’s probably not very relatable… though I’m not really here to talk about the show, film, or IP. More just about the weird reason I think I loved it more than the show.The visuals are ...
Recommendations: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
Normally, I like to vary my types of recommendations. Should it be a game, the next will be something different like an album or a film. However, Reze Arc won't be in theatres forever, so you should definitely check it out while you can because as somebody who really liked - and recommended - th...
Update: October 31st, 2025
Hey everybody, and welcome to the update on my illnesses videos!I hate talking about this as I don't ever wanna sound like woe is me, but I have to as it does directly relate and effect the next batch of content. Laryngitis is something I've dealt with on a yearly basis since the start of th...
Q&A: October 29th, 2025
Duncan Gohl AsksWhat are some core tenets of Battlefield that make the franchise successful and what examples would you give?Battlefield's magic is unironically what Battlefield 2042 used for marketing. The franchises' success is having a sandbox that allows for absolutely absurdity like lea...
Recommendations: Requiem for a Dream
"Recommend" is a strong word for this movie.It's a film to be recommended for it's beautiful craft, great performances, haunting score, and unforgettable journey of its characters. None of these things are specifically to be enjoyed, but moved, which in my case, I think could not be ...
Reskins
Often, the conclusion I originally envision for a video ends up not even surfacing by the time I actually complete a script, and this next video looks to be continuing that tradition. Instead, I’ll dedicate this space to the topic at hand, which I think I can summarize in three ”games.”Battlef...
Recommendations: Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Looking back, this whole year has been a re-awakening for my taste in music. Not so much that I've changed what I like, but that I finally understand what I previously didn't like.Not to say I ever disliked Black Sabbath, more just that I never gave them a genuine listen. The last attempt, I...
Q&A: October 15th, 2025
tru3p1ayaZz AsksIf the classic Sonic games are a good example of how presentation can make a game better (they’re good games, but the graphics, soundtracks and marketing really elevated them), then what are some games you’ve played where the presentation makes things worse?That's a really go...
Recommendations: Sayonara Wild Hearts
This is the level of polish I aspire to reach especially for a video-game.Sayonara does have a core-gameplay loop but it's varied so frequently to meet the high demand of its soundtrack, that it's hard to even describe what this game is? If I say to you it's a runner, you'll be confu...
Mini-Fights
So I’ve Finally Played… God of War (2018).And you won’t see a video titled this, because I stopped playing it. At the point where Kratos walks down a mountain with a head on his hip back to the main-hub, and I realized “there’s twenty more hours left isn’t there?”Perhaps I’ll look up...
Recommendations: Inside Man
On today's episode of "wait, I thought I already recommended this, 'cause it's awesome?" an overlooked Heist movie! According to Patreon's search bar, I've recommended "Inside" and "Wrath of Man" so maybe it's just a case of my brain smushing them toge...
Q&A: October 1st, 2025
Kelvin Kuang AsksHave you tried out NIN's TRON:Ares soundtrack? The whole thing is a banger; They are the perfect fit to compose the soundtrack that isn't just plainly movie scores, but has distinct feel in the same way I love about Health's spin on Max Payne 3 OST.Absolutely!What has me...
Recommendations: She Wants Revenge - Self Titled
It's rare I'd describe a song as hypnotic, but that seems to be the entire philosophy behind She Wants Revenge.Calling them a "Rock Band" is like calling HEALTH "Electronic Music." It's true, but doesn't really illustrate what listeners are sighing up for. Like HEALTH...
Recommendations: Wanted - A Toddler's Personal Assistant
Perhaps not exactly the most damning description of the first world's upper-class excess, but certainly one of the most personal. Wanted's one of those books I had a good feeling about from the moment I started reading Stephanie's descriptions of a world I've seen and heard but from ...
Is It Just Microsoft's Fault?
Man… oh man, was last week infuriating.Between Canada Post recreating this ancient ProZD skit, returning multiple pairs of earbuds because their sound quality was such garbage, and spending multiple hours troubleshooting multiple devices rather than using them…It’s occurred to me how much of m...
Q&A: September 17th, 2025
Crystal Tatko AsksAre there any freshly read comic books and/or books that you thought were interesting/amazing? Or maybe some awful books that you wish you hadn't spent time reading?I've been pretty lucky so far this year with what I've selected reading. Obviously the Perfect Dark books...
Recommendations: Suit for Hire
I guess, spoiler alert for my next video.Suit for Hire was a game I played in Early Access three years ago for fifteen minutes and walked away so impressed by its core-gameplay, I decided right then to restrain from playing the rest of its limited content and wait for a full release.It speaks volume...
Recommendations: Caught Stealing
This feels like a film I wanted to make.Down-to-earth crime drama taking place in the early 2000s that uses this setting to build tension with its cast of loathsome characters in desperate situations firing off dialogue with the speed of a machine gun, yet still taking time to let all of those thing...
How Long It Takes
Originally in my Perfect Dark video, I was going to devote several paragraphs to highlighting the sheer stupidity of the mini-games in Perfect Dark Zero, which for those who don't know, consist of timing the A button when hacking, holding the thumbstick when lockpicking, and connecting the squar...
