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Status Report on Metro Exodus... Years Later
Hello everybody! Hope you're doing well.This weekend's the end of October, and it's been too long since I gave an update on current projects. It's known that I'm working on Metro Exodus... Years Later, and it's been challenging to say the least. The last two months has been s...
Carmack
There's a pretty common response I see whenever discussing the importance of supporting game's preservation, or really just, tech preservation in-general. It's something to the effect of..."You delete Youtube videos though. Why should companies keep things they don't care about w...
Q&A: October 26th, 2021
DaCody AsksSince you mentioned liking Tea; What are some of your favorite types of tea?Bengal Spice is a common go to, just because you can buy big boxes of it here, but there's nothing better than a good cup of licorice spice. Goddamn, I could really go for some of that right now...Juhana AsksC...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Post Human: Survival Horror EP by Bring Me The Horizon
Those following me on Twitter probably saw this coming a mile away, but here's the album I've been blasting non-stop for the past couple weeks. Before listening to this EP, the only Bring Me The Horizon song I knew was Nihilist Blues, an electronic and cinematic banger, sounding like Nine In...
Fallout
Y'all know me. I don't really care what other people think about video-games. Whatever I like could be rated at 10 on Metacritic, and I'd still dump hours into it, because not only should other people's opinions dictate your own, people are generally pretty unreliable critics. What w...
Q&A: October 20th, 2021
Juhana AsksThe fuck did I do to deserve your rudeness?Everything.Jake Malone AsksDo you think the combat system in the original Kotor games can still work, or would you rather see them come up with a new combat system for the Remake?I'm someone that thinks the original KOTOR games didn't hav...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Hotwheels Unleashed
There's always at least one pleasant surprised a year for video-games, and that one for me is Hotwheels Unleashed, a game made by a studio whose work I've never really appreciated nor hated, but just felt completely apathetic too...And while the company's ineptitude does appear in some q...
Difficulty
So I've been playing a lot of Beat Saber lately. It's become a morning routine before hitting the showers. Cereal, Beat Saber, Shower, Breakfast, and man, was I rusty when starting it back up. I was never great at the game, but I could play a solid chunk of songs on Expert without a hassle...
Q&A: October 13th, 2021
Juhana Linnavirta AsksWhy do you have to be so rude? Rude.You deserve it.Odd Commercial AsksYou mentioned in the previous QA that they should get rid of Dishonored's morality system. so what do you think about "Deathloop" offering 0 consequences to your assassinations?I've not played...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Excess by HEALTH (Single)
I've always wanted more bands, directors, and developers, to all work from the same material to showcase how much creative can interrupt the "same" thing.Noiserock group HEALTH have collaborated with synthwave extraordinaire Perturbator before, but in this case, it's the former doing...
Intent
Halo Infinite, a game that I've finally played and… are slightly underwhelmed by. Not that I was going into it with any particular hype, ever since MCC, I temper my expectations not just for Halo but video-games in-general. Not buying into hype cycles just makes you more likely to be pleasantl...
Q&A: October 6th, 2021
Juhana Linnavirta AsksHow do you not know your handicap?Because handicap's for losers who care about keeping track about how crap they are.Kizza Lee AsksWhen and what started your love of cars? (FnF, Top Gear, Gran Turismo, NFS, etc...) Also, any thoughts on upcoming Forza Horizon 5?No idea, tha...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Origin of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX) by Muse
I'm not the biggest Muse fan on the planet. Not that I don't love a lot of their songs, but they're one of those bands I just haven't been able to listen to an album of theirs from start to finish.However, this Remastering of their sophomore effort Origin of Symmetry, is probably one...
Bait
There's a Youtube Channel called Michael Does Life, and it seems simple enough. Angry video gamer angrily rants about every new video game that comes out… angrily.You've seen these channels before, only you haven't.Because Michael Does Life is the world's biggest troll and its beau...
Q&A: September 29th, 2021
Charles Merrick AsksWhat are your thoughts on the KOTOR Remake recently announced? Will you be doing a KOTOR 19 years later in the future? I think you once said KOTOR II was your favourite SW game.I did, and I still do. KOTOR II's not just my favorite Star Wars game, but one of my favorite games...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Lumines Remastered
This is mainly a recommendation for those with Game Pass, as $17 CAD's a little much for an ancient puzzler from the PSP, though it is one of my favorites and not unlike Tetris, holds up so many years later.Lumines' gameplay and style is still addictingly fast-paced, enhanced by its excellen...
Copyright
There's a documentary I'd recommend (actually I did) RIP A Remix Manifesto. It's about Copyright and its effects on Remix Culture as well as just the world's culture. Despite being made in 2009, much of it's still relevant to the modern world, and its stories of ordinary people b...
Q&A: September 22nd, 2021
Juhana Linnavirta AsksWhat's your Handicap?Absolutely no idea.Sandraincloud90 AsksHave any thoughts on Western adult animation? (i.e. Bojack Horseman, South Park, Rick and Morty, etc.)Does Castlevania count?Either way, my thoughts on Mature Animation in-general, is that plenty of people still se...
Raycevick's Recommendations: The World in a Grain
Did you know there's a global sand shortage? Me neither, but that along with many other topics is what this book delves into. Now, I can't promise all of its a thrilling page turner. Vince Beiser's writing style isn't completely dry, but when he does make you laugh, it's more to ...
Features
So I've Finally Played… Monster Jam Steel Titans 2.It's not something you're going to hear in a video, because I've already refunded the game. Granted, I'm not surprised, I was merely curious to try this game out, as I'm rather unfamiliar with Monster Trucks despite my gene...
Q&A: September 15th, 2021
Alexa AsksConsidering your love of metal, plus Brutal Legend being an RTS where you do have direct control over your avatar's actions, ever thought of covering it one day?Absolutely. Double Fine's games just in general, as the only one I ever played in a meaningful capacity was Iron Fortress...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Metro Exodus
Normally I post these on Monday, but I was too busy finishing my latest playthrough for the upcoming video. I'm not going to delve too deeply into it, as you'll hear all about my thoughts on this game in appalling detail soon.However, I can confidently say after playing through all of it aga...
Toxic Tango
Gaming Websites aren't in a great place. I should know, I used to write for them. COGconnected and I ended on good terms and I've still got lots of respect for the people who gave me that gig in the first place, for letting me make the Years Later series of Halo videos...But, there's a r...
Q&A: September 8th, 2021
Alexa AsksDo you ever want to get Angry Joe to be a guest in a video one day?It's an unlikely pairing but I'd be open to it. There's a couple issues I take with Joe's content, but of all the reviewers I grew up with, he's easily the one who's stuck to his guns the most aside ...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Hotline Miami Goes Metal
There's endless amounts of metal covers for everything and normally it's pretty generic stuff, or played for a laugh. More recently however, there have been some genuinely great efforts, one of which I plan to recommend in the future but for now...Alex Yarmak's two albums covering a good...
Serious
Years ago, a fellow content creator said something that stuck with me. "Whenever I upload, I think… is this the one that's going to make people hate me?" It's a common sentiment. I'm sure I don't need to name any names for you to come up with people whose reputations were s...
Q&A: September 1st, 2021
Timothy Pazdziorny AsksThere have been a lot of licensed Warhammer 40k games in recent years, admittedly of varying quality, but the variety produces games that explore the universe in mechanically interesting ways. Do you think Halo could benefit from this kind of model?Absolutely! I'm someone ...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa, a name you've probably heard if you follow the works of Steven Spielberg or George Lucas, both were the most notable but far from the only inspired by Kurosawa's 1961 Samurai Classic, though to Westerner's like me, it'll feel like... well, a Western.That's no mist...
Context of Quotes
There's an image I've seen a couple times on Twitter regarding the Saints Row Reboot, specifically, it's a collection a of quotes regarding the game's characters, and tone. All of them are quite… concerning. The first couple are so simplistic and tone deaf I started to believe this...
Q&A: August 25th, 2021
Vincenzo AsksWhat are your thoughts on The Legend of Zelda series?Honestly, I don't have much thoughts to give on them as one of my many gaming sins is... I've never played a Zelda game. Actually, that's not true. The first videogame I ever had for the GameCube was Star Fox Adventures, w...
