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Raycevick's Recommendations: Landslide by Arcane Roots
I've recommended this band previously, specifically Arcane Roots' Heaven & Earth EP which to this day, is one of my favorites to ever be released by any band. Sadly, this Landslide EP ended up being the group's swansong, the last before disbanding.Originally, I only recommended the lead ...
Halo Infinite's Latest News
For those unware, it's been announced (though, perhaps that word gives off the wrong impression)… it's been revealed that Forge nor Campaign Co-op will be available at launch. Now, millions have never made a Forge map in their entire lives, and thousands have never bothered with Halo's...
Q&A: August 18th, 2021 (In Spirit)
Griffin Perkins AsksThoughts on Splitgate?I absolutely binged that game... years ago, back when it was first launched in beta and quickly fell aside. It's amusing to see lots of reactions from people be "I thought this game was dead, why are people playing it now?"I haven't had time ...
Raycevick's Recommednations: Sleeping Patterns By Anomie Belle
Now might seem like quite an odd time to suddenly talk about the album in which "How Can I Be Sure" used in Remedy's Alan Wake comes from, but, I'm in the middle of clearing out my albums list on Spotify for being too long.Sleeping Patterns caught me off guard because despite the pre...
Call of Duty
Look everybody! Evidence that we are in-fact getting a new Call of Duty this year, because it sure as hell doesn't feel like the normal gaming climate. I can't remember a time where I've seen every other first person shooter's core-gameplay except the newest COD, but it's what I&...
Q&A: August 12th (Supposed to Be 11th, Sorry)
The Great Leveler Asks Most underrated YouTuber?Examined Life of Gaming or MrBtongue, though the latter has a kind of legendary status among the essay community, so, probably the former.ChaseC Asks What do you think it would take for Call of Duty to break its one game a year mentality?Maybe this yea...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Bo Burnham's Inside
I knew of Bo Burnham, but I never sat down and watched one of his special start to finish. Perhaps that only made Inside even more fun to watch. Seeing someone I'm only lightly familiar with make such a relatable portrayal of someone during the pandemic, specifically an artist, was powerful.So m...
Proud
You've caught me during a quick editing break. This latest video's a long one, so I've been on the editing grind day in and day out, it really is refreshing to do this the way I used to, just laying down clip after clip without Adobe slowing me down. Hopefully, this momentum can continue...
Q&A: August 4th, 2021
Kirby AsksHow many games are in your Steam library, both installed and not?Hehehehehe...Sandraincloud90 AsksWhat's an aspect of gaming culture that you loved but is practically dead/irrelevant these days?Could be super snarky and say completed games, but I'll go with the Xbox Live Marketplac...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Lost in Translation
I've been meaning to watch this film for years and finally had the opportunity via a friend who predicted I'd love the movie, because it's sad.Well, I did! And it is sad, but it's many things, many emotions that Sofia Coppola explores more believably than just about anyone else. Char...
Sprint
I can't tell you how many times I've heard people tell me "the game needs sprint."...Why?Why of all the mechanics we've had in video-games over four decades is this the thing that people get so hung up on? Why are there millions of people who will consider not touching a game, no...
Q&A: July 28th, 2021
DaCody AsksSo now that we know "The Act Man" is a golfer... Will you plan a 1v1 to see who is the ultimate golfer?!?I'll be rusty, but unless he also planned to turn pro as a Teenager, I'm pretty confident.Kirby (From Smash Melee) AsksWho's a celebrity that you'd trust with c...
Raycevick's Recommendations: ROUNDS
I know the indie star of the moment is Mini Motorways, but ROUNDS deserves to be in your collection just as much. Made by the madmen at Landfall, makers of Clustertruck and Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, ROUNDS is instantly familiar yet new at the same time.If you're like me, and tired of games...
Control
"So I've Finally Played… Control" was one of the hardest videos I've ever written which seems bizarre as it is by all means rather basic in its structure. While other video games are mentioned as per usual, the bulk is about Control alone, so I'm not jumping through a dozen gam...
Q&A: July 21st, 2021
Sandraincloud90 AsksWhat game do you think is the best in the franchise but not your personal favorite?Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.I've always respected the hell out of it, and it's easily got one of the greatest scores of all time, yet vividly remember preferring Splinter Cell: Double Agent...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Hands Up by Dead Sara
I've kept an eye on Dead Sara after their cover of Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box which I consider to be better than the original with their starring singer. Hands up isn't an album, just currently a single, but it's such a banger...The production, rhythm, and variety of tones is fantast...
Boomer
Modern Military Shooters BEFORE Modern Warfare has done extremely well in its reception and its viewer numbers. According to YT, it's my biggest video in a long while.It's in this environment I got a phone call from a family member asking something to the effect of "are you going to jump...
Just Got My Second COVID Shot
So today's Randomly Mine may be delayed, my apologies.
Q&A: July 14th, 2021
Chase C AsksWhy is it so easy for a game studio to abandon a franchise?Depends. In the case of Max Payne, not only did Remedy make the deal with Rockstar, Sam Lake has described giving up Max for the future of Remedy has being a great way to leave that character behind. In the case of Deus Ex, it...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Better Call Saul
I've technically not reached the latest season yet, but even just after watching three of them, Better Call Saul's proved to be yet another masterfully pieced show. The drama is positively tangible, with enough variety in its writing, characters and tone to stop it even becoming dull.Obvious...
Bioware Has No Balls
"Bioware Has No Balls" is something a friend said to me recently in conversation, and it was one of those casual statements that stopped me silent for a few seconds as I pondered over it. Felt like the sentence was tangible, textured, as if I could bite into it like a fruit and let my brain ...
Q&A: July 7th, 2021
DaCody AsksWhat is your favorite hat to wear while playing golf?Chase C AsksDo you feel as if Xbox and PC are trying to merge somehow? After the Xbox/Microsoft conference at e3 I felt like Xbox wants all of their customers to go to PC with the game pass available to both systems as well as better cr...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Snatch
I've apparently never recommended the movie I've constantly described as my Star Wars, or if I did it was so long ago I've forgotten... so here we go! Guy Richie's sophomore effort is arguably his best, and regardless, is outrageously funny, witty, and sharply paced. It's the fil...
I'm Jealous of Warhammer
And I'll tell you why…Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer.Bioware's science fiction Trilogy + One is my favorite fictional universe. I love the planets, races, guns, biotics, tech, conflicts, politics, history, I love all of it! And yet, when it comes to any experiences beyond the core games… ther...
Q&A: June 30th, 2021
Billy Punton AsksDo you believe E3 is reaching its twilight years? The existence of Nintendo Direct, State of Play and the pandemic showing that you don't need a massive conference hall to get people excited about upcoming games point to it being inevitable for me.I thought E3 reached its twilig...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Spirited Away
I vaguely recall my family renting this movie out of curiosity, and me being very weirded out. I can't even recall specifically why, but I can hazard a couple guesses upon seeing it now. God damn, was I robbed though, because Spirited Away is a timeless film.It's been twenty years and there ...
Lessons From Gamefest
As per-usual, prior to the Summer Sale, Steam hosted "Next Fest", the continuation of the Steam Games Festival with dozens and dozens of demos for upcoming games. There were so many, I didn't even have time to try all the ones I wanted, but there plenty of things I took away from the one...
Q&A: June 24th, 2021
Hey everybody... it was bound to happen, the first Q&A I've failed to post on Wednesday. It's completely my fault for sidelining it, but hopefully, I can make up for it by getting things back on track next week. For now...Finn Clarke AsksHey Ray, it's been a while! Another music suggesti...
Raycevick's Recommendations: Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 Original Soundtrack
Sometimes, it's surprising how great the soundtrack of a mediocre show can be. On this occasion, it's rather mindboggling. I'm rather amazed to say this, but the OST of SAC_2045's as great as the work Yoko Kanno and so many others achieved with the original show, brought to you by No...
Saren
Tonight, I watched a friend complete Mass Effect 1 for the first time. Being fourteen years old, they knew you fight Saren on a Hoverboard at the end (if you didn't pick the right conversation options), but that's about it. The rest of the finale was blind, and very fun to watch someone go t...
