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Update + Q&A: Oct 24th, 2024
Normally I try to post Q&A's every other Wednesday, however, this will be an exception, as by the time you're reading this, I'm heading over to the Airport, visiting friends and Shambles competitors Jake & Vi at their Wedding, thenI'll be in Toronto, and thenI'll be in Rhode Isla...
Recommendations: War. by WHORES
Those who've seen me recommend the band's previous albums on Patreon, and even show them on one of my videos, won't be surprised by this, but for those that've never heard this raging band who should be more known (the name probably means they won't feature in any EA Sports games...
Subtly: A Storytelling Myth
Thisisn't about defending the most obnoxious writers, scenes, or characters ever to be witnessed...Oh whoops, there seems to be a random image of David Cage games, bizarre.No, instead what I'm focused on is the counter to obnoxious storytelling, a common piece of advice given in many circles...
Q&A: October 16th, 2024
Michael Gross AsksAs someone who has an interest in writing myself, I've tried to put together some things in my spare time. While satisfied I've pulled off short stories, reviews, etc. to various success I continue to feel as if my vocabulary is inadequate. Often, I'll come to a space w...
Recommendations: Mars Express
In a world of $200 Million dollars being wasted every other month on a reboot of a children's toy franchise, watching a movie this beautifully animated, well-written, perfectly paced, and nuanced, all made for ten million, gives me hope that no matter how stupid the entertainment industry gets, ...
Post-Mortem: A "Mature" Sports Game
Three years ago, March 17th, 2021, I started a script called A "Mature" Sports Game.And for three years, I revisted this idea over, and over, and over. After first playing the game and getting smashed in its career mode, after my friend parked her ass on the floor laughing at the game's ...
Recommendations: Rockstar's Table Tennis
Why didn't I post my usual recommendations yesterday?'Cause I was playing Table Tennis....Seriously.I've been going through a bunch of old 360 games with friend of the channel Kacey, and it's been a great time, but I'm not going to lie and highlyrecommend that you seek a copy of ...
For Granted
Originally, I was going to write and upload a post-mortem about my last video, it's certainly do. However, when my Mother happened to be over, I heard the news that someone she knew, an artist, a man who my Father had known for decades, one he made a show with, more like a brother than a friend,...
Q&A: Oct 2nd, 2024
[PRETEND ITS WEDNESDAY]The_Surviv0r AsksI've started to get in a Nine Inch Nails mood (yeah I'm quite late to the party I'm aware, you listen to a lot of random stuff doing endurance races in GT4 to pass time so I end up finding stuff I never gave the time before) and I was wondering if ...
Recommendations: WRC: Rally Evolved
You know what's annoying about Sports/Licensed games?They're all named the same thing...All the ones that are special or have some unique quality that was never repeated in the genre, looks exactly the same on the shelf or Wikipedia as every other soulless cash grab in the same franchise.I d...
Recommendations: Mirror's Edge EP by Northlane
I've got a playlist called "To Rage" that's exactly what it says on the tin; put on a track, and you'll be head banging with the uncontrollable urge to rip things apart in ten seconds or less.Nothing on this Northlane EP would go in that playlist, even though it's got guitars...
The Rift Between Good & Bad...
Aw crap…I already wrote this script.Well, there's at least one major difference. The quality shift in question here is in reverse order, and took place in the same show rather than the same studio.Earlier this week I recommendedHarley Quinn because it's really good! Season's 1&2 are a ...
Q&A: September 18th, 2024
Duncan Gohl AsksWhat’s a gaming memory that you can look back on that always makes you smile/feel happy?I was actually just reminiscing about this with a Friend from the memory itself at lunch today. Back when I was a kid and my family was middle class rather than poor, I'd invite many of my f...
Recommendations: Harley Quinn (Season 1-2)
Having my Wisdom Teeth pulled, I was in the perfect mindset of just wanting something to let me kick back, relax, and laugh a lot throughout every episode, and Harley Quinn is one of the most unlikely successes.I've talked before about preferring absurdist or dark humor being played straight, th...
Recommendations: Raka by Golden Features & The Presets
As often as I'm blasting 90's industrial music, and industrial music that sounds just like the 90s, I do still vibe to the sort of electronic music I imagine would get everybody dancing in a nightclub; this EP would perhaps be a little moody for a club, but it doesn't stop the title trac...
Q&A: September 4th, 2024
Vsevolod Frost AsksHave you considered making/participating in making a video game? What are your thought about it?Just a few months ago, I was asking friends for advice on which Programming Language to start learning. Don't know how in the world I'm going to cram those lessons in-between w...
Recommendations: Get Carter (1971)
I enjoyed Glenn Powell's Hit Man, and I was thoroughly entertained by Lucy, however... I can't really recommendeither film, at least not without some lowered expectations for the former and drugs for the latter, so, here's a classic.If you're ever bored of Anti-Heroes with a heart of...
Art vs Art
Apologies for not posting this Yesterday… I was going to, but then forgot Black Ops 6's multiplayer beta started up last night.That I'm writing about this game instead of Black Ops 6, should itself indicate my impressions. Not negative, but not blown away either. Speaking of games that did...
Recommendations: Blackkklansman
Outside one other film I swore was recommend on this Patreon before, but apparently hadn''t (that might change next month), I'm not familiar with Spike Lee's work. I know of him, but is yet another great name that I just haven't gotten around to combing through the discography of...
Objectivity
I just got back from the Pitch & Putt.Twenty degrees Celsius, overcast weather, not packed, ran into a few familiar faces, and completed with five under par, completed with a long walk home humming to Chelsea Wolfe albums; I'd say it was a pretty great morning.The main-reason being the end resul...
Q&A: August 14th, 2024
Holy Shift AsksThe world seems to have moved on from QTEs as a test of reaction with a single button press in favor of button mashing to demonstrate exerting effort. Can we read something into this and have there been any QTE sequences that moved you? We know you like WET's death animations, but...
EARLY VIDEO: I Uh... Actually Still Deciding On The Title
For now, the file is called "The Sports Game Paradox", and before then, it was "A 'Mature' Sports Game", and in the video I mention Authenticright away and I wonder if that should be in the title as well, so I'm curious what what y'all think would be best, especially ...
About Randomly Mine
I'm just about to leave for my second to last in-person Therapy session (Councillor is sadly moving to Calgary... then again, who isn't these days?) but before I go, I wanted to ask y'all a question I've been meaning to ask for a while.And it involves the first poll since my Mirrors ...
Update: July 29th, 2024
Hey everybody!Having missed last week's Randomly Mine, I figured it'd best to give an update for what's going on in-general.I couldn't find the time to write last-week's randomly mine, prioritizing instead my next video, which I'm rewriting the conclusion of again, working wi...
Recommendations: House of Protection (Singles)
This week's recommendation is a little unconventional.Two bands with songs I repeat all the time are Bring Me The Horizon and Fever 333. However, despite the success of both bands, they've both suffered the oldest artists struggle of creative differences leading to band members leaving.Howev...
Q&A: July 17th, 2024
Panzerdeer AsksWhen starting out on YT did you feel qualified to make videos analyzing video games and topics within that sector? Is there any advice you could give for someone starting out?I answer the first question with a question.Who is qualified?Whatever the answer may be, there's definitel...
Recommendations: Rollerdrome
I'm sure those who've already played this game aren't surprised by this recommendation one bet. Like... Tony Hawk + Max Payne + Jet Set Radio? You could've stuck tongs into my brain and pull this game out of it.What I wasn't expecting going in was there to be as much atmosphere a...
The Disappointment
I had some gold in the archives…Me, playing Need for Speed Underground 2 at my Dad's house, sitting on his Cadillac Captains Chair with a Logitech Driving Force GT attached. I just happened to have driven a Go Kart for the first time in my life, and after experiencing that rush of speed first ...
Q&A: July 3rd, 2024
OzarkTempses AsksOver the years, I've always wanted to have a Mad Max-esque racing game in which you could conceivably both shoot your enemies and race but (aside from the fact that nobody is making those AFAIK) it always comes down to how to make vehicles resilient enough so they can cross the ...
Recommendations: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
One of the most obvious compliments you can give a Prequel is wanting to immediately watch the nextfilm, and Furiosa might be the biggest I've felt that sensation in years.Although, the film is so immersive in its sound-design, breathtaking in its cinematography, and so unapologetic in its prese...
