Losing Time To Save Time

Ian Danskin

Hehe, don't worry about me selling out for clicks. I get a better return in investment through Patreon than I would be getting from ads, and I get more patrons from weirdo shit like the Beginner's Guide video than I do for technically-more-popular stuff like the Sonic video.

Ian Danskin

OK! Well, for the immediate future, games I am likely to talk at length about include DOOM (1993 and 2016), The Secret of Monkey Island, and Life is Strange. List could change at any time, but those would be worth looking into. :)

Kurt Maegerle

Fair points. If it's not much trouble, then having a list available seems like it would be cool. Idk if this would have the same problem you mentioned, but perhaps it could be officially "in no particular order," but with those at the top having low-key more potential for a video? Even if nothing, worst case is just playing a game and waiting to watch the video, so no problem in any case.

Jason Parker

Please take your time. Your videos are great, and there's no need to rush. Your content is deeper than any other Youtube person of which I know. Even if you never produce those two videos, it's not a big deal. I just want you to survive (and not sell out for clicks) in this very competitive world.

Ian Danskin

Hey Kurt, Hmm. I'm hesitant to do that, because I don't like saying in advance what I'm working on. In part because I like surprises, but, in part, because I want wiggle room to change my mind, or shuffle my schedule. Once you announce a topic, people often feel like it's a promise, you know? I've come THIS CLOSE to making a Broken Age video several times but always changed my mind, and it's sort of awkward that I name-dropped it in my Kickstarter campaign. That said, what I can probably do is some sort of Potential Reading List, where I mention a number of games I may or may not discuss in the near future and folks can pursue any that sound interesting to them. Would that work for you, or is a list too broad?

Kurt Maegerle

I'm cool with it. I have a request that I've ment to mention. If a video of yours is focused on a game, is there any way that patrons can know in advance what game it will be? I always want to play the game before watching your videos (as I think they compliment each other very well, especially having first played a game with no context), but it would be nice to be able to do this before the video comes out. It took me over a month to finish Bastion and it was just killing me to not watch your video. If I finish the game early enough, then it can also leave time for me to reflect on it independently before your video's release (I had already played The Beginner's Guide and I value the time I had to think about it on my own)

Eduardo Lavaque

Sounds like a good idea.

Jimmy

Relevant from the Tao of Pooh: "The main problem with this great obsession for Saving Time is very simple: you can't SAVE time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly. The Bisy Backson has practically no time at all, because he's too busy wasting it by trying to save it. And by trying to save every bit of it, he ends up wasting the whole thing. " So long as you're SPENDING your time doing something you feel worthwhile, we all will benefit. I have found that this work philosophy results in the best outcomes because it's not so worried about the ends, but instead focusing on being in love with the means the whole way through. :)

Valentyn

Sure, that makes sense. Good luck! Looking forward to watching / reading more of your stuff.

whatever you need to do to just never stop making videos.