Corey Martin
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The plan is happening.
🕑 Added 2023-02-01 16:54:17 +0000 UTCHowdy GGN, figured I'd give you another update on what I've been working on at the start of the month there. Important thing out of the way first, I was working on more than one main review video, but ultimately one seemed to steal more of my focus so I guess I'll just lock down that I think I'm moving forward with a review of Breakdown (2004), the first-person brawler for the original Xbox. A game I had attempted to make a video about a year ago, but it broke me physically.
Not this time.
I've always been fascinated by this strange title and little bits of it have been in my transition title cards for a while now. It's been looming above me like unfinished business so I'm finally "finishing the fight" as Jonathan Halo might say. I'm well into writing the script for it and I can only guess it will be in my usual range of 40mins-1.5hrs. Not a lot of dev history and what not to dive into, but plenty of experiences and tiny details to marvel at.
Secondly, the paranormal video I mentioned before is still being worked on. It's been stuck in this place of "almost done, but not really" for a second, mostly because I've been trying to edit it in a way that doesn't get it flagged. I think at this point it's mostly all laid out, I'm just going to intersperse FPS clips of me at my desk to break up the amount of time there is just "the content in question" on screen. So that is nearing completion and I've been thinking I might make that available just to patrons first, in part as a focus test sort of thing, but also because I'm nervous about posting non-gaming content because it's never gone over particularly well. But, I do think there might be something fun to explore here as someone who has a paradoxical appreciation for the paranormal and consumed an unhealthy amount of content related to it. A "I want to believe", but also, "I'm too much of a reddit-atheist to believe" type situation. So, I imagine that will be done first in the next couple of days and you can let me know if it's worthy of becoming a thing I tap into again.
Thirdly, I have been working on music, which is kind of surreal. I really didn't expect to feel emboldened to continue doing that, but the feeling is there and I'm going to pursue it. At the moment this musical arc that has been overtaking me is made from the keywords: haunted, sad, minimal, dance, and a little slutty. We'll see where that takes me. Right now I've been working on track that is coming together kind of fun about my relationship with my sleep-paralysis demon.
Anyways, I'm just about done slamming this coffee, so I'm gonna get back to work, BUT...As always I want to let you know that I'm deeply, grovelling, truly thankful for all your support. Every time I feel like I fucked up and didn't have a productive day, I space out or get caught up watching Vampire Diaries with my blank word document on the other monitor, I have to remind myself that I can afford that sometimes, that I'll still make rent because I have the GGN looking out for me. Thanks for everything. I'll try to make ya proud.
-Grib
Comments
Timothy
I've been loving the new album, hearing you're back at it brings me great pleasure 😁
Joon Choi
Exciting stuff. On another note, Parapug stickers when?
TheFirstSterling
I am really excited for the non gaming content! Love paranormal videos always a interesting watch and im interested in hearing you talk about non gaming related topics. Also very excited for new music, loving pure acid hell I have been non stop listening to it!
Threadmuter
the number one thing i'm proud of here is you letting yourself rest and take breaks. it's such a healthy attitude that you can cut yourself slack like that instead of feeling like you owe it to supporters to work yourself into the grave.
Breeze McMothman
Hearing these updates give me a lil dose of serotonin cuz of how candid and sincere they are. I can't wait for you'll be churning out next, like even if I don't know what the game is that you're reviewing the rest of the review has me hooked and gets me invested to learn more Don't work too hard, and give yourself enough breaks 🖤
Jordan
Thanks for the update Grim! May your workflow be swift, your timelines, responsive 🙏
Stella
It sounds like you have some killer stuff on the way. I can't wait! 😊 Thanks for all of your hard work.
M!
I'm all about that musical keyword list.
John Sandfort
God I am so excited for a Breakdown video
