Hey! It's an update! (Patreon)

HELLO I LOVE YOU.

First things first, some stuff about pledges and payments and stuff. I know I already talked about this a super long time ago, but I think I'm finally going to switch my profile to where a person pays upfront when they pledge. I've just been getting a surprisingly huge number of pledges recently that dry up before the payment period even comes. I don't know if people are trying to get rewards for free or what, but I think it will just be easier to change it. I guess that doesn't really affect you wonderful people who are already pledging, but I feel like I need to tell someone so I'm telling you, haha.

Also, I'm seeing an unusual number of declined pledges. Maybe Patreon changed something on their end and it's wigging out the banks or something like what happened some months ago. Whatever the case, take a look at your profile to make sure everything is going through properly. I mean, if you still want to pledge! (It feels a little weird being like, "Hey, make sure you're still giving me your money! XP) And also I don't really know how everything works on the patron's end, but I'd hate it if the system stopped giving you access to your rewards or something.

But now for the good stuff! I don't have a ton of solid ideas at this point, but here's what I'm thinking:

Right now I'm doing the preliminary work on a video exploring the idea of Switch hardware revisions. Switch Mini, Switch Pro, that kind of thing. It's a topic I've wanted to cover in detail for a while now, so I'm happy to finally give it the full discussion treatment. I don't know if it will make the slot for next week, but if not it shouldn't take too long after that.

Next I've got a video talking about the Hotel Transylvania 3 game. Yup, you heard me right. In case you don't know, it's basically a Pikmin game. I finally got to sit down and record some commentary while I played it the other day, so I'm hoping I can do a little bit for the beginning and wrap it up into something funny. There's a chance this will end up getting fast-tracked for next week, but again, I'm not sure yet. Got to work with Kane on the schedule.

Beyond that I don't have much that I haven't already told you about. We're still in that awkward period before a Direct where I don't want to talk about anything that could be made outdated with an announcement. Thing is, I'm like 85% sure there was indeed going to be a Direct in January but that it was cancelled because of the Metroid Prime 4 news and most of its announcements were made through social media. I actually would love to do a video on this, but I don't think I should since I already made a video about the lack of a Direct in January. If this is truly the case though, it could be March or even April before we get another one. Buuuuut, we could also get one any day now, because there's no way to know for sure. So yeah, it might be a rough couple months where I'm not really sure what I should be talking about. But hey, I'll think of somethin'!

Even if I don't have a ton of video updates though, I do have some exciting news! And none of this is 100% official yet, so don't go telling anybody, but I figure I can at least tell you fine folks. It's about conventions! I'm currently in talks to go to the following conventions this year:

Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Too Many Games in Oaks, Pennsylvania.

Portland Retro Gaming Expo in Portland, Oregon.

Again, ya gotta keep this hush-hush! Nothing's written in stone yet, and once it is I'll be sure to make announcements and all that. But I'm super excited about going so many cool places this year! I really wanted to hit Retropalooza again, but unfortunately it's on the same days as Portland Retro Gaming Expo, so if it comes down to it I definitely want to go to the one I haven't done before. But man, I got the travel itch. I can't wait to go somewhere new and meet a ton of cool new people. So keep your fingers crossed that everything works out!

Assuming I go to all of these, will any of you be there? Leave a comment if you are! Also leave a comment if you're a new patron and introduce yourself! ALSO leave a comment just because I love to read the comments on these but I haven't been getting a lot recently...

Anyway, have a good one, and I'll catch you later!