Weekly Journal (March 21st) (Patreon)

Happy Monday my friends, I hope you had a sensational weekend.

A couple of updates for you! Tentatively, there is an April Fools video in the works, so look forward to that haha. I won't say too much in case it get away from me, but I'm looking forward to a little bit of shameless shitposting.

The next Psych of Play (per your votes last month) will be on the psychology of hunting down/grinding for strange items in games. Shiny Pokemon, limited edition items, weird achievements, etc. I have some good research on it and I think it will make for an interesting video. I already have a few examples from my own time with a few particular games, but what about you? Have you ever put in a stupid amount of effort for an incredibly rare item or achievement in a game? Have you ever shiny hunted? If yes to either, why? How did finally getting the thing feel?

In other news, I have a strange idea for a video I'd love to run by you. This would not be a psych of play or even a video essay... almost like a vlog documentary. But the video would be titled something like "I attacked my backlog" or "How I finished by backlog in a month". Essentially, it would be a video where I detail my experience of trying to actually clear my game and or anime backlog over a set period of time by MASSIVELY binging it all. No clue if this will ever happen, in fact it probably won't, but I am tired of having such a massive backlog and my brain was trying to figure out how to monetize getting through it lmao.

I have officially pumped the brakes on Elden Ring. The game just keeps going and i have hit a rough difficulty spike. In the mean time I just picked up a game called ANNO: Mutationem which is a little indie game with sort of an anime cyberpunk aesthetic in pixel art. I'm pumped to give it a try, but I honestly have no clue what it's about or how it plays haha. I just thought it looked cool. Also going to pickup Ghostwire Tokyo this friday, should be a blasty blast.

Whatcha playing? Let me know down below. I hope you're doing well and remember that if you want something you've never had, you've got to do something you've never done. :)