Weekly Journal (June 1st) (Patreon)

It has been a WEIRD production cycle on this video man. Allow me to explain why:

1) I usually finish a video on a Thursday or Friday so it's ready for Patreon early and for YT on Saturday. This time around however, I'll be traveling on the Thursday I usually finalize things, so I actually have to be completely done by next Wednesday instead.

2) Then factor in that this video is only 20 minutes long (yay me) and the fact that I already have the voiceover done/all clips gathered, I can start editing like... now. Which is not usually the case.

3) So, that means you'll probably be seeing me mid-day tomorrow for an editing stream! Usually they're on Tuesdays, but hey, how about a feel-good Friday? It might bring in some new faces, I hope to see you there :) should be around 11 or 12PM CST.

Also, the video is so short because it's... weirdly all game design? And TOTK anecdotes? I thought about mixing in some psych, but doing so would actually just re-hash an older video I made. I don't really know how to describe this video. It's fun, it makes some good points (I hope) but since I made the swap away from Psych of Play, I feel like I'm flying with no radar. This is a good script, but I just can't categorize it with any of my past stuff. No clue what to make of it haha, but I'm really pumped to make it. 

Oh and P.S. this video is 100% getting made because I just can't stop playing/thinking about Zelda TOTK so, ya know. I think next month I'll get back to the weirdly dark/emotionally driven esoteric topics. We might even do one I've been brewing for months now. Guess we'll find out ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"I've really gotta get TOTK finished up," he told himself. "There is still a TON left on the backlog and November is approaching quick, fast, and in a hurry." Guys I'll talk more about this in the backlog viddy when we get there, but this has been the poison of the backlog. Feeling like I have to rush through games. I've actually removed a handful of games from the "official" backlog simply because I absolutely refuse to hurry them along. And I'm okay with this because they're pretty much all JRPGs haha. The more I play, the more I realize this backlog's biggest goal has truly been to make me try genres I'm unfamiliar with. 

Outer Wilds, Citizen Sleeper, Gravity Rush, Stanley Parable, Portal, all stuff that I ordinarily wouldn't touch, turns out, I adore. Like I said, more on this in November. But just know that a few special little games are getting saved until I know I can savor them. And because I already know I'm obsessed with JRPGs lmao.

All that to say, I hope your week has been lovely. I hope your May was spectacular. I hope your June is even better. Summer is here folks. Any fun plans?

Talk to you tomorrow in the stream! And look forward to a new video on June 10th :)