Weekly Journal (January 8th) (Patreon)

I'm BACK bitches. Last we spoke I was hopping off the grid for a bit and above you'll find a lil something I cooked up to recap my previous 3 weeks. Played some games, did some sleeping, was very sick... BUT somehow we fit a little vacation in there.

We ate Lunchables by a waterfall, hiked through some ethereal ass fog, ate good food, sat in the hot tub while it stormed. I also captured a lot of hiking footage that I... might be using for a future video? Maybe? I thought about this potential video a lot on the hike and it feels like one of those backburner videos that will blossom into something big one day. I kind of brew it every time I take one of these super scenic vacations. 

Anyways, I'm feeling much better now and I've been shotgunning a couple of games and movies in an attempt to prepare for this next video that... funny enough is actually inspired by Nier Replicant. I know I kind of shat upon it in my last post, but there is a lot there to unpack and a trope I found in it that is just too remarkable not to talk about. It's a trope I've actually seen more in movies, so this next video will likely be about 50/50 games and movies with maybe a splash of anime if needed. 

Hopefully I remember how to write videos 😂

I'll be starting production on that this week since I've finally watched/played everything I need to. Look forward to that one dropping on January 27th!

Oh and in case you're curious, the backlog method is still going strong. I'm playing so much more now. Since the holidays began, I Finished Alan Wake, RE-played Control because I can do that now... what a game. Beat The Last Guardian, and now I'm solidly into Mario Wonder and Final Fantasy 7 Remake... which is another replay. I'm having fun. Oh and Alan Wake absolutely blew me away. I'm low key kind of obsessed with that universe now. AND HOLY MOLY. That song by the Old Gods of Asgard about The Lady of the Light? It's up there with Weight of the World for all timer video game track to me. My soul just flutters into the sky when I hear this song, it's unreal. 

I'm going to try and do a better job of finding games off the beaten path this year, I've decided. I'm dedicating a day a month to just sit down and hunt down obscure yet well unique stuff that's coming out so that I can talk about media that people might be missing. So that said, be on the lookout for games and movies like that for me! This is the year to spam recommendations at me haha, so don't be shy.

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. Let's go kick 2024's ass! 💯