Seriously, these things are awful. I'll pull them up and then they'll just slide off my foot in my boots. Every time I get up and walk they slide off my foot and get bunched up at my toes.
Battlestar Galactica - A throwback to another STT. A long time ago...
Mass Effect Trilogy - The person who posted this is "Filip Hrdlicka." I'm an immature POS and was giggling for a good few minutes. Also this was a 6 hour compilation so I mixed it up after awhile.
Life is Strange Episode 1 - Cause why not? Maybe I'll post one of these each week. (the first track with lyrics is weird to listen to knowing what happens).
I've got a decent video schedule lined up for November/December and holiday season. Not just LPs, but a bunch of music videos, some silly compilations and some unreleased multiplayer content. One thing I need to note is that YouTube's policies are changing with that YouTube Red thing. As a result, they are reviewing some of their copyright BS and now some of the videos I have currently posted will no longer be available in the United States including some older compilation videos. I will need to be very careful with music videos moving forward. Some of these I'm not going to change/take down unless my account copyright status is affected, but any videos that will no longer be viewable in the US will be uploaded to my personal public google drive folder. You can access them and other random videos with the link at the top of this page.
PS - I have had no reports of issues with that Google Drive link, but if you do have issues accessing it, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. Just personal message me on YouTube, hangouts, or leave a comment here and I will do what I can to fix it.
PSS - My office may be on Canadian news tomorrow night, or at least Alberta news. Not...for anything bad don't worry. I swear.
I SWEAR.
PSS - Kathleen and I will be playing for Extra Life on November 8 instead of November 7. I will post more updates when the time comes.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Soundtrack Thursday Revival
I just realized I'm working regular hours on a Thursday in an office again. I can revive soundtrack Thursday!
I totally forgot about it until about 11am today so I missed out on an opportunity there. I'll post what I listened to up until this point and continue with soundtrack Thursday afterwards.
Random Crap:
SAIL - Awolnation
Afraid - The Neighbourhood
Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons
Weekly Epic Music 17 (GODZILLA)
STT:
Hard Corps Uprising - Playlist
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
And to finish off the day...
In other non-soundtrack related news:
Kathleen and I are doing Extra Life this year again on Nov. 7/8 (timing depends largely on Kathleen's work schedule). I may chat with her and suggest starting it on her behalf to try and raise money, but I will update you on that sometime next week.
In the meantime, here's her donation page: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=141562
All proceeds going to the Alberta Children's Hospital.
I totally forgot about it until about 11am today so I missed out on an opportunity there. I'll post what I listened to up until this point and continue with soundtrack Thursday afterwards.
Random Crap:
SAIL - Awolnation
Afraid - The Neighbourhood
Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons
Weekly Epic Music 17 (GODZILLA)
STT:
Hard Corps Uprising - Playlist
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
And to finish off the day...
In other non-soundtrack related news:
Kathleen and I are doing Extra Life this year again on Nov. 7/8 (timing depends largely on Kathleen's work schedule). I may chat with her and suggest starting it on her behalf to try and raise money, but I will update you on that sometime next week.
In the meantime, here's her donation page: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=141562
All proceeds going to the Alberta Children's Hospital.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Final Episode of Life is Strange
I can't sleep yet because of this game so I figured I might as well write about it. You can all laugh at me if you want, but the game made me cry. And I don't ever recall crying in a game before. Maybe feel a little sad or tear slightly, but this was like my heart just got ripped out and tenderized kind of sad. You have a choice at the end, and I think either would have been soul crushing in a way...but I may have actually chosen the MORE soul crushing way.
Jeez what do I even say about this game overall? I mean, aside from some exceptionally cheesy (and sometimes awkward) writing, the overall plot and voice acting were pretty stellar. They definitely go for the shock value each time as a cliff hanger, but they went from something so light-hearted and innocent in Episode 1 to extremely dark as fast as the end of Episode 2. And it JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE. I liked the art style and gameplay all right. Sometimes some of the objects looked kind of messed up, but it was solid in the play and I didn't notice many graphical issues. A bit of Z fighting and some really strange frames in Episode 5 that I'll need to slow down (at one point I THINK Max warped out of the chair and back again in a transition for instance). Music was good...and deceivingly light and soothing. Game kept me engaged the entire time.
I just wasn't prepared for this at all. I knew what was coming, and I couldn't handle it. I truly recommend this game if you like choice-based games, if you highly value story, and if you want something to crush your emotions into a little ball before they get stomped into a smooth paste.
Episode 5 is going up shortly. All I'll say about it is that I was right. And I'm sorry that I was right.
Jeez what do I even say about this game overall? I mean, aside from some exceptionally cheesy (and sometimes awkward) writing, the overall plot and voice acting were pretty stellar. They definitely go for the shock value each time as a cliff hanger, but they went from something so light-hearted and innocent in Episode 1 to extremely dark as fast as the end of Episode 2. And it JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE. I liked the art style and gameplay all right. Sometimes some of the objects looked kind of messed up, but it was solid in the play and I didn't notice many graphical issues. A bit of Z fighting and some really strange frames in Episode 5 that I'll need to slow down (at one point I THINK Max warped out of the chair and back again in a transition for instance). Music was good...and deceivingly light and soothing. Game kept me engaged the entire time.
I just wasn't prepared for this at all. I knew what was coming, and I couldn't handle it. I truly recommend this game if you like choice-based games, if you highly value story, and if you want something to crush your emotions into a little ball before they get stomped into a smooth paste.
Episode 5 is going up shortly. All I'll say about it is that I was right. And I'm sorry that I was right.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
One More Marathon Week
Not that I made it through last week's marathon in one piece. I crashed pretty hard over the weekend. Not sure what I had, but it basically sucked every ounce of energy I had. I literally spent one entire day reading and watching movies/tv. On that note, Kingsmen wasn't half-bad, though it ended on a...uh...super classy note. Then I went and watched some Rick and Morty so I suppose there was a theme to the evening.
Shauna will be happy to hear that I finished Summer Knight too so there's that.
I will have regular work hours, 9-5 (more or less) weekdays now, which means my schedule will be more consistent and I won't come home every day feeling like I got hit by three trucks, died and had to crawl my way out of hell, racing five demons back to my body for another go at this "life" thing. That's the theory anyway. Chances are I'll just end up buried in the mountain of writing and video work I need to catch up on. So we're switching from crawling to digging more or less.
Anyhow, uploads have continued. Recording continues. I should like...do a full update or something so there's some kind of illusion that business continues as usual. Complete with a load of giggling and screaming internally.
Currently recording:
-SOMA
-Planet Alcatraz
-Gauntlet
-Dead Space 2 (thinking of finishing this on Saturday if I have the drive space)
-Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Currently editing:
-Testament of Sherlock Holmes
-Murdered: Soul Suspect
-Gauntlet
-Bioshock Infinite (hahahaha the never-ending project)
-Evil Within (might get Mesk to cast over some of these segments or "key" segments)
-Some....special, unexpected footage intended for a new trailer (it's a surprise)
-Dungeon Siege (cause I keep forgetting I have this)
Recently finished:
-Awesome Possum (about 4 more episodes to go up)
-Tera footage (likely more to come in the future)
-Saint's Row 3 - all uploaded to LAG (but not all released yet)
So at least something is happening.
I have some initial thoughts on SOMA (we're about 3-4 hours in), but I may save those for another post as this one is already pretty long. In short, it's good, it's a lot like Amnesia games only...less terrifying and more sci-fi world-buildy computer apocalypse like. Yeah. The graphics are pretty neat and you can faff about with tons of physics objects (which have GREAT potential for silliness...but Shauna's keeping my SCIENCE in check, no worries).
Life is Strange Episode 5 next week. I'm not ready.
Shauna will be happy to hear that I finished Summer Knight too so there's that.
I will have regular work hours, 9-5 (more or less) weekdays now, which means my schedule will be more consistent and I won't come home every day feeling like I got hit by three trucks, died and had to crawl my way out of hell, racing five demons back to my body for another go at this "life" thing. That's the theory anyway. Chances are I'll just end up buried in the mountain of writing and video work I need to catch up on. So we're switching from crawling to digging more or less.
Anyhow, uploads have continued. Recording continues. I should like...do a full update or something so there's some kind of illusion that business continues as usual. Complete with a load of giggling and screaming internally.
Currently recording:
-SOMA
-Planet Alcatraz
-Gauntlet
-Dead Space 2 (thinking of finishing this on Saturday if I have the drive space)
-Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Currently editing:
-Testament of Sherlock Holmes
-Murdered: Soul Suspect
-Gauntlet
-Bioshock Infinite (hahahaha the never-ending project)
-Evil Within (might get Mesk to cast over some of these segments or "key" segments)
-Some....special, unexpected footage intended for a new trailer (it's a surprise)
-Dungeon Siege (cause I keep forgetting I have this)
Recently finished:
-Awesome Possum (about 4 more episodes to go up)
-Tera footage (likely more to come in the future)
-Saint's Row 3 - all uploaded to LAG (but not all released yet)
So at least something is happening.
I have some initial thoughts on SOMA (we're about 3-4 hours in), but I may save those for another post as this one is already pretty long. In short, it's good, it's a lot like Amnesia games only...less terrifying and more sci-fi world-buildy computer apocalypse like. Yeah. The graphics are pretty neat and you can faff about with tons of physics objects (which have GREAT potential for silliness...but Shauna's keeping my SCIENCE in check, no worries).
Life is Strange Episode 5 next week. I'm not ready.
Monday, October 5, 2015
Zero Uploads
Hey, just wanted to write a post saying I'm still around and planning on resuming uploads soon. Checked the YouTube page today and realized I haven't uploaded anything since like...September 20. It's October 5 now. I completely forgot over the last week or so. Let me tell you what's been going on as far as I can remember.
Let's see...I quit my part time job. It was kind of a no-brainer as I only have one day off a week. I'm tired. I've been borderline sick for a week and a half cause I'm not resting enough to let my body recover. While I've enjoyed working there for the most part, I don't think that environment is for me. You have to work many hours to even have a chance at promotion, and even then you are competing with many other people across the city for those positions. At the same time, more hours aren't available as they'd rather just hire more part-timers and avoid full-timers whenever possible...probably for budget reasons. That or I'm just so used to other types of work that union work just baffles me. Regardless, I have some good stories from my three and a half months there. One of my favourites was the dude that walked up beside me, poked me on the shoulder and asked "are you real?" I told him "yeah," so he smiled and said "okay cool" and just wandered away. Took me about a minute to process that one.
Other than that bit of news, I've been working on some personal stuff, been sick, been recording and, oh yes, had to go to court as a witness. Oliver and I witnessed a bad car accident a couple months ago coming back from the new Mad Max movie. Dude decided to plead "not guilty" to reckless driving at first, but after the first hour and talking to the witnesses (i.e. me, Oliver and some other dude), he changed his plea to "guilty" and we could all go home. I get trying to get a better deal, but when you're going fast enough to nearly light your tires on fire and literally the only thing that saved you from rolling over and killing yourselves was a lamp post, I'd say that there was some speed involved. Either way, the guy is lucky to be alive. He was about one foot away from getting seriously hurt or killed. Anyhow, it was significantly better than my last visit to court as a witness. We'll leave it at that.
Started recording Planet Alcatraz. Yeah. It's...I...um...potatoes. Yes. Everything is potatoes and bad voice acting. It's really quite amazing. I am so confused. Meanwhile Mesk is just giggling in the background. Other than that, Shauna and I are starting SOMA today. I'll let you know how that goes. It's been a long time since we've played a genuinely scary game (for the right reasons), so this should be interesting.
Let's see...I quit my part time job. It was kind of a no-brainer as I only have one day off a week. I'm tired. I've been borderline sick for a week and a half cause I'm not resting enough to let my body recover. While I've enjoyed working there for the most part, I don't think that environment is for me. You have to work many hours to even have a chance at promotion, and even then you are competing with many other people across the city for those positions. At the same time, more hours aren't available as they'd rather just hire more part-timers and avoid full-timers whenever possible...probably for budget reasons. That or I'm just so used to other types of work that union work just baffles me. Regardless, I have some good stories from my three and a half months there. One of my favourites was the dude that walked up beside me, poked me on the shoulder and asked "are you real?" I told him "yeah," so he smiled and said "okay cool" and just wandered away. Took me about a minute to process that one.
Other than that bit of news, I've been working on some personal stuff, been sick, been recording and, oh yes, had to go to court as a witness. Oliver and I witnessed a bad car accident a couple months ago coming back from the new Mad Max movie. Dude decided to plead "not guilty" to reckless driving at first, but after the first hour and talking to the witnesses (i.e. me, Oliver and some other dude), he changed his plea to "guilty" and we could all go home. I get trying to get a better deal, but when you're going fast enough to nearly light your tires on fire and literally the only thing that saved you from rolling over and killing yourselves was a lamp post, I'd say that there was some speed involved. Either way, the guy is lucky to be alive. He was about one foot away from getting seriously hurt or killed. Anyhow, it was significantly better than my last visit to court as a witness. We'll leave it at that.
Started recording Planet Alcatraz. Yeah. It's...I...um...potatoes. Yes. Everything is potatoes and bad voice acting. It's really quite amazing. I am so confused. Meanwhile Mesk is just giggling in the background. Other than that, Shauna and I are starting SOMA today. I'll let you know how that goes. It's been a long time since we've played a genuinely scary game (for the right reasons), so this should be interesting.
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