Foggy

I keep forgetting that I have the Contrast LP that I can post in case I run out of solo LP stuff. My memory in general is really bad lately as I've got a lot to remember. Allergies/inner ear issues isn't helping the matter. So if I forget about something, I apologize. I'm doing it, but it's not on purpose. Usually I remember something important in time...at the last second...and then fly into a frenzy trying to recover the situation.

I need a full day to just work on video. It's the only way I'm going to catch up at this rate. That or just an hour each day, uninterrupted to work on this stuff. It hasn't been easy this past week with my aunt staying with us to visit my grandpa as well as work and other chores I've had to handle. My car still needs an oil change and that glass chip fixed...

Lost Kingdoms is officially finished. I may post my other failed attempts at the final level on the public drive at some point, but to save you all time, I only posted my first and last tries on YouTube. You miss a lot of anger and exasperation. If you screw up and die in this level at any point you have to do the entire level over again...and it's not short. Even rushing through the level (not even the boss portions) is a good 15-20 minutes with the mobs that jump you. Then there's two bosses to get through (annoying vampire dude and the final boss with an arena-wide AOE attack that takes your health down to 1...unless you hug the very edges). This is actually one of my all-time favourite bosses...but it'd be better if it took you to a save point at the beginning of the boss.

GeneralDelta seems to be taking this video channel thing to the next level with a website and contests and such. I think I'll remain a bit-player in this for now. I'll join in their games from time to time (right now Dead Island...much to Mesk's amusement), but for now I have no time to do more, especially when I have other video projects I want to do. Like Guild Wars 1 with Mesk and HKs (since we've been trying to do this stuff for ages...and really at this point they're waiting on me...heh).

Also poor Voyeur. We were trying to FINALLY finish RE5. Little did we know that Window Live finally got toasted and Steam took over hosting. Somewhere in the process all the save files were lost. We were literally on the final boss and it me so long to get my shit together that we lost all our progress that close to the end. So after waiting 2 hours for the game to update (i.e. redownload), we found this out, tried to restart and then experienced a string of crashes and disconnects. So we aren't finishing that LP. Consider it complete and off my list of things to do.

Tuesday Nights

I really need the sleep, but coffee has a way of making me not sleep. Ever. This is not the case with tea...or really any other form of caffinated drink. I don't count energy drinks because they are disgusting and make my heart feel like it's going to explode (seriously I tried half a can once and it made my heart VERY uncomfortable).

But it helped me bowl a 352 (5-pin) a couple weeks ago so I can't complain.

Oh yeah LP stuff. So Bioshock 2 is making me quite upset about...everything. As I say in the videos, it's like someone's bad Bioshock 1 fanfic. It has some interesting and fun aspects to it but...well...you'll see when I play what my gripes are. I do play it on hard, which doesn't help the situation.

Co-op LP work continues with Mesk (Hunted), Voyeur (Resident Evil 5) and Shauna (Alien: Isolation). I am intending to do some recordings with General Delta and another person soon, but I don't know when.

I have some Half Life 2 Episode 2 sitting on my hard drive waiting to be edited and encoded (but it's not finished) and some Guild Wars 2 (that I need to edit up and post). OH and I keep forgetting to finish editing the Extra Life 2014 recap video. It's done I just need to do a last pass and edit a little bit. There will be a long version and a short version. Short version is 9mins and ready to be posted. Long version is like...an hour and not quite ready yet.

But, my priorities right now are not in the realm of LPing. I have two tasks I must complete before the year is over. 1) Complete my writing project (this is not an option I have decided) and 2) get a full-time job (it is long past due and I will really need the money soon).

I feel like I'm forgetting something.

I'm still so awake and it's 4am. Remind me (people in different time zones and Mesk) that LPing Tuesday nights/early morning Wednesday would be a good idea.

Casting Lull

More like casting lol

I haven't been making any new videos for the past while aside for some Resident Evil 5 recordings and Alien: Isolation. I'm not too concerned as I have a ton of material to post that's in queue, but I will need to finish up Half Life 2 Episode 2 and Dishonored at some point. I won't be able to do more recording for a few days as I'm still sick and the condition of my throat will not allow me to speak for prolonged periods of time. I also have some voice work to do for a friend that I am very much behind in.

For the next couple weeks you will see more Bioshock, the first episodes of Alien: Isolation, UT3 and my first few episodes of the Gamecube games I played. I will continue to take suggestions for Extra Life, which is just under 2 weeks away.

Ahead of the Game

Also behind at the same time. I have a ton of video ready to release, and have recorded a lot of other stuff I've been meaning to go through. I finished UT3 last night, but unfortunately the game crashed on the last mission, and Mesk and HKS beat the level on that try before I could reconnect. Mesk will be giving me video footage to complete it. Over the last two days I have started Bioshock Burial at Sea with Shauna, continued Resident Evil 5 with GameVoyeur and started HL2Ep2 as well as Bioshock. Also thinking of future projects with Mesk and HKS, which will likely include Neverwinter Nights, Guild Wars 1 and Hunted: The Demon's Forge.

A list of prepared video:
-Unreal Tournament 3 (almost have the entire LP encoded and ready)
-Schwa Can't MMO content including: Guild Wars 2, Archeage, Neverwinter
-Skyrim (another three episodes)
-Haunted Mansion - Gamecube
-Lord of the Rings, The Third Age - Gamecube

A list of recorded video that has not been processed (and are mostly incomplete):
-Half Life 2 Episode 2
-Bioshock
-Bioshock Infinite
-Bioshock Burial at Sea Episode 1
-Dishonored, Brigmore Witches

I may pre-release some of these. You can find them on my Google Drive. I have made a public folder.

September Snow

Yes, it is snowing outside right now. It was 26 degrees Celsius yesterday. Today it is snowing. Welcome to Calgary.

Not much to update at this point in time. I finished editing Penumbra Requiem and it is prepared for release. So that's a big deal. Shauna and I finished Bioshock Infinite a couple days ago, so that means I'll have more editing to do for that. I have more Unreal Tournament 3 and Guild Wars 2 to go through and Resident Evil 5 is still being produced with GameVoyeur.

My hands are killing me. A combination of games and editing video have made them extremely sore. I may have to alternate days to keep them from getting worse, especially because I NEED them to do most of what I do to keep myself occupied.

The good news is, you will have a steady stream of videos. I don't have a set schedule, but you will see more UT3, Skyrim and Neverwinter this week. I will save Penumbra and Guild Wars 2 for later. Meanwhile, Voyeur is uploading one episode of RE5 per week, so stay tuned on his channel for that LP.

I really want to finish up some of these projects so I can play Bioshock and Half Life 2 Episode 2.

Anyone Seen My Brain?

Cause it's either missing or completely fried. I was already tired last night, and then I only ended up sleeping an hour before my back began hurting and I had nerve pain shooting through my leg. So that's fun. Managed to fall asleep somewhere around 5am but then I had to be awake for work and...well here I am. I should be able to leave in an hour, but until then, I'm stuck staring at my grilled cheese trying to remember how long it's been sitting there. So I apologize for this post and its coherency. This is what happens when I get 3ish hours of sleep...with medication for my back...and I was already sleep deprived. 

Here is a list:

1) Unreal Tournament 3 has a tentative start date for recording. We will be playing September 1 (or very close to that depending on when the other three gentlemen are available to play) when I get back from going to my grandparent's cabin out in the boonies. 

2) I started another LP with GameVoyeur. We are playing resident Evil 5. I literally retyped "resident" four times and the shift key wouldn't register to capitalize it. So it is staying like that. That's what you get for defying me resident. Now everyone is going to stare at it and be uncomfortable. Anyway, that's started to go up here. I will post the playlist on my channel when a playlist exists.

3) Guild Wars and Neverwinter Nights look like other likely co-op LPs/videos in the future. I have no idea what the timeline on those would be though.

4) Uh...I didn't record any more Dark Souls. This weekend was a little rough on me unexpectedly and I ended up quite busy. I still plan on continuing it, but you may not get many more videos before I go off the grid. 

5)Fallen Earth stuff is up. I have another video for it, so I will be posting that before I leave.

K I keep seeing the little bit of paper at the end of the teabag in my drink move and it's freaking me out cause I keep thinking it's a bug.

6) You will be getting a lot of Neverwinter, Skyrim and Penumbra in the next few days. I can't remember if I have anything else prepared. It'll be a surprise for you if there is.

Today is Monday so....

Monday - Neverwinter Dungeon, The Pirate King Part 3, Fallen Earth Horse Video

Tuesday - Skyrim Part 12

Wednesday - Penumbra Black Plague Part 3, Neverwinter Dungeon the ice mountain one that I forget the name of Part 1

Thursday - Neverwinter Dungeon the ice mountain one that I forget the name of Part 2, Skyrim Part 13

Friday - Penumbra Black Plague Part 4

Saturday - Uh...something interesting I'm sure

Sunday - I will get back to you after I have a nap

Monday - I'm disappearing into the wilds of Manitoba to become one with nature, though I'll have videos queued up while I'm gone. 

Oh god this is a terrible cover of House of the Rising Sun. Please make it stop. I can't handle this.