2018

First post of the new year. Sonic 2006 recording and Bioshock Infinite editing, two massive undertakings, are now behind me. Now, I'm just looking to the future.

For now, the new year just means that everything is changing. A lot of things have turned my life upside-down in the past couple of years, and I'm not sure I'm the same as when I went in. I still take a lot of joy in video work, writing and working on other personal projects, but it seems that no matter what I take on or leave behind, I seem to have less and less time. Part of that is a personal thing where I just need to be lazy and hide from everything for a time, and part of it is that I really am a lot busier. And I've been doing this for about a decade now.

I laughed the other day when someone said I don't have a lot of variety (I assumed it was referring to my channel) and I retorted that I had completed over 60 LPs ranging multiple genres and styles. That is...way more than I thought I had and definitely more than I ever thought I'd have. I can see the improvement over the years of my casting, my recordings, my editing and my quality, but I kind of wonder what the next step is.

I fully intend to continue my LPs, but I may wind down how much I record and how often I post. It's just not fair to promise a certain level of releases or that I will definitely do a title, or edit recordings in a reasonable amount of time, and having that stress on me isn't helping with daily activities.

So my plan for this year, is to catch up on existing projects, and simply wind down how many new projects I actually do. The ratio will likely be 1 solo LP from me for every 3 I do with someone else...until I catch up or decide to do something else. For my 2018 preview, I've decided to start a new playlist of teasers and clips I find amusing as an easy to consume section that will range from a few seconds to a few minutes in length.

And, we'll see how the year goes.

2016

I posted some half-assed messages on G+, but I'll say it here again. Hope you all had a lovely holiday and happy new year. 

I have managed to get a little video editing done over the holidays despite me being back with family for a few days. I have a ton of unreleased, incomplete footage that I may pull the best parts out of and release as a compilation video for the new year. I won't say what's going to be in it cause even I'm not so sure. Either way, as I go through things I'll be pulling footage from each. 

Dead Space 2 is on the top of my list to just get finished. I don't think I have much left on it.

SOMA is top of the list for LPs with Shauna.

Gauntlet is top of the list for LPs with Mesk and HKS. SR4 is top of the list for LPs with Mesk.

FEAR 3 is top of the list for Delta.

It's not really the right blog for this, whatever. It's 2016 and as of this year, I will have been working on this writing project for 10 years. It has been a decade since I started version 1, which I worked on for about a year and a half. It's been 6 years since I started version 2. It's been 4 years since version 2.5 when I truly started working on it, and 4 months since I started building a reader version (i.e. version 3). Still working away on it whenever I can. 

Pain in right side is slowly going away. The lymph nodes were what the lingering pain was from. Not sure what that means other than they were irritated or something. Anyway, I have a theory about what's going on, which will make the next few years of my life very interesting...at least medically. Good news is if I'm right, I may be able to prevent this kind of bullshit from happening for awhile. 

Here Comes 2015

Well, a new year is just around the corner. Do I have any resolutions?

Nope.

All in all, it wasn't a half-bad year. I'm almost done my first major writing project (no, I'm not going to make it in time...sickness, work and general laziness prevented it, but man did I get a lot done). I have a couple of part-time jobs to keep me busy. I have a car. The only damage that's been done to it so far was not me and happened when I was parked...and upstairs sleeping (it's fine...we got it worked out). I finished...um, a lot of LPs. I think I have a list here somewhere. And another big thing happened a couple weeks ago, which I am very happy about.

I don't really do the sappy stuff, but I wanted to at least extend my usual thanks to everyone who watches and supports my video production endeavours. From the people who comment, give encouragement, tease me and even team up with me to do videos, I truly appreciate the experience. Creating videos and sharing them with both people I know and complete strangers has given me an outstanding confidence boost.

And seriously. If I can handle YouTube commenters, than I can handle anyone.

Back when I posted my first LP on this channel, Dungeon Siege, I was so nervous about people hearing my voice. Before any of this, I only did a couple text LPs (and everyone thought I was a man. It was pretty hilarious and I didn't bother correcting anyone. People still think I'm a pre-pubescent male at times). I'm not a bad speaker when I'm not scared out of my mind, but every time I started a video I would have to muster the courage to do so first. Now I can turn on the recording without a second thought.

I plan on continuing LPs next year. I have no idea what's in store for me (obviously), but hopefully I'll find some new elements to add to the LP table. Meanwhile, here's a little of what you can expect next year...starting in two days...

More Hunted, Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, Alien Isolation, Skyrim (Dawnguard)
Deus Ex, Thief 1, Dead Space 1, F.E.A.R. 1 (ORDER OF PLAY TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON)
Bioshock 2 (ugh)
More Gamecube titles (so far only Lost Kingdoms on the list)
Content featuring: Shauna/SerenityZero, Nick/Demidronik, GameVoyeur, IskatuMesk, GeneralDelta, Michael/Lamaxism (because I'm going to convince him to do an LP with me) and most likely a few others.
AND a couple of titles that I will be announcing in this video that I will hopefully finish tomorrow er...today. WHAT? HOW IS IT 1:30?

Anyhow...I'm not nearly interesting enough to do those AMA type things that are so popular these days, but if you have any questions or requests, feel free to comment here or send a message on YouTube.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! Let us hope 2014 is as inane as the last.

The year in summary:

-Launched myself into the air multiple times on a pair of sticks and managed not to kill myself.
-Slid 2/3 of the way down a mogul run on my back, over the moguls, trapped laying on my skis unable to get up, giggling like a lunatic the whole way. Almost hit a tree shortly after. Got stuck for a good five minutes. Someone had to dig me out.
-Cherry Cola acquired.
-Learned how to drive with a bunch of people 7-10 years younger than me. Yeah, driver's ed with teenagers. Twelve hours of watching graphic Australian driving PSAs. Five hours driving with the car whisperer.
-Walked around the University and "listened" to things.
-Gamer's Thumb slows everything down.
-Went to Nerdy Christmas, dressed up as Jet Girl, felt like I was 8 again and adventuring with Sarah in Kelowna.
-Helped produce the most kick-ass presentation on video game music.
-Graduated with a degree in Advanced BS and Stuff that Happened.
-Watched Fellowship of the Ring with live music. My inner fangirl was happy.
-Imagine Dragons was the most flashy concert I have seen. Lead signer rises into the air like Robo-Jesus to play a drum suspended in the air.
-Got scammed in Paris.
-Got stolen from in Brussels.
-WAFFLES
-Got lost in Belgium, ended up in Holland. Ate chocolate, and another family's leftover lettuce and rice for dinner when we finally got that sorted out.
-An encounter with a Belgian, flamethrowing, Fishmobile.
-Best ice cream ever. Of all time.
-Best fish dinner ever. Of all time.
-Nearly died from heat exhaustion. One step short of delirium.
-Flew in the sketchiest plane I have ever encountered. Complete with cut-throat seat claiming. Belgian chocolate bars almost threw us over the weight limit (100 dollars for each KG over! SERIOUSLY)
-Saw Billy Boyd perform as Banquo. Best timing for rain to start ever.
-Played a lot of games that tested the limits of my sanity. Especially the horror ones.
-Participated in a 25hr video game marathon. I didn't make it the full 25 hours.
-Holy shit I can drive and I haven't killed anyone...yet.
-Trying a new part time job, doing some writing.
-Finally, after years and years of waiting, our internet was upgraded. Uploads will hopefully now be more frequent. Happy New Year!

Look for: The rest of Overlord 2, Alice: Madness Returns, Dark Souls and multiple compilation videos I haven't had a chance to finish yet.

No resolutions. I just want to finish WMRR once and for all. I have a good feeling that this year is the year. Though, I'm pretty sure I've said that before...