Not The Collaboration You Want

So I got this in my email yesterday. I assume it was quickly deleted when the person discovered it's REALLY not the collaboration he wants.

I'm so sad that the message wasn't kept there, even if it is automated spam. I was so tempted to respond by saying that I can play keyboard (get it?) and offer a lot of squeals and sneezes to his work. The other part of this that amuses me greatly is that this bandhub site is basically data mining/searching for key words (the title of my video is also a Basshunter song). Apparently the only qualification for finding someone to collaborate with is liking Basshunter. This gentlemen has the highest of standards.

Hey, maybe it's some sort of clever marketing scheme that goes completely over my head or a scam, but I still had some giggles. I am the least musical person you will ever meet. I can't sing, I can't play anything and I can't dance.

In other news....SHAUNA AND I FINISHED TESTAMENT OF SHERLOCK HOLMES!!!111!!!1!!!!!

Yeah we started that in like...October.

October 2015.

Was really fun trying to remember wtf was going on and what we were supposed to be doing. Meanwhile Watson doesn't understand personal space. I will say the monkey jewel thief comes full circle in shocking and unexpected ways!

I'll try REALLY hard to get Sherlock and Evil Within out before 2017. Just get the silly and unpleasantness out of the way once and for all. I've been working on the RPG again instead of video work though. I am SO close to having the first area done/playable. I predict another 16 hours of work, which is nothing if I'm working on it full time. I am not. Also the fact that the bloody copier took me about 2 hours to get fully functional is a little embarrassing. Emulates real printers and photocopiers I suppose. I have the level/map plan hashed out in my project and a strategy for building/testing all of them. Turns out making a game is a lot of work when you're the only one building, designing, writing, creating assets and scripting. Also, I highly recommend going into a project like this with at least a little knowledge of what you're doing and not starting out at level 0 in terms of trying to figure things out. Either way, Mesk, HKS and Nick have been invaluable resources.

Problem is this week is a little busy. I work 14 hours today to get home round 10:30pm, then tomorrow I'll be home round 9:30pm, then Wednesday I'll be home around 10:30pm, then Thursday I'll be home around 11:30pm the Friday...oh maybe Friday I'll have some time. Then Saturday I may have the daytime free, but I'm busy 5pm on. Sunday obviously is Christmas and I'll be busy with family. Boxing Day....hmmm boxing day would be a good day to work on videos while everyone is out stressing themselves with sales and shopping...excellent.

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.

Everything is on Fire

The sun is a lovely shade of blood red today. Time to ring in the apocalypse with some coffee, cookies and my return from the Place of Spiders (oh, and the Chicken Dance as is tradition with apocalypses). 

Yeah so my city is covered in smoke from the forest fires in Washington today. Heard it's pretty bad down there at the moment, so hope any readers living there are safe from the fires. I couldn't see downtown from the beltline today driving to work, so the air quality is pretty bad. I may add a picture later.

I am back home. I spent a lot of yesterday catching up on video work. I have a small segment of Saint's Row 3 left to go through, but I am essentially done that series. It's nice to have that 600GB back. I finished some work on Testament of Sherlock, but mostly it was just preparing clips for Mesk, who said he would do a in-depth analysis cast of the game for me. That should be fairly amusing. I also continued some work on Tera and the Dungeon Siege 1 Revival series (which I haven't continued since like...May or June). 

I need to finish recording Dead Space 2, Awesome Possum, Gauntlet (with Mesk, HKS and Wibod), Half Life Episode 2 and Riven (will get back to you on this). Guild Wars 1 and Tera need attention, but recording on those are on hold, I think until Mesk and HKS are done Divinity OS due to hard drive space limitations on their end. Not to say my end is any better what with my 600GB free on my flaky external hard drive. 

Oh yeah I still haven't finished Fire Emblem either...

I don't really have an upload schedule worked out yet as I'm still trying to figure out wtf I was doing before I left (nothing productive in the video world I'm guessing). So enjoy the random crap I throw at you for the next week. Hopefully by the weekend I'll have something resembling a regular upload schedule again.

PS - Yesterday I was talking with Mesk, HKS and Shauna and suddenly I'm the proud owner of SOMA and Planet Alcatraz, and apparently I'm LPing both. I'm not exactly sure what happened.

In the Boonies

I will be away for the week with limited access to internet, so you may see me around and you may not. I can access many things from my phone, but I anticipate a lot of sleeping and reading for the next 7 days.

I have...very little prepared for video this week. I am going to start post video from the Gauntlet run I did with Nick on normal difficulty. You can use this as a comparison for when I post the Gauntlet footage with Mesk, HKS and Wibod later on on the hardest difficulty.

Awesome Possum videos are prepared, so I decided to throw those up earlier than I anticipated. I am still not finished the game. I'm still stuck. In the arctic. I hate that abomination of nature.

I'll try to have more Testament of Sherlock Holmes ready for this week as well. In the meantime, I have some more beautiful screenshots for you. Game of the year 10/10.

This time the theme is broken particles and effects and some disturbing guards. What do I mean by this? WELL LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

Some of these are just random in the game...and some are in CUTSCENES.

Now here's some nightmare fuel for you:

My favourites are always Watson though.

And of course the dead-eyed stares of some of the characters and Sherlock, who isn't taking any of your shit. 

Last but not least, I'll leave you all with a creepy-ass smile.

HAPPY SLEEPING =D

Session 1 of Testament of Sherlock Holmes

Because these screenshots are beautiful. They capture the game perfectly. I am convinced the game is possessed...and the only one who knows is Watson.

The children are all demons. The dialogue consists of impish giggling, "ohhhhh" and "la la la." 

The moment Watson's eyes were opened to the realms beyond. He knows. He knows the horrors of the demon children and the havoc they have wrought through their book of evil.

He sees them...noticing something on the ceiling...

...and was never the same again. (the above two screenshots were sequential frames btw).

He begins to see things differently. In a new disturbing light. He sees that things that appear normal upon first inspection...

(lol the officer in the back looks bored out of his mind)

...but what they truly are.

The demons know. And mock him for it.

Time and space is warped as his world view is transformed.

Watson accepts his fate, takes his meds....

...and broods. "Fuck this tea," he whispers bitterly to himself.

Watson attempts to tell Sherlock what lurks in the shadows, but he makes another terrifying realization.

Sherlock is secretly a vampire. But Watson is willing to keep his secret...

...because he is vaguely turned on.

Bleigh

Bleigh

Bleigh? Sherlock is not amused.

They visit the dear reverend in hopes of exorcising the game. Sherlock is tempted by a bloody scalpel, and shows that he is, in fact, made of rubber.

The reverend attempts the exorcism.

But he realizes he is not strong enough.

And tries to flee.

Watson and Sherlock stop him by fusing together.

With the reverend restrained for the moment, Watson contemplates his great and terrible gift...

And knows there are only horrors in store for him.

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Sherlock wants to know what possessed you to play this game. He is judging you. Harshly. 

Also, found the perfect screen for a caption/photoshop contest. If I did such things:

Alien Isolation Complete

In case you missed the memo, I am finally done editing and uploading Alien Isolation. It's all there. All 49 parts. I am a little mad at myself for not making it 50 parts though...it would have been a nice number. Oh well...

I uploaded the first episode of Testament of Sherlock Holmes because Shauna was asking for it. It's really awful, but hilarious. All the cinematic transitions are really messed up. I took some candid shots and stuck them at the end. Maybe the titlecards of each episode will be some of these. I'll still probably post all of Among the Sleep as our next LP next as I don't have all the footage from the Sherlock game on hand (it's on Shauna's external). Besides, it's short, and I REALLY need a short project after the multi-month effort Alien Isolation turned out to be.

Other than catching up on all these backlogged projects, the things I am currently working on are Fire Emblem, the Sherlock game, Tera and Saints Row 3. I don't know what my plans beyond that are at the moment. I kind of just want to hibernate for a week.

Saw the doctor and I'm getting some tests done tomorrow morning because I haven't had time to go to the lab and it's closed by the time I'm done work. So really no news yet. I will return to my normal work hours next week. I think I will record/edit more stuff at that time. Maybe I'll write. Likely I'll just be completely unproductive and do some reading or binge watch some television shows.

Yeah, that sounds nice.

EDIT: You know what? I'm going to play some Skyrim next week. It's about time I picked that up again.