Life is Strange Episode 2

Episode 2 is going up today. Marathoned the game again last night once I had access. It actually came at a really good time because I doubt I could have slept last night had I not taken the two and a half hours it took to play it. Went to sleep all right after that despite how...intense it got at the end.

So after having a little more of a taste of the game, what do I think? Well I'm interested enough to play and LP Episode 3. It didn't lose the momentum it had from the first game. The story is actually engaging. I want to keep playing and see what happens, and the story isn't afraid to delve into some dark stuff. The ending of this episode was proof of that (and I won't ruin it, but let's just say you can "fail" the climax of this little installment). The dialogue is....well strange. Heh. At some points, you seem to be having a real conversation with a real person...aaaand then you fall into cliches and lines that I don't believe any real person would say given the situation. In other words, sometimes the characters act like they would in real life, and then sometimes the characters act like ideas or stereotypes of people in real life. Like the only experience the writers had with teenagers is from bad high school dramas.

Graphics and gameplay is on par with episode 1. I forgot how one of the game mechanics worked, and I mention it, but I never actually had to use it. Music was lovely and mellow and sets the tone nicely. The game is paced well (an issue I see with a lot of games...and movies, is just poor freaking pacing). There are actually few games I would say are paced perfectly, but this is one of them. Even one of my favourite games, Transistor, had a few pacing issues. There's enough balance between actions and dialogue to allow for character development to happen.

My favourite part, although completely expected, is the attempts at making all characters sympathetic (but not necessarily likable). Even some of the nastiest characters at the school seem to have reasons for being the way they are and doing what they do. Doesn't make them good people, but you at least get everyone's backstory and understand where they're coming from...even if you really don't give a shit and would love to see them burn anyway. Also really interesting to see some actual research going into victim response and recovery implemented in the game, especially when I've been doing a lot of research in the area and training myself.

At any rate, I still recommend playing it, or even watching it (should find someone more interesting than me though).

That janitor though. Creepy as hell, but I can't help but think he's the only one who actually knows wtf is going on in the town...in terms of mystical bru-ha-hah anyway.

I Think My Laptop Might Be on Fire

Not sure if it's actually my laptop, but I smell a burny electronic smell. Laptop is a bit warm but I still hear the fan working. The day it stops making clicking noises is the day it'll probably die permanently. No more free fixes for me. That ship has sailed. It'll probably be the day I actually finish my writing. I will be sure to back up the work EXTENSIVELY before that.

I'm in the latter half of all LPs I'm uploading at the moment. Hunted, Sanitarium, Dead Space 1 and Alien Isolation should all FINALLY be done early April.

Next up: Bioshlock 2, Lost Kingdoms (Gamecube), Among the Sleep (tag-team w/ Shauna)

What I'm working on: Saints Row 3 videos for LAG (with GeneralDelta), Tera (with Mesk and hks), Alien Isolation (soooo close), Hunted (have a few of Mesk's clips to add), Bioshock Infinite (I'm going to try and finish this so I can finally get rid of it)

What I'm recording: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

What I'm thinking of recording: Dead Space 2, Skyrim Dawnguard DLC, Grim Fandango

What I'm actually doing instead of all this: watching cartoons and writing...and working...


Sarahhhhhh. Why did you convince me to play HabitRPG? I died. I have no sword. I have to attack with my face now. Hmmm...might actually do more damage...

Gone Dark

Hey everyone. Sorry I went dark for a couple days there. I had a project I needed to finish...and if I wasn't working, I was writing this thing. Yep, three days later and a lot of lost sleep, I'm in recovery mode. The good news is, I am done and a major item is checked off my to do list. Bad news is I've neglected uploads. I am currently remedying that.

Sanitarium and Hunted videos should be published tonight. Turns out I had one other Alien video I forgot I edited, so that will go out tomorrow along with another episode I'm going to edit right now. I am really exhausted though, so I'm going to do additional catch-up tomorrow.

Spaaaaaaaaaaaace

Dead Space 1 LP is fully recorded now. I am currently encoding chapter 11 as I type. I will be deciding what my next solo LP will be over the next couple of days here. I WILL be doing Dead Space 2 at some point (maybe even next). I enjoyed the original enough to continue the series. I have heard Dead Space 2 is a fairly decent game, so I probably won't experience another Bioschlock moment. Hopefully.

I also finished recording Hunted with Mesk. I need to edit some of the footage, but I will be encoding and posting that shortly as well. We will be doing more Tera videos once hks gets a new video card, but until then I will be working on other things.

I tried F.E.A.R. with Shauna yesterday. She was not interested in the game and got bored quickly. If I LP this, it will be on my own, but this likely will not be the next LP. I'm going to try to get Evil Within working on the old gaming laptop I was given to see if it will run smoother. Sure it could give me a bsod at any second but it's worth trying. I have a lot of our LP stuff to go through. Alien Isolation, then Among the Sleep (cause it's short), Bioshock Infinite (because it's been over a year), Murdered: Soul Suspect and then whatever we decide to continue with at the moment. We're playing a really awful Sherlock Holmes game right now. It's been fun to riff on.

Games I will likely solo LP next are one of the following:
Dead Space 2
Grim Fandango
Contrast
Half Life Episode 2

I would have put the Monkey Island series on there, but I can't find 1, need to purchase 2 and 3 is in CD form and I cannot get it to work. I'll have to wait on that one. I'm not going to play the new one.

Sick Again

I have been fighting off this cold or flu or whatever it is for over two weeks now...and it's finally taken over. I can't do this to myself anymore. I keep doing too much, I don't say no to anyone who asks for help or asks if I can do something, and I'm not eating or sleeping well enough. So I have decided to finish outstanding projects and back off from a few things for awhile until I can get myself well again.

Thankfully I have a reserve of videos to post, so releases shouldn't slow down, but I'm going to limit myself to what I produce for the next two months. I am not stopping my videos. I will still be doing LPs. I am however limiting myself to what I do.

I will be:
-Producing only one solo LP per month, which means some requests will not be granted until later this year. I will finish up Dead Space 1 and then choose ONE game to do afterwards. The exception will be Life is Strange Episode 2, mainly because that will only take 3 ish hours to complete. I have no idea when it will be released even.
-Doing a Borderlands 2 LP with GeneralDelta. This is my sole commitment to the new channel he set up for the time being. I will post other, shorter, one-shot videos. This will likely change in the summer.
-Continuing LPs with Shauna. I need to work my way through the multiple LPs that we have already finished recording before we start anything else. I will be suggesting a break from new content for awhile while I finish this.
-Continuing LPs with Mesk (and HKS). I will be finishing Hunted, producing some Tera and most likely take on Scourge:Outbreak with them.

I will not be doing any other collaborative work at this time. If you ask me to do a co-op or tag-team LP with you, I will say no. This is not personal, I just can't handle anymore work or commitments. Talk to me again in June.

I will take requests, but know that they will likely not be done until later this year. Expect some livestreams (Transistor and Left 4 Dead 2 or anything else I don't want to record).

Sleepy

Oh online moderation...things do explode so quickly sometimes. Over silly things. You check in on a community and everything his happy and peaceful. Check in again five hours later and suddenly all hell has broken loose. People make me sleepy.

I have a busy week ahead of me. I need to get a lot of video finished. I ran out of Alien Isolation videos again (I have about 4 hours left to edit I just need to stop playing Fire Emblem and GET 'ER DONE). I need to finish up two LPs so I can work on other projects. First, I need to finish up Hunted with Mesk. We have one more chapter to complete. Second, I need to finish Dead Space. I think I have 4 chapters to complete. Third I need to get all that Tera and Guild Wars 2 footage off my computer. I have no idea what the hell is going on with those projects. Both are adventures of screaming, horses, random encounters and giggling and I just don't know anymore.

I have told GeneralDelta I will be prepared to play Borderlands 2 by Thursday. So I have to get everything together and off my drives. I HAVE THREE DAYS.

What's new this week other than heaps of recording work?
-Sanitarium - Started posting this yesterday
-Tera videos should go up sometime this week
-I might start uploading Bioshlock 2, but I might save that for filler when I need it

I don't know if there will be any streams or not this week. If there are, it will likely be Left 4 Dead 2 with Shauna and Nick, Borderlands 2 with GeneralDelta, or Transistor and my bitter tears.

MOAR VIDEO

Yeah I messed up and didn't upload enough video to cover the week...so instead of two per day, you'll get one video some days. Meh, my uploads are usually super inconsistent anyways as I sometimes forget or am too tired to post them (also I hate doing the tags). Regardless, you should still get some video each day, just less than normal.

Also, Lord of the Rings: The Third Age is now a completed LP. I recommend watching episodes 40-46 for maximum wtf factor. It is so random, rushed and horribly corny. I love it...mostly because even though the quality drops and there are sudden unexplained events, the game is still playable and entertaining. Three points of ughhhhh: Grima, Funny Looking Orc Dude and the stupid Nazgul in Osgiliath. That is all.

Coming up this week: Alien Isolation, Hunted, Dead Space 1

Coming up next week: Sanitarium.

Bioschlock 2 is next on the list after these. I will likely start posting it once Dead Space 1 is finished. Among the Sleep is next up after Alien Isolation in terms of LPs with Shauna (AtS is about 3 hours of gameplay so it should only be about 6 episodes at most). Then I will focus on getting all that Bioshock Infinite off my drives (which was also played with Shuana).

The next Gamecube game I will be posting is Lost Kingdoms. This will likely be followed by Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on Hard difficulty (because Sacrosanct wants a piece of my suffering). I'd share the anguish of Fire Emblem: Awakening on Lunatic Classic mode, but you are likely only going to get a crummy video from my phone on that at most as it's on the 3DS and I can't emulate that at this time. Guys it's painful. I am currently stuck on CHAPTER 2 because SOMEONE couldn't remember their god damned axe. Yeah the issue is really the pointy stick dudes. Frederick survived the Hammer Man and now it's just the pointy stick dudes.

The next solo LP I will be doing will likely be finishing Half Life Episode 2. The end of February and March is CATCH UP TIME.

Finally expect some extremely silly video from Tera.