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Why I Don't Watch Trailers

Why I Don't Watch Trailers

I hated seeing this image of Vi everywhere.

Not because of the brain-dead takes from grifters complaining about it not being goon material - I beg to differ - but because when watching Arcane Season 2, my brain was uncontrollably forming the e...

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Q&A: December 10th, 2025

Q&A: December 10th, 2025

Kelvin Kuang Asks...
Uh, a lot of questions.

For the sake of the readers time, I'll be answering half here, and half in the next Q&A - Christmas Eve - along with any others by y'all that may post in-between.

Q) if you are an citizen in the world of Night City, what type of job would you most likely hol...

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Recommendations: Training Day

Recommendations: Training Day

I've seen Ethan Hawke often mention how much people love this movie. The kind of love that twenty years on gets people to still stop him in the street to sing it's praises to him like no time's passed since 2001. And I felt why that is pretty quickly, yet in not a way I can entirely describe... No, it's not Denzel... though he is amazing in this...

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Recommendations: Kate + Akane

Recommendations: Kate + Akane

Why recommend both of these games?

Well... they're kinda brother and sister? I played Kate: Collateral Damage first, because I watched Netflix's action-film vehicle for Mary Elizabeth Winstead that wasted her talents, and was baffled to see the actress in question playing a pixel-art Indie looking game based on the film.

I was expect...

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Update: December 1st, 2025

Update: December 1st, 2025

So I've Finally...

Started recording.

Hey everybody,

It was my intention to start recording both of my next videos about a week after the previous update here on Patreon. Laryngitis from my years of experience takes abou...

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Q&A: November 26th, 2025

Q&A: November 26th, 2025

Duncan Gohl Asks
What are some songs that unlock your inner white-girl and get you dancing? (SexyBack by JT and Compress/Repress by Trent & Atticus are two of mine.)

Dude, it took me multiple years of adulthood to finally accept that Sexy Back is a banger. Looking back, it's really dumb because I grew up lo...

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Recommendations: TRON ARES OST by NIN

I haven't seen the movie.

I just know NIN showed up to work.

I have no idea if this was always the plan but essentially what you have here is a great film score filled with beautiful piano melodies, haunting atmospherics, and distorted soundscapes with a NIN EP that also has all of those things but with lyrics.

2025-11-24 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

The Collection

The Collection

Here’s what I’ve played this last week.

Dex
Nail’d
Valley
404 Sight
Enemy Front
Red Faction II
Captain Tsubasa
Firefight Reloaded
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

With Brutal Legend, Shadow Warrior, Shadowrun Returns, and Divinity: Dragon Commander cued.

2025-11-21 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Recommendations: SiN Episodes: Emergence

Recommendations: SiN Episodes: Emergence

SiN Emergence is like a metal remix of a classic song.

Is it better than the material it's clearly modelling itself after? No.

But it has a charm that's unique while still reminding you of that classic.

I personally couldn't get into the original SiN for a variety of reasons, ones that could resolve with just a couple tweaks ...

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Q&A: November 12th, 2025

Q&A: November 12th, 2025

Kelvin Kuang Says
Long-arm questions incoming.

Bring it on!

Kelvin Kuang Asks
What's your thoughts on Volition's The Punisher video game? As a Payne "clone" minus bullet-time, it has an interesting spot; an gritty setting that's based off elements of the comics and the 2004 tie-in movi...

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Recommendations: Whalefall by Foxblood

Recommendations: Whalefall by Foxblood

I've always adored art by "smaller" artists. Whether its student films by visionary directors or awesome games by tiny teams in their spare time, they're just always inspiring to see. Though... you can usually tell they're working with less. Whether it's the lack of unique assets, expensive equipment, or highly detailed environments, there's usu...

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The Medium?

The Medium?

Reze Arc.

Fuck it was good.

For those who haven’t seen Chainsaw Man, I apologize to be serving you content that’s probably not very relatable… though I’m not really here to talk about the show, film, or IP. More just about the we...

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Recommendations: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Normally, I like to vary my types of recommendations. Should it be a game, the next will be something different like an album or a film. However, Reze Arc won't be in theatres forever, so you should definitely check it out while you can because as somebody who really liked - and recommended - the show, I loved this film...

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Update: October 31st, 2025

Update: October 31st, 2025

Hey everybody, and welcome to the update on my illnesses videos!

I hate talking about this as I don't ever wanna sound like woe is me, but I have to as it does directly relate and effect the next batch of content. Laryngitis is something I've dealt with on a yearly basis since the start of the channel, but this time I've gotten th...

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Q&A: October 29th, 2025

Q&A: October 29th, 2025

Duncan Gohl Asks
What are some core tenets of Battlefield that make the franchise successful and what examples would you give?

Battlefield's magic is unironically what Battlefield 2042 used for marketing. The franchises' success is having a sandbox that allows for absolutely absurdity like leaping out of your o...

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Recommendations: Requiem for a Dream

Recommendations: Requiem for a Dream

"Recommend" is a strong word for this movie.

It's a film to be recommended for it's beautiful craft, great performances, haunting score, and unforgettable journey of its characters. None of these things are specifically to be enjoyed, but moved, which in my case, I think could not be more perfect timing. Had I seen this when I was a Teenag...

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Reskins

Reskins

Often, the conclusion I originally envision for a video ends up not even surfacing by the time I actually complete a script, and this next video looks to be continuing that tradition. Instead, I’ll dedicate this space to the topic at hand, which I think I can summarize in three ”games.”

2025-10-25 02:08:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Recommendations: Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

 Recommendations:  Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath

Looking back, this whole year has been a re-awakening for my taste in music. Not so much that I've changed what I like, but that I finally understand what I previously didn't like.

Not to say I ever disliked Black Sabbath, more just that I never gave them a genuine listen. The last attempt, I kept circling back to my usual complaint of 60-...

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Q&A: October 15th, 2025

Q&A: October 15th, 2025

tru3p1ayaZz Asks
If the classic Sonic games are a good example of how presentation can make a game better (they’re good games, but the graphics, soundtracks and marketing really elevated them), then what are some games you’ve played where the presentation makes things worse?

That's a really good qu...

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Recommendations: Sayonara Wild Hearts

 Recommendations: Sayonara Wild Hearts

This is the level of polish I aspire to reach especially for a video-game.

Sayonara does have a core-gameplay loop but it's varied so frequently to meet the high demand of its soundtrack, that it's hard to even describe what this game is? If I say to you it's a runner, you'll be confused upon laser-blasting mechs from a motorcycle...

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Mini-Fights

Mini-Fights

So I’ve Finally Played… God of War (2018).
And you won’t see a video titled this, because I stopped playing it. At the point where Kratos walks down a mountain with a head on his hip back to the main-hub, and I rea...

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Recommendations: Inside Man

Recommendations: Inside Man

On today's episode of "wait, I thought I already recommended this, 'cause it's awesome?" an overlooked Heist movie!

According to Patreon's search bar, I've recommended "Inside" and "Wrath of Man" so maybe it's just a case of my brain smushing them together. Inside Man isn't like either of those films, and it's not really...

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Q&A: October 1st, 2025

Q&A: October 1st, 2025

Kelvin Kuang Asks
Have you tried out NIN's TRON:Ares soundtrack? The whole thing is a banger; They are the perfect fit to compose the soundtrack that isn't just plainly movie scores, but has distinct feel in the same way I love about Health's spin on Max Payne 3 OST.

Absolutely!

What has me scratching my ...

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Recommendations: She Wants Revenge - Self Titled

Recommendations: She Wants Revenge - Self Titled

It's rare I'd describe a song as hypnotic, but that seems to be the entire philosophy behind She Wants Revenge.

Calling them a "Rock Band" is like calling HEALTH "Electronic Music." It's true, but doesn't really illustrate what listeners are sighing up for. Like HEALTH, and previously recommended Pixel Grip, the band's songs stem ...

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Recommendations: Wanted - A Toddler's Personal Assistant

Recommendations: Wanted - A Toddler's Personal Assistant

Perhaps not exactly the most damning description of the first world's upper-class excess, but certainly one of the most personal. Wanted's one of those books I had a good feeling about from the moment I started reading Stephanie's descriptions of a world I've seen and heard but from a much greater distance.

This memoir's quite the...

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Is It Just Microsoft's Fault?

Is It Just Microsoft's Fault?

Man… oh man, was last week infuriating.

Between Canada Post recreating this ancient ProZD skit, returning multiple pairs of earbuds because their sound quality was such garbage, and spending multiple hours troubleshooting multiple devices rather than using them…

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Q&A: September 17th, 2025

Q&A: September 17th, 2025

Crystal Tatko Asks
Are there any freshly read comic books and/or books that you thought were interesting/amazing? Or maybe some awful books that you wish you hadn't spent time reading?

I've been pretty lucky so far this year with what I've selected reading. Obviously the Perfect Dark books, but also really enjo...

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Recommendations: Suit for Hire

Recommendations: Suit for Hire

I guess, spoiler alert for my next video.

Suit for Hire was a game I played in Early Access three years ago for fifteen minutes and walked away so impressed by its core-gameplay, I decided right then to restrain from playing the rest of its limited content and wait for a full release.

It speaks volumes to the quality of that core-gam...

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Recommendations: Caught Stealing

Recommendations: Caught Stealing

This feels like a film I wanted to make.

Down-to-earth crime drama taking place in the early 2000s that uses this setting to build tension with its cast of loathsome characters in desperate situations firing off dialogue with the speed of a machine gun, yet still taking time to let all of those things breath?

Doesn't mean it...

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How Long It Takes

How Long It Takes

Originally in my Perfect Dark video, I was going to devote several paragraphs to highlighting the sheer stupidity of the mini-games in Perfect Dark Zero, which for those who don't know, consist of timing the A button when hacking, ...

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