"Holes and America's Curse" Bibliography
Hey everyone, so my citation list for my video on Holes was so long it didn't fit into YouTube's description (Whoops). Because of t...
2025-10-14 16:32:16 +0000 UTC View Post
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Part of the Madness - An Adventure Time Bossa Nova Jazz Cover
Hello! You might recall how late in 2023, I released a video about Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, which I ended off with a cover of "Part of the Madness" by Rebecca Sugar. Now that Season 2 is expected to drop sometime in October, I am going to be publicly releasing ...
2025-10-08 21:37:50 +0000 UTC View PostHoles and America's Curse
[Edited 10/14 to include the final draft of the video and update the description]
You've got to go and dig those holes...
In this video, I explore Louis Sachar's novel turned film Holes and the ways it discusses America's past, possible futures, and present curses that afflict this country.
Th...
2025-10-04 22:03:57 +0000 UTC View PostAdventures in Temp Space: A 'Bee & Puppycat' One Page RPG
Hey everyone!
Back in 2023, I contributed to 'Off to Space!' - a Bee and Puppycat Fanzine by creating a small one page rpg based on the show. Now that it's been a couple of years, I wanted to upload it here and on 2025-07-23 17:09:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The Summer of Green and Gold - a 146 Page Call of Cthulhu Mystery
Hey Everyone!
I am so happy to announce that after working on revisions for the past few months, I have completed another draft of The Summer of Green and Gold, an original scenario to be played in Call of Cthulhu that is based on The Great Gatsby.
This draft of the adventure includes:
<... 2025-07-19 21:50:31 +0000 UTC View PostGalapos Adventure: All Charged Up!
Hey Gang!
I have another update for the Galapos Region adventure guide. This time, I have fleshed out the first two locations in the main city of Port Lantana, the welcome center, and the Galapos Research Institute HQ. I decided to continue the trend of making pixel art for the maps of these locations, though I don't think I will want to d...
2025-07-16 01:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Video: Reading through a Banger Essay about Holes
As a little video bonus, here's some behind the scenes footage where I am reading and commenting on one of the sources that became quite helpful for my video about Louis Sachar's 1998 novel Holes, as well as the 2003 film.
I hope this can give some insight in how I go about my research process and what kind of stuff I look at to g...
2025-07-09 15:09:04 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access - Holes segment for "Postcards from the Essay Library"
Hey Everyone!
I hope you are having a nice summer. I am currently hard at work on multiple projects, but one smaller project that I wanted to share early is a segment I am doing in collaboration with The Essay Library, a group of fellow video essayists that are working on...
2025-07-08 19:05:38 +0000 UTC View PostMothership Handout - Prospero's Dream Processing Form
Hey everyone! I'm in the process of my other RPG projects, but I recently started a Mothership campaign with some friends and wanted to make a handout inspired by 2025-06-25 18:04:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Galapos Update: Islets, Rangers, & Sprites!
Hey everyone!
Since my last update 2 weeks ago, I have been continuing work on the Galapos Region alongside some of my other summer projects. In this update, I've added more details about certain factions and locations, but the biggest update regards character art.
As I mentioned in previous updates, some of the characters in this ar...
2025-06-05 02:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe Galapos Research Institute
Hey everyone!
I have a small update on the Galapos Region. Last time I shared some stuff about story progression and the general factions that can be found in the Galapos Region, now to go into more specific detail about some of those factions. For the first one, I went into the Galapos Research Institute, which an organization that has a ...
2025-05-24 21:07:40 +0000 UTC View PostGalapos Update: The City of Port Lantana!
Hello All! I'm back at it again with an update to the Galapos Region Guide, my original setting created for any Pokémon Tabletop System. In this update, I have added 12 new pages detailing more about this region.
The main additions inc...
2025-05-17 22:05:51 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Galapos Region!
Hey everyone! Thanks to everyone who watched my most recent video on Pokémon TTRPGS. I've since received a number of comments and messages asking me for more information about the Galapos Region, the original setting that I have used in my home sessions of PTA.
The setti...
2025-04-06 18:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is the Best Pokémon TTRPG? [Final Draft]
![What is the Best Pokémon TTRPG? [Final Draft]](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/2/ju/nu/4e9b88-019e8eb6-242a-70db-8ffd-d232b7dcd440.jpg)
In another installment of "Henry makes a video about whatever random thing he wants," this video combines my love for Pokémon and Tabletop RPGs to explore which system translates what I consider most important to the themes and mechanics of Pokémon.
This video also is a little bit of a love letter to fan made TTRPGs and to every hobbyis...
2025-03-25 18:40:07 +0000 UTC View Post(Early Access) The Weird World of Pokémon TTRPGS
Hey all!
I have been continuing work on my different videos that I had started last year, but I have completed a basic draft of my newest video about Pokémon Tabletop RPGs. Inspired by my love of the channel Quinns Quest, the world of Pokémon, fan created media...
2025-03-02 00:36:57 +0000 UTC View PostPreview: the Weird World of Pokémon TTRPGs
Heyo! I'm currently in the process of finishing up a number of projects that I was working on at the end of 2024. Amongst them is a video that discusses the scene surrounding fan made Pokemon Tabletop Games.
The script was partially inspired by one of my favorite new channels introduced in 2024 2025-01-08 00:40:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Early Draft - Cowboys & Space Rangers Episode 1
Hello everyone!
I am happy to announce that I have completed a basic draft of the first episode of Cowboys & Space Rangers: The Evolving Masculinity of Pixar.
This will be a series of videos that are going to delve into Pixar’s filmography and history to better understand the studio’s relationship with masculinity. T...
2024-10-18 00:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe Spirit of Club Penguin is alive in Sky: Children of Light
In preparation for Thatgamecompany's collaboration with Moomin in Sky Children of Light, I have given the game a try, only to find a online multiplayer experience that had felt abandoned since the heyday of early 2000s MMOs like Club Penguin and Pixie Hollow.
This isn't an endorsement of some of the predato...
2024-09-07 19:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostPreview: A Summer of Green and Gold (v0.2)
Hey everyone, here is an updated version of A Summer of Green and Gold, a Call of Cthulhu adventure I have been writing for the past couple of years.
After running some playtests, I have fully written out a basic draft of the complete adventure. Those who know my work may be unsurprised to learn that this adventure is an ...
2024-08-10 19:44:01 +0000 UTC View Post[Early Access] The Miraculous Horror of Stop Motion
![[Early Access] The Miraculous Horror of Stop Motion](https://img5.samukata.com/storage/12/ed/pn/4e9b88-019e8ead-c098-7fc7-98fa-56bdbf048d10.jpg)
From the same artform that brought you Coraline and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, comes three stories that evoke the existential fear of art.
Update: Here is the final draft of the video with the music composed by Molly Noise. T...
2024-06-25 19:47:31 +0000 UTC View PostPREVIEW: The Summer of Green and Gold: a Call of Cthulhu Adventure (v 0.1)
Hey everyone!
For the past two years, I have been writing a Call of Cthulhu adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The novel has served as a point of fascination for the past couple of years, specifically in t...
2024-04-20 16:10:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe Amateur's Guide to Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
In this video, I return to the world of Moominvalley to analyze the hotly anticipated game Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley and its relationship with the original Moomin stories, Tove Jansson, and the philosophies it connects with.
Disclosure: My copy of the game was provided to me by Hyper Games and Raw Fury. Whil...
2024-03-29 00:53:04 +0000 UTC View PostCall of Cthulhu Landing Pages
Hey All!
Expect an update on some big plans for 2024 later this weekend, but until then, here are some landing pages I have created for the Call of Cthulhu campaign books Cthulhu Dark Ages and 2024-02-17 20:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The Eternal Recurrence of Adventure Time
With the conclusion of season 1 of Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, this video seeks to explore the show's relationship with the philosophical concept of Eternal Recurrence, the notion that everything stays, right where we left it. But does everything truly stay without changing? Come along with me to find out!
Storyboards drawn ... 2023-12-24 05:52:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Part of the Madness - A Bossa Nova Jazz Cover
Stream or Download my cover of "Part of the Madness" from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake for $1!
I'm back on my bullshit of making cartoon covers for my videos. This time, I wanted to expand the sound of this little number from Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake. A lot of Rebecca Sugar's music taps into flavors of Bossa Nova Jazz, s...
2023-12-24 05:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostI have too many thoughts on The Great Gatsby (2013)
Update: Because Warner Bros has been continually putting a copyright claim on this video, I have been putting it's release on hold until it is resolved. Until Then, enjoy the early access to this finalized video!
Indeed, with my summer vacation, I have been able to complete a basic draft of my newest video slated to release this August,
An OBJECTIVE Review of Celeste
For this next video, I have decided to meet the demands of Gamers™ everywhere and write a 100% objective review of the 2018 video game Celeste. Yep, definitely nothing that isn't objective in this video, no sir.
Watch to find out whether I give this game a good, perfect, or the worst rating a vide...
2023-07-01 22:26:46 +0000 UTC View PostPART THREE: Behind the Barbie - The Ruth Handler Story
In the final part of this retrospective on Ruth Handler's life, we explore her time at Mattel overseeing Barbie's rise to fame, the disasters that saw her leave Mattel, the cancer diagnosis that changed her life, and the personal and legal trials she faced as she was separated from her prized creation, Barbie. What do these things say about Hand...
2023-06-23 03:06:04 +0000 UTC View PostPART TWO: Behind the Barbie -The Ruth Handler Story
In part 2 of this series, we continue to explore the life of Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie, as we specifically discuss the process she went through in the creation of the doll. A process that included Japanese war criminals, unscrupulous business deals, and a shockingly horny psychologist. How was Barbie able to succeed in these strange an...
2023-06-23 02:56:26 +0000 UTC View PostPART ONE: Behind the Barbie - the Ruth Handler Story
This is part one of three of our retrospective mini-series examining the life and legacy of Barbie's creator, Ruth Handler. In this section, we explore Handler's early life as Henry explains to Emma the different challenges she and her husband faced before creating the doll we all know and love, including scandalous marriages, antisemitism, a ch...
2023-06-23 02:52:39 +0000 UTC View Post