Queue's empty! Time to shovel more posts in to the posting furnace. It's funny because I was worried tumblr locking down anon asks for registered users only meant I'd get less asks, but I'm still getting more than I publish. There's stuff I wanted to write that is probably buried under two or three pages of unanswered messages at this point. But even if I do these in big batches over an hour or two, I have to maintain the balance, I guess.
After teasing it not too long ago, I finally went and added a fourth pricing tier for you to request I cover specific games. As in, if you donate at that tier, I WILL do a video on something of your choosing. I've limited the number of available slots for my own sake, so I don't get overwhelmed. Current price as of this writing is double the cost of a new game (so I can buy it and also be compensated for...
2023-07-30 08:12:38 +0000 UTC View PostA friend bought me a new keyboard for my birthday! It's fun to type on. The first clicky keyboard I've had in over a decade. Cherry MX switches, the whole nine yards. It's very nice. So, when last night I said I needed to fill out the queue on tumblr a little bit, I just... kind of started writing today and didn't stop. A couple hours later, I now have posts queued up to...
2023-07-23 00:11:20 +0000 UTC View PostI always feel like I'm about to get in to trouble when I talk about tech. It makes me feel out of my depth. On the other hand, you get me to wax poetic about the characterization of a blue hedgehog and you can't shut me up.
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In a bit of a rush to post these before bed. I wrote a handful of them a couple days ago but didn't realized I queued so many, so I didn't write the post then.
https://blazehedgehog.tumblr.com/private/722759811119316992/tumblr_rxr2u425zL1rr2g16
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2023-07-15 09:20:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings from the world of three dogs, one cat, five birds, and four fish. I am officially pet sitting until next Sunday! Can't do much on this ancient laptop, but I can at least stream via my PS4 on my Game Dump channel. Though with this many birds in the house, maybe not the smartest idea.
Anyway! Asks! ...
2023-07-10 00:42:07 +0000 UTC View PostThese will take me up in to the time where I am pet sitting for a cousin, which will be a lot more chill and relaxed. I'll have lots of time to just sit on my laptop and type there
I'm at the "rolling thunder" part of putting together a new video, where all the slow, tedious stuff is out of the way and the pace of the edit quadruples. So I actually let the queue run completely dry! Whoops! Here's a couple quick posts for now, but I'll have to dedicate more time soon.
You poke the hornet's nest in my head about how I feel about media portrayal of aliens, and a lot of words just tend to spill out all over the place.
Probably gonna bump some of these up to post sooner rather than later (since they're time-relevant), so I'm not going to date when they post right now.
I also probably won't do big dumps like this all at once too often, because I realize this can be a lot to read. Unless you like that! I dunno! Leave a comment.
A question came in late last night that I really wanted to answer, but I didn't want to do a whole patreon post for one tumblr ask. When I got around to it today, I spent an hour and a half just... writing a bunch more answers. Since I've got almost ten posts in the tank now, we're good for the week.
...Maybe I should try to find a better name for these posts going forward.
https://blazehedgehog.tumblr.com/private/720405559283761152/tumblr_rweyfrdOD01rr2g16 (Currently scheduled for 6/21/2023)
So for years now I've been saying I should refresh this Patreon. Patreon is now sunsetting several older features, including the ability to "set goals" -- so some of you may remember this Patreon opened with a goal where, if I got something like $150 a month, I'd do an Archie Sonic read through podcast with a friend of mine. That's going away! (In fact, despite Patreon only announcing it recently, I noticed it disappeared from my page months ago even though I never removed it)
In truth,...
2023-06-16 07:13:20 +0000 UTC View PostI meant to post this back in the day, but then I fell in to the "holiday" of wanting to relax and forgot to do it. If you wanted the full length storyboard for how I edited this video, here it is in PDF format.
For comparison sake, I'm also including the script to the video as well. As you can tell, the 18 page script turned in to a 60+ page storyboard. Obviously a lot of that is empty space, given the storyboard cells were made to be uniform in size no matter how descriptive I go...
2023-05-23 23:07:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm supposed to be relaxing! But I tried to squeeze this video out instead. Seriously, though, I need to relax now. People talk about what burnout does to a person and while producing this video I hit kind of a brick wall and I'm definitely feeling it more than I'm used to.
I've been thinking about what's next and maybe it's time I revive the podcast to talk about that. I may fit that in during my "holiday." After all, it's been about a year since the fated "2023-03-03 10:08:18 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally here, folks. As I think you may know, I've been working on this video since September 2022. There's a lot of reasons it took so dang long. So many reasons that I almost don't even want to write them all out, but let's just say it was a mixture of impostor syndrome, cold and flu season, kids being hospitalized with pneumonia, holiday craziness, and on top of that my phone died.
This video is the first I've ever done with a paid sponsorship segment! Not that you'd ever ...
2023-01-30 22:21:34 +0000 UTC View Post
So I wrote a little bit about this on Youtube, but I figure I should give you guys a bit more detail in what's going on with the next video.
To bring you all up to speed (since what I've said about it in the past has been scattered), the next video is The Definitive Way to Play Sonic Adventure 2. This is a video I've been thinking about for a year or two now, and I ...
2022-12-01 23:30:35 +0000 UTC View Post
So here it is, the original version of the Sonic Origins video review that I wrote and recorded back in July. I put enough production in to it that it functions mostly as a podcast, but you'll notice there are moments where I point out things that would be shown in video. Use your imagination the best you can.
Obviously, this audio is almost completely different from the finished video. There are definitely similar moments, and places where I touch on the same things, but the orde...
2022-10-03 23:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the test render/early access version for the way overdue Sonic Origins review. As you may hear from the video itself, you guys will also be getting an entirely separate piece of bonus content from this video as soon as I get around to giving it background music and etc. I want to put at least a little bit of production on it instead of just being me reading audio in total silence. But that won't come until after this video is done and out for the public.
2022-09-26 22:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere's your early access post for the debut of Gut Check! This is an early draft render while I nail down little things that always go wrong during the process of rendering videos. For example, the credits layer is accidentally hidden in this version! There's also a few other small things that need touching up.
2022-06-14 23:32:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! I managed to squeeze another video out. Not sure how long I'll be able to keep doing these, but for now, enjoy early access to a video demonstrating one of the rare times I'm openly positive about a game before it releases. And it's Sonic related, too! AND, instead of something like this taking months and months of production, this was put together in only a few weeks! It's like hell froze over.
Though more to that last point you may notice a few... rough edges in this video. I ref...
2022-05-30 08:29:43 +0000 UTC View PostI'm hesitant to keep people too in the loop, because I don't want to be a bummer, but I also want you guys to know what's... well, what's going on, like it says right there in the title.
First up to bat: the apartment backed out on transferring us to a downstairs unit. I kind of expected this, because they've done nothing but over-promise and under-deliver on literally every single thing I think they've ever told us. Like, when we moved in back in 2017, the...
2021-12-02 03:19:16 +0000 UTC View PostTo catch you up, since it's been a while: In February, we had a bad renovation thrust upon us by the apartment complex. It postponed dental surgery I was meant to have, shook up our lives for almost a whole month, and was sort of a traumatic experience for just how badly it was managed for us. The complex probably owes us at least $450-$900 for the food we were supposed to get during this time, on top of the ~$1100 that was raised by friends for the hotel they (the office...
2021-10-02 03:53:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey! It's been a while. Things are still up in the air for me, unfortunately.
Over a month ago, my computer broke down. The drive that Windows was installed on suddenly couldn't be read by my machine. I bought a replacement drive, but I haven't put it in yet. I don't really like reinstalling Windows; it takes ages to get everything back in order. With everything else going on in my life, I just haven't had the energy to deal with it, especially if it turns out to be something else. ...
2021-06-29 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Those of you who know, remember I mentioned months and months and months ago that I was thinking about doing a podcast where I just read my recent reviews out loud. Given that my desktop died a few weeks ago, I decided to give that a shot here and now with this rather-long review of Fortnite's lesser-known campaign mode.
I'm doing this because I've seen other websites translate their longer written articles in to podcasts you can listen to. This Fortnite review was about seven or ...
2021-05-27 01:48:58 +0000 UTC View PostHey! It's been a while. With everything going on, I said the next podcast wouldn't be until maybe late March or early April, and here we are! I've actually been considering recording a podcast soon, but the renovation is still happening.
We've been back in the apartment for about a month now, and unpacking has been slow, but my desk is 80% set back up and running, so I could in theory record the podcast, but there are construction crews roaming around replacing siding and roofing on all...
2021-04-05 20:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostI debated on posting this blog here, but I figure it would get more eyes on it over at my Tumblr. Even though it concerns topics from last night's podcast. Anyway, I assume most of you probably read (or at least know about) my blog, so maybe linking it here is moot, but there you go. Better to cover all bases and such.
2021-02-09 22:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post
2021 is proving to be a year of great changes. Better? Worse? We'll have to wait and see. Start your year off right with this double-length podcast, featuring dentist visits, changes to my Youtube channel, inside baseball on Youtube channel networks, an upcoming Let's Play series, and talking about the poll results. You can still vote, by the way! You'll find out why just as soon as you listen in. Also in this podc...
2021-02-09 07:27:49 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a new year. It's time to take stock. I have a lot of possible avenues going forward. What's most important to you that I do next? Now, hopefully this isn't a bad idea -- if I can find the time to record the podcast, you'll see that there are things coming up in the next couple months that could slow down some of these plans.
Regardless, it'll be nice to have a good idea what is expected of me. I know the things I think I should be doing, but getting the official word...
2021-01-31 01:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, Patrons! This is basically the same poll as the public version, but when I tally everything together, the votes cast here will be worth five total votes. Six, if you vote in both the public and this version of the poll.
Like I said over there, I know the things I think I should be doing, but getting the official word from you guys will help focus me down on what's important. Better to not waste too much time doing things that nobody wants me doing, right?
2021-01-31 01:02:44 +0000 UTC View Post