ArTorr Updates: November 2022

Welcome once more to the monthly update post! An exciting month is upon us. Let's talk about what I worked on over the last few weeks, and what I expect to be doing in the month ahead...

Earlier this week (on N7 Day!), I released a short promo video on the channel to announce the official release date for The Legacy of Mass Effect 3: Monday, November 28th! This is a safe date for me, as I expect to be done the video a good bit before then. However, as per what tends to happen-- especially around the holidays-- extenuating circumstances may arise, and this date may become the earliest possible time to drop the video. Alternatively, if I am able to release the video sooner, I'll give y'all a heads up on the channel community tab on YouTube, and across my socials.

That being said, there is a lot of editing yet to be done. Here's a snapshot of the Premiere timeline currently. Pretty fun if you compare it to where I was at in last month's update post...

I can also confirm: this will be the second longest video on the channel, right behind The Mandalorian video from the summer. Stay tuned!

Next, let's talk about my current B-project: The Last of Us: Part I.

As I announced last month, this will be a shorter video than what I typically do, and will in-fact be the start of a series of "shorter" videos I put out on the channel over the next few months (note: shorter is in quotes because while 20-45 mins isn't typically considered short, it is short relative to my very long videos lol). Making back-to-back hour-plus length videos for the last two years has been absolutely brutal, and I'd like to see what I can do with the shorter format again. This video will be my first experiment with that.

Over the last month, I collated research and notes I took from my first playthrough of the remake, and used them to build an outline that I'll be following for my script. Then, last week, I started writing that script. As I go through the beats of the game in my writing, I'll be recording my second playthrough in tandem with the intent of generating as many ideas as possible. Though I haven't done any writing this week, as I've been laser focused on speeding the Mass Effect video along some critical bumps, I expect to have the video fully written by the release of the Mass Effect 3 video, allowing me to go straight into the editing of the TLOU video.

It is very early yet, but my goal is get the video out before the end of the year. We'll see what happens!

Lastly... I'm excited to announce there is a secret "C" project I've been taking notes for. I could tell you what it's about, but that would be ruining the fun for me. Because if you KNEW what the video was about and were in my shoes, you'd also be a tease. As much as I'd love to get the video out before the end of the year, it will probably have to wait until at least January. So, keep your "eye" out for updates ;)

Thank you for reading, and see you November 28th!