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Why I Now Have 1,465 Hours In™ XCOM: Long War 1

i apologize for this coming out late.  i've been in the armored core voidspace.

there will *probably* not be a third video, but i can give this game the highest praise possible: i wanted to stop editing this video to play more of it.  that doesn't happen often.

we'll see if i remember to link everything properly tomorrow.

thanks!

Why I Have 1,430 Hours In Long War 1

i really didn't expect to end up making this project this week, but I stared back into the eye of Jake's game and found myself once again back into the XCOMsphere.  I don't think I'm quite done with LW1, and would like to make more videos on it in the future, but what about specifically I don't know for sure.

have a good one!

I Was Wrong And Right About Payday 3 | Cassius' Compendium

yeah, it's alright.

watching my previous video back covering this, i was pretty much spot on with every point.  god, i'm such a genius.

have a good one!

Superficial Scaling Stumbles in Sci Fi Storytelling

i just can't help but make alliterated titles.  it's too much fun.

this video is a hair directionless but mainly about writing in science fiction.  it feels hard for me to give any actual significant backing footage to videos like these most of the time, but this one came together pretty naturally.

thanks!

Why I Have 200 Hours in FTL (feat. Multiverse)

i *finally* got around to this project, it only took me like...a year.  it was a lot of fun, though!  i'm really happy with it, though still feel like i didn't cover as much as i wanted to.  eh, value in brevity.

i'd like to make some second channel videos!  i want to make one on video pacing, but haven't had the motivation to write up a script for it yet.  maybe soon.

have a good one!

Writing The Twist on The Wall

here's a 13 min video about graffiti.

im really happy with this video!  it popped up spur of the moment but i'm really satisfied with how it came out.

Good Graphics Were a Mistake

this is probably one of the hottest takes i've ever deployed, but i sincerely believe it.  mw3 was peak.

thanks for waiting, i apologize as i know this was a bit late, but saturday will *probably* be video upload day going forward.  my schedule is still kind of a mess, apologies.

thank you!

Putting a Few Dozen Hours In Mechabellum To Unveil The Hacker's Secrets (Review)

kind of a lengthy title, but i had to fit Hours In somehow.

a friend of mine agreed to make the thumbnail for this video and it looks super great!  it might genuinely also be the first piece of mechabellum fanart.  she will probably continue to be doing them in future, and is obviously getting paid for them.

next week might be about graphical fidelity, we'll see.

have a good one!

The Only John Wick Game - Cassius' Compendium

sort of a holdover project while I have other stuff brewing.  I really did like this game, though!  I haven't been like, properly positive on a game in a long time, but this one totally took me by surprise.  

next week i'd like to talk about either Mechabellum or finish off that Clone project, not sure which but at time of writing, leaning towards the latter.

have a good one!

What We Know So Far About Payday 3 | Cassius' Compendium

sorry for disappearing for a while!

tomorrow's big payday review (all 4 videos in one) won't be paid.  patrons did that already when they went up.

i honestly wasn't planning on even buying payday 3, but thanks to recent life developments it wasn't really a significant financial hit so it looks like i'll be talking about it when it releases.  not sure i'm excited for that, i think i'm more dreading it, honestly.  the gunplay looks...well, it looks.

Fabula Ultima Review | Cassius' Compendium

this is uploaded super early because I won't be here this week.  video actually goes public on saturday!

thanks to boop_your_face for the idea on the series & its name!  I really like it!

apologies if this is a bit of a mid video, it's hard to get good footage for TTRPGs because the gameplay of them is staring at a map and talking in a discord call.

I Got To Play Ascent of Ashes

the long awaited creator demo finally arrived

apologies for the length, but i have other projects cookin' :)

two weeks from now, there probably wont be a proper video from me because i'll be out of town, and the one that does go up won't be paid for.

have a good one!

Why I Now Have 201 Hours in Stellaris

i accidentally called the paradox cabal to my house last time and wanted to make a followup to clarify my points because it was exceptionally painful seeing the amount of people who went, "your argument is wrong when i misinterpret all of your points!"

next week, AoA will actually happen.  I got access to the demo the other day.  real.

thank you!

Why I Only Have 200 Hours in Stellaris

hello!  sorry this is late!  friday might be patreon upload day going forward, soz

life is hard.  paradox games are worse

that's my review.

AoA demo is ALLEGEDLY releasing soontm, god knows if it'll actually go through this time, expect a video if so

thank u

Writing Fantasy for DND Without Being a Tolkien Knockoff

hello!

sorry i've been gone for a while!  as I mentioned in my previous post, some shit happened to me recently.  my parents kind of did a, "estrange myself from my entire family" speedrun any% and it went well.  

video schedule will probably be like this going forward.  I'll probably post on thursdays (for patrons) and Fridays (publicly) due to some changes in my schedule.

thanks!

An update on things

hey gamers!
i apologize for being a *little* late this week, some stuff came up which has been pretty not fun to deal with. namely, my dad threatening to cut my health insurance because I had the audacity to say I had a shitty childhood.
going forward, im probably going to switch my upload day to Thursday instead of Tuesday. this is just because of some boring irl scheduling stuff.
im unsure if there'll be a video this week. im a little woozy from, well, getting threatened by my fucking parents.

i hope you all have a lovely one! c:

The Best Star Wars Game - Republic Commando

Oh man, do I have some history with this one.  I played this game back on my OG XBOX about a decade and a half ago, and it holds up extremely well, and runs almost perfectly on modern systems with a mod that I will hopefully remember to link.  

Please give Temuera Morrison more speaking roles.  Star Wars 1313 getting canned is one of the worst tragedies Disney has ever been responsible for.

Have a good one!

An Introduction to Black Reliquary | Basically Darkest Dungeon 3

i'm really excited to finally get to show this one to people!

this is my favorite project i've worked on in a long, long time.  i practiced a mediterranian (specifically, greek) accent a while back for a DND character, and it seemed perfect for a video about Black Reliquary; a total conversion mod for DD.  I talked with one of the devs (a lot) about it during the video production and they were super helpful, so thanks to rehtael!

i hope you all have a great week!

New (free) video & an announcement

i had to put something out for april fool's, and this seemed like the perfect thing for it.  the original video is unironically one of the worst videos i've ever seen.  i didn't deem this video good enough to be worth anything, so it's free.

additionally, i have a second channel now!  i'm unsure how often i'll use it, but at least it's there now, listed under my channel page.

thanks!

League's Most Human Character

this is a video idea i've had for a couple years now.  yorick is such a fantastic character, and it's really disappointing what ended up happening to him.  

next week's video is going to be really quite special.  AoA got delayed another...two months, but I get to cover Black Reliquary: a mod for darkest dungeon.  "mod" is perhaps a bit modest, it's basically darkest dungeon 3.  i'll see you all then.

have a good one!

Azir's Preposed Rework Has Some Problems...

sorry about the delay on this, I've been super busy today.

I was going to make a video about FTL's multiverse mod this week, and then Riot announced some of the worst changes I've ever read for my favorite bird.  I lost it for a little while, and then harnessed that energy to make this schizophrenic covering of them.

Ascent of Ashes might be next week if the build drops.

Counter Strike Is The Best eSport

I actually had the idea for this one all the way back in December, and with the last video touching on aspects that I wanted this script to focus on, it felt like the perfect time. 

Ascent of Ashes' publisher reached out to me a while ago and offered me a content-creator key for when their first build is finished, which is theoretically soon.  I don't have it yet, so it probably won't be next week's project (thinking about covering FTL's Multiverse mod), but AoA is a safe bet for the week after.

Have a good one!

Azir's Problematic Professionally Piloted Performance

this is basically an Hours In on Azir.

the handful of times i've talked about the balance in previous videos, it went disastrously, so this is a whole video on balance.  thank god im always right and infallible with perfect opinions.

have a nice week!

Why Do I Have 600 Hours in Skyrim?

this one has been a long time coming.  it's very hard to articulate why skyrim is compelling when I also hate it at the same time.  i'm not sure if i even nailed down precisely why in this video.  oh well.

Halo: A Perfect Setting For War Stories?

don't be surprised if this video's title changes, I've bounced around like half a dozen titles and can't choose.  i hate titling, things, but I'll get there.

this project isn't something I expect to do very well, but don't care very much either.  like the first Fallout video, I got to talk about worldbuilding and writing a lot which I really enjoy.  i hope it's not mindbogglingly boring for people to listen to, though.

next week will probably be a Hours In on Skyrim.  i suspect it will boil down to, "game's okay, don't play it like i did."

have a good one!

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I hope this video will convince you to play Return of the Obra Dinn

i had covid (and still do) when i was recording the audio dont bully me 

obra dinn is so engaging that i didn't even need adderall to make this video, which is the highest praise i can give!

have a nice week!

I REALLY like the Dead Space Remake

this video was super fun to work on!  the thumbnail also goes incredibly hard.

I've been really enjoying working on projects lately, and its all been very rewarding.  Thanks again for supporting me!

I hope you all have a nice February!

Part 2 of Why I have 400+ Hours in Fallout 4

this video came about because I very unexpectedly had so much to say about Fallout 4, and talking about both the writing & gameplay in one video given a one week timeframe wasn't super realistic.

i might even talk about Starfield next, because it's basically Fallout 4 2.  who knows.

Why I have 400+ Hours in Fallout 4 (And New Vegas)

i'm really happy with this one!

i think this is probably my favorite video i've ever made, it was an absolute blast to make.  guess i might be discussing games' writing more often in future.

have a good one!

Cancelled Project, no video this week

this week's video was meant to be on Rome: TW, but I'm not very happy with how the script & video turned out.  I'd like to revisit it in a few weeks, but first I'm going to work on a project relating to Fallout's writing.  This Rome project will probably come after.

Sorry about this, have a nice week.