Ragdoll Ramblings | Newsletter for 1/1/2025

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 Dusk of the First Day

8736 Hour Remain

New year, new beginnings - so and so forth. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't also fall into the trap of trying to reinvent myself in some way each year only for it to crash and burn. 

To increase my chances of success, really the only thing I'm working on is my discipline in relation my creative work. Surely, I can spare an hour a day writing. Easily I can spare an hour a day recording or editing videos. We'll see how it goes. I mean, I am kinda forcing myself to write even this even though I'm a sleepy baby. 

For the tl;dr club that just wants to see what I'm trying to work on or where certain projects stand: 

  1. Writing
  • Still working through Season 1 of Ed, Edd n Eddy reviews. All the notes that I need for it have been done for a hot minute. Episode 13 is currently in production. As with the change to the YouTube, I'll probably wait until the whole Season is finished before I start releasing them. If I'm able to keep pace of an hour a day, I may be able to have it done by end of January. 

  • A Collector's Wager, my full-length novel, is in its final edits. This, of course, takes a bit more time and care as I'm obsessed and need it to be perfect. It was always in the plan to have the first four chapters available for free, so I'll upload them to the blog at some point. I am currently working chapter 3's final edits. This will eventually be self-published, probably through Barnes & Noble cause I don't want to rely purely on Amazon for revenue. I haven't fully decided yet. 

  • And the backlog of video game reviews still grows. My intention was always to write a review once a Let's Play / Stream of it was completed. Following that rule, I'm clearly behind. Although, this appears to be a much easier hill to climb, since my LPs are taking forever and a day to complete. 

    2. YouTube

  • Love Seat Season 2 is once again in production. I've completed a short intro video and will begin filming in the coming days. A 14 episode series that already has episode one on the YouTube. 

  • 365 Day of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - The game is five years old and I am doing my damnest to actually complete what I set out to do. I think, with my newfound determination, I'll actually be able to continue this in the way I want. 

  • RPG Sunday - I'm now fully into editing and uploading season 1. Since RPGs take forever, I'll probably get a back log of 10 episodes before I start releasing them regularly. 

  • Let's Play Earthbound - Still catching up to where my progress left off at. Recently switch from PC emulator to the SNES app on Switch. I'm at the Giant's Step boss, so I'm not too far from where the LP is. I have it planned for 50 episodes, so it'll be some time before I'll begin to release new ones. Excluding holiday series, all of my efforts are going to be poured into Earthbound. 

  • Retro Tuesday - Season 4 is fully edited and uploaded. All that stands left is descriptions and thumbnails. Seeing as I'm going to have an abundance of free time in the coming week, I should be able to have things ready for release in a few days, really. Exciting! Season 5 edit has also begun, but that is mostly because an RPG Sunday had a Retro Tuesday episode attached to it.

  • Let's Play #hasicontent - The next Wednesday upload after I get Earthbound edited or at least in a good position. It'll be a single episode Let's Play, seeing as it is a short itch.io game made during a jam. Planned, but not yet started. 

  • Thought Thursday - Season 6 is fully edited and uploaded. Just like with Retro Tuesday, all that remains are descriptions and thumbnails. Uploads will probably start within a week or two, just as Retro Tuesday. Exciting! Once uploads complete, Season 7 edits will begin. 

  • Let's Play The World is Not Enough (GBA) - Still sitting dormant until Earthbound gets to a good spot / finished. Although, this is planned for 8 episodes, so I only have about 5 more to record. It really could be completed within a day or so, if I were to put my efforts into it. 

  • Bonus Stage Saturday - As you may have seen, the 24 hour stream has been uploaded, in parts, to the YouTube every Saturday. We're about halfway through the uploads. I believe the next series that will replace it will Naruto Ninja Storm, but Bonus Stage will always be a spontaneous and whatever kinda schedule. 

    3. Twitch
  • RPG Sunday - We need to get back to Octopath Traveler. If memory serves, we are about to do Hannit's Chapter 2. But my memory has never been something to be proud of. I'm determined to start up the streaming rotation again and to stick to it as best as I can. 

  • Retro Tuesday - We've very nearly beat Mega Man Zero. On New Years Eve, I made it to the final boss and, in true Mega Man fashion, it proved to be frustrating and very difficult. I know I'll be able to beat it, most likely next stream, but I needed sleep and took a break for now. There's still a good chunk of Mega Man games to get through before we can switch series. 

  • Thought Thursday - We're on the final case of Trials and Tribulations and are doing our best to reach the end. It is a loooong case and we'll be at it for a few streams yet. 

  • Bonus Stage Saturday - Will never have a structure ever and don't expect one. Please let me have this. One that is easy and low stress. K thanks. 

Yes. Apparently, that is a tl;dr version of my thoughts. No, I'm not sorry for going on. As I will do some more. 

Ramblings


Gosh, what has happened since the last update. I recall stating I was going to try to redouble my creative efforts but the stresses of my living conditions once again proved that to be challenging, as I'm sure they always will. I decided to take things easy as I acclimated, and now I've found new determination. 

Put simply, the energy I'm taking into 2025 can best be said by Kendrick Lamar "I deserve it all".

My lady love and I fell into financial hardship, however I have nothing but determination to buy a house. And it seems so possible and so near. If the winds are fair, I should be either purchasing a house or in my own place again by May. In short 5 months, I'll be in a place I can actually call home again. 

Before that I do need to purchase a vehicle, because everything likes to fall apart at once and I've been driving a rusted, terrible piece of machinery that we've named Bruce. I hate him so much and in the next months I'll be shipping him off to be patio furniture. 

Christmas went well. I even have a stream proving such, where I got a new laptop from my lady, which is also why my ability to create once again seems possible. This is the first gaming machine I've ever own and, fortunately, it came with a three month trial of GamePass and I've been loving it. I beat Wolfenstein: The New Order recently. It was aight. Ending boss was frustrating but I found some decent cheese that let me actually beat it in the wee hours of the morning. Outside that, I purchase Death Stranding recently and somehow have remained unspoiled, so I'm super excited for that. All the games I own on steam are also now available to me. I see a world of possibility. 

Other than my PC, I also got Pokemon Scarlet and Echoes of Wisdom. Echoes of Wisdom is very, very good. Scarlet is aight. I haven't played too much of it yet. Things are good and chill and I'm happy with video games. 

Saw Sonic 3 recently, and while I didn't care for the 4D seats that we had, I did enjoy the movie. Jim Carry does his thing, which is fine but I felt that it took away from the character that is Eggman. The actual Sonic and Shadow moments were rad as heckin, though. I still argue with Reonan89 over how good the movies are. I still have preference for Super Mario Bros. but I am a bit of a fanboy, I admit. 

AGDQ starts in like, three days and I am so gosh dang excited as I am every year. Super disappointed I can't be there in person, especially since it is in my hometown once again. Nonetheless, it is always a good time and I will always try to take my PTO during it. It's gonna be a good week. 

I'm running out of ramblings, so I guess it is time to wrap this up. If you made it to the end here, big preesh. Truly, it thrills me that you would read the words that came out of my fingers. Take this is a good sign that I'm going to do my dingidy dangest to make stuff again. Check out these cool links to my socials and such. Okay, byyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeee. 

Socials: 

  • YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@BradicalRadical
  • Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/bradicalradical
  • Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/bradicalradical.bsky.social
  • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bradicalpics/
  • Threads - https://www.threads.net/@bradicalpics

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