Patchwork

Let me take you back to the year 2008 where Sony Interactive was taking the stage at E3 (Rest in Peace). Towards the end of the press conference, host Jack Tretton gives us the “one final thing” moment. Big claims of a massive multiplayer game that was unlike anything else and in many respects, he was not underselling it. An action game that would push the envelope of what was possible in the current play space. He then welcomes Andy Beaudoin of Zipper Interactive (also rest in peace… to Zipper, I’m sure Andy is alive and well) to talk about MAG: Massive Action Game.  Big claims were made of 256 live players in a squad based first person shooter. It wouldn’t be until the following year at E3 2009 that we would see this game in action. Andy would once again take the stage and show us a “live” match with a team of devs and testers. And it was incredible. Early the following year the game was released and I was stoked to get my hands on it. I can’t recall if I got my Playstation 3 for...

  Foreword Howdy! Been... at least one minute since we've last done this thing. It's been so many minutes, in fact, that I have to change my copy/paste intro because HBOMax removed Ed, Edd N Eddy, itself died and was resurrected. Either way, welcome back! The short of it is that I loved Ed, Edd N Eddy growing up as a kid and still hold it highly as one of my favorite shows ever made. To share the overflowing love, I have for this cartoon, I decided to review the entire series episode by episode - never mind how long it has taken me thus far.  Each episode will be reviewed on a 10 point rating scale. I'll be focusing on four aspects of the show and pulling the average to get a final tally. The four categories we'll be measuring are: The Story  - The Plot of the episode, as well as the characters themselves. The Visuals  - Whether they be character, backgrounds or accessories. The Comedy  - This is a “haha” funny show, so it needs decent comedy. The Scam  - T...

 You know. I think there needs to be some form of acceptance in all of this.  Life is… difficult. Of course, I'm working towards making it a touch easier but there's always going to be some kind of strife happening, at the very least, in proximity to me. Whether it's the personal storm that swirls in my psyche or my country drop kicking its economy and morals into the nearest trash heap, I fear times are always going to be eventful.  While I'd love to be a machine that runs on spite, sometimes I succumb to the storm. And lately it has been raging but “Heave ho, onwards we row”.  Soooooo to give the tl;dr on the content:  L oveSeat has a few unedited videos but the final few still need to be recorded. I know it's April. Be nice.   RPG Sunday is fully edited and scheduled, which has been great for progress. I'm at the point where I'm streaming and uploading a VOD almost the same day.  Monday Show has no progress Retro Tuesday VODs are unedited but w...

 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:  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...

  Foreword Welllllllllll - lookie what we got here, it's another fantasy short story to add to the collection. For those unaware, Declutter is a collection of various short stories, all that have been uploaded to this blog, that I plan to release for free via Amazon Kindle. Main idea is to let myself become familiar with the self-publishing system before launching my full fledge novel. I'm also terrified to put that out in the world but that's a story for another day.  The story for today is The Carnival. This is something that I could easily continue and expand upon for future short stories. I'm unsure if this will exist in the From Dawn to Dusk canon or not. But enough of my ramblings - let's dive into this world together.  The Carnival Nathan McHale let out yet another yawn before rising from the red lazy boy chair that had nearly pulled him back into a deep slumber. Thankfully, the sound of the coffee maker beckoned to Nathan and, like any addict, he simply coul...