G'day, posse, hope you're all doing fantastic.
Off the top, to my American friends among you, the election raging and it's inescapable on social media. Whatever happens, stay safe over there. It sounds like a highly charged event and not in a good way. No preach from me, just hope that you're all safe and well.
The Dragon Age: Veilguard drama is in full swing as I write this. I'm so tired, and I don't even have a horse in this race. If you play it, tell me what you think. I never had an interest in it and the discourse has quickly become a dumpster fire on 'both sides'.
Moving on to greener pastures, I'm almost finished the Blood West video, there's only a few minutes of video left to edit. I lost a chunk of time this month which meant I couldn't quite squeak it over the line before November, but we're almost there.
The next indie preview will be on Monomyth. I've had my eye on this for a while, and it's shaping up to be something special. A little Arx Fatalis, a little Legends of Grimrock; I can't wait to get stuck into this one. I was originally going to preview Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, but apparently it can take 20-25hrs to get through what it currently has to offer, and I don't want to spend that long on an indie preview.
Stalker 2 releases this month, and I have already planned for release day by taking the week off. I'll be recording a longplay for the Blondefire channel and will probably play it offline simultaneously. I may also take a hiatus to finish it seeing as I don't get excited for many new releases these days, but I'm not 100% on that yet. Either way, I may also record footage and take notes for a Stalker 2 analysis video. Don't expect that project to release until sometime early next year though.
What is Blondie playing
This is a new section which I'm playing around with. If you hate it, let me know. I just started playing Pacific Drive. Survival, looting, crafting; yeah, it's my bag. I've only explored the first location but I'm already enjoying the direction this is heading. That old jalopy will be upgraded in no time.
I also started playing Witchfire earlier in the month which is a lot of fun, though I hear that there isn't a huge amount of content for it yet. Amazing polish and fluid gunplay, it feels really to dash around and shoot bad guys.
What are you playing? Got any recommendations that I should put on my radar? Drop a comment and let me know.
Until next month (amidst the Christmas mayhem), pardners.
Can't believe September is behind us already, the month has flown by.
As you probably saw, the Marathon 2 video dropped a few days ago. Not my highest performing video by any stretch, but it signals the end of the longer-form videos and a new focused and considered approach.
The indie previews will still be a part of the channel, and the next video will cover a cool Western-inspired shooter called Wanted 3D Dead or Alive. Beyond that is a tough choice. I'd really like to cover a specific topic, but I also don't want it to send a false impression about the changes happening to the channel. It's 100% related to gaming, but I can see some thinking the channel has become rage-bait, which is not the case. It's a topic I feel frustrated by, have felt frustrated by for some time, but it may have to wait while I set the channel trajectory with a video more in line with future videos. And that video I'll keep as a surprise!
After the Marathon 2 video released, I watched a course on my post production software - Davinci...
Folks, the Marathon 2 video has dropped for early-bird supporters. It'll be private for at least 24 hours, after which it goes public.
Hot damn, another month bites the dust. Straight into it.
There's 1/4 of the Marathon 2 script left to record voice for, and I've already begun composing the video. We're close to done.
I've been brainstorming ideas for the shorter length videos and already have a sizeable list to work through. The different projects I mentioned some time ago have been transferred to this list. I'll likely still preview early access indie games because there are many great projects out there, but I haven't decided what the next one will be. I also haven't decided what the next mainline video will be on; it'll be a surprise for all, me included.
What's Blondie playin'?
I've been smashing Abiotic Factor pretty hard this month since I'm now longplaying it on my Blondefire channel. Can't get enough, such a well-designed and fun game to work through. The Half-Life theme is the icing on the cake.
Ambitions
Completion of the Marathon 2 video is going to act as kind of a reset; I'll do all the stuff in this list to clear it away and ...
