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In-depth analysis and opinion pieces on games, their designs and their narratives.
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Money's a lil tight right now so making my services more widely available.
Audio editing/mixing/mastering for YouTube, podcasts, albums/EPs, etc.
If you want me to write for your website or consult on a piece you're writing yourself, I can do that too.
Lemme know if you're interested!
Audio editing/mixing/mastering for YouTube, podcasts, albums/EPs, etc.
If you want me to write for your website or consult on a piece you're writing yourself, I can do that too.
Lemme know if you're interested!
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oh shit oh fuck
February 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
oh shit oh fuck
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loss
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
loss
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
Kinda wild that so many of the big conspiracy theories people were laughing at a couple of decades ago were just real huh
February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Kinda wild that so many of the big conspiracy theories people were laughing at a couple of decades ago were just real huh
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⚠️ NEW VIDEO ⚠️
2025 was another amazing year for indies but there were too many that didn't get anywhere near as much attention as they deserved.
Here are 5 of my favourite underrated titles and a montage of 129 upcoming ones, so get your wishlists ready!
youtu.be/7-bqRRN3YEY
2025 was another amazing year for indies but there were too many that didn't get anywhere near as much attention as they deserved.
Here are 5 of my favourite underrated titles and a montage of 129 upcoming ones, so get your wishlists ready!
youtu.be/7-bqRRN3YEY
January 31, 2026 at 5:03 PM
⚠️ NEW VIDEO ⚠️
2025 was another amazing year for indies but there were too many that didn't get anywhere near as much attention as they deserved.
Here are 5 of my favourite underrated titles and a montage of 129 upcoming ones, so get your wishlists ready!
youtu.be/7-bqRRN3YEY
2025 was another amazing year for indies but there were too many that didn't get anywhere near as much attention as they deserved.
Here are 5 of my favourite underrated titles and a montage of 129 upcoming ones, so get your wishlists ready!
youtu.be/7-bqRRN3YEY
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I feel like a lot of people are going to use the moment we're in, these new files that have come out that link Epstein to chuds like Moot, to be like "the internet was a mistake and anyone who believed in it was a fool."
I would offer an alternative: our enemy, namely capital, is the same as ever.
I would offer an alternative: our enemy, namely capital, is the same as ever.
January 31, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I feel like a lot of people are going to use the moment we're in, these new files that have come out that link Epstein to chuds like Moot, to be like "the internet was a mistake and anyone who believed in it was a fool."
I would offer an alternative: our enemy, namely capital, is the same as ever.
I would offer an alternative: our enemy, namely capital, is the same as ever.
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you and me are going to be arrested by these guys predictive crime ais based on crimes we havent done yet while they send each other emails that say "congragulatins on the tortore video its was. ama,ing. i rwally look for ward to the next pedo #3555 bang bang am i right. lov greg"
January 31, 2026 at 5:54 AM
you and me are going to be arrested by these guys predictive crime ais based on crimes we havent done yet while they send each other emails that say "congragulatins on the tortore video its was. ama,ing. i rwally look for ward to the next pedo #3555 bang bang am i right. lov greg"
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THE NETFLIX DEVIL MAY CRY VIDEO (From the Visionary Mind of Adi Shankar)
YouTube video by Foxcade
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January 30, 2026 at 5:32 PM
OBAA is one of the staggeringly few films of this era I think people will actually remember in years to come, Lighthouse is great, Leon could be really good if it weren't for the weird sexualisation of a very young Natalie Portman and Whiplash is bad to watch as a musician
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
OBAA is one of the staggeringly few films of this era I think people will actually remember in years to come, Lighthouse is great, Leon could be really good if it weren't for the weird sexualisation of a very young Natalie Portman and Whiplash is bad to watch as a musician
This might just be me being weird but does anyone else think of things as recent, forgetting that they're actually old as fuck? Like I just saw a video reference Viva La Vida by Coldplay. I still think of that as one of their recent songs. It's almost two fucking decades old
January 30, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This might just be me being weird but does anyone else think of things as recent, forgetting that they're actually old as fuck? Like I just saw a video reference Viva La Vida by Coldplay. I still think of that as one of their recent songs. It's almost two fucking decades old
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Anyway, if you need me to edit your writing/consult on a script, write for your website, do a lil mock review, edit/mix your audio, make some music for something you're working on, my DMs are open and my rates are good.
January 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Anyway, if you need me to edit your writing/consult on a script, write for your website, do a lil mock review, edit/mix your audio, make some music for something you're working on, my DMs are open and my rates are good.
It is *staggering* how common this is, and pretty depressing how deeply the algorithm seems to favour it. As long as it's got a flashy thumbnail and a title like "Donkey Kong Broke Me." (and optionally a dude on a green screen) it doesn't matter. People can fall asleep to it. Watch time baby
Too many video game YouTube essays aren’t doing analysis! They’re just listing every single thing that’s in the video game and explaining the story beats in the order they occur. We used to have standards! It used to be a real website!
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It is *staggering* how common this is, and pretty depressing how deeply the algorithm seems to favour it. As long as it's got a flashy thumbnail and a title like "Donkey Kong Broke Me." (and optionally a dude on a green screen) it doesn't matter. People can fall asleep to it. Watch time baby
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“Let People Enjoy Things,” like “Let People Hate Things,” is a nothing phrase—an abdication of saying anything substantive, dressed up as generosity. Its real function is to discourage any kind of thinking.
Critics shouldn't worry about crowd management.
CRITICAL ERROR: youtu.be/V2Khidj4owY?...
Critics shouldn't worry about crowd management.
CRITICAL ERROR: youtu.be/V2Khidj4owY?...
The Toxic Positivity Problem
YouTube video by Critical Error
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
“Let People Enjoy Things,” like “Let People Hate Things,” is a nothing phrase—an abdication of saying anything substantive, dressed up as generosity. Its real function is to discourage any kind of thinking.
Critics shouldn't worry about crowd management.
CRITICAL ERROR: youtu.be/V2Khidj4owY?...
Critics shouldn't worry about crowd management.
CRITICAL ERROR: youtu.be/V2Khidj4owY?...
Ok I looked at some Highguard footage again. Looks like the most generic fuckin game ever made. Is the reason people are hating on this version of this hugely generic thing literally just that it was the "one more thing" at Geoff's ad show? It was the wrong order of advert?! Pure toddler brain
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Ok I looked at some Highguard footage again. Looks like the most generic fuckin game ever made. Is the reason people are hating on this version of this hugely generic thing literally just that it was the "one more thing" at Geoff's ad show? It was the wrong order of advert?! Pure toddler brain
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this is what resistance looks like
January 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
this is what resistance looks like
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Fully backed. Creator voices clearly only matter so much. The people actually spending money on the product may be a different story. If you can, let Patreon know how badly decisions like this disrupt the lives of creators, and that they should prioritise those creators before App Store placement.
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Fully backed. Creator voices clearly only matter so much. The people actually spending money on the product may be a different story. If you can, let Patreon know how badly decisions like this disrupt the lives of creators, and that they should prioritise those creators before App Store placement.
Fully backed. Creator voices clearly only matter so much. The people actually spending money on the product may be a different story. If you can, let Patreon know how badly decisions like this disrupt the lives of creators, and that they should prioritise those creators before App Store placement.
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Fully backed. Creator voices clearly only matter so much. The people actually spending money on the product may be a different story. If you can, let Patreon know how badly decisions like this disrupt the lives of creators, and that they should prioritise those creators before App Store placement.
Oh, turns out they've just re-reversed this and it's all going ahead anyway. Cool cool cool.
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Oh, turns out they've just re-reversed this and it's all going ahead anyway. Cool cool cool.
I have been saying this
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
www.ft.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I have been saying this
Oh hey, my Armored Core video just became the third video in the channel's history to hit 1 million views! Real cool. Still very proud of it. Thanks to all who have checked it out.
January 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Oh hey, my Armored Core video just became the third video in the channel's history to hit 1 million views! Real cool. Still very proud of it. Thanks to all who have checked it out.
Game devs have it real hard, critics have it real hard in different ways. The only people who don't have it hard are YouTube commenters. We must unite around this and make it hard for them. Hostile environment for morons
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Game devs have it real hard, critics have it real hard in different ways. The only people who don't have it hard are YouTube commenters. We must unite around this and make it hard for them. Hostile environment for morons
This is a really good video on Lumines Arise's music! And also I make a cameo
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
This is a really good video on Lumines Arise's music! And also I make a cameo
Saw a bunch of vids talk about how commendable a job Tim Walz had done navigating the whole situation, his decorum, etc. Fuck all of that. Because Tim Walz is a politician looking to uphold the status quo when it is so obviously awful, fuck him. Fuck all of them. They will not save you!
Q: The demand was to get ICE and CBP out. To replace Bovino with Tom Homan...do you think that's a satisfactory change?
TIM WALZ: "I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt. ...My hope is that Tom Homan is different...that he is a true law enforcement professional."
TIM WALZ: "I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt. ...My hope is that Tom Homan is different...that he is a true law enforcement professional."
January 28, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Saw a bunch of vids talk about how commendable a job Tim Walz had done navigating the whole situation, his decorum, etc. Fuck all of that. Because Tim Walz is a politician looking to uphold the status quo when it is so obviously awful, fuck him. Fuck all of them. They will not save you!
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This Postman Situation is CONCERNING
January 27, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This Postman Situation is CONCERNING