Notes on El Camino/Better Call Saul Season 5 + June updates

Hey gang! 

Back not only with a new video, but with some extra information about what’s happening on the channel.

So, you might have noticed this one’s a little bit pared back from my usual style. For a long time I’ve wanted to create a less high maintenance video format- something where, instead of creating an intricate script, looking for some kind of angle or lots of video editing tricks, I can just focus on a bunch of recorded thoughts on a subject of my choosing, usually something current. I thought this would be the Beyond Words series, but it turns out I’m terrible/insecure as all hellfire about recording my freeform thoughts which ironically made those videos even more rare for me to create. However, I was thinking back on my Civil War review, which was really closer to my original hope for low effort editing, high effort spitballing, and was like, why don’t I just do that? I also needed a name that set it apart from what everyone else was doing, like the ‘thoughts on’ videos you see a lot of since YMS claimed the name.

So, this is the Notes on series. It’s scripted, so everything I want to say gets included, but when I have a definite idea or am excited about something, I write very quickly, so it doesn’t take forever to create. I’m hoping I can make this a regular thing, though I’ll still be using Beyond Words to talk about a range of even smaller/more personal subjects like life updates and Q and A’s, and yes, you’ll be getting that third one soon. I feel like notes on is the middle ground i’ve been looking for, and may even be a great supplement to subjects i’ve already covered, and you should be getting one on the recently announced Crash 4 details in the very near future. First up to bat is the promised El Camino/Better Call Saul discussion. I know I promised this a while back but I wanted to get the MI video up first. I hope this adds to the sound of Saul discussion for those who liked that video, feels like I could get a few more interesting ideas in the mix about the shows without having to cram it into the same angle again.

Other unfinished business is still on the way- you’ve now seen that Monkey Island was the less popular franchise video I was working on, so next up is the much more popular franchise video I promised, which I’m quite excited to make (I have one more game left to record in that series, so we’re very close to production.) Before that I have one more point and click based video to complete, and I also will be releasing the fantastic four reading list I promised, the very last of my FF video promises.

Now, I’m right on the wire with this news- other creators and Patreon have probably informed you already, but for certain counties and American states, a tax is being added to the Patreon fee. More information can be found here, and I encourage you to check on this if you haven’t already to see what the situation is. 

And last bust not least- this week, I hit 50k subscribers. For me this is a very significant statistic. I genuinely thought I’d never get to this point but the last two years or so have really changed my view of the possibilities as well as help me realise there is an audience for the rando whack gunk in my brain. I have no specific celebration planned, but I thought it might be a good idea to update the Q and A to reflect this fact when it finally releases. The questions on it are really good and varied, so I think it will serve as a good checkpoint for the channel as a whole. 

Huge thanks to everyone who helped me get to this point, and for continuing to support the channel’s growth. As you can see, we’ve still got some exciting stuff ahead of us- roll on July.

- B