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Update: Sonic Boom video getting pushed back

So despite my expectations, my gender-affirming speech therapy will not properly begin until July at the earliest. I had aimed to start recording for the Boom video this month since I thought my first appointment would be in June, but it just keeps getting further and further out.

I've considered going ahead and recording the video anyway, but I really hate the idea of making another long video with a voice I don't want. As such, I'm pushing it back to August at the earliest or Septembe...

Sonic Boom - Archie comic read-through with Jacob, Yoshi and CJ

Both read-throughs of the Boom comic from Archie, issues 1-7 and 11 (8-10 were part of the Sega/Capcom crossover and irrelevant to our purposes). The first half of the series is okay! The second half is not.

Sonic Boom watch parties - Season 1, Part 2

The second half of season 2, where the quality of each episode becomes an even wider mix.

Good omen for the final Boom review video: none of these watch parties have been copyright ID'd yet. Here's hoping that holds true for the review when I play clips from the show at full resolution.

Sonic Boom watch parties - Season 1, Part 1

Finally got around to combining and uploading the Sonic Boom watch parties! The second half of season 1 will go up tomorrow alongside the comic read-throughs.

Sonic Boom Comics read-through streams on Discord!

For those unaware, we've finished watching Sonic Boom season 1 and been on a bit of a break while I work on the first big chunk of that video's script. However on Tuesday at 4PM Pacific, myself, Jacob, his partner CJ, and hopefully even Yoshi will be doing read-throughs of the Sonic Boom tie-in comic from Archie! Join us if you want to get our live reactions to the comic and hear us struggle to sound like the characters!

PS: I'm holding off on recording my voice for the full Sonic Boom ...

Sonic Boom Watch Parties - Tuesdays and Fridays in the Discord Server!

Hey folks, Jacob and I are ready to start the Sonic Boom watch parties next week! Starting on Tuesday the 14th, we'll be holding them in the Discord server at 4PM Pacific, 7PM Eastern. Remember to have your Discord and Patreon accounts connected so you can be added to the server if you want to watch with us, or tell me your Discord name over PM here so I can add you manually.

Sonic Boom - Watch party times

Hiya Super-porters! I'm enjoying my couple months off from working on major videos, but both Jacob and I are eager to start the watch parties for Sonic Boom soon. We want to aim for having them at 4PM Pacific, 7PM Eastern since that's the best time for him, but what days would work best for you folks at that time? We held the SatAM and Underground watch parties on Tuesdays and Fridays. Do those still work, or would different days be better? Please vote below!

And remember, your Discord ...

An Appreciative Glance at Sonic SatAM (Part 1)

Here is the public preview of the Sonic SatAM retrospective! The full video goes public in one year, but Supporter and Super-Porter patrons can watch it right now here. Thank you all again for supporting me through the half-a-year-plus that I spent on just these two monsters. 💜🖤💜🖤

An Appreciative Retrospective on Sonic SatAM

It is here! A patron-first retrospective on SatAM, made as an addendum to the Underground video and only 7 hours long instead of 8.75! This show's certainly better than Underground, but how much better, and could it be just as bad at its worst? 

This whole thing will go public on January 27, 2024, while the intro segment through the pilot review will go up in a week as a public preview. Let me know if you notice any significant errors so I can fix them before the public ve...

Sonic SatAM - First 3 Hours (WIP)

Here's everything so far, covering the intro through Season 1! I'm marathon editing Season 2 this week, so I aim to have the full video done and uploaded on Sunday the 22nd.

An Appreciative Glance at Sonic SatAM (WIP)

Here's the preview of the Sonic SatAM video, covering everything from the intro through the review of the pilot. This is what will be uploaded publicly at the end of the month while the whole video will be Patreon-exclusive for a year, so let me know if you catch any editing mistakes or weirdness I should fix! I aim to have the whole video done by the end of the month.

Also, welcome to new patrons who've joined since the Underground video went up! Remember that you need to connect your ...

Sonic Underground script

Sorry, forgot to add this to the Underground video post! Also, welcome new patrons! I begin writing the SatAM video today, and I'm aiming to have it done in January.

New Video! | A Befuddled Deep-Dive into Sonic Underground

At last, it is here! 8.5 hours of archaeological digging into Sonic's weirdest, most-forgotten cartoon. Thank you patrons for your support during its creation, and to my Super-Patrons who took part in the streams and provided their own ideas and insights!

Sonic Underground (WIP) - Background music test

Decided to add some background music to the SatAM overview and live segments, so here's a test of how it sounds in the first chunk of the video. There will be one last WIP going up tonight of just the last couple hours of the video.

Sonic Underground (WIP) - First Six and a Half Hours

The last WIP should go up on Friday with everything remaining, and then the final video will be up on Saturday!

There's one visual glitch near the end of this that I caught during rendering and fixed after, so it will look right for the final WIP.

Sonic Underground (WIP) - First Five and a Half Hours

The video is on-track to be finished and out on the 10th. It's also on-track to be stupid long! Enjoy the 5.5 hours of it that are edited so far. Let me know if you notice any weird errors.

Also, I'm still unsure if I'll add background music. Do you folks think it needs it?

Sonic Underground (WIP) - First 2 hours and 38 minutes

Finally some full segments and reviews of SU! This is everything from the SatAM overview through the first 10 episode reviews of SU and an intermission looking at tie-in merch - rather, the lack thereof.

I did not expect the video to be this long at this point. We're only 1/3 of the way done. It's going to be massive.

Sonic Underground (WIP) - First Hour through Episode 3

This video is going to be so damn long

I'll be rendering and uploading WIP previews periodically for you folks, usually as each segment gets finished, but I also included the first review after the first-impressions, since that's how the rest of the video will mainly look

Sonic Frontiers - First Impressions stream at 3PM Pacific

Join me as I check out Sonic's new open world adventure! For once, people seem to mostly like it.

Sonic Underground (WIP) - First 21 Minutes, with SatAM Review

Happy Halloween! Have the first 21 minutes of the Sonic Underground video (which is primarily an overview of SatAM for context) to celebrate!

If you're in the Discord, I'll also be streaming one of my favorite series, Over the Garden Wall, tonight at 6PM Pacific in the voice chat. Hope you watch with us!

The Best of TSN - Bomberman

In-between writing and recording the upcoming Sonic Underground video, I dared to plumb the depths of TSN's oldest and worst LPs to find the good bits worth salvaging. It's the best of all the Bomberman LPs!

Resident Evil 4 [Part 1 - Sorry to Have Bothered You]

Surprise LP! With an even more surprising guest LPer!

Join him and I for a lovely Spanish vacation with the president's daughter and some handsome men at Noon Pacific!

A version of the video without commentary over cutscenes will also go up during the premiere.

Sonic SatAM Reruns - Season 2

Just because this show is better than Underground doesn't mean it has no stinkers of its own. No points for guessing who drops those deuces.

We're Finished with Saturday Cartoons on Weekday Evenings!

The Sonic SatAM and Underground streams are done folks! I don't know yet if I'll want to do the same with Sonic Boom, but I'll let you all know when I make that decision. For now, enjoy your un-hedgehog'd evenings, and thank you again to everyone who watched some or all with me!

The Underground review script is around 80-90% completed, and I'm going to get to recording soon so I can start uploading previews and audio-only versions of segments for Supporter patrons and up. There will als...

Update: Changed to the Subscription Model

Quick update for you folks: Patreon finally added the option to only charge patrons on the day of the month they signed up, so I switched to that model. Don't know if that will affect anyone already here, but at least now people don't have to worry about becoming patrons late in a month, then being charged again a week later.

Also: the second SFA movie's script is complete and sent out! No exact ETA but it will be out next year.

Double also: keep your eyes on TheStrawhatNO's chann...

The Best of TSN - SoS: Friends of Mineral Town [Part 2/2]

Part 2 is live!

Look forward to a massive (probably?) Best Of in the coming weeks. I'm also hunkering down and writing the remaining Sonic Underground episode reviews this week, so I should have some preview clips for Supporters before long!

Best of TSN - SoS: Friends of Mineral Town [1/2]

Something weird happened, and the original post for this got completely swapped with something I left open to save later for Super-porters. Woops!

Anyway, I meant to make more Best of TSN's during this channel downtime than I have, so I got to work and made one for a recent favorite of mine: Friends of Mineral Town, with Skippy and Yami!

Sonic SatAM Reruns - Season 1

I needed a refresher after Sonic Underground, and boy does that show make you appreciate SatAM so much more. This is also when I start rating the episodes, as I plan to do a long-form review of SatAM in the same style as the Underground video I'm writing, but exclusively for patrons for a full year.

Sonic Underground Wrap-Up and Fancomic Stream

Three of the best episodes of the show, plus a read-through of the fanmade conclusion comic on Archie Sonic Online!

Every Sonic Underground Stream: Episodes 31-40

The wrap-up stream will be uploaded on its own, FYI.

I'm in the process of writing the second half of the show's episode reviews, but I will see about recording and editing the first chunk of the video for you folks to see early! Also reminder: we're rewatching SatAM in the Discord on Tuesday and Friday nights. Boy do I need that refresher - where I gave Underground so many D and F ratings, SatAM has had three B's in a row.

It won't stay that way though...