Video Game Story Time

Team Sonic Racing Minisode

Hi everyone!

Kotor here, typing this while BretonStripes cradles Boogle in bed. Boogle is sick, she's puked three or four times today already and is struggling to keep even water in her stomach.

The past month has been busy. First it was my birthday - we visited my parents and went to Legoland for the day. On the drive back home, Boogle started vomiting, which was fun.

Then I caught her germs and two days later, I started puking too. BretonStripes felt very nauseous...

Family Picture

Kotor's having too much fun again.

A Wild Kotor Appears!

So part of the reason why this video wasn't ready yesterday as we'd hoped it would be is because BretonStripes is away on a business trip. She should be home in the next couple of hours, but too late to get a video finished.

We hadn't entirely decided on the plan for when we were going to record this video, so things were a bit up in the air. Once it was clear BretonStripes wouldn't be home in time to record, Kotor had to fill in for her.

The result...well, you can hear it for you...

Sneak Peek

Hi all! Kotor here.

So in our last post we said we were going to try and get our next video ready for Early Birds in advance. Sadly, we've not managed that (sick child, business trip for Breton Stripes, busy week), so instead, here's a little peek at the next video. It's about RJ Palmer, a fan artist who got hired to work on Detective Pikachu

Hope you're doing well. Sick bugs aside, all is good with us. I've been experimenting with my art for videos lately, copying a sliver of Per...

Detective Pikachu!

Hey all! Here's something a bit different: a video about a movie! What a refreshing departure from formula.

Uh, we also did a video on the Sonic movie last week, so perhaps this isn't a completely new idea.

Stay tuned because we're hoping to have a video ready early for Friday - it'll probably be with you at some point tomorrow if we can manage it :)

Lots of love,

BretonStripes & Kotor

Why (& How) Cuphead Came To Switch

Hi all!

We've been really hard at work this week. For the second week in a row, we managed to get out two videos instead of just one - although this probably won't become the new norm, we just got lucky with timing.

The channel's enjoying a temporary good patch in which we're actually getting some traction with the YouTube algorithm, and that's bringing in some new subscribers for the first time this year, which is great!

Thank you for being there for us during the quiet per...

Forager Video

Hi everyone!

We're really excited to share this new video with you. A few weeks ago, we got a message from Mariano Cavallero, the ceeator of the newly released Forager (published by Humble Bundle). Mariano is a follower of the channel and wanted to sponsor a video about his story and the development of his game.

We were already aware of Forager, but learning Mariano's story, we knew this was the perfect subject for a video. But we didn't feel particularly comfortable asking for lo...

Bonus Video!

Hey all! So Joker's just about to be dropped into Smash Brothers, and we made a video about it! Bonus video!

$5+ Patrons, there's going to be another video for you tomorrow! It's Forager! We're super excited!

Love ya!

FNAF VR Video

Another week, another case of finishing the video just before deadline. It's late and I want to sleep x talk to you soon

Escaped Chasm

Hey guys, sorry this wasn't up earlier - it's literally just been finished and the ink is still wet, so to speak.

Sorry, no time to chat, need sleep. See you next week! We love you! 

The Making of Sekiro

Hi all!

We're tired, it's late. Sorry this video wasn't ready sooner but it's just been one of those weeks!

Lots of love!

Axiom Verge: The Story of Tom Happ

Hey all! Here's the latest video from us! Hope you like it!

$5+ patrons, we're posting this before it's fully uploaded, so it might take a few minutes before it's ready.

Plants vs Zombies

We asked the YouTube community what video we ahould do next, and here we are.

Don't tell anyone, but we're part-way through interviewing Laura Shigihara, the voice of the PvZ sunflower, about her incredible career in games, so look forward to that in future.

This is up early for $5+ patrons. Hi guys!

Love ya,

BretonStripes and Kotor

The Inclusive Legacy of Reggie Fils-Aime

My phone keeps autocorrecting Reggie to Reggae, so that's fun.

So this week we ran a poll on the channel to see what video we should do next. People voted overwhelmingly in favour of Plants vs Zombies.

So we made it and had it all finished last night... Just in time for Reggie Fils-Aime to announce his retirement.

Sigh.

We'd been wanting to do a Reggie video for a while, and researched it last year before putting it on the shelf. But now that this subject was so to...

The 72 Hours That Created Hollow Knight

Hey, it's a video! We made it! Hope you like it ;D

Limbo: The Story of Arnt Jensen and Playdead Studios

Hi all!

Thanks so much for being patient with us this January! This video was meant to be up for last week, but Kotor got sick and BretonStripes didn't have time to record audio, and basically we've just been running really slowly.

Anyway, hope you enjoy it! Fingers crossed we'll be back to a more regular schedule from this point onwards!

Limbo WIP

Hey all! So we're hard at work on our first video of the year. Thank you so much for being patient with us as we get back into the swing of things.

We're doing Limbo! And, just for fun, yes, the entire video will be in this art style. Because Limbo.

Should be ready by Friday, we'll put it up earlier for the $5+ if it's ready sooner.

Hugs and Kisses,

Us

Happy New Year! Have a Secret Video

Hi all!

So we have an apology to make; we're running a bit behind. Following three funerals in a row and then a very busy Christmas, we've been a bit run off our feet and haven't had time to finish a video in (it feels like) forever. We're also probably not going to have one ready for Friday, because we have one more ridiculous trip to London to get out of the way before we can rest. We'll be back home again Saturday night.

Phew. It's...it's certainly been a busy time. So busy. Bu...

Celeste

Hey all, sorry this isn't early. It's been a heck of a week. We're still not exactly back on our feet.

In fact, we almost postponed this video entirely, several times. But we didn't want to disappoint you.

Love,

BretonStripes, Kotor, and Baby Boogle

Super Smash Story Time!

Thank you so much everyone for your lovely comments on our last post. We are, slowly, piecing things back together, but it's going to take a while.

In the meantime, here's our latest video. Sorry it wasn't ready early - it's not been an Early Video kind of week!

Lots of love,

BretonStripes, Kotor, and Baby Gamer

By way of an update

Hello lovely people of Patreon, BretonStripes here. I first wrote this post a week or so ago...and our dodgy hotel WiFi connection appears to have dumped it without posting. 

So I wanted to share with you why things at Video Game Story Time have been a bit all over the place. My little sister died in October, which has been horrific. She was only 27.

Her passing was preceeded by my maternal Grandma only a few weeks earlier, and my Mum's older sister died from cancer in Au...

Shovel Knight Story Time

Hey all! Just dropping in with our latest video! We hope you like it!

Lots of love,

BretonStripes and Kotor

Spider-Man Review Sneak Peak!

Hey all! Kotor here with a little glimpse at our next video.

This will hopefully be going up tonight (this afternoon PST), depending on how much work I get done this afternoon (this morning PST, time zones are weird).

There's also a second sneak peek on YouTube channel if you want to see it, or you can go in blind instead.

This is a strange video, but I had fun with it, and that's what matters. Here's hoping you enjoy it!

Lots of love,

Kotor

Flipping The Table

Hey all, here's the final video in the Golden Triangle trilogy! It might take a few minutes to upload if you're really quick off the bat, but it'll be ready shortly.

Also, we haven't reviewed this yet, so if it's got errors, let us know and we'll fix it before it goes live tomorrow.

Thanks! You're amazing!

The Story of The Mario Cram School

Hey all, here's our latest video the second in a three-part series about Nintendo developers.

This was the episode that originally inspired the trilogy. While the New Super Mario Bros games mentioned aren't hugely groundbreaking, the idea of the Mario Cram School was really interesting to us, which is why we wanted to do this. But then we realised that we needed to explain the backstory of the teachers at the school, so we started by doing the Golden Triangle episode.

After that, it just...

(Slightly) Early Soapbox Video

Psst! Hey, guys, Kotor here. I'm not sure how many of you actually really care about these soapbox experiments I've been doing, which is why I haven't posted any on Patreon yet. But this one got finished up early, so I figured I'd share it with you before it goes live!

I know this isn't what you signed up for, but please know that they're not taking any time away from our regular videos. They're simply a side project I've been working on since losing my job, and since I started making them I'v...

Hey look, an Early Video!

Hi all! So for the first time in a while, we've managed to get a video done early, so here it is! Enjoy!

We haven't checked through it or anything yet, so it might contain errors that we'll fix before it goes live tomorrow, but we wanted you to see it nice and early. Also if you're reading this immediately after the message is sent, it might take 10 minutes or so before the video's properly uploaded and encoded.

We'll actually be putting out three videos this week (Monday, Wednesday, and...

The Golden Triangle

Hi all!

For the first time in like a month, we've managed to get our Friday video ready on Friday! Woohoo!

You might have missed a couple of videos as we haven't managed to post them on here, so feel free to go check out the channel to make sure you're up to date :) We're pretty exhausted a the moment. Life just gets busier and busier...

Anyway, hope you enjoy this video. We had a hankering for some Nintendo fun this week, and we're planning to do two more (although the third one i...

Spider-Man Musing

Hey all! Kotor here with a video I made all by myself. It shows...

It's not that it's terrible. It's just very different, and I'm not sure if it works. It also took longer than a more traditional way of making a video, but oh well.

Please feel free to give me any feedback you may have, as I'm interested to hear it. I'd kind of like to do a series about the morals behind various games, but maybe I shouldn't voice it going forward? Or maybe it's not a good idea in general, I don't know. 2018-09-08 17:51:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Video!

Hey, here's an early video. It's not too long or particularly insightful, but we're hard at work creating a mammoth half hour video about ROMs, so this is kind of filler. Hope you like it!