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The Wasted Potential of Watch_Dogs | 10 Years Later (Retrospective)

Well folks... I have another video for you! I said I might do this and ended up saying fuck it and just doing it anyway.

I wanted to do something different with this, to challenge myself to write more concisely, to be more precise with my words without losing any depth or substance and I think I achieved that. I'm pretty proud with how this turned out. This isn't me saying I'm going to make every video like this, I'm not, because I enjoy indulging in the process and making things that ...

Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road (Commentary/Review)

Merry Christmas!!

Sorry I'm so late to this, but in a way I'm glad I waited this long because it's not long now until Season 1 starts in earnest. I really enjoyed watching this back and it solidified my love for it and for the characters and this iteration of The Doctor. I'm pumped to see where the season takes us and I'll be doing commentaries weekly for each new episode, as it airs, on Patreon.

Hope you enjoy the commentary folks and I hope you're looking forward to the new seas...

A Casual & Nostalgic "Retrospective" of Assassin's Creed Marketing (2007 - 2012)

Hey folks, I was feeling a lil' nostalgic after working on the BF retrospective and decided to take a little look back at the history of AC marketing from the Desmond era, 2006 - 2012. I wanted to look at certain trailers and demos that stood out in my mind as Nostalgic and take a trip down memory lane while also reanalysing, casually, whether or not the marketing reflected the full game and whether or not it improved or not as time went on.

I found this fun, nostalgic and also interes...

Just a small thank you & update

Hey gamers, just wanted to post a quick thank you for all members on here, free or otherwise, to say thanks for the huge amounts of support on the new video. I already made a tweet but I wanted to post something here for those who joined up after the video. It’s really humbling to have people give a shit about my stuff and who are willing to support me, in any way at all.

I’ve said this before but I do have two stretch goals on Patreon for total members. Regardless of whether they�...

Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry - Retrospective

Here you are chaps and chapettes, as promised, my Freedom Cry Retrospective. Not quite as long as the Black Flag video but then again, it's a far far smaller game. I really liked how this game together and plan on doing smaller projects that are purely made for Patreon in between larger ones, to varying degrees of quality and effort.

I already have a video in the works looking at the AC marketing for the "classic" era of games because I've been feeling a lil' nostalgic recently, it's mu...

The Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Retrospective

FINALLY.

Here it is gamers! The full, finished, Black Flag Retrospective. I have poured blood, sweat, tears and over 3 months of my life into this to make it the absolute best I can, and honestly I couldn't be happier with the end result.

It's a big one, but I hope it's worth it and I hope you all enjoy.

I say this all the time but with this video it's more true than ever, I could not do this without your support on here. There is no reality where I could make a video this ...

Update on the BF video

Hey folks, just wanted to say, I wanted the Black Flag video up on Patreon by now, but the processing is taking FOREVER… hopefully it’ll be ready in 5 hours. We shall see.

As soon as it’s done, I’ll throw it up on here 👌🏻

Cheers gamers for the patience and also for the continued support.

So I Just Finished Dark Souls...

I wanted to sit down and do a commentary on the first Dark Souls, that I'll also turn into a YouTube video as well.

This game deeply resonated with me and I think it's tremendous, I just had to talk about it for a bit, hope you enjoy! There's also a bit of an update at the end for my plans and such. 

Cheers for the continued support here folks while I've been absent, truly appreciate you <3

A Review of the Black Flag Novel

Hey gamers, finally back with a Patreon post, apologies for the absence.

I wanted to sit down and look at the Black Flag novel, which I read for the upcoming video. There were a few interesting little details, and some elements which are absolutely ridiculous and bad. Enjoy!

Bit of an update for 2024

Hey folks, I’ll try keep this one short but I just wanted to drop an update since I’ve sort of been a tad AWOL where Patreon is concerned.

I planned to “relaunch” everything at the end of January, with a proper video and a new Jazz Lounge but I’ve had a few life things get in the way and with the Black Flag video taking up most of my time I’ve just had to prioritise.

This video is a big task, it’s pretty daunting and I’m slowly working my way through the game, my...

Scranning my Batty on Camera | The Clubhouse Podcast Reunion - #2

Fellas! Here's a nice ol' New Years Eve treat for you all!

Tyler and I had a blast getting together and recording this, as always. I really hope you all enjoy the episode and have a great new years. Stay safe, try not to make any regrettable decisions... But if you do, please make sure to write them into the next episode of the show.

Much love gamers 💚

Alan Wake/Control/Alan Wake 2 - Full Commentary Analysis

Here it is, the commentary on Alan Wake, Control & Alan Wake 2! Was great to finally sit down and discuss all 3 of these games that did a lot for me over the last few weeks. Not sure I've ever had a set of games hit me so personally before, but these did and I love them for that. 

This commentary is sort of a companion piece to my latest main channel video looking back at everything I played from last year too, so if you're yet to see that, give it a watch when you get a chance...

The Games That Made My 2023

Hey gamers! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/holiday. As the new year is fast approaching, here's a early access post for my final video of the year, a look back at all the games, large and small, that made my 2023. This video is a collection of very small essays on the games that matters to me this year that I didn't make videos on.

This isn't a countdown of the best games of 2023 or a top 10 list. A lot of the games didn't even come out this year, but I feel that's more meaningf...

My 2023 in Review (a look back at this year on the channel and a look toward the future)

Thought I'd post my YouTube Wrapped for 2023 and write out a post to look back over the channel this year to send out 2023. I want to say I really appreciate the support this year, it hasn't been my best year in terms of "highest number" but it's been the most consistently good and that's something I really value, something that has increased stability and that's in part due to everyone at Patreon. ...

The Jazz Lounge - #11 | Founded Scarab (Joe)

Welcome back to the final Jazz Lounge for 2023, and today we're joined by Joe or The Founded Scarab. On this episode I take a bit to sit down and look back at 2023, all the things I'm grateful for, my content over the course of the year and my how my life has changed in that time too. 

Talking to Joe was great, so nice to catch up with an old friend and have a bit of a chat about his headspace with regards to content creation.

I want to say a big thank you to everyone who's s...

Doctor Who: The Giggle (Commentary/Review)

The final of the three 60th anniversary special of Doctor Who has been out for a while now. After a re-watch I was pumped to sit down and discuss it in as much detail as I could. I really loved these specials despite their flaws and have a lot to say about the final episode of the 3, I hope you enjoy!

Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder (Commentary/Review)

I'm late to this one, but I'm catching up. My commentary on The Giggle will be out later on today so we're all caught up for the Christmas Special in just a week! For now though, enjoy my commentary on Wild Blue Yonder.

The Clubhouse Podcast | Topics Thread

To cap of 2023, Tyler and I are returning to another episode of Clubhouse!

Leave us your questions, stories, updates, advice threads or topics in the comments below. Looking forward to another vintage episode of the Clubhouse pod!

Doctor Who: The Star Beast (Commentary/Review)

Doctor who is back, and if you know me, you know I am a huge fan of this show, through thick and thin I've stuck with and of course I was always going to do Patreon commentaries for this show.

My plan is to do one every time a new episode airs. I might be a tad late to some because I'd like to get re-watches in before I talk about them and I'm away in Ireland when episode 2 airs and will be busy the weekend episode 3 is on, but I'll do my best to get around to them as soon as I can, bec...

The Best Christmas Games That Aren't About Christmas

Hey fellas!

Got a new video here for you to celebrate the start of the festive period. I love Christmas and have always done Christmassy things with the channel around this time of year. Given I'm not doing the advent calendar this year because it's literally hell on earth to put together, I made this video instead, a look at some of the games that I personally find to be games that I love playing around Christmas and winter. It's a bit of nostalgic and wholesome fun for December.

The Jazz Lounge - #10 | Regular Pat

Welcome back to another episode of the Jazz Lounge, apologies for it being so long between episodes, I've been  busy with so much while also lacking motivation to really create much of anything of late but I explain all that on the episode. I wanted also to talk through some of my plans for 2024, upcoming projects, the Black Flag retrospective and plenty more.

This episode's guest was Regular Pat, a Kingdom Hearts video essayist on YouTube who I've watched for around 2 y...

Everybody should play Jusant

This game moved me in such an interesting way and I wanted to sit down and just talk about it for a bit.

A brief update

Hey everyone! Just wanted to throw up an update because I feel I’ve been neglecting the Patreon recently.

I’ve found myself in a bit of a creative slump, nothing super serious but I’m struggling to find the drive to write a script or edit a video or any of the usual things that go into the video making process. Usually after I finish one project, it’s not long before I’m deep in the trenches of the next one (which tbf isn’t a healthy way to work 😅). Since I completed my ...

So I Just Finished Marvel's Spider-Man 2...

Full Spoilers for Spider-Man 2.

Well, I got done with Spider-Man 2 just a couple days ago and I have a ton of thoughts.

Overall I loved my time with this game, any issues I take with it are not issues that destroy the experience for me, I think this game stuck the landing in all the ways it needed to. That said, I do think the first game is far more sophisticated in how it approaches it's storytelling, it's got a focus and purpose and efficiency I admire so much, this game feels, ...

Revisiting The Marvel's Spider-Man DLC

The DLC for Spider-Man is way better than people give it any credit for. It’s nothing that special but it is really competent, fun and packed with charm. It was really fun to have a little revisit for this Patreon exclusive video.

Enjoy!

Marvel's Spider-Man - 5 Years Later

Hey patrons!

Apologies for this not being super early and also for the fact it’s yet to process into HD. I thought I’d share the link regardless, hopefully it finishes processing before the public premiere.

Feel free to give it a watch if you can bear the 360p of it all, wish I could’ve had this ready sooner so apologies for that, time was just pretty tight on this one.

Thanks so much for your support, couldn’t make this stuff without you 💚

The Jazz Lounge - #9

Solo episode this time. I've been so busy so it's a little different but it was really nice to just sit down, hang out and catch up with everyone. Thanks for your topics, thanks for you support. I hope you enjoy!

Spider-Man: 5 Years Later (Chapter 1)

Here you are folks, early access to the first 29 minutes of my Spider-Man retrospective. I've edited another hour on top of this so far and have probably another hour yet to edit. I'm crunching hard but hopefully I'll get this out before Spider-Man 2 drops... I really hope.

Hope you enjoy the first chapter, and look forward to the final video, I'm having a lot of fun putting it together, despite the hard work (and pressure) it feels good to be working on such a big video again after so ...

Jazz Lounge #9 | Topics Thread

Hey folks, putting this one out to everyone at LazerzZ Vault or higher because this will be a solo episode so I wanted to cast the biggest net possible for topics.

September and now October have been BUSY months for me and I just haven't had the time to sort a guest, and I do apologise for that, I'll do my best to make it up to you. That said, I did want to sit down and record a Jazz Lounge, just to catch up with all of you, talk about what's been going on with me and just hang out for ...

The Jazz Lounge - #8 | Philip Shahbaz

Very excited for this episode of The Jazz Lounge! I had on Philip Shahbaz, the voice of Altair from the very first Assassin's Creed, to chat about a whole host of different things both professional and personal. We had a great chat, I hope you enjoy!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

31:35 - Your Topics

50:19 - Guest Segment

Thanks again for all the support

I really appreciate you gamers and how much you suppor...