The Electric Underground

The Value of Game Critique is Real | Patreon Podcast

Hello Patrons!

Today, I discuss why robust game critique is more valuable (and needed) than ever, why evaluating the quality of art based on sales and mainstream popularity is short sighted, how indie games also struggle to not give into design by economics, why nothing seems to stand out anymore, how art gains value over time, and how I think the poetic and literary space of the past is now being filled by new artistic mediums like podcasting, YouTube, and stand up comedy (which I find...

Recovering From a Decade of Venom | Exclusive Patreon Podcast

Today is a seminal episode of the Patreon Podcast where I talk about leaving my full time job of six years (and 10 in the office world) and how hollow and empty that experience has been and how much repressed venom I have running through my system after feeling locked up in an office all that time and being underestimated by my bosses and coworkers. I don't expect my experience to totally translate to what everyone's corporate life experience has been, but for me taking this step towards bein...

Patreon Review Vote Winner! Vanquish!

Hi everyone, in a very robust and close race (thank you for all the participation by the way), the Patreon Review Vote Winner for the month is Vanquish!

Thank you very much everyone for supporting the channel, I feel like the real winner right now because of all of your generosity.

Sincerely,

Mark

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, VOTE TIME!

Hi Everyone,

It's time to vote on the monthly patreon voted review! Here are the nominees:

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Wild Guns Reloaded

Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai (film)

Viewtiful Joe

Like Dreamer

Gundemonium Recollection (4:3 version)

Battle bakraid...

Monthly Patreon Voted Review Nomination time!

Hi Everyone, the God Hand voted review is now complete! (What an awesome game) and it's just in time to begin this month's patreon voted review nominations. So for those new to the patreon how it works is that you just go ahead and write down what game (or movie or whatever) you'd like to be added to the voting in the comments of this post and then we'll vote on the nominations starting 6/ 17 :-)

Thank you so much everyone for supporting the channel, I'm so excited to be switching to go...

Escape! I Am SCRAPING the Walls of My 9 to 5 JOB (Patreon Podcast)

I have returned from Chicago! Today's episode I think is an interesting one because I had such a great time in Chicago and I do go over my trip a bit and meeting everyone and having fun at the Galloping Ghost Arcade. But upon my return home I've been filled with a really powerful restlessness and sense of purpose where I have now fully shifted into being a full time youtuber in my mind and so am finding myself extremely frustrated trapped in my office during the day when I have so many projec...

Special Patreon Podcast: EVADING Internet OUTRAGE W/ Boghog (Electric After Dark)

Today is a really cool special episode of the patreon exclusive podcast where I am joined by a guest for the very first time, Boghog! Today we discuss the aftermath of my Stellar Blade review (I was fully prepared to make the internet mad ha) as well as the aftermath of I think a really interesting tweet that Boghog wrote that ended up getting vacuumed into the worst dungeons of twitter lol. This is why I'm not on twitter, just imagine me posting my Stellar Blade review on there, the universe...

Patreon Review Vote Winner! God Hand!

Hi everyone! This month's winner is God Hand. Man the God Hand fans are powerful ha, I'm really excited to review the game and discuss it in depth :-)

The voting this month was really active and awesome! I love to see all the variety of choices and the spread of the votes were pretty even other than the beast of Godhand ha. I really enjoy these votes and seeing what games you guys are interested in hearing about :-)

Thanks so much for supporting the channel!

Sincere...

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, VOTE TIME

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the slight delay, but it's vote time for the monthly patreon review! Here are the nominees!

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Parodius Fantastic Journey

Double Dragon Gaiden

Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time (Made by the Wanted: Dead developer)

2024-04-29 15:16:51 +0000 UTC View Post

The Clint Eastwood Method (Exclusive Patreon Podcast)

Another BEEFY Exclusive Patreon Podcast :-) Today I kick things off with an embarrassing story about my high school love life, then I discuss my youtuber pet peeve, then on why I think great artists dislike each other, and then my plan to make the channel grow while also remaining cool via the Clint Eastwood method, with a final bonus topic as well :-) Thank you so much everyone for supporting the channel, especially right now! :-)

Monthly Patreon Voted Review Nomination Time!

Hi everyone!

It's time to nominate games for the monthly patreon voted review! All you need to do to nominate a game is write the game's name in the comments. We'll start voting on the nominees on 4/23/24!

The last winner, DOA4, is coming out very soon. It'll be uploaded around next Monday.

Thank you so much for supporting the channel!

Cheers,

Mark

Survey Time! What Bonus(s) Would You Like for a $10 Patreon Tier?

Hi everyone! As I mentioned in the last podcast ep, I plan on going full time as a youtuber this September (YAY). And since I will be going full time then, I will be revamping the patreon to be more robust and one of the projects is adding a $10 tier. Which I have not done up to this point because I want the 10 tier to be legit something cool and right now I don't have the bandwith to do anything extra. FULL TIME Mark, however, will :-). So I have some ideas already but i also want to hear fr...

I'm Too Big For My Tank! (It's Time to Go Full Time) | Patreon Podcast

HI everyone!

This is a pretty landmark ep of the patreon podcast, at least for me personally, where I discuss my goal to go full-time as a youtuber around September 1st of this year and I end up recapping a lot of surprisingly personal feelings about taking the next step forward in my youtubing/creative career -- this being a pretty huge and uncharacteristic leap of faith on my behalf. But I also talk about how even if I fall flat on my face, I'm in a place now where I'm more willing to...

Patreon Voted Review Winner!!! Dead or Alive 4

Hi everyone!

This month's voting was a really fun one and DOA4 managed to edge out the competition, this will be a fun review as I have a ton to say about the game :-)

Thank you so much everyone for supporting channel! And for the shmuppers, I'll give you a fun little bonus insider scoop: Within the next few vids I plan on doing a pretty cool vid about Axelay. 

Cheers!

Mark

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, VOTE TIME!

Hi everyone, 

It's time to vote for the monthly patreon voted review! The nominees are:

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Einhander

Dead or Alive 4

Flesh

Uppers

Strider

Gimmick!

Ace Combat 7

Rabi-Ribi

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Patreon Podcast - Doc Epilogue | Beyond Parasocial | Staying Interesting - Electric After Dark

Electric After Dark is Back! On today's podcast ep I discuss my thoughts on the Shmup Documentary, post release. I also talk about my experience writing and acting in the film, which I found really engaging and got me interested in practicing acting more generally. I also talk about this idea of Para social relationships, and how I find that description of following a youtuber as demeaning to the audience and how art needs to have a receiver for it to have meaning. I also discuss my thoughts ...

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, Nomination Time

Hi everyone,

Time is flying and it's already time for the patreon voted review nominations for the month! Just go ahead and write your nominations in the comments section here and we'll start voting on 2/26/24. 

Thank you so much for supporting the channel and I really do appreciate the support a lot. I'm still trying to get back into the swing of my regular schedule after the beast that was the shmup documentary, but I have a lot of cool stuff planned coming up as well :-) 2024-02-15 16:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Voted Review Winner! Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection

Hi everyone,

The winner of the patreon voted review, by a pretty large margin, is Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection!

Thank you so much everyone for supporting the channel, this will be a fun time for sure and hopefully the game won't beat me down too much ha.

Sincerely,

Mark

Monthly Patreon Voted Review, VOTE TIME

Hi everyone,

It's time to vote for the monthly Patreon Review! We have a fantastic list of nominations this month, here they are:

Ghosts 'n goblins: resurrection

Wild Guns

Gimmick

Hotdog Storm

God Hand

Kaikan

Final Fight

Touhou Fantastic Shooting Fe...