Corey Martin

Sneaky Sneak Peek Update

Hey there GGN,

I wanted to post the 2hr AMA video I threw together from your questions on Discord EXCLUSIVELY to patrons for at least a little while. In part as an apology because the Vagrant Story video is taking much longer than I anticipated. It's in editing at the moment and right now (without the live bits and ending business) is about 1hr and 40mins. I'm excited about a few bits in there though and I'm gonna grind like heck to get it done very soon I just want it to be consistent...

Primal video is live (and various updates)

Hey there GGN,
Well, illness tried to get me, YouTube tried to get me, but sadly I could not be got and here it is. This weird little video that I really struggled to get out within the month and just barely made it. Well, in some timezones I did! I hope it's not too apparent how much I was scrambling. I don't have too much to update you on, other then (if you didn't know) the discord poll winner was Squaresoft's JRPG hybrid Vagrant Story and I've already been capturing footage for it. It'...

Sickly update

Hey there GGN,
Sickbeard over here. I went out of town for a couple days and came back not feeling so good. I'm trying not to let it affect my productivity, but it's really hard to focus on content creation at the moment. I'm shaking it off though. In case I'm off my feet longer than usual, I wanted to offer you up some info. I'm pretty committed at this point to making a video for the 2003 game Primal. It's been on my list of games to make content about for a long long time and I was rea...

Breakdown video is up!

Hey there GGN,
My video for Breakdown (2004) is finally up after several re-uploads and PC issues. I feel like with this one will really test your patience if you have any aversion to the "bits" in my videos heh. But, there are some edits here that still make me giggle and I was sorta proud of. Anyways, I hope you guys like it. I'm brainstorming some new content that will be exclusive to patrons as well as the next game review video. Not too much exciting stuff to comment on, but I'm not s...

Patron-Exclusive Content

Greetings GGN,

I'm posting, for you only, an unlisted video about a strange documentary I've been thinking about for a while. I consume a lot of oddball paranormal content and I've wanted to make content about them for a while because I'm not a big believer, but as my boy Moldy says, "I wan beliv". I dunno, I keep the door open to possibility and even own a few ghost hunting gizmos, but I'm also way too cynical haha. I never really had the nerve to dive into this stuff for a bunch of r...

The plan is happening.

Howdy GGN, figured I'd give you another update on what I've been working on at the start of the month there. Important thing out of the way first, I was working on more than one main review video, but ultimately one seemed to steal more of my focus so I guess I'll just lock down that I think I'm moving forward with a review of Breakdown (2004), the first-person brawler for the original Xbox. A game I had attempted to make a video about a year ago, but it broke me physically.
Not this time...

The Darkness has cometh

Hey there GGN, just letting you know that my video for The Darkness is finally done and oh boy was it a fighter. I think the videos about games I really like are often the hardest, every step of the way i'll think of something else I should have said or some slight change in wording I could have made until it quickly becomes a Frankenstein video. I think I managed to shake myself out of that in a timely enough manner. I hope ya like it!

Also, I see I've gotten a few DMs on here and i'l...

Operation: Content 2023

Hey there GGN,

As the horror of 2022 comes to an end and births the misery of 2023 I thought I'd update you on the channel. Let ya know how things are running. Oh, first, if you hadn't caught wind of it, a collection of tracks I've been working on all year is now live on Bandcamp for free and Spotify. You can search me up, ignore the other guy with a near identical name and check it out. I really appreciate all those who have already downloaded it and had nice things to say about it. ...

Nocturne Redo is complete

Alright, it is done and with that some kind of weight has been lifted. Not all of it, I'm sure I'll remake it again in a few years. Maybe that'll be my thing. A Lucasian obsession. Sorry, for the wait on it. I was battling a lot of demons trying to get this done internal and external. The good news is that from what I've completed of the Darkness video that process has been really smooth and I suspect will come about much faster.

I appreciate you all humoring me with this whole remak...

CONTENT is coming.

A Nocturnal Update

Hey there GGN, since I feel like I'm gonna have my nose to the grindstone for a bit I figured I'd fill you in on where my heads at. So, The Darkness won the discord poll and I've been playing that and capturing footage for it from the 360 version while taking notes. It's certainly one that I've wanted to cover for a long time and I'm excited to get deeper into the process. Meanwhile I've been working on the script for a longform video about a game I already covered, though it was several year...

Signalis review is up!

Hey there GGN,
My hour-long review of Signalis is up and as a postmortem is a mix of some fun live action bits and an insane amount of, "uh, I don't know I guess this means this maybe?", hopefully ya'll have had time to check out the game because it's really good and worth experiencing. Alright, since its...hoo-boy 2:30am, I'm gonna zonk out and then get back on that grind. Hope you're doing well and keepin' it spooky.

-G <3

Vampire Diaries Review

Howdy GGN,

Just uploaded a goofy video review of the Vampire Diaries FMV adventure game. Hope it gives you a giggle. It was supposed to be shorter, but I kept adding bits to it while trying to rush it and make way for the next video, which is looking to be pretty big. I feel like I may have made some credit errors just because I rushed the process and if so, I'm really sorry about that! I'll take my time next time. But, hey I might not have and it's all in my brain. Anywho, if you get ...

Progress Update (Spooky Edition)

Howdy GGN,
Just wanted to update you on what's coming up next. Also, hope your October has been gloomy and spooky as it should be. For starters I decided to cut short a stream of Grimpressions videos because I got into a good rhythm working on 3 things at once.

Thing 1: A full game review of an old FMV adventure game that will be on the shorter side, but I am the furthest along with it. Right now it's looking like it will be around 35-40mins, but there is plenty of time to add in so...

The messiah has come.

Howdy GGN,
The Messiah video is up. Hope ya like it. As always thank you so much for your support and for helping with the choice of game through discord. I'm freakin' pumped to get started on spooky season content. I got a lot of ideas that will extend beyond october into spooky quarter. Also, I don't know if I mentioned, but you may have noticed the last couple videos have not had a "bitter recompense" section. I'm sure there are some who weren't a fan of it and are glad to see it omitte...

Spookiness Approaches

Hey there GGN,

Figured it had been too long since I updated you on my progress. The Messiah video is pretty much done, some PC annoyances have slowed me down, but I'm just reviewing it and addressing any lulls or bits that don't work. If all goes well it should be up within the next couple days. Won't be my longest video or anything seeing as though it's not a very long or dense game narrative-wise. At the moment it's clocking in around 45mins. If you're bummed by the lack of long-form...

Fallout Tactics video is up

Hey there GGN,

Well, in keeping with the theme of this game's production, I had a hell of a time trying to get this up. Everything from technical issues to bad writing, most of which was changed or deleted in the edit, to burnout, to me just pacing back and forth in my room trying to make the words appear.  Weird because I started out so confident that this would be an easier project to tackle. I guess I can never really assume how the content winds will blow. Anyways, I hope you ...

Emerging from the wasteland.

Howdy GGN, just wanted to give you an update on my progress before the month is out. Firstly, I have been lagging a bit (well, by my standards I guess) with this Fallout Tactics video, in part because I took what I guess is like the first "vacation" I've had, maybe ever. Where I just had 4 days of NOT thinking about my channel, which was nice, but then I think I blasted my brain trying to make up for lost time and get back into the mindset of "the gamer." It's caused me to overthink(underthin...

What is to come.

Howdy there GGN,
Just wanted to let you know TWO things.
Thing the first, I have spent a lot of time revisiting a game that meant a lot to me, but is not very great and my feelings about it have driven me to want to commit to it as the next main review vid. So, I'm just going to tell you so I can't back out of it. It's Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. Which, I believe will be my first foray into tactical-type games( I was just reminded that I made a video about Gorky 17, so neverm...

New video, New thoughts.

Hey there GGN, I meant to put this up a little more quickly, but my internet went out as soon as I pressed publish so I'm doing it mobile style and this will probably have a bunch of errors. I hope ya like this salty little, less in depth video. Anyways, thanks so much for your support and for responding to my last post about the patron names. I think what I'm leaning towards is having it both ways a little bit so the top few tiers (Most Grim to Unfathomable Grimness or in the $10-$25 range) ...

Mer de Noms

Howdy there GGN,
I just wanted to,
Firstly: Thank you so much for your support.

Secondly: Let you know that the next review vid is about an obscure Korean-only released survival horror game called Mystic Nights for the PS2 and it is almost done. If all goes well it should be up in the next day or so. It came out to just about an hour (not including the patron credits) and I guess that segues into...

Thirdly: I wanted to g...

How does one recover from Planescape?

Howdy there GGN,
Just wanted to let you know what I've been up to after the last main video. The last video really depleted my mana. So, aside from checking out some demos for grimpression videos, I've been writing for the next proper review video, which the script is already almost done for. It won't be nearly as long, I'm aiming at something closer to 35-40mins. And just as a break from using my brain too much I wanted to play a kind of dumb Resident Evil clone type game. From what I can...

Final Journal Update

Well, here it is GGN.
This has been the most frustrating and weird video i've ever made and even up until I pressed publish I was doubting it every way, but I hope some of you like it. Also, if you haven't played the game yet, I recommend checking it out. SPOILER ALERT, It's good!
Okay, i'm gonna go into a bday coma. Thank you so much for allowing me to make something so absurdly self-indulgent <3

_grim

Updated my journal

Hey there GGN, I just felt like I should keep ya'll updated about progress if you were interested. The Torment video is well into editing and I want to say this process will go quickly because it's my favorite part and it usually flies by, but it's a lot of content, full of tangents and it is one of those videos where I am making a conscious decision to be a bit more particular about it because it's an important one to me. If the editing stays on this track and I don't wind up cutting a bunch...

The content machine chugs along.

Hey there, GGN.

Firstly, thanks so much for your support as always. It means everything to me and I don't know what i'd do without ya. Well, probably this, I just wouldn't eat as well hehe. Secondly, thanks so much to anyone who commented on the last post. It means a lot that so many enjoyed DS. At the moment, all those vids are off my channel and uh...some guy named GRIMB, as begun uploading them on a new channel (2022-07-01 02:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Just a little update

Hey there, GGN.
I'm deep in the content mines working on my video for Torment and I'm really excited to see it through. Also I've had a personal personal project in the works for a while now that's like an animatic horror story thing that I'm working up the nerve to commit to posting when it's done and it's really dumb, but I put a lot of work into it. Also, getting back into shorter content with Grimpressions has been real refreshing. I sorta just wanted to give you an idea for where my h...

Area 51 video is up!

Howdy there GGN,
Just wanted to let ya know that the Planescape Torment video that won the poll is underway (rip Bugsnax), and I originally meant to throw out this Area 51 video as a shorter deal that wouldn't consume much of my time, but it wound up being an hour long thing because I kept adding bits to it, but hopefully you enjoy it and I'm assuming the next one will be a big boy as well so wish me luck <3

Stay safe and goth and gaming 

Max Payne review

Howdy GGN,
My incredibly self-indulgent Max Payne video is finally up, just wanted to apologize for lagging so much on it. This was probably the messiest production of any video I've made. I kinda overconfidently leapt into the project and wound up writing pretty much double what wound up in the video, but then I started hacking bits out of it and rearranging shit and I really got in my head about the whole dang thing. Then after I was somewhat pleased with the result, Youtube and my edit...

Parasite Eve

Hey there GGN,
Apologies for taking a little extra time on this one. At least I think I did? I don't know, time is weird. I had quite a few technical issues and some stuff I had to re-edit last minute thanks to a copyright claim. Anyways, here is the review and thanks so much for your support and also  a bunch if you voted in the poll that led to this one. I got a bunch of ideas I wanna get to so hopefully I won't have as long a break in between videos for a bit. Anyways, hope you're...

Manhunt 2 video

Hey GGN,
I just finished this video about the gross dirty game Manhunt 2 and I hope you like it! Sorry if it's unpleasant to look at tho, I'll try to play something more chill this time around :)
This is the weird sobering part for me, where I actually have to post the thing I've been tinkering away on, I'm probably just sick of watching it, but I hope you enjoy it. I don't know why this turned into like a diary entry. As always my mindset when making a video is, "the next one is gonna...