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Darkroom & Consultations Next Week

Hey everyone,

Been a busy beginning to September, so I've been behind the scenes taking care of stuff, including October work. How about we sit down for a Darkroom next week? I'm thinking Friday the 20th or so, I should (hopefully hopefully hopefully) have a video done by then. Looking to sit down for a September workload this weekend.

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Webseries/ARG/Project Consultation Live (8/17-8/24)

A more casual atmosphere accompanies us this night and I think we'll all enjoy a good, light back-and-forth this week of correspondence playing stressless message tag rather than getting us all around to sit for one big night.

If you're in the Consultation tier or above and have something to discuss that you're actually working on right now, hit me up! Or check to see if I've responded to you. Let's check in with each other this week, shall we?

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Surprise Darkroom Thursday! (August 15th)

Let's have a little Darkroom session on Discord from 9 PM EST (6 PM PST) this Thursday. About the same time, I think I'll crack open Consultations for Webseries, ARGs, and Projects.

Sound good? Good.

Meanwhile--October work is already under way. Theme announcement and this year's Candy Bowl details to come before the end of the month.

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July End - August Start Update

Hey everyone,

July has really been a month of two things: return to original material from Night Mind's first year (the EMH re-upload premiere, the Marble Hornets: Explained birthday stream) and... illness!

There's nothing quite like getting knocked out for two weeks with something bad enough to make you wonder if you actually have strep throat.

The Good News!

I'm healthy again! And what's more, I've been working on October research while down...

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CatGhost: Animated Webseries Deep Dive

Let's get spoopy!

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June: Status Report - Patreon, Videos, October & More

Hey everyone,

Happy June! A lot of you are out of school and enjoying your well-deserved time at home in the good weather, taking in games, videos, reading, and more. Summer, for me, is always a fun working period, feeling a little bit more excited than usual and a lot more uninhibited and ambitious.

This past weekend, I got my video done on Tender, a Vampire: The Masquerade ARG that was designed for the upcoming Bloodlines 2. At the same time I w...

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The Tender ARG | Vampire: The Masquerade Goes Online

Feeling hungry?

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Hoo, Lawd, what an on-and-off week

Full disclosure: there should have been a video this week. I had planned for one, I'd been working for one, I even had two pots on the stove for it.

... and neither managed to boil up in time.

First, I spent about four days trying to crack open a super oddball of a project like a coconut with only smooth rocks. Second, I needed to do some communications first and wait.

Just wanted to share a tiny bit of my frustration is all. Still working. 🐱👍

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Chadam: A Buried Animated Oddity

I've got something a lil' different for you folks this time I hope you'll enjoy! Correspondence time for Consultation members tomorrow, so if you didn't get back to me last week, jump on it!

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All Set? Let's Get Thinking!

Hey everyone,

Figured I'd be smarter yesterday afternoon considering it was Friday and let everyone enjoy their afternoon without having to remember any sitdowns for weird internet monster cats. Besides, I kept seeing how many people online were running out to see Detective Pikachu and knew that some of you would probably be in that crowd. ;;3

That said, let's get going! ARG & Webseries/Project Consultation begins again now. Please send me a message on Discord...

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Dad's On YouTube!

New video is done, let's get rolling on webseries consultation after the view!

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Consultation Tier Members & Above!

Just wanted to let all of you know that right now, I'm finishing up work on my video covering the Dad-tastic series, "Dad" on YouTube. That should reach completion tomorrow, should all things go correctly. 

After that (which I project to be Friday) we'll kick off new rounds of discussion for ARG/Webseries/Project consultation and workshopping!

This is your heads-up to get plans, documents, ideas, summaries, questions, etc. ready now! 

The more thin...

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Darkroom on Discord: This Saturday @ 7 PM EST

You have spoken! And the result shows this Saturday, May 4th, at 7:00 PM EST is our best time to congregate.


Thanks to everyone for voting and dropping a comment!

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Darkroom this Week

Alright everyone, I'm looking at possibilities for Darkroom hangout on Discord this week and want to know what would be optimal for everyone. I've got a poll here for us all to use.

Time for the most-requested day would be between 7-9 PM EST as our start time. Let me hear what also works best for you between 7, 8, and 9 PM in the comments, please.

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Petscop: A Cryptic Family Mystery

Took awhile, but we finally have enough pieces to gain some sense of what's actually going on here.

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Darkroom Holdoff - Let's try this again

Hey everybody,

Postponing Darkroom. I should have had Petscop done and out today if it weren't for a bunch of things needing my time this week popping up suddenly. After all those things, I would've been able to finish the video this morning and be all set for a Darkroom later, but this week's trend struck one more time.

Just got back from a 4-hour trip to the hospital accompanying a relative for a non-emergency. As such, it's morning now and video isn't done. At this rate, I'll...

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Update: This Week

In honor of my mouthing off on YouTube's Community tab last week, I'm covering Petscop this week in the first update since talking about it on Night Vision when it first appeared. Got scripting and recording done on Monday and working to finish audio tonight. That video will drop Friday or Saturday.

Speaking of the weekend, that's as good a place as any for us all to get together, eh? How about a Darkroom this Sunday on Discord, everyone? Say... 8 PM EST? How's that work for pe...

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Darkroom & Consultations Again after Easter!

This is also a quick message just to let everyone know we're back to full regular operation after the Easter weekend! I'll post information for a Darkroom hangout session, project/webseries/arg consultation, and so on!

Until then, a very happy Easter to all who celebrate, and a great spring weekend to those who don't!

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Long Strange Trip - House of Leaves: Explored Post-Talk

All's well that ends well. And as far as I can see from what's happened, this does end well.

The House of Leaves series has been my least-successful in terms of views and my most-successful in terms of impact and execution of vision under the guidelines I saw as needed for the project.

Quality/Quantity highlighted in one single series, it seems--not for what I did with it, but for the reception I've seen to its conclusion and the steps along the path.

That being said, this w...

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Thank you! (All New, Returning & Current Patrons)

Hello everyone,

After finally catching my breath a bit following the release of House of Leaves: Explored - Part 2 (and getting over a sudden bout of illness), I'm glad to jump on here and thank everyone again for being here and supporting the Patreon.

The House of Leaves project took a lot, in all senses: time, energy, effort, and resources, and that includes financial resources. The last time I spent this much for a video was when I covered Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared, so I really ...

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Halfway In - House of Leaves: Explored

Major thanks to everyone here on Patreon and welcome to all the newcomers! It's wonderful to have you here and I'll be glad to have you for our first Discord Darkroom session following House of Leaves: Explored being completed.

Just wanted to express some serious thanks to everyone supporting and enjoying the work as it's come along, and especially anyone being patient who feels weirded out about Part 1.

The Pelican Black angle was made with full intention for a very specific pu...

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Welcome New Patrons! (And House Of Leaves Readers)

Welcome to everyone new who is on Patreon for the first time, and anyone who has returned! Your support is what enables me to do big, crazy, ambitious work like the House of Leaves project and everything it entails while still being able to eat and keep the heat on during winter.

Anyone here on Patreon is able to get a sneak peak in advance at a major amount of what went into the House of Leaves series, the first being Pelican Black, a short found footage webseries taki...

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You-Know-What Part 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cFnqQV5-_g

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Shh... Part 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WAJTIIUB3c


Keys?

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House of Leaves: Explored - Nine Days Challenge

It's time for Project Blue to finally go live. Thank you, all of you, for supporting me and being by my side all this time and making me believe in what I was doing.

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Good Musical Morning!

Hey everyone,

I'm proud and excited to introduce you all to the original music composed for the House of Leaves project (formerly known as Project Blue) and the musician, Cory Croft & the Band of Phantoms!

(Otherwise known as C.C. Phantom)

The work he put into this is phenomenal and he nailed what I was asking for. You'll be hearing a good amount of this in the House of Leaves series, but here, you can listen to the music all in one run, uninterrupted. The album is over ...

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Shh Part 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FL0zNtkQv0

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Shh - Part 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51DBTE_fAew&feature=youtu.be


In which a coffee mug appears.

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Shhh... Don't Share - Part Two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1CdnbX4F6A


In which we learn German!

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It's Not a Seance

Even if it looks like one.

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