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Budget Update

Hi everyone, here's the update for the Patreon budget. Sorry I wasn't able to get to it last month, it was a bit wonky in terms of keep track of finances for the channel. Here's the link:

https://pauseandselect.com/budget 

The password is patreon as always.

Production Podcast - Japan Sinks

For the folks who listened to this, it's back! I've skipped a few episodes because I wanted to talk about something that I had a lot of fun making, which is the Japan Sinks video. I'll be moving forward on a semi-frequent basis on them.

If you'd like me to respond to questions, please respond to them here and I'll answer them in the next production podcast.

Ways to deliver more content?

Hi everyone,

One of the frequent exit surveys I get is "Pause and Select isn't as active as I expected," which I think is a totally fair criticism. I made a video in hopes of gathering a lot more thoughts on that angle, and see if folks would be interested in more general content on the second channel.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Book Club is Up

Hi everyone,

Here's the first book club episode on Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Paripi Koumei Script

Hi everyone, here's the first draft of the paripi koumei script. I'm going to work on tightening it so it'll be very rough around the edges, and admittedly it's not as much about Paripi Koumei as much as people think, but it was meant to be more of a general exploration than a "I've solved it!" sort a thing.

I'm going to give it a day or two and then come back to this, mainly because in those two days I'll be able to approach this with a fresh set of eyes, make the changes for accessibi...

Opening for Eiji Yoshikawa's Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Hi everyone, sorry I'm late on things again, as many of you know I'm working on a Paripi Koumei script, and that includes reading some of Eiji Yoshikawa's Sangokushi. I translated the opening section for Yoshikawa's Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I'm not a translator by trade, so it'll be deeply awkward, but hopefully, those familiar with the original text find it interesting:

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Jianning, first era of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

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I made a Ko-Fi for ease of payment

Hi everyone,

I know that times are tough and sometimes having recurring payments aren't the best for people. So with that in mind, I made a ko-fi account for people who want to support the channel but DON'T want to be stuck in the Patreon monthly payment.

It's here. 

I don't know how the distribution of the budget will be, but I'll figure that out sometime in the coming week.

If you've pledge...

Started Writing Paripi Koumei Script

Hi everyone, I've started writing the next script, I'll upload it when I'm done in the coming days. My hope is to keep it fun and digestible. It was a decent amount of nonsensical stuff that I kinda regret doing (like looking up old Japanese books to verify one-sentence claims), but hopefully everyone finds it fun.

I haven't forgotten the Production Podcast, I'll start off with the original Japan Sinks video, I'll get that recorded and uploaded this week. I will also watch and review Th...

Road Map: Reviving the Production Podcast, Reviews, etc.

Hey everyone,

Sorry it's taken so long on everything.

I'll be reviving the production podcast, it'll just be me cause Skrullz is on ???sabbatical??? (I don't have a better word for it). I was going to continue where I left off, which is just after the Jin-Roh video, but if you want me to hit a specific video first, just leave a comment here and I'll get to it. Also, if you have a specific timestamp on how I did an effect or something, let me know (with timestamp) and I'm more than...

Working on Paripi Koumei video update

Hey everyone,

Just updating y'all on the progress, currently working on Paripi Koumei video at the moment, I'll try and keep it short, I know it jumbled around the order of all the videos, but the P4 video is still around!

Japan: The Platform Superpower Assets

Hi everyone, it's that time of the post-video again: asset uploading time! These are most of the assets used for Japan: The Platform Superpower. I tried to pick out the ones where I didn't do anything to the images, but hopefully too many of them in there aren't hanging around.

The original folder size of the assets like, a gig of images, so hopefully this isn't too bad.

I also need to find a way, but I might be uploading just the stock footage of the television screens, ...

Tracks 94-102 of Skrullz' Music

WOAH! Five years on Patreon, and Skrullz has produced 100 tracks of audio for the videos. This is absolutely insane.

Like before, the license is CC License 4.0, so you're free to use, remix, and distribute, as long as you provide attribution.

Late Budget Update!

Hey everyone,

Again, sorry about the budget delay, I update it every month but this just completely slipped my mind for the past...three months...to update it on the website.

As always, the link is here, and the password is patreon.

And again, thank you for your continued support!

My Dress Up Darling Draft

Hi everyone,

As usual, here's the current progress on my My Dress Up Darling video. I haven't yet integrated the sponsor section so it's black, but this is the rough cut. 

Sorry for any technical issues, if it's fixable I'll fix it. This is slated for this Thursday.

This was made in a week, so my apologies for any rough edges. 

Taking Questions for Next Video

Hi everyone, as promised, please respond to this post for any questions you may have for the next video. I'll be answering them in a separate video. Please send them by Tuesday, which is the day I'll be recording my responses.

My Dress Up Darling Script

Hi everyone,

it's that time again - video making time! This is my script for a stray note on My Dress Up Darling, which talks about a small but I think interesting perspective, and that is otakudom and performativity.

As always, I am more than happy to make changes or suggestions if there are any issues, just let me know. This isn't meant to be a deep dive or exhaustive overview of otaku, mainly because I want to have this finished by March 23rd (since the sponsor wants i...

Next video roadmap

Hi everyone,

now that this video is finished, the roadmap for the next few videos are:

- Who is the Otaku in Sono Bisque Doll

- Persona 4 Arena: Communication as Mediascape

- Two-Hit Mom Incest, and Japan Inc 

Sono Bisque is going to be a stray note, so gameplan is 3-5 minute video. I know I said that about Japan Sinks 2020, but then that video happened, but I think my argument is simple and snappy enough that I can keep it tha...

Taking questions for the next video

Hi everyone, I'm taking questions for the next video, please send me the questions here and I'll answer them in a separate patreon section that'll be attached to the video!

As always, I'll try and answer them as honestly as I can, so if you ask me something I'm not sure how to answer, you might get a pretty crappy answer.

I'll take questions until February 14th, so I guess if you want me to propose to your partner on your behalf I'll do that too. Lemme know if you want it done in ...

February 06, 2022 Editing Progress

Hello everyone, I hope y'all are doing well!

It's that time of the week again! I started rendering those around 6 and a half hours ago, so I gave myself a lot of time to get this uploaded before I go to bed (I got to work early in the morning).

Anyhow, here's the latest progress on the video, we're almost there. I think about a week more will mean a final product, at least until I send it off to Marc for his final okay on this. If the visuals seem similar, it's because I wanted to...

January 30, 2022 Editing Progress

Hi everyone! Here's another bit of progress on the next video.

Made a decent amount of progress, so currently I'm on track for February.

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know and I'll see if I can fix them!

Only thing I haven't worked on yet is audio, so if things are too loud / quiet, my apologies!

January 23, 2022 Editing Progress

Hi everyone, here's the current progress! My goal is to get it done and submitted to Marc to check by the beginning of February, that way I can get started on the next video ASAP. I think I'm fairly on track, hopefully I don't run into further snags.

As always, SFX and sound is the last thing I do, so if things are a bit loud or sound wonky, please ignore it. If you think it's something I WON'T fix in the final draft, please feel free to let me know and I'll get to it.

Time to ren...

Steinberg Part 2 Editing Progress (2022-01-16)

Hi everyone!

As promised, this is the current weekly progress on the next video. As always, audio and SFX are last, so everything is all super loud and in-your-face.

I'll be modifying a few things, mainly because it's so much easier to notice little things I wanna change after rendering. It ended up taking me four hours to render this, so I think this video will end up being a full overnight render job at this rate. My aim was to get to halfway point, but it seems I haven't gotten...

Current Progress on Next Video

Hi everyone, here's my current progress on the next video. There's a lot of minor things I'll still change, but this is the first five minutes. As always, I'll update everyone with the weekly progress.

I'll also get to those reviews, sorry it's taking so long.

Steinberg Part 2 Editing Log

Hi everyone,

I've started editing the Steinberg video, as promised from before, I'll update every week to the best of my ability on editing progress.

Platform Economy Editing Commentary, Part 2 - Sliding

Hello,

As promised, here's a bit of a talk on sliders, what slider I use, and some things I keep in mind when moving camera along an electric motor.

Transitioning out of live reactions into movie reviews for the 5 dollar patrons

Hi everyone,

I will be transitioning out of live reactions into movie reviews for the 5 dollar patrons. I will have a spreadsheet for all 5 dollar patrons up this weekend, and it'll be on a first listed, first served basis.

I am really sorry for any live reaction stuff, but I'll have more details in the signup.

Second Project

Hello,

A few of you might know this, but I'm really into paranormal stuff. Since you're patrons, I wanna share the preliminary material of a podcast I'm working on with Cynic Clinic and Stevem, which specifically concerns paranormal stuff, called "Clearance on Creepy."

If you're interested, please consider subbing to the channel, and I'll be uploading this to Podbean and it should spread out to a general podcast spreader.

Budget Updated (October)

Hi everyone,

You know what time it is! The budget has been updated again, so here it is if you aren't in the discord server:

https://pauseandselect.com/budget

Password is patreon as usual.

2021-11-04 Progress Plus Commentary

Hello, here is the commentary on camera setup and basic thoughts for the progress on the next video, currently titled 2021-11-04. I'll try and finish around a minute of video every day I'm free, primarily because I'm still finishing up my thesis. You can find the current iteration here.

Switching Live Reactions to Monthly, Upping Length

Hi everybody, as you all know, I'm exceedingly bad at fulfilling live reaction requests.

Thus, I'm changing the context a bit to do a monthly reaction, so live reactions will happen every month, with a maximum of 30 minutes per submission.

I'll make a post sometime this week for November submissions.

I know this is technically a downgrade, but I don't have as much time as I thought to do a weekly live reaction, as dumb as that sounds.