If you didn't see it yet, the finished Cameron 4k video is now public. YouTube's default SDR tonemapping made the image dark so I used a custom LUT that kept the brightness identical to blu-ray, but this led to some glitches and artifacts in the SDR version (mostly on screens showing news articles). I decided I'd rather settle for that than a washed out image.
If you want to see the final version in full HDR quality, or just an SDR version that isn't borked,
I decided that if I was going to do this video that I needed to do it in HDR, which complicates YouTube uploads in a lot of ways. Specific metadata had to be injected to the file for YT to display the HDR correctly, and then a look-up table had to be attached for YT to correctly tonemap the SDR version.
HDR videos this long can take over a full day to process, so checking and correcting any issues can take several days. I looked at all that bullshit and told it to go ...
2024-05-20 02:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the lack of an upload last month, but I couldn't share this video until the recomp was ready for release. Obviously, as you can tell by the video, I'm really happy about this development, but I don't expect you to take my word for it; you can try the Majora's Mask port yourself today.
https://github.com/Mr-Wiseguy/Zelda64Recomp
Thanks again for your support, and I'll have the revie...
2024-05-10 23:11:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This mod was a surprise to me and I wanted to cover it very quickly while I was still waiting for Jimbo Jams Cameron's AI-enhanced discs to arrive in the mail. The mod is a great time, even when it's busted, so check it out if you're into great times.
Along with the Cameron 4k review I'm editing another mod related video that I'm really looking forward to sharing soon, so you won't have to wait as long as usual to get more of my patented "worst content on YouTube. "
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I'm still working out some details but the unlisted video is available to watch now- clicking this or ordering the full movie from Breen may put you on some kind of NSA watchlist.
I decided to do the video on James Cameron's AI upscaled 4k releases and have already gotten that one rolling. I'm working on a few other things that I'll share more about soon, and I've already gotten a lot of requests to cover Nintendo's surprise Yuzu lawsuit, which will almost certainly impact ...
2024-02-28 20:32:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Long thought to be a myth, the fabled Robocop video is here. I died while making it and had to be put into a mechanical body, which I guess could be considered ironic but I didn't really think so at the time.
I'm going to turn my attention to some long neglected modding work for a little bit and may have another mod showcase video to share in the near future. Apart from that, I have so many Metroidvanias backed up that another reviewathon is at the top ...
2024-01-08 06:05:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm great at Covid. I've been collecting the strains and won't stop until I've "gotta caught them all" (Pokemon).
I only had the conclusion of Robocop left to narrate and as soon as my voice clears I'll get it wrapped up, but I won't make it this month as planned. I do think this video is an especially fun one and it should be worth the wait.
I give you my sincere thanks for supporting my channel and projects for another ye...
2023-12-31 01:40:51 +0000 UTC View PostThis song batch includes most of the cover music used in my videos since the last pack upload (in 2019!). I'm offering them in FLAC this time, but if the size is too large there's an AAC option as well. I can reupload the previous packs in FLAC as well if there's any demand for it:
The folders can be downloaded or listened to here. Be sure to choose "download as zip" and
I didn't think I had any particularly special insights into Mario to offer so this video is just for fun only- this is serious. If you watch it wrong and get hurt it's your own damn fault.
Robocop: Rogue City is next. I chose to review that game first, but then got so hampered by crashes and bugs that I decided to wait for Teyon to patch it before continuing, so now both videos are late. BUT GOOD NEWS- the Robocop review is halfway done and should also arrive this mont...
2023-12-05 21:07:15 +0000 UTC View Post
The video isn't quite public yet but you can go ahead and watch now. This ended up being much more massive than I expected and, as I said in the last post, it'll take at least one more video to wrap up the games I wanted to talk about. It doesn't necessarily have to wait until next Halloween, though!
I'm going to get to Mario Wonder now. It will be a Too Late, Who Gives a Shit? video by the time it's done, but that's the standard I've set for myself- the standar...
2023-10-27 19:32:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe horror game review collection is coming along well and the editing should be done within a week (I'm aiming for the 27th or earlier). I wanted to let you know that the final game list ended up being Evil Tonight, Alisa, Song of Horror, and Signalis.
Tormented Souls and a few others had to be left out because the current cut is on track to be nearly half an hour, any more and it just would have been too long.
A lot of progress has been made on the MM3DHD project, which I'll talk about below, but first let's go over the video content I plan to befoul YouTube with in the coming months:
Pikmin 4 Review
The review is fully edited but (as always) recording the final narration track is holding it up. The length is about 13 minutes and it should be just a few more days before t...
2023-08-22 03:26:55 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm still wrangling the thumbnail for this one but otherwise it's ready to watch. Sorry it took so long but I haven't done a game review this extensive for a while. Hopefully you find it worth the wait, whether you disagree or really disagree with my take.
Thanks again for your support!
2023-06-18 18:00:41 +0000 UTC View Post
If you find 18 minutes to break away from Zelda, here's an early release of the next Metroid review bundle. I apologize for not making the fourth game in, but the video was long enough that I decided to wrap it up with 3. That was definitely the right call, seeing as the upload barely finished just as TotK unlocked.
Zelda is of course the next video and I'm already building up captures. I'll try to get that video out as soon as possible while still giving the ...
2023-05-12 05:40:50 +0000 UTC View Post
As you've probably seen by now, the RE4 Remake video is up as well as some dumb April Fool's thing. But during March I also spent a lot of time on textures, including starting work on Ocarina of Time.
How far that goes will depend on the interest the community shows- for now I'm just working completing the icons and UI. It's still unclear which version of the game would be best to work on if I were to do a full pack (the PC port isn't mature enough to...
2023-04-11 21:06:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Last time I checked in I was starting work on Metroidvania part 5. Then Goldeneye finally released, so I paused that video to do an update on Switch Online. Then new systems got announced, and Metroid Prime released... right now.
Fuck.
Dammit.
Well that's-
...
Nope.
Shit.
Anyway, having this much stuff to cover is a good problem. The Goldeneye/Expansion Pack video edit...
2023-02-08 23:54:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Update- the embed has been replaced with the public upload, which turned out to be nearly one minute longer. Most of the new content was focused on using Materialize.
The video itself is done but I'm still trying to get some music of my own recorded... It's been a while, so for now I'll share a version that just uses game music rips for those of you who don't want to wait any longer.
The final public upload will take another few days and shouldn't have ...
2023-01-12 22:02:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, and a cool Kwanzaa to all
The next video will be a second texture drawing demo/tutorial. After unsuccessfully trying to start this a few times over the past year I've finally gotten captures that I think are interesting enough to watch, and this time none of them are from Zelda- go ahead and try to guess even one of the games might be featured. I doubt you will ever, ever be able to tell from the image what ...
2022-12-25 23:00:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The Steam Deck editing already made me run late for reviewing this one, so I took the opportunity to switch to new editing software and re-learn the basics. Hitfilm worked well for the first few years of the channel but in the past year the rendering became bugged and the program crashed as often as four times a day.
The Steam Deck video was held back a day or two because it literally couldn't finish the render:
2022-11-20 04:48:13 +0000 UTC
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It's finally here- I finally have my revenge. Thank you to everyone who requested this review and pushed me to get a Deck, because I did have fun with the system in spite of Lutris being a bad that thing works badly.
Bayonetta 3 is up next and Halloween is the perfect day to start it. Thanks for your support!
2022-11-01 03:30:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The video won't be public for a few hours but I'll go ahead and share it here early. YouTube immediately nuked monetization the minute I typed the word "pussy" into their title bar, so an extra special thanks for your support on this one.
Splatoon 3 is next! Pussy pussy pussy!
2022-09-07 11:49:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Our national nightmare is over- the Deck of Chaos has been delivered to its rightful owner. Gaben called me to apologize and begged for my forgiveness; I refused. He has exiled himself in shame and I am now the CEO of Valve.
The "touching products with weird blue gloves" phase of the video has already been filmed:
I still want to cover Splatoon 3 at launch, so this vide...
2022-08-31 22:12:19 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a little while so I'd like to update you on what I've been working on. First is a short showcase video for Mario Kart 64 HD, a new texture pack by Andrat that replaces the thousands of pre-rendered sprites in the game. The editing is underway for this one and it should arrive within a few days, hopefully by Monday.*
I've been sim...
2022-08-20 01:49:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This was finished way too late to upload today so I'm once again sharing it with you early. As you'll be able to see from the clips in the finale, this time I had too many Metroids to fit into one video so Arum's Afterlife Adventure, Cathedral, and Rain World will likely show up in the next episode of this series.
Thanks again for your support!
2022-07-12 07:44:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I changed the plan a little because a new Metroidvania called Haiku, the Robot released late last month and I wanted to include it in the next mega-review, so I bumped Mundaun up to release first. Hopefully you enjoy it, thanks for your support!
It's been two and a half years since I committed to retexturing MM3D. I have never, not once, ever met a deadline (and never will, cowards) but the 3D port has been backlogged too long even for me, so I paused the video stuff for the past week to do the first major round of work on the 3D port.
Most of the UI has been recreated and more environmental textures have also been transferred over. Unlike the 64 pack, being faithful is not a priority...
2022-04-11 05:17:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This video won't go public until tomorrow but you can watch it now if you like- there's enough cat footage that it may be worth it even if you don't care about motion gimmicks. Also- my feeble, overweight gamer body.
Metroidvania part 4 will get the focus now, and hopefully you won't have to wait too long to see some of the other stuff I'm working on.
Thanks again for your support!
2022-03-12 03:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Normally when I make videos I'm not really "playing" and enjoying the games due to worries about whether I'm getting the captures right and that sort of thing, but I loved every second of putting this one together. I can't recommend this mod enough; I know I said to download it now in the video but if you haven't already gotten it you should wait for the 1.1 patch to release first (probably in a matter of days).
2022-02-17 17:01:44 +0000 UTC
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Skynet sent several illnesses back in time to stop me from posting this on schedule but humanity prevailed. I'm always happy to talk about something other than Nintendo/Resident Evil games and this one was a pleasant surprise; it's got clear flaws but it can be a lot of fun.
I'm going to spend the rest of the month gathering footage for the next Metroidvania video while also getting texture work done for the two projects I've got going (see Discord if you aren't aware of th...
2022-01-13 02:30:16 +0000 UTC View Post2021 didn't see as many uploads as usual and that was mainly due to the channel receiving its longest and most labor intensive videos yet as well as the release of the MMN64HD texture pack. I don't normally get sentimental about my work, but I have to admit that I did cry while putting these highlights together.
We poked Star Wars fans in the eye again, which I consider the most noble use of the platform
2022-01-03 00:05:15 +0000 UTC
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