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Testing Out Some Reward Tier Changes!

Hey guys! Here is a little notice that I am testing out some new Patreon tiers. Be sure to check them out so you know if you want to continue pledging at your current amount! The $1 and $5 amounts have been combined and set at $1. I'm less active at creating/posting behind the scenes content than I'd like to be, and the times that I did it seemed to go largely unnoticed. To remedy this, I'm going to start including the behind the scenes content I do make with the $1 tier as well! The $20 remai...

Post-MAGFest Update! Getting Back on Track.

Hey guys! I hope you all enjoyed the Amazon Trail II video! I uploaded it while I was away in NYC, so I wasn't able to check feedback as much as I usually do. I took some fan feedback while making that episode, so hopefully that's apparent and also a good thing! January is well known as a low CPM month, so I'm not super upset that my video output took a hit, but I'm ready to get back on track and start uploading more. I'm currently working on a Top 5 which should be out this coming Saturday, an...

Amazon Trail II - brutalmoose

BANANAS!

Making Progress, but Missing the Mark

You know that "I'm forgetting something" feeling you get sometimes, even if you haven't forgotten anything? That's been me since returning on my trip from Texas. I've got a lot of stuff on my plate right now, both on and off my channel, and on top of that I just feel like I'm forgetting something really important. I guess I'll just have to keep moving forward and hope that I actually haven't forgotten anything. Earlier I mentioned my goal of weekly uploads, and for a little while I was able to ...

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Lightning Round

Space Dude - brutalmoose

Boogie time!

Grown-Up Pajama Sam w/ PushingUpRoses - Ian and Friend

New IAF episode while I frantically work to finish a regular video before I leave for Texas!!

What went right? - Lula 3D

Lula 3D was the first game I tried out a new writing technique on. Instead of playing all of the game that I planned to play and then writing the script, I played the game in smaller chunks and wrote over each section before playing some more. I learned a few things by trying this out! First off, it was faster. I know that it doesn't SEEM like it was faster, but I pushed the video back a week in favor of hitting the Sonic Boom hype train right as the game came out, and also I worked slowly for ...

Lula 3D - brutalmoose

So this is the last adult game I'm planning on doing for a while. It is SUCH a pain to go through and censor everything, I have no desire to do it any time soon. I'm going to write a blog post reflecting on my different approach to this episode! I learned some things. Anyway, I hope you guys laugh a few times!

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric - Lightning Round

I know I said an Original was next, but I really felt like striking while the Sonic Boom iron was hot was the best idea. Expect an Original next week!

Ian and Friend - The Pilot Episode

The new show I've been mentioning in Patreon updates is here! It's a little rough around the edges, but I'm hoping most of my viewers enjoy it. However if podcasts aren't your thing, that's why I color-code my thumbnails! Avoid the orange and you'll be fine. This was very easy to make and these type of videos won't take away from my other work. I can easily throw one together on an off day. It was also a lot of fun to do! I've already got ideas to get my other friends involved, assuming that t...

Script finished / New method results / New show / Patreon rewards inbound

Hey guys, just a little update! I finished my latest script today! It took me about a week to play the game and write it, which is actually fairly quick for me. Not to mention that it's about a page longer than my usual scripts. The video files are also already roughly edited thanks to this process, which will be great after I record voice over. This turned out to be a really good decision, and I'm going to keep looking for ways to speed up production! Basically I played the game for 30 minutes...

Video release (finally), and other thoughts!

I cannot believe this video took me an entire month to complete. I had initially projected it to go live on the 16th of this month, before I left for Portland Retro Gaming Expo. I fell behind a little with the script, but still managed to get most of the work done before I left for the convention. Upon returning home, I got sick, which slowed down production even more. It's not even a long video, but it fought me the entire time. I'm glad to be done with it! Moving forward, I'd like to streamli...

Mall Tycoon 3 - brutalmoose

Video Update – New Original in the Works!

I have officially finished my script for my next video! Although I didn't get it done quite as quickly as I'd have liked, it seemed to come to me much easier than my Bad Milk script. I leave for Portland Retro Gaming Expo in a week, and I'd really really love to have it done by then. I think I might be able to make that happen. More good news is that this is going to be a completely different kind of video than Bad Milk was. While the Bad Milk episode was an okay episode, it was really more inf...

Bad Milk - brutalmoose

Are Live Scenes Imperative?

What are the pros and cons of including live segments in my full-length videos? For the last week or so, this topic has been buzzing around in my head. For some creators, live segments are a way to be theatrical and funny, keep up a running story line, and fuel the fire of their on-screen character. Although I've dabbled in more complex on screen performances in the past, my live segments generally act as introduction and conclusion points of the video. A brief "hey, here's the game!" and a "wel...

Rough Draft Finished! Catching up on Rewards

This weird, bizarre game I stumbled across (photo above is a screenshot from it) has turned from a quick video into something full-length Original. So it seems like another full-length episode is on the way! I've completed a rough draft, and I'm ready to revise and record soon! I don't want to spoil the surprise by saying the name of the game, but maybe some super sleuths out there can figure it out from just the screenshot. I'm also about to catch up on Patreon rewards. Working on those tomor...

Post-PAX Plans

So, PAX was great, but I filmed practically nothing! All I got was one shot of one of my friends flapping her arms as a dragon while using an Oculus Rift. Not exactly enough to make a video out of. So now I find myself with a bit of extra time this month with no specific plans. I just put out a Lightning Round, so ideally I'd like to make something full-length. I don't think two really short videos back to back would be all that well received. Now, I do have plans for the second half of the mon...

Five Nights at Freddy's - Lightning Round

A quick video over FNAF because so many people asked me how I felt about it. Didn't take too long to make, and now it's time to start working on something full-length...

Sociolotron - brutalmoose

Patreon won't let me swap out the official URL, but I did have to re-upload this one because I accidentally didn't censor something. You can find the re-upload here: http://youtu.be/qlZgyQivaZI

Wow, this is taking forever!

It is safe to say that I missed my initial planned release date by... way too much. For some reason every aspect of this video is taking a long time to get through. I've been editing for a super long time, and for some reason it feels like I've made no progress. I think the longer the project takes, the longer I think about it, which makes me over think things and make a ton of changes I don't need to make. I thought this would be an easy one to edit, but because of the way the game is presented...

Script Finished, Recording Begins

This script has been an interesting one to write, I'll say that much. I was hoping to get it finished on Saturday, but it ended up taking a bit more work than I expected, and also ended up being a page or two longer than my usual scripts. The original idea for this upcoming episode was "Sexy MMOs", something I explain in my intro. I kept seeing all these ads for f2p MMOs, all of which featured a lady's breasts. So I started saving the ads for this video. When it came time to play them, though, ...

So what comes next?

(Pictured above is the final Premiere timeline for my Crisis City video) Once one video is completed, it's time to immediately begin on the next. Most of the time I have no idea what's up next and I spend a day browsing around for possible games. This time, though.... this time I know exactly what I want to do. I'm not going to spoil it or give hints JUST yet, but let it be known that I'm pretty excited to get to work. I will say that it's another Original. I'm trying to focus a bit more on my ...

Crisis City - brutalmoose ft. Caddicarus

This collab has been planned for a long time! I'm glad we finally got to work together.

Writing a Script for Two People

If there's one thing I'm worse at than writing scripts, it's writing a script for two people. There's just something about putting words in people's mouths that I'm not super comfortable with. Even if I'm close friends with the person, I don't know EXACTLY what they would say, nor do I have their sense of humor, so it's always... awkward. But sometimes, we have to power through. Sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do. SOMETIMES... I must write for someone else. Kind of. I mean, I can't ask over...

Back from SGC, back to work!

SGC was so much fun. It was like last year times a million. Best con I've been to, and I'm excited for next year! Our panel should be uploaded soon, for those of you that didn't get to go can watch us talk about stuff. I also stayed in Texas for a week after to visit family and friends there, but now that I've made my return, I'm getting back to work! The next two videos I have planned are Originals, which I'm sure a lot of you will be happy to hear. I maaaaay squeeze a Lightning Round in betw...

Living Books - brutalmoose

A brand new video! Hope you guys like it, and thanks again for the amazing support you all show me!

Just how much recorded audio do I actually use?

Cutting audio is one of the most tedious steps of creating a video. Once the script is done and I've recorded my voice over, it's time to whittle down the audio down to the bits that I'm actually going to use. I took some screenshots while doing this, and combined them into one image to figure out just how much audio I tend to use. In the above image, the top track is the large, unedited VO audio file. For this video I recorded for about thirty minutes. The second track shows the audio after I'...

How I Write Scripts

So, I've been asked to elaborate a bit further on how I go about writing scripts, and I figured this would be a good place to do it! Script writing is my least favorite part of the video making process. It takes up the most time for me, and it's really tedious. I'd start doing shows where I don't need a script, but unfortunately I'm horribly unfunny if I'm just improvising. The actual process is pretty simple. It's the second step in creating a video (for me, at least), right after I play the ...