Let's get cozy with a warm beverage and huddle up by the screen and vote for your exclusive Patreon content for November 2025!
Polls close Sunday Nov 9th at midnight! And you know how it do, vote for as many as you want!
If you need to get caught up on the 25 episodes (plus the bonus ones) of UDUG, check the tags here on Patreon or watch the playlist on you...
2025-11-06 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
HeyHey Skele-Friends!
Hope you had a great Halloween!
After a very stressful few weeks, I’m officially settled with my taxes and my lease and I’m good to not move again! What better way to celebrate that than with the wonderful 2010 Splatterhouse reboot! My first time playing this far since my review in 2011! A flawed game for sure but one that still has a lot going for it, definitely a hidden gem of the PS360 generation.
This was streamed in the discord where there were...
2025-11-06 04:02:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello skele-friends,
It’s time for another UDUG poll and I filled this list out with some spooky, Halloween topics! Plus some non-spooky topics as well if things are just too spooky for you!
I’m working on some spooky, scary stuff myself - renewing my lease and filing my taxes. I will be so unbelievably relieved when I have these two things off my plate. They’ve been taking up too much of my time and just adding so much stress on top of everything else haha
But for now...
2025-10-14 15:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Boo!! What’s good spooky friends!
This is your fashionably late September-UDUG video and it’s kinda spooky? A little spooky? Or maybe it’s just bad, because it’s one of the most famous bad games from Japan, Death Crimson! A game that is itself a bit of a horror show yet it spawned an immense cult following!
As I say in the video, the full breadth of Death Crimson cannot be contained in a Patreon Exclusive video, but this runs the history of the franchise plus has mostly c...
2025-10-09 22:58:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Skele-friends!
New video is here, I want to thank everyone who gave feedback in the D-Zone chat on discord! This video went through two intros and had a bunch a little extra tidbits and corrections peppered in. All those little extra make the video better!
But that being said, those are also sometimes how errors slip in so please watch and let me know if you spot any mistakes!
The non-Patreon version has an ad spot so that’ll be up later today, so any glaring problems ...
2025-09-24 18:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostSkele-friends!
This one is late because I didn’t like that this feed was becoming only UDUG stuff and I wanted a work-in-progress draft of a full video to post first. That’s posted! And I’m hoping to have the Patreon cut finished this week, but I’m not promising, haha
This will run till Sunday night and I’ll be able to get to work on it next week! Vote for as many as you want, ...
2025-09-17 20:24:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Skele-Friends!
I know I’m late with the UDUG poll for this month. But I was tired of this feed basically just being UDUG-related stuff without real video updates! So I wanted to have something to actually show you before the next UDUG video. And I do!
First of all, I’ve made some shorts! I realized I’d forgotten to post them here and give you all a first look. Is that someth...
2025-09-17 18:36:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Sup Skele-Fam!
Hey it’s U you’re UDUG! We went on a JOURNEY in this month’s episode. The hours just melted away because every video from George Wood and co is a gift and we just couldn’t stop.
If you’re not familiar with “Game in the Clinton Years”, they are the review segments from the public access tv video game show Flights of Fantasy. They are infamous for poor production value, and staggeringly ill-informed and generally awful assessments of then-current video ...
2025-08-31 03:26:43 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is up Skelefriends!
I will be hosting our Gaming in the Clinton Years watch party tomorrow on discord at 4pm PT in the "Derek Is Streaming” chat. What better way to close out the week and the month than with this infamous garbo cable access video game review show??
If you need to refresh or properly introduce yourself to the pain train we are about to embark on, the whole catalog is on Internet Archive, 2025-08-29 03:04:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Back at it again, Skele-friends!!
Got a some new suggestions since those have been really popular, plus a few that have been in the top 5 so there’s plenty of solid choices here!
You know the drill - vote for as many as you want! Polls close on Friday at Midnight.
Thanks as always for the support! I’ll see you soon!
-UD
Skele-friends!
"Skyrim is on everything! Most ported game of all time!!”
I’m not sure where the joke really came from, it was a meme for at least most of the 2010’s, but holy shit NO! It is not EVEN CLOSE to the most ported game of all time. Though would “No, Skyrim is not the most ported game of all time” be a catchier title? Maybe people don’t really say that anymore.
Also let me say, damn!! It’s almost been 2 years of UDUG?? These episodes are always a blas...
2025-08-02 20:25:03 +0000 UTC View PostSkele-fam,
What’s good? Hope it’s been you! …good, I mean.
For this month’s UDUG the winning topic was “What is really the most ported game ever”. And after a ton of research I found… that’s not easy to answer. Not only because it would require digging deeper on a lot of specific ports but because what really counts as a “port”? When is it a different game? When is it more of a sequel? I did dig through a number of series’ and did come down with a pretty def...
2025-07-29 03:58:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy 4th of July!
My dog is freaking out because of all the fireworks, yaaaaay… got him super drugged up, this is just how it goes the July 4th and New Years. Not trying to shame people who like fireworks, just saying that you’re likely terrifying any animals nearby.
Anyway, this episode was a ton of fun because it was done live! You'll see how the video sausages are made. Or the funnest part, the research, the rabbit holes! Huge shout out to the people who hung out and helpe...
2025-07-05 05:31:44 +0000 UTC View PostHappy 4th! If you’re not American, happy today, hope your day was good!
The latest episode is up, check it here to learn all about the wild world of Plug N Play systems.
But we march on forward, you know how we do, vote for as many as you want. We’ll run this through the weekend and to monday night!
Have a good weekend and thanks for the support!
-UD
Hey Skelefriends!
Got a fresh one for you and it’s one you voted for! I love talking about bad games and you seem to love me talking about them too! Hope everyone has been staying cool these last few weeks, maybe snuggle up by the ac unit and dive into some of that sweet good garbo!
One thing that made this video tough is accepted a sponsorship spot and that added to the work load (though this cut should have no ads at all). It look me some time to get my mojo back, get a good p...
2025-07-04 05:48:50 +0000 UTC View PostYour UDUG video topic for this month is Plug-N-Play Systems! Well not exactly, it’s "Let’s Research Plug-N-Play Systems"! This was pitched by maniq in the discord and I knew this was a great idea but also was going to be a HUGE rabbit hole. So why do it by myself? Let’s all get together and dive into the world of weird Plug-N-Play system together!!
I’ll be live in the discord in the ...
2025-06-19 02:06:34 +0000 UTC View Post*Correction - In a previous draft I mentioned that I was taking care of my dog all by myself, and this isn't fair to Grace. She is paying for half of his bills and seeing him multiple times a week on top of taking him on two overnights a week. Grace and I are still figuring out what our working relationship looks like but it was not fair to make it seem like she had abandoned me or our dog.
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Hello Skele-friends,
I may have gotten too ambitious with my 2025-06-11 02:07:01 +0000 UTC View Post
My sweet summer skeletons,
Hope you’re staying cool out there. But if not, it’s always cool in the patreon underground!
You know the drill, vote for as many as you want! And I made sure I actually set that up this time! We’ll be going until Friday so there’s plenty of time if you need it.
I’ll post a quick channel update shortly after this too so be on the lookout for that in your inbox.
Thanks!
-UD
Hey Hey Skele-friends!
Here is your May video for Patreon, this one won by a huge lead! Saving your game isn’t something you think too much about, especially today when everything autosaves to harddrives and clouds. It wasn’t always so easy! And sometimes developers got really creative with it! I had a lot of fun researching all of this
But sorry for the lateness. Because I knew this was going to be late, I tried to do as much as I could live so there’d be limited editin...
2025-06-09 21:11:02 +0000 UTC View Post
What is GOOD Skele-freinds?
We have a new Doom!! How often does that happen?? So I decided to stream my first impressions of Doom The Dark Ages! I’d watched promo videos and looked at review scores but went it otherwise blind. So come chill out with your Uncle Derek and have a nice Doom Date. Is that a good name for a show? Maybe not, haha
This was streamed on Discord and without any announcement so sorry if you wanted to be there live. But that’s why I got the VOD for you. Ar...
2025-05-20 20:19:23 +0000 UTC View PostShouts to the discord for giving me some fresh ideas!
I meant to have this started on Friday and just run until Sunday, so I’ll just run this until Wednesday at midnight, PT. No need to have to going for so long and I want to be able to get it started sooner than later!
But you know how we do, vote for as many as you want. Thanks!
-UD
Edit - forgot to set the end date and multiple voting, which I couldn’t change after going live.
2025-05-06 03:18:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome back to Uncle Derek Underground!
We voted on this one a while ago, I’m sure you’ve read all the about the drama. But it’s behind me now and we’re moving on, moving forward, getting back to work! it was a joy to finally throw myself into a deep of dive what may be the last great dumb video game peripheral - the PS3 Move Sharpshooter.
Is it good? Nah, not really. But we’ve since traded our dumb plastic light guns and motion controls for AI and crypto! Let’s remem...
2025-05-01 20:41:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello Skele-Friends!
Fabeball is up and out! Also taxes are done (don’t forget to pay The Man). The reaction has been amazing, it’s good to be back! There’s always the worry that you’re spending a ton of time on a project that’s gonna bomb hahaha. Maybe from your perspective it seems obvious but deep in the trenches of final edits and new endings, you really have no idea. Again, hello to all the new faces here on Patreon!
I’ve had some time (read: a week, hehe) to res...
Hey Skelefam!
And welcome to our new friends! We got a nice little boost with the Faceball video, thanks for stopping in! Happy to have you!
Now that Faceball is out of my life, the next thing is to get caught up on UDUG. Since December I’ve done a lot of traveling, too much traveling. And I had fallen behind with the monthly UDUG videos. I did two in February that I’ve already posted here, and I recorded the attached episode as a bonus! But then literally a few days after sho...
2025-04-10 01:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Well it’s finally here! The longest and more personal scripted video I’ve ever made.
I’m actually at Midwest Gaming Classic show off the 16-player Faceball setup. I did the very final touches on the plane ride down and at a Starbucks. Please watch for any mistakes, I wan’t able to watch the whole thing through for this upload.
I’ll wait to make it live until after that!
Other than that there’s not much more to say that I haven’t said in long ass posts over the...
2025-04-06 16:44:24 +0000 UTC View Post**Update - Because the hits keep coming, on Wednesday we had to "give peace” to our loving, floppy dog Dollop. She was at home, on the couch (her favorite place), and in our arms when we said goodbye. If you’ve already read the post below, you know it’s been tough lately, and maybe it’s all compounded but this was the toughest day. I’ll miss her so fucking much.
But I’m writing this at a coffee shop. I’m out of the house, (nearly caught up on Severance!) and dedicating tod...
2025-03-11 03:21:21 +0000 UTC View PostYeah!! We back!
And we ain't looking back on 2024, we move forward!
Yall know the drill, vote for as many as you want, polls close at Midnight on Sunday!
Vote with your heart!
-UD
*Edit this was supposed to go out 11:00am, but I accidentally set it to 11:00pm and I'm only catching it now before bed!
*note - I uploaded this video directly to Patreon (which is a new-ish feature) just to try it out. Here is the youtube link to watch if you need it, https://youtu.be/Ipw_HtT7bxE
Hello again skelefam!
I said your inbox was gonna be popping this week! Here is video No 3 for your week, your UDUG video for January 2025. As I've stated in 2025-02-06 05:26:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Here it is, not completely finished, but this cut is the whole story. This has been a passion project for over two years. And I really have been working on it! I had to shoot a brand new segment just a few weeks ago when more obscure trivia about Faceball 2000 was discovered! I dare say there may be TOO MUCH info about Fabeball in this video haha but in order to address the new info, I created what may become a recurring segment for future videos, Derek from the Future.2025-02-05 03:27:17 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Year!
Wait, "new year"? It's February... Yeah! This is the video you were supposed to get in December... yeah it's been an absolutely insane few months but things have calmed down enough for me to film this episode of UDUG, January's episode of UDUG, and have a nearly finished cut of the Faceball 2000 Documentary!
Your inbox is gonna be full this week!
But what happened? Where the hell have I been??
Well ok, it's a bunch of personal stuff but you deserve to ...
2025-02-04 06:25:06 +0000 UTC View Post