HEY!
A little late but here is your Patreon Podcast for the month! Discussion was dominated by the future of this Patreon as we approach the 5 year anniversary, and the coronavirus that's dominated the news (and is very active here in Seattle!). All questions about our relationship together which we I guess we don't talk much about publicly? Even though it's not really any kinda of secret. And of course questions from the chat and patreon comments!
Thanks as always for the support...
2020-03-06 02:58:19 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys!
Just a reminder to let you know we are recording the podcast tomorrow! The podcast is recorded on our discord, so if you're in the $5 or up tier and need help getting set up, let me know!
Also, everyone feel free to let us know if you have any Q's or are itching to know our opinions on anything (:
See you tomorrow!
Grace
2020-03-04 00:55:58 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
Sorry this video is coming at you late in the day, I think we mentioned earlier that we had some issues with an editor this month that threw our schedule a bit out of wack, but we were able to edit this one ourselves. We should be back to a regular posting schedule next month. Anticipating getting Ambitious Game Boy Color ports to you guys next week and Half Life right after that!
Anyways, this video came together really fast for us and was really fun. I feel ...
2020-03-01 05:34:27 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
We had a lot of fun with the strategy guide video and had to cut out a lot of extra stuff, so here's an extended cut! This one doesn't have music, but we thought some of you guys might still want to watch/listen to it.
We're finalizing some touches on our next video as we speak, and hope to have that up for you guys tomorrow. See you soon!
Grace
2020-02-27 21:41:37 +0000 UTC
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My entire video game storage has FINALLY been moved out of Alaska! Which means I have all my strategy guides! But instead of just making a video about my strategy guide collection, I also wanted to tell the dumb, wild, and amazing history of video strategy guides. They're a really fun and often under-appreciated piece of video game history so I hope you enjoy this one!
Unfortunately this video had some issues with the edit. It was supposed to be completed and posted to Patreon last week...
2020-02-24 20:55:00 +0000 UTC
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In this episode we dish on how we are giant babies that should learn to manage our vacation better, future episodes, AND the state of retro collecting. We even manage to dive into some under-appreciated horror gems, like Siren (or Forbidden Siren) for the PS2.
I'm serious though, would you guys be interested in a Silent Hill rate-a-thon bonus cast once we finish playing through the whole series? Only three more to go!
2020-02-08 00:02:32 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!
Welp, Derek and I are off to the races and we just wrapped production on the Strategy Guides video, and we're already about half way through our Half-Life Ports video (which were the top two results from the last poll).
We decided to let Extremely Casual Games and the Mini Console How the West was Worse video ideas germinate, so here's a new poll! I think most of the titles are self-explanatory, but feel free to leave comments with questions or sugges...
2020-02-07 23:45:11 +0000 UTC
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The first Wednesday of the month is quickly approaching once again! Which means we gotta freaking Patreon PODCAST to do! It's been an eventful pair of months since Grace and I last did one so there'll be lots to talk about.
But of course we want to hear for YOU! All $5 or higher supporters will be able to listen and ask questions live on the Discord but the Podcast is available to all $2 supporters. So if you're not supporting on the higher tier or can't make it to the recording, don't ...
2020-02-04 19:11:04 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone!!
Alrighty, here's our first official, going up on YouTube, video for January 2020! We've been slowly getting ourselves together and figuring out our plans for the year. Things have been a bit scattered and helter skelter; we actually edited this video ourselves because we we're taking our time putting this together.
I'm really happy with how this video turned out! We actually filmed all of it live instead of doing any recording booth audio and I think the f...
2020-01-30 03:54:52 +0000 UTC
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Hello Supporters!
It's been a quiet month for SSFF. Producer Grace and I have been bouncing back after a long vacation and we've thought up a bunch of ideas for videos, but we weren't sure which one's to do next.
Half-Life Ports - Half-Life Dreamcast, Half-Life PS2, Half-Life Bonus Demo PS2, Half-Life 2 Xbox, Counter Strike Xbox, Orange Box Xbox 360. I've spent the last year or so tracking all these games down, and we're ready to go! The PS3 version of Orange Box is supposed to be...
2020-01-27 23:14:32 +0000 UTC
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Welcome!
First of all, we got a new video for you! And last year, I had a lot of fun showing off the many dumb pieces of my video game collection, but this time I discuss my aspirations for dumb-ness. These are the extremely dumb (and pretty expensive) collectable controllers that I WISH I had in my collection. Chainsaws, katana, slimes, even museum pieces there is so much good, dumb shit out there! You will not be charged for this video and it will be exclusive until next week, so enjo...
2020-01-16 23:14:48 +0000 UTC
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Howdy howdy howdy!!
I might be a little bit delirious right now, but it's done!! Here is part one of our video on the Kinect. There was so much story here that we fell in love with that we actually had to save the story of the Kinect on Xbox One and on PC for a later video. I'm still extremely proud of what we've put together. I'm also a little nervous because we attempted to take on a few aspects of the Kinect that were a little technical, fingers crossed we explained everyt...
2019-12-20 20:32:27 +0000 UTC
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Hi all,
Right now we are finalizing the edit for our first Kinect documentary, and it looks like we'll be cranking on it for the rest of the day (and possibly through the night 😬). The video has a contract deadline of tomorrow morning, so unfortunately that means we won't be able to give you guys exclusivity before we upload the video. HOWEVER, we will still be uploading an ad-free Patreon version for you guys to watch.
We're timing this video to go out tomorrow, and then...
2019-12-19 19:46:26 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!
This is the wrap for our videos on the Nintendo DS GBA slot, but it meant we had to dig into one of our most dreaded topics, Pokemon. (Dreaded because there is sooooo much information on it!) That's why we decided to call in an expert, Lockstin! He's truly a Pokemon philosopher of our time. (If you're not familiar, here's a good video to start with!)
Actually I've decided to sta...
2019-12-16 05:54:16 +0000 UTC
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Bam wowowwowowowow thanks to everyone who sat with us during this podcast! It's fun to look back at the best (or even the worst) games of the decade, but I think it's more interesting to think about what was the most influential. The games that reshaped culture and the industry around them. So this month we take a step back and talk about the games that changed the cultural landscape. Please feel free to tell us about your favorites!
Also, tomorrow on December 12th we will be watching T...
2019-12-11 23:51:06 +0000 UTC
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First off, the podcast is being recorded tomorrow on the discord at 2pm PT! So get ready for that if you're in one of the podcast tiers. 😎
Most of the time when people offer us a a game code or ask us to unbox something we say no because it's not what I think our audience wants to see from us.
However, we had to make an exception for the Metal Storm Collection. For those of you that don't know, the first video that Derek ever made was a review of Metal Storm for the...
2019-12-11 05:26:20 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
We would normally record our podcast today, but we are hard at work finishing up our two major videos for the month, the Kinect Past Mortem and the follow-up to our DS GBA Slot video. So instead we will be recording on 12/11 at 2pm PT!
Thanks everyone,
Grace
2019-12-04 08:29:04 +0000 UTC
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Hello supporters!
Your last video for November and it's a video made possible by our supporters! All of the games and accessories for this video were bought at the same time as the Dreamcast stuff back in August! Also, it turns out original DS' are quite brittle. Grace accidentally dropped my DS, breaking both the hinges broke and shattering a lot of the outer casing. So we had to buy a replacement DS system! More than any video we've ever made, this one was definitely supported by you!...
2019-11-29 20:04:10 +0000 UTC
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HEY!
We bought a new camera!
With your funding!
We don't know exactly how to use it yet (as you'll see in the video) but SSFF is about to start lookin' sharper! It's not a super fancy or super expensive camera, a Canon PowerShot G7X Mark II, but this is the first new camera we've bought since 2014. Just about anything would be an upgrade! And we saved a couple of bucks because of Black Friday sales! Check out the video for more info.
Also, more bad games that are great...
2019-11-28 00:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hello supporters!
One of my favorite topics is bad games. I've always had a soft spot for them. And a genuine love for, well... most of them. The concept of a "bad game" is an interesting one because I think there are irrefutable ways to evaluate a game as "bad" but still find it enjoyable. Case-and-point, the handful of games mentioned in this video!
This video could've been several hours long, trust me (we straight-up cut 2 games out of the edit)! So I want to hear your...
2019-11-26 08:21:15 +0000 UTC
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Hello supporters!
Welcome to your first video for November! We visit the Dreamcast once again but we're all about the VMU this time! Had a lot of fun playing Silent Scope and Virtua Tennis on just the VMU! Plus this video finally got me to play Skies of Arcadia past the introduction.
At one time both this and last month's Dreamcast Peripherals video was going to be one gigantic video. I think it's always better to split giant videos into two, gives each topic more...
2019-11-12 20:35:59 +0000 UTC
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Hi everybody!!
Wow, what a crazy October! We've had an amazing influx of support we've gotten this month – especially from the Patreon. We had lower revenue than expected from YouTube this month again, but the Patreon made up for it!! ðŸ˜ðŸ’– We're just floored by it, and we've been thinking a lot about how it will affect the channel in the future. We talked about it in the podcast, but I wanted to also include a summary here and make the whole thing available to all patrons because ...
2019-11-07 02:36:16 +0000 UTC
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We're going to talk about our crazy month, our plans for the future and more! Comment below if there's anything you'd like us to talk about! All topics welcome.
IF YOU'RE PLEDGED AT THE $5+ TIER, YOU'LL ALSO NEED TO BE SIGNED UP ON THE DISCORD TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST LIVE!
If you need help getting your Discord rewards, please message us here or go to this link and follow the steps: 2019-11-06 01:57:11 +0000 UTC
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Hi all!!
BTW thank you for all the feedback on the shirt earlier today! I'll be going through all of that tonight and revisiting the design tomorrow. I think you guys gave me a lot to think about (in a very good way!)
But here's the video!! We had a whirlwind week getting this all done, but here it is, and just in time for Halloween! This is also the "uncensored" version, basically without and curse-word beeps and no changes to gory-er footage from games like Splatterho...
2019-10-31 01:23:43 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys,
We're planning on adding a new shirt design to our store based on our Punching Weight series. Derek and I both like it, but I'm wondering if we should still include "Stop Skeletons From Fighting" or some other sort of context added in.
What do you guys think? Is it good as is?
Thanks! Grace
(p.s. new video will be up later today!)
2019-10-30 19:05:55 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! Being at a convention last weekend resulted in us being a little behind schedule (was hoping to get this to y'all on Monday, but c'est la vie)!
This is the version that's going to go one YouTube EXCEPT we will be changing the Pixel Empire shirt stuff a little bit so it sounds more natural. Sorry about that, but at this point I want to get you guys a version to watch before we go live tomorrow morning, and it's going to take a few hours to get a new re...
2019-10-24 03:56:03 +0000 UTC
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When we put out our YouTube Horror Story video we didn't know what to expect. We definitely didn't expect our little community to rally and have the incredible growth we've seen in just the last 24 hours. We are both so grateful and honestly, kinda speechless! (Wow, a first for Derek 😂)
We've been holding on to this fear and uncertainty for so long that this MASSIVE show of support is like, wow! WowowowowWOW! I don't have a better word for it. WOW! Thank you. And WELCOME!
2019-10-17 23:49:54 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
When we filmed the Kenji Eno video we decided to talk about our update post from earlier this month, and then it snowballed from there. I'm sure you guys are sick of us talking about this by now, but talking about it on Patreon has been so therapeutic that we decided to put out a video for our general audience as well. (you guys won't be charged for it!) Hoping it'll help other channels struggling with something similar. We should have a video about Dreamcast Per...
2019-10-16 07:18:53 +0000 UTC
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Hi Patrons!
🚨Before I get going, quick announcement: we're restarting our livestreams tonight! 🚨
Anyways, so I talked about this a bit in last week's update, but to celebrate Halloween we decided to remake a video we made for the Patreon in 2017 (here's the old version of the video). <...
2019-10-09 15:38:12 +0000 UTC
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It's Halloween season! We're still feeling the burn from a tough week with the YouTube Algorithm, which we go in depth into here. We also talk about the videos we're covering over the next couple of months, and end with the apocalypse.
Also right now it looks like Kojima won the poll to be the next Past Mortem video! I'd expect that one to come out in late November.
Thanks for listening~
Grace
2019-10-03 00:49:02 +0000 UTC
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