At long last, I speak positively about a hedgehog. This early cut doesn't have the final background music track (TooManyGames meant I didn't get to the final mixing process yet, that's for when I get back from Philly tonight!) but everything else is essentially finalized. I hope you enjoy!
2021-10-11 18:37:33 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks, I hope you're doing well as always! If you've got any questions for this month, please drop 'em below - ask me about recent game releases, what I'm playing, video questions, whatever your heart desires! I'm gonna make that video next week when I get back from TooManyGames, and I'll talk about the event as well of course. If you're coming to TMG this year, make sure to stop by my panel at 6:30p on Saturday with That Trav Guy, Wolfkaosaun, and AllHailBuckets. ...
2021-10-06 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks, I hope you're doing well! As I've mentioned in some of the previous updates, the next big video is Sonic Adventure, which was a video I was hoping to have out by the 30th. I think that may move back a week, because in the process of recording that game, I...I 100%ed it. That's a first for Sonic Adventure for me, as somebody who's never been a huge fan of the Adventure games, but it's an indicator of how this video's likely gonna go! &...
2021-09-23 17:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! Over the last few days I've gotten a bunch of great questions from some of you on the previous Patreon post and in the Discord server, and I've answered them all in the video above! As I mentioned, I chose to make the video public for anybody who'd like to see it - that may not be the case for future videos, which I may keep just for Patrons here. I'm not sure yet, but I knew the Ratchet PSP Retrospective question was one worth answering as widely as I could!
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Hey hey, everybody! I wanted to pop in today to give you folks a few updates, and I figured while I'm here, why not open the floor to some open questions, too? If you have anything you wanna ask, whether it's about production processes, games I've been playing (I finally got to play games again this week!), anything really - drop it in a reply to this post, and next week I'll put out a little video answering all of 'em. If you do have questions, make sure to leave them by......
2021-09-03 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Note: This literally just finished uploading, so it should be processed by the time most of you see this. If you're here within a few minutes of posting, there's a chance you'll have to refresh once or twice!
Hey folks, a huge apology on the delay - this should've been out like half a day ago, but my editing software did some really weird stuff to the file right at the finish line. Essentially, I had to go back in and manually tweak every single clip, because all of them we...
Hey folks! Here's an update for plans for the next couple months, video schedule tweaks, and more. The TL;DW if you want it:
I've decided to postpone the Ghost of Tsushima video due to creative blocks and timing issues (since the Director's Cut will be out in a couple weeks, for example). Instead, I'm fast-tracking Tools to hit next, and after that is a Sonic Adventure retrospective.
Also, for any new Patrons, if you're Patreon-listed name does NOT...
2021-08-03 22:32:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! I'm sure many of you already watched it but in case you didn't, the Deadlocked video dropped on Wednesday. I figured I'd let it simmer for a few days before I talked about the production secrets on the video, because there were a few!
For example, I'd decided already that with the Future saga onward, I wouldn't feel comfortable/cocky enough to label these videos as "The Ultimate Retrospective" anymore, simply because my research starts to dry up as we get closer to the moder...
I don't have much to say about this one that's not in the video, so I'll let you get right to it. Spoiler: It's Good TM
2021-06-13 02:16:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't have much to say about a video this long - it's longer than most Shakespeare plays! But I do have a fun, frustrating anecdote: I spent a good chunk of today trying to figure out why my video either corrupted after rendering, OR wouldn't render at all. It turns out, something went wrong with the dumb little Star Wars Episode II clip the second time I used it. The first time? It was fine, but the second time, when I mention Star Wars Battlefront...that's what bro...
2021-05-26 23:44:03 +0000 UTC View Post
At long last, Part 2 of the Ratchet retrospective series is here! As I think all of you know, this one hit a few walls due to some things that came up in my personal life, but I'm excited to finally share the result with you!
The great news is that the prep work on the next three videos has already been completed in the interim, so if all goes well, these should continue to roll out on a near-weekly basis from here!
I truly appreciate all of your support during the l...
2021-04-21 01:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm happy to finally share this project with you! It's one that Trav and I were actually working on almost a year ago to the day, but as 2020 tended to do to everybody, life kind of got in the way. But it's here now, our retrospective analysis of Insomniac's very first game - before Spider-Man, Ratchet, Resistance, and even before Spyro - an unassuming Doom clone named Disruptor.
I ran into a good number of issues editing this one, but even still this was a ton of fun to mak...
2021-02-16 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
At long last, I have a computer capable of editing this monster! One year after the release of the Catherine: Full Body video, it's time to take a peek behind the curtain and check out some of the bloopers, outtakes, and a couple stories about this video's multi-camera production.
2021-02-14 19:09:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This always seems to be the case - as soon as I announced some of my plans, some bonus video pops up and moves everything back a bit! I still plan to drop the next video early next week regardless, but enjoy a little extra fun until then!
With my streaming plans in motion, these reviews of brand new games will likely slow down.
But it was already my plan to slow down with them anyway, as it's just impossible to compete with the top dogs when you're getting codes lat...
Hey everybody! I'm sure you caught Friday's video by now but just in case you haven't, here it is. Shoutout to Terminally Nerdy for recommending Roundguard, and Goldstorm for reminding me to play at least SOME Streets of Rage 4, even if the video had already been recorded by then. Worth it!
This coming week, I'm splitting time between working on a collab project covering Insomniac's very first game, and building a PC! Workflow should be so much better, just in time for what I'm very in...
Happy 2020 Part 2 to everybody! The last couple weeks of the year I was hoping to have this and next week's videos done, but time was shorter than I thought. So, here we are!
Next week I'll be talking about some of 2020's sleeper hit games, since that's become a bit of an annual tradition. After that, I'm hoping to cover one Ratchet game every week or two until we're through the entire franchise. (We'll see how that goes!) This includes remaking my Ratchet 1 and Going Commando videos t...
Hey everybody! In case you missed it, yesterday I posted the first video in my next-gen barrage: A review of the PS5's resident meme game, Bugsnax. Tomorrow I'm planning to have a video out discussing whether Yakuza: Like A Dragon is a good entry point for new players, and by Friday I should have my first proper PS5 game review live and ready to go!
The next few weeks should be exciting!
This is a video I've had on my Make These Videos list since back before I even released my old Microsoft GBC video! I finally had the time to sit down and tackle this project, along with help from MykonosFan putting the edit together. All in all, it's probably one of my personal favorites I've made in this topic video style, so I hope you enjoy it!
Now for some housekeeping: My Majora's Mask video is definitely gonna miss my initial deadline, I've been struggling a bit with time, but I...
Hey everybody! I did that thing where I forgot to post updates here when I posted videos on YouTube, so long time no see! The last month or so has been a weird spot content-wise thanks to a number of things, so I'll briefly run over those:
I wasn't planning on having a video this week, as I noted in yesterday's YouTube Community Post, but then Kirby Fighters 2 came out and opportunity called. I didn't sleep much today, and this video is 24 hours later than I wanted it to be, but it'll be going live at 9:07am on 9/25 - 36 hours to the minute after Nintendo randomly shadow dropped this game. Because why not
2020-09-25 04:47:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Exactly a week ago, I released my Metroid: Other M Retrospective-slash-development history documentary video! I'm beyond happy with how it came out - I didn't think I'd end up making a video that would overtake The Legend of Dragoon video as my "favorite" project of mine so soon, let alone in the same year, but I think this one was it. I'm thrilled by the response it's gotten so far, and I do want to share a bit more about it for you fine folks that helped make it happen!
I'll keep this post-mortem short because I'm writing it from my phone, and Patreon's app really likes to make typing a pain after a paragraph or two! In case you missed it, as I promised in my Ranking Every Paper Mario Game video, I've made one for the Ghost of Tsushima series. This one was a lot of fun to make, it felt like I could unleash a bit of that Fabrizio meme energy in a concentrated format. I've been working to bring some more little gags into my videos overall and just let the shit...
2020-08-26 19:38:58 +0000 UTC View Post
I keep getting into the habit of not posting a Patron update because I have two videos aimed to come out nearly back-to-back, and every time those videos end up further apart and I look dumb. So hello! I read an entire book about a game's development last night instead of finishing my editing on the Ghost of Tsushima video, AMA.
If you missed the Phoenotopia video, I definitely think you folks would like to hear about this ambitious but frustrating gem of a game, especially...
Hey everybody! In case you missed it, my Bloodstained: One Year Later video landed last weekend, and it's performed super well! YouTube-senpai seems to be noticing me lately and I'm very grateful.
This week I've got another massive video planned, a full ranking of EVERY Paper Mario game, including Origami King. It's probably gonna pass 30 minutes, so next week I'll probably cool down with an easy video - that being the Celebrity Performances one you guys voted on! If not I may audible...
Hey folks, it's been a bit since my last written update, I hope you're well! I intended to lump 3+ videos into one post, rather than hit you with three in the span of a week or so...and then one of them got bumped back a couple days anyway, so oops. Learning experience, I'll drop posts whenever they fit instead of lump them together!
If you haven't seen, I've got two reviews of new games in the past two videos, those being Epic Dumpster Bear 2 and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2. T...
Welcome to the first of many Patron Video Polls. That creative name abbreviates to PVP, so I'll think of a better name later. The winning selection of the following topics will end up as the basis for a video, which I'll work on and release relatively soon after. How soon? Well, I'll explain that at the end of this post! This poll will close in one week, so make sure to vote quickly!
Some of these topics are suggested by Golden Bolt Tier P...
Hello again, everybody! First, a heads-up that Patreon is factoring state sales tax into some pledges starting in June - make sure to check their updates to see if you're affected! In case you missed it, my Delisted Games video is linked for your viewing pleasure. I don't have a ton of post-mortem stuff to say about it, except that Chris MykonosFan did a stellar job with the edit!
I don't believe I've mentioned here before, but given my usually busy schedule, I've enlisted editing help...
Another week, another video! I don't have a ton of post-mortem on this video either, but I do have some stuff to say about this video's new style - at least for my style it's new!
When I decided I wanted to cover the Oblivion ESRB change, I knew I really wanted to change it up. Other videos on the topic already exist, from far larger channels than little ol' Bolt. (I usually check to see if other videos exist on a topic before I start production, but I don't...
2020-05-23 00:58:32 +0000 UTC View Post
In case you missed it, yesterday evening my latest video landed! I'm super happy with how this one came out, which I feel like I've been saying a lot lately...
I don't have a proper post-mortem for this one, because most of the work was modding my PSTV to get Fight for Fortune downloaded, and struggling to jump over small logs in Godlen Abyss. However, just because I don't have a ton to say behind the scenes, doesn't mean it's a run of the mill video! You may start to ...
2020-05-16 16:26:25 +0000 UTC View Post
As you hopefully saw on Monday, I finally released a big project I'd been chipping at for a while: A collaboration with AntDude looking at just about every time Ratchet & Clank have crossed over and appeared in other games. While filming this one, I had a couple different takes of me being a jerk to my nonexistent "agent" who told me that we got Ant Man, not AntDude. This one was my personal favorite.
Did you have a favorite part of this video? ...