Hello Patrons!
For September's PowerPoint, I wanted to discuss a longtime obsession of mine: the family tree of Scooby-Doo. Though to join me today, my friends from the Raandyy's Fandies were here to witness the madness.
Just to give you an update about other stuff:
Two things, the first is that I have two major video essays in the works. One is going to be an examination of every Cinderella adaptat...
2021-10-01 01:43:27 +0000 UTC
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Edit: Final visuals added to video.
In 2017, Thimbleweed Park was released as an effort to recapture the glory of the point-and-click adventure game of the 1990s. In addition to recapturing the mechanics of the genre, it greatly exemplified the genre's relationship to Absurdism. Though with the story's end, many fans were left unsure of the game's potential messages, which this video seeks to analyze.
Music by 2021-08-28 23:50:15 +0000 UTC
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Hey Patrons!
To do something a little different, once a month, I am going to try to show a PowerPoint to you. These are going to be generally unscripted and unedited videos where I talk about things that I wouldn't necessarily want to do a formal video about. Starting us off with my general feeling about Ash Ketchum and why people underestimate them all the time.
If you have an idea for what I should make a PowerPoint about next. Let me know below!
Best Wishes
2021-08-28 17:19:02 +0000 UTC
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As they continue to travel on the Infinity Train, our heroes find themselves in the mysterious Arcade Car, only to be trapped with the king of games...
For more information and to download the game, click here!
Music by Molly Noise
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUESTS:
Ri...
2021-08-21 17:38:47 +0000 UTC
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The adventures on the Infinity Train Continue as our heroes find themselves amongst a strange harvest...
For more information and to download the game, click here!
Music by Molly Noise
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUESTS:
Richard Ballman: 2021-07-30 17:08:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey everybody!
If you have been following my social media, you might have seen that I was experiencing a bit of writers block over the summer. While I have been keeping myself quite busy through my work on The Pink Aisle, the Infinity Train RPG, and with World's Elsewhere; it has been somewhat difficult to find the energy into making a formal video essay.
With that said, I am please to say that I have finished a script for my next video and recorded the voiceover. It is my hope to...
2021-07-30 01:17:49 +0000 UTC
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Because I am not very good at this, it only took until now to do something to commemorate 5k subscribers. So here's a little Q&A I threw togerther.
To give you lovely patrons a special thanks, I want to try do some more unscripted stuff for you guys, so let me know what kind of topics you would want me to ramble about in the comments and I will be making some exclusive videos for you!
2021-07-06 17:08:50 +0000 UTC
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To commemorate the release of Infinity Train: the Tabletop RPG here is the first of three videos demonstrating the game system with an original story set in the world of Infinity train.
For more information and to download the game, click here!
Music by Molly Noise
2021-06-07 18:47:21 +0000 UTC
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Thanks for donating to my patreon!
As thanks for your support, all members of the Squirtle Squad will receive the following items:
- An original soundtrack containing 7 tracks that you can use for your game session composed by the lovely Molly Noise. (40% of donations will be given to her)
- Fillable PDFs of the Character and T...
2021-05-31 21:32:18 +0000 UTC
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This is a fan-created unlicensed tabletop RPG. Infinity Train is owned by Cartoon Network, Turner Media, Time Warner, and Owen Dennis. Please support the official release of all Infinity Train-related media.
Infinity Train: The UNOFFICIAL Roleplaying Game...
2021-05-31 21:31:45 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys! So I am technically meeting my arbitrary 1 video/month quota with this trailer in anticipation for the final release of Infinity Train: the Unofficial Tabletop RPG.
At this point now, the guidebook has undergone a final edit, and the only things I have to work on are the upcoming video sessions I have for the game, as well as some side perks for lovely donators such as yourself. So keep an eye on the Patreon, and some goodies will be thrown your way soon. After w...
2021-05-31 16:13:34 +0000 UTC
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To celebrate the release of New Pokemon Snap, I want to explore the diverse world of photography video games using games that interpret the act of photography in a vast number of ways. In examining these games, we can see the different ways photography can be used to interpret the world around us.
Voice Appearances by Sarah Zedig and 2021-04-30 19:27:51 +0000 UTC
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This story was originally uploaded to AO3 last year but has since been deleted by the original author. For anyone familiar with my work on the Pink Aisle, you know I like to annoy Emma with the sultry tones of my impeccable Bibble impression, and this is just the story to help demonstrate the powerful energy that is Deep Bibble.
Why did I read this? Why did I ...
2021-04-10 22:03:31 +0000 UTC
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To start off 2021, I am releasing short essays summarizing my feelings about last year. These essays have the following self-imposed rules:
- The scripts are less than 1000 words long
- They are not comprehensive essays about the subjects
- These essays are not indicative of my favorite pieces of media in 2020, rather the media that I felt encapsulates the year for me.
In a time where isolation and death became more pervasive than usual for many, I want to ...
2021-03-23 20:26:45 +0000 UTC
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To start off 2021, I am releasing short essays summarizing my feelings about last year. These essays have the following self-imposed rules:
- The scripts are less than 1000 words long
- They are not comprehensive essays about the subjects
- These essays are not indicative of my favorite pieces of media in 2020, rather the media that I felt encapsulates the year for me.
While there were a lot of games from 2020 that I thoroughly enjoyed, there were few that ...
2021-01-28 02:54:33 +0000 UTC
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To start off 2021, I am releasing short essays summarizing my feelings about last year. These essays have the following self-imposed rules:
- The scripts are less than 1000 words long
- They are not comprehensive essays about the subjects
- These essays are not indicative of my favorite pieces of media in 2020, rather the media that I felt encapsulates the year for me.
So let us enjoy the first part as we discuss the end to Steven Univers...
2021-01-26 02:08:44 +0000 UTC
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It's cliche to talk about how horrible a previous year was, but I want to spend January thinking about stray thoughts that I might have had with the previous year, so I am going to be doing something different by writing four mini-essays about the previous year and the stuff that greatly defined my experience in that time.
Watch Part 1 Here
2021-01-26 02:07:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys,
To start off 2021, I am working on a video containing 4 mini-essays about topics that summarize my experience last year. You might remember that I attempted to do this back in 2019, but that project didn't work out as I hoped with the planned part 3 that never happened. But now I am finishing up the script hopefully tonight and will have 4 mini-essays about some stuff from 2020.
That said, I wanted to ask y'all for your preferences in how the video should be released, I ...
2021-01-10 02:25:27 +0000 UTC
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So something I want to try and do in the new year is produce more music, maybe produce a cover album or something. To test this out, my sister and I threw together a very quick and dirty demo of the John Denver song When the River Meets the Sea. Hope you enjoy it!
2020-12-31 18:09:47 +0000 UTC
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Of all of the pieces of media released in the past year, there hasn't been anything that has caused such contemplation as Tom Hooper's 2019 classic Cats, a movie that has had no shortage of shock and bemusement to all who have seen it. Though instead of focusing on matters of cockroaches, digital fur, and the many war crimes of Macavity: this is a video that focuses on the relationship between Tom Hooper and the story of Cats to understand the value Auteur directors like Hoo...
2020-12-30 04:18:19 +0000 UTC
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For those of you who want to download my translated cover of Snusmumrikens vårvisa, all patrons get access to an MP3 and Wav version for free! Hope you enjoy!
LYRICS:
I wander through the forest, upon an early spring
It was as I expected, as I’ve left it
The ground so full of footprints, the sky so full of wings
Of insects, all awoken from their respite.
I wander at my fancy, under my hat of Green.
2020-11-28 01:40:03 +0000 UTC
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Snufkin's Spring Song (or Snusmumrikens vårvisa in the original Swedish) was a song written by Erna Tauro and Lyrics by Tove Jansson for the music book "Songs from Moominvalley". The song was one of many tunes composed made in this collaboration, and would later be rearranged in 2019 by Emma Klingenberg for the Moomin Park located in Hanno, Japan. Like many pieces of Moomin related media, there were never any English translations produced for these songs, so I took it upon myself to translat...
2020-11-28 01:22:26 +0000 UTC
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In the spirit of the season, this video will be discussing Disney's new series The Owl House, and its relationship to the history of witchcraft and magic? How do the characters of this modern cartoon comment upon the subjugation marginalized people have suffered under the suspicion of witchcraft?
Music masterfully composed by Molly Noise, check out her 2020-11-28 01:17:07 +0000 UTC
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As a companion to my video "Peacecraft, the McElroys, and Systems of Fan Interaction", I interviewed the different remaining members of the Raandyy's Fandies to see their insights on the series and the aftermath. As a note: to preserve the names of certain members of the fandies, some moments are bleeped out to maintain their privacy. Feel free to download and listen for more insight!
2020-09-26 01:18:06 +0000 UTC
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In this video, we will explore the McElroy family and their fanbase through the often overlooked Polygon web series, Peacecraft. What can the journey of a gnome named Raandyy teach us about fandoms, online communication, and internet toxicity? Join me as I explore this series and find out what happened to the Raandyy's Fandies.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kathmanhenry
Tumblr: 2020-09-25 04:11:58 +0000 UTC
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As we continue to contemplate the ways fandoms behave and evolve, I wish to tell you the sordid tale of the first modern fandom drama, and what the feverous reception to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel, "The Sorrows of Young Werther" can teach us about fandoms today.
Chapter Markers:
0:00 Introduction
3:38 Chapter 1: Storm and Drive
6:49 Chapter 2: Ode to Jerusalem
11:22 Chapter 3: Recounting the Sorrows
29:12 Chapter 4: Werther Fever
2020-07-27 23:19:08 +0000 UTC
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Update (6/29/220): I've re-rendered the video so the scanlines and the patented VHS video essay aesthetics look better. I have also decided to lean into the clickbait title in the hopes that more people can watch this and take the messages of abolishing the police to heart. I will also be Donating all of the revenue from this video when it's publically released to the Marsha P Johnson Institute, an organization devoted to assisting Black Trans ki...
2020-06-27 20:02:23 +0000 UTC
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For the third and final part of this retrospective on the Moomin Series, I explore the major adaptations of Tove Jansson's work, and examine how it affects the latter half of the author's life, as well as contemplate the reason for why the Moomins have gained such popularity amongst certain people online.
Chapter Markers:
0:00 Introduction
1:20 Chapter 8 - Adaptations and Appreciation
4:40 An Unexpected Adaptation
7:46 Fuzzy Felt Frien...
2020-06-09 23:57:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey all, If you guys caught my 2000 Subscriber Stream, I mentioned that I have a little bulletin board with a road map for upcoming video projects. So I just wanted to share a picture of this to give you some idea for what types of videos I am wanting to make in the near future. So here are some of the things that I will be working on, listed in the order that I more or less want to tackle onto them.
2020-05-30 06:11:33 +0000 UTC
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As we continue our exploration of the Moomin series, we will be discussing the sudden success that Tove Jansson found with the Moomin books and the comic strips, and how her subsequent burnout, romance, and loss went on to influence the world of the Moomins.
Bibliography:
Augsburger Puppenkiste. Die Muminfamilie, ARD, 1959.
Bosworth, Mark. “Tove Jansson: Love, War and the Moomins.” BBC News, BBC, 13 Mar. 2014, www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26...
2020-05-24 05:26:50 +0000 UTC
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