Leo Vader

a clip from Pride & Prejudice and my 2025 life update

hi again! i am getting married next week and attached is a video i made as a surprise for marie's bachelorette party. the version they watched was the entire movie (Pride & Prejudice 2005, her favorite) with this clip seamlessly spliced in over the original scene an hour in. the dialogue is mostly unchanged so that new viewers in the room would still get the full story and emotion of the film. very proud to have pulled it all off in secret. (2025-07-03 15:20:43 +0000 UTC View Post

the creation, destruction, and rebirth of the puppets

hey, me again! bonus video today is paired with my brand spanking new one on Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaire's Club if you missed it. it's a journey through the process of working with all those puppets from all those videos.

TL;DW i am gonna try and get back to shorter vids! which i think i said last time but then i discovered Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaire's Club and what the hell choice did i have. wor...

tidbits and reflections from year 4

we are so back. here's me explaining myself. more in the weeds than ever as i walk through the story i tried to tell over the past year.

thanks infinitely for your patience, something i neglected to mention about the long silent work on the prisoner video is that as i put it together i banked on the idea the amount of effort it took would be pretty self evident in the finished product. i hope it was. thanks for waiting.

didn't talk much about the puppet construction process, got a...

why does Gordon Ramsay always show his pasty white bare naked white ass in every episode of Hotel Hell? (full video)

new bonus essay up now for patrons and nebulites! warning: ass nudity and other nudity too.

couldn't help but notice this phenomenon watching this show with my fiance. and everyone we've recommended it to comes back with the same note: "wow you weren't joking about how much of his ass there is." it's n...

all the art from "working weird fake jobs from rom coms" for your admiration

here's some cool art I commissioned for the new video! first is the "Carnitas X" (pig planet) setting by Syoma Pozdeev. was unsure about the direction for pig planet until i stumbled upon his art and got inspired, he does a lot of very small-scale, almost dioramas of these unique places. felt like a cool fit and i'm so happy with the look. in that first big shot here you may spot some cute little pig cars, had to ta...

Summer Update (blog post)

Hey folks. I have been having a busy ass summer and in lieue of having a video anywhere near ready, I thought I'd share what I've been up to and what I've been planning for what comes next.

At the place I do video game stuff, MinnMax, our fearless leader is off on paternity leave this summer and so I've stepped up in a couple ways (for money and because Ben Hanson is my friend who I want to support).

I went on a week long trip to Summer Games Fest and Nintendo World and most of my...

tidbits from the third batch of vids

more behind the scenes stories and trivia from the Spy Kids / Ready Player One video all the way through the one where I got sucked into the computer! hope you enjoy, fewer videos this year than before but i had a lot more to say about them. which maybe says something nice about their ambition!

ICYMI:

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alternate outro clip from a Fan SUCKED ME into their computer!! (REAL)

there was a very special cameo at the end of my latest video, but that was actually the second take sent to me. i was a little unclear in my initial pitch and so i was sent this first version where he's in MY computer, and he's really stoked to be there, which are two very crucial elements I needed changed. but here's that first version if you enjoyed that outro improv, it sure makes me laugh. 

new ...

In Time - extended economics interview with Noah Trudeau

there were so many more great insights from our economist than I could ever include in the main video, so wanted to get them all here and on Nebula for those interested.

check out Noah's twitch where he talks video game in-world economics: http://twitch.tv/noahtrudeau

and twitter: http://twitter.com/econtrudeau

the In Time video just wen...

considering hosting bonus videos on Nebula as well as Patreon

hey folks! hope you are rocking and rolling and doing well. i'm considering hosting these bonus videos on Nebula as well as continuing to host them on Patreon, but wanted to make sure that's not a betrayal to anyone here.

i want to be as transparent about this as possible! there have been some changes at Nebula recently that make it way more appealing financially to drive subscriptions there, with my referral link. so i ...

watching In Time

it's "time" for me to make another video asking a stupid question about a movie no one remembers!! is this what they'll remember me for? hope so tbh. enjoy my commentary as i take notes on this alternate history where they have time instead of money. 

thanks all for your support! lot of new patrons in the past couple months, means the world to me. i'm putting the money towards the videos in some awesome ways i can't wait to show you all. be well!!

(movie clips got it blocked ...

reacting to a specific type of mean comment

pre-production for a new video can now become it's own video. infinite recursive videos. i am content. we are content. amen.

oh and Patreon does video natively now, does anyone prefer that? i still am doing youtube embeds because with patreons i personally follow, i like being able to add the behind the paywall videos to my youtube's watch later playlist. let me know if you have there's any reason to go the patreon route though!

big big hugs to everyone. happy t giving!

The 300 Patron Q&A Special

the sweet love of my life Marie joins me to tackle your hard hitting questions. the whole video is out of focus and it made me sad editing it.

thanks so much for your support and your Qs! appreciate every last one of you.

new video over on Nebula!

i did an episode of Working Titles on Nebula, the show where Nebula creators break down and examine different title sequences. mine is on Shark Tank, and it's full of the same old goofs and smart ass points you've come to expect from me.

edit: i made this post thinking I would tell you all to use a private window to watch it for free, but that doesn't seem to work on this particular one. so in that case 2022-09-09 17:20:54 +0000 UTC View Post

call for Qs for the 300 patron Q&A!

leave some hot Qs for me to answer in a few weeks! anything you’ve been dying to know or just thought to ask right this very moment. hypotheticals or about my process or anything you can think of.

here’s the previous Q&A if you haven’t seen it!

thanks everybody for reaching this milestone! i appreciate you all.

hi res wallpapers from "in this one i die and go to hell."

if you haven't seen the video yet, it's over here! 

incredible work from Leo Mafra in the community, he brought so many creative ideas and easter eggs into it on top of the obviously beautiful showcase of artistic skill. felt wrong to only release it on video when my ass was in front of it the whole time, so here are better versions for ya. (including one with a placeholder Leo included by the artist)

please...

a day in the life

people always ask me: "Leo, what's all the boring shit you do in your day that you don't tell anyone about, because it's regular stuff that most people do? Can you list all that for me?" And I always say, become a patron and you just might get your answer! and lo, the day has come.

hope you enjoy this peek behind the curtain, tried to give as real and honest of a look as possible!

tidbits from the second batch of vids

i'm back with more tidbits! for those who don't know, these are like bits but the size of little tids. kind of just mini commentaries for all my videos at once. fun to look back on all these and re-evaluate the decisions i consider a success or failure or simply worth a shot.

or you can watch the first set of tidbits here!

thanks so much for your support, hope you enjoy.

watching Gamer Rage clips with chat for my next video

had a great time on a special PATREON EXCLUSIVE stream watching gamers humiliate themselves and making notes on how to make fun of them later.

thanks to everyone who tuned in! planning to still do edited patreon videos but thought these would be cool to mix in, especially in cases like this one where it makes the stuff i'd be doing anyway more fun.

kisses!

leo and marie on their favorite games to play together

my lovely partner marie and i? we love to game out!! and today we rattle off a few of our favorites, for couples and beyond.

timecodes are in the YouTube description if you wanna navigate straight to games you're interested in hearing us talk about, or if you forgot the name of one.

thanks for your support!!

talking creativity with cobysoft joe and minipete

here's a really nice chat we had over dinner about creativity and celebrity and more.

thanks so much for your support this year! next video is still a couple weeks out, but attached is a teaser image just for you.

happy holidays everyone!

visiting cobysoft joe and minipete

my best friend and collaborator cobysoft joe (and their wonderful partner minipete) live just a few amtrak stops away and i'm blessed to be able to go visit them once in a while! here is a chill vloggy look at my most recent trip, it brings me a lot of joy to remember and i hope it brings you joy to watch.

new jaunt + another patreon vid from this trip will be up before the end of the year! thank you all so much for your support, it is so meaningful to me.

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watching Brendan Fraser movies for research

i'm sure this past year you've heard a lot of people say "i'm doing my own research on this." "i've got to look at the research before I put that thing in my arm." well this is what they're talking about.

thanks for your support, let me know what you think of this kind of patreon content!

leo and friends watch their old commercials (part 2)

Manton, Sam and I finish watching all our old ads, some real bangers in here!

NEW VID UPDATE: wow I am so excited to get this video done. But two days before the shoot one of our cast members came down with Covid despite being vaxxed and careful. it happens! he is feeling better and i'm taking the time to make the script even better, plus get a jump start on the next one. so hopefully the next two vids can be pretty close together. thanks everyone for understanding! have a relaxing week...

leo and friends watch their old commercials

lot of new patrons this month! welcome everyone, thank you for being here. today's Leo Online Original has me, Manton and Sam finally looking back at the run of "commercials" we made for dirt cheap ten years ago.

NEW VID UPDATE for those interested: I make more money from this patreon than I could ever deserve, but still I'm often doing other freelance stuff to make ends meet. multiple projects this month lined up quickly that I had to take advantage of to get the old bank account up. s...

leo's tips for happier and more productive video making

here's a vid about my process and the things i've learned that make my process easier and more fun! and some general writing/video tips for people who are into that.

enjoy, and thanks so much for another month of that sweet cash i love that makes me so rich! i mean your support!

watching time loop movies to escape my time loop (early access)

new vid! weird situation - it's been done for days, and it has my first ad read in it. the sponsor is taking longer than expected to approve it, and i can't flip it live on youtube until after they do.

but nuts to that! for my lovely patrons here is the AD FREE version of the video that will be available simultaneously on https://nebula.app/leovader when the ad-full version goes live on youtube. this also has some bloop...

leo and friends watch their high school video series

hey everyone, look! it's sam snow and manton minnick! here in my very own home. we made videos together as long as a DECADE(!!!!!!) ago and we finally sat down to watch our early work, share stories from the shoots, and evaluate whether the videos hold up or are even watchable at all.

thanks for your support everyone! i hope the fun we had doing this makes it fun for you to watch, even though this is obviously a navel gazey project about a navel gazey project.

kisses!

I've been a busy bee! Hahaahaha!

hey everybody, just wrapped up E3 for MinnMax and made this video there that i think you will enjoy, gamer or non-gamer alike. i know there's not complete crossover with MinnMax so i wanted to make sure everyone has the chance to see it!

E3 + vacation + seeing friends post-american-lockdown has made this a crazy month, but i'm back and very excited about my next video and an announcement therein... 

anyway just wanted to check in with y'all and let you know i'm still alive an...

The Leo Vader Patreon Official Theme Song

I awoke with a start late last night. Could it be? No, I must have... I pulled up the YouTube app on my phone. Scrolled my uploads frantically. I slowly began to accept it; I'd never uploaded my Patreon Theme Song, the anthem all Patreon creators are required to make. From Hentai artists to Furry Hentai artists, CEO Jack Conte dictates everyone on Patreon must make an iconic piece of music for their supporters to rally around. And I'd neglected to do it. I sprinted through the house to my hom...