Q&A: December 2nd, 2020

The Great Leveler Asks
What's your favorite game you play to relax or play during VC and chill?

Halo, mostly because I can play it almost on autopilot. Team Fortress 2 is similarly compelling, in that it takes up enough interest for the game to not be boring, but not so taxing that there's no room for commentary.

Daniel Kasper Asks
Have you played any "Supergiant Games" games? (Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, Hades)

I have! Bastion and Transistor. What's strange about Supergiant is they should be right up my alley. They're visually spectacular polished indie gems, yet for some reason, neither game held my interest for more than a couple hours. However, I've got both Hades and Pyre, and are looking forward to giving them more of a chance.

Parker Brown Asks
If you had to focus/grind on a project or homework, what video game soundtrack would you throw on? I'm especially partial to Halo 3 ODST and Fallout 4's soundtracks because they're fairly lowkey but incredible.

Deus Ex Human Revolution all day. I'm not sure there's a single weak song in that game. Come to think of it, the weakest is probably the Detroit Street Combat theme, just because it's the same as one of the hacking themes. The ambience in that game is just something to behold, and to this day, I still boot it up and long with its sequel to assist while writing or just vibing.

mannishgambino Asks
Sonic?

Here's something amazing.

I've never played it. The Sonic Heroes Demo on the PS2 at a friends house, is literally the total experience I've had. I wanna change that next year with a video to accompany the journey.

Finn Clarke Asks
How do you effectively manage and work through your games backlog? Do you choose to play games based on what you're fancying at that particular time, do you schedule things, work through a list systematically?  P.S. Based on what we have fleetingly discussed in the past, would you consider a quick video discussing your thoughts on emulation?

I generally play it by ear, which actually leads to guilt sometimes. There's plenty of games gifted to me years ago by friends, viewers, and patrons that I haven't played yet. Of course, being on Youtube, you have the tricky exercise of trying to only talk about what you're interested in, but also sacrifice time for a game which you may end up having nothing to say, lowering the output.

But generally, I just go with flow. Even right now, I've been planning to make a video on a  specific topic for months and finally got started on it last week, only for me to write a script on a completely different topic I wasn't even thinking about two weeks ago.

While it's chaotic, when you go into any form of entertainment, be it Youtube, TV, Film, etc, this chaos is what you invite, because there's no escaping it. The best thing to do, is embrace it.