Oh god, I have miscalculated.
When I gave an estimate of five hours, I knew that it was a conservative estimate, but I undershot more than I thought. This week, Ryan showed me the total length of what he's completed so far for this episode, and it comes out to five hours.
However, tho...
2023-01-28 04:11:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Unfortunately, progress on my end has hit a bit of a snag. I'm waiting to hear back from a few people on the script before I can confidently continue recording. If all goes according to plan, I should be able to continue on Monday.
However, Ryan's making good progress ...
2023-01-21 01:44:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The recording of the final narration has begun.
The first hour and ten minutes is finished, and while I had to throw out a lot of the early recording and re-record to get the tone just right, the process is proving much easier than in the past in part thanks to my new condenser microphone (...
2023-01-14 04:55:49 +0000 UTC View PostScript editing is complete.
However, there are still just a couple more things to be done to the script before I can call it truly complete. I have a few more people with whom I need to review the script. Unfortunately one of them is feeling under the weather, and so it will be a few days b...
2023-01-07 05:58:53 +0000 UTC View PostApologies for the updates so late in the day, I'm a bit of a night owl and tend to work in the evenings and at night.
The good news is that the script is mostly edited now! I've been pleasantly surprised with the second half of the first draft, which has required surprisingly few edits; thi...
2022-12-31 09:19:39 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas!
I've been taking the Christmas week a bit easy, but I did manage to get some editing done. I decided to edit one of the final sections first so that I could meet with people to discuss it.
I've just gotten done sitting down with Asher, the current leader of the Imperi...
2022-12-24 04:50:31 +0000 UTC View PostYes, the announcement of the completion of the rough draft was two days ago, but I did say I'd give an update every Friday! This one will just be short.
After grinding out the last of the script, I gave myself a short break and just recorded the rough draft of two of the last three sections...
2022-12-17 07:10:04 +0000 UTC View Posttl;dr The first draft of the new script for Down the Rabbit Hole is completed. Updates will happen every Friday evening until release. I don’t have a release date, but it will take at least another month for everything to be completed.
Long Version:
The first draft ...
2022-12-15 05:57:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Obviously September proved to be optimistic for the release date of the new video. However, progress is continuing at a solid pace; the script is currently at 39,000 words and I have a bit more to cover. (We're about to exceed what is usually considered novella-length, which is 40,0...
2022-10-18 04:31:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello there!
Progress continues to chug along. This will be a short progress update, as I simply want all of you to know that I'm hoping to finish the script by the end of next week. Music continues to be concepted as I write the script, as is the graphic design work, meaning a much shorter...
2022-08-17 01:08:56 +0000 UTC View PostEarlier this month, I and my team had the opportunity to screen the first two and a half hours of the new Down the Rabbit Hole at EVE Fanfest. We had to crunch a bit to create something ready for viewing, but we were able to have it presentable just in time in a rough state.
The screening w...
2022-05-27 13:03:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I just spent the last five hours recording final narration for the new Down the Rabbit Hole. Right now, the narration for the first two hours and fifteen minutes has been recorded which will be debuted as a sneak-peek in Reykjavik. (We originally wanted to share the first three ho...
2022-04-22 07:23:33 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
I have made a significant miscalculation. When I first announced the video, I mentioned that it would likely be at least three hours in length. This was a purposefully conservative estimate made knowing that it might end up being longer. I assumed that it could possibly be c...
2022-03-17 01:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostWE LIVE.
Progress has been continuous but nondescript; I continue plugging away at this monster of a script, which has reached just over 22,000 words now, Ryan continues working on the music, and Arc continues work on the graphics that will be used throughout the video.
The release wi...
2022-03-13 05:08:53 +0000 UTC View PostThis Saturday, on February 12th, at 1:00pm PST, I'll be entering the voice channel of the Down the Rabbit Hole Discord server to share some of the writing from the rough draft of the script for the new Down the Rabbit Hole video.
As of right now, the script is ab...
2022-02-09 21:31:58 +0000 UTC View PostI've spent quite some time fumbling about in EVE Online, trying to get my bearings and learning about the gradual evolution of the game, the company, and the community. I've been writing script, Ryan has already created the skeletons of many of the tracks, and Arcaxon is working on the templates ...
2022-01-07 16:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostProgress on the new Down the Rabbit Hole has begun to hit a steady rhythm now that the core research is finished. As I write more rough draft script, I record rough audio and send it to Ryan, who begins writing rough music that can be altered and fit as needs be. His enthusiasm when I send him ne...
2021-12-22 14:50:40 +0000 UTC View PostRight now, myself, Ryan, and Arc are all focusing on our individual parts while we continue work. This, for me, is the difficult part: taking all of the information I've gathered and putting it into a script. This is often an arduous process, obsessively referring back to my sources to make sure ...
2021-12-15 17:35:51 +0000 UTC View Post(Almost) season's greetings!
While I'm still away, I've found time to get work on the new Down the Rabbit Hole done. Recently, I've been digging into old posts and discussion on one of the most significant wars in the history of EVE: the Casino War. This war, which started as a small-scale ...
2021-11-30 18:26:09 +0000 UTC View PostI LIVE!
Apologies for my long bout of silence, I have been preparing to go on a long trip. While I won't have access my normal workstation, I've invested in equipment to bring with me so that I can continue to work.
While I'm still performing research, I'm now in the scripting phase o...
2021-11-17 17:13:47 +0000 UTC View PostUpon revisiting Moby Dick, Ishmael is a rather insufferable character, and I can't tell how much of it is the character and how much is Melville; maybe some of you can help me decide.
2021-10-30 03:39:54 +0000 UTC View PostCompared to the other stories in The Illustrated Man, and even on its own, this is a remarkably cute piece of sci-fi. Please enjoy.
This should have been posted in July, so please enjoy the sudden rush of audiobooks as I catch up before the end of the month.
2021-10-27 04:56:58 +0000 UTC View PostThis is where I apologize for getting so behind on audiobooks. I'll be taking the next few weeks to catch up on them.
#1 in Audiobook Catch-Up is a lovely little parable by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, best known for some of his writing including The Great Gatsby and The Curious Case of ...
2021-10-06 03:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostSpoiler Warning
Hello everyone, apologies for the belated progress update. Much has been done since I last wrote.
First, I've managed to speak with a number of people about the history and current state of EVE Online. Just this morning, I spoke with someone who perfor...
2021-08-31 21:51:27 +0000 UTC View PostSPOILER WARNING
Hello again, everyone. Progress continues relatively smoothly in terms of research.
I mentioned in my last progress update that I had begun playing EVE, but I didn't spend terribly much time discussing what I was doing and how I've been learning.
SPOILER WARNING
As I mentioned before, the progress updates during this research cycle are going to be much more frequent. I'm aiming for weekly updates, since I'll be able to share a lot more about what I'm learning and what I'm doing due to the public nature of the topic....
2021-07-22 05:01:58 +0000 UTC View PostWith the release of the new Down the Rabbit Hole about the Battle of May Island, I thought that now would be a good time to speak to all of you about the state of the show, how the development process has changed over the past few videos, and the plans for me and my team going forward.
The ...
2021-06-18 05:42:57 +0000 UTC View PostNew release estimate for the next Down the Rabbit Hole is early next week.
Arcaxon is now finished with the graphic design, and it was absolutely worth the extra waiting time for him to finish. I've shown his work to a few people and the consensus is that his work looks excellent and acts p...
2021-06-03 00:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you all for supporting me through these four and a half years and for helping me make Down the Rabbit Hole the way I want to.
2021-06-01 23:31:37 +0000 UTC View Post