Texas Reference Point for Team Ninja. 😊

Amateur modder and data-miner. Author of FF7 Remake ā€œFaithful Subsā€ and NINJA GAIDEN Hack, the first NINJA GAIDEN Black modding project on the original Xbox.

I’ll crack into and data-mine a game before I even play it. Sometimes I’ll never play it—I get busy. There is something rewarding in extracting music or models from a game and viewing them outside of where they're intended. I support and advocate for emulation every chance I get. I hate Nintendo.

Sometimes I do commentary; I often try to make tutorials to help others; sometimes I team up with my best friend Dietrich; and other times, I just want to share shit with you that I think deserves some attention.

I have a Discord server and an Etsy store.


Guilty Gaming

I can't believe this affects me too, but YouTube's Restricted Mode shenanigans hides 13 of my last 15 uploads. My speculative NG3 Black video, my Metal Garden playthrough, even yesterday's Nintendo video--all "restricted." I don't know whose head is up whose ass over there, but they are, predictably, screwing up this platform three ways from Sunday. And I'm not even a full-time creator. I'm not dependent on this for income, so I'm just inconvenienced. Those out there relying on YouTube to pay the bills are the ones really getting bent over. So, for those folks getting royally screwed, tell YouTube to stop jacking around and ruining this space.

1 week ago | [YT] | 19

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Back to work on Kitetsu "By the Numbers". The Guilty Q&A will come soon, but I wanted to open this project back up and see how it feels.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 28

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Hey everyone, Guilty here. I’ve been wanting to make a video for a while now where I open up a bit—talk about the luck I’ve had in life, where I come from, and share a little more about my experiences—and do something different than the usual content.

The timing finally works out: I have a business trip coming up to Virginia and I’ll be driving about 90 minutes to DFW tomorrow. I’m planning to record an asynchronous Q&A session during the journey, so I thought this would be the perfect chance to make it happen.

Drop any questions you’d like me to answer: about my life, the channel, games, š–æĢ¶š–¾Ģ¶š—Ģ¶š—‚Ģ¶š—ŒĢ¶š—Ģ¶š–¾Ģ¶š—ŒĢ¶, whatever you’re curious about. I’ll answer as many as I can and respond to them while I’m on the road.

Thanks again for being here. Whether you’re one of the 2670 subscribers on YouTube or one of the 1069 members in the Discord, your support really does mean a lot to me.

Leave your questions below, and I’ll get to them soon!

LSGO

1 month ago | [YT] | 24

Guilty Gaming

I gotta be honest, this game kicked my ass a bit.

It frustrated me many times. I didn't grow up playing these games, so trying to get into them now feels like trying to learn a second language (at 40). But I like Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. A good half of the bosses required a lot of trial and error (or rather, "error and trial") to figure out the patterns I was supposed to learn--which apparently is a thing you do in these games, rather than just brute force it like I'm more apt to do--but at the end of the day, there's a glowing review on the Steam discussion tab that I would poach if Guilty Gaming was an online magazine and their verdict is essentially a Must Buy for anyone who likes these types of games.

As for me, even though it choked me and told me to call it "Daddy" a lot, it's also a Must Buy from the perspective of a Ninja Gaiden fan. It's a great addition to the franchise with a fun, constrained narrative for a change and two endearing lead characters that I hope we see more from.

1 month ago | [YT] | 45

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This is what it’s all about.

He talks so damn much, but he’s funny and weird and in so many ways obviously my son. I love this kid.

Happy birthday, ā€œGuilty Jr.ā€!

1 month ago | [YT] | 44

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There's a reference to the Unlabored Flawlessness in the files for the Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge Master Collection release. Judging by what's listed and the files around it, these are level rewards for the console-only online mode. Makes you wonder.

2 months ago | [YT] | 24

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My first videos were made when I was still in Illinois, but the channel really didn’t get going until I bought my first house here in Ohio. But today marks the end of this chapter and the beginning of the next—Guilty and co. are moving to Texas!

3 months ago | [YT] | 31

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LOL Do you know what day it is today?

4 months ago | [YT] | 24

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Will be recording--or maybe even STREAMING--a brief tutorial tomorrow for my first program, the Ninja Gaiden 2 Black System Save Editor. It'll be in the same vein as my past "Unlock Everything..." videos, but since it won't require the user to poke around in a hex editor, it should be easy breezy!

7 months ago | [YT] | 50

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Y’all know I’d be playing (and criticizing) NINJA GAIDEN II ā€œBlackā€ today, but I tested positive for Flu A yesterday and have been a run down mess. The boy tested positive for pneumonia yesterday morning—after a week of high fevers and school closures due to sub-zero wind chills—so the house is just a germ factory from hell. But I have Tamiflu, Gatorade, and mandarins by my side, so hopefully I’ll be up again soon to discuss the litany of things Team Ninja dropped the ball on with this release. LSGO

7 months ago | [YT] | 29