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Wait, it’s December?!!? Here’s the final Monthly Text Post for 2025!

It’s been a bit ‘touch and go’ for myself these past couple of weeks. I got sick right before Thanksgiving (November 25th) and I’m still in the process of getting over it. Although I’m happy with the videos I produced in November, there’s some re-organizing and re-scheduling I need to do in my personal life & content.

Kirby Air Riders; I want to do a review on it but I might have to pass on it (for now) for the sake of my other videos. It’s super fun but there’s so much to do in the game, I need to put more hours in for a proper review.

I took a #freecode for ‘Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion,’ a completely hand-drawn first-person shooter indie game. That’s my next review and should be out within a week.

Sonic Rumble would be next as I’ve been playing it on and off since it launched globally. I have over 10 hours on it and spent a little bit of money on the microtransactions 😅

Lastly, Marvel Cosmic Invasion. I played it earlier this week with a couple of friends and finished it during that session. I definitely want to do a solo playthrough for the sake of experience + try out the other characters.

SpongeBob Titans of the Tide was stuck in pre-order limbo, so maybe I’ll take a look at it in the beginning of 2026 if the time allows.

Three reviews & my Top 10 Games of 2025 videos are all on the docket for the month. I believe I can get it all done but it’s about staying on top of things. Plus with the hectic nature of the holiday season, I can’t possibly predict what’ll happen next 💀

Lastly, I want to talk about the podcast real quick. We mentioned it at the beginning of Episode 176 but in case you missed it, we’re now recording the show on Monday instead of Friday. It’s due to our IRL work schedules shifting around. If you want to listen to the show early, it will be up on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc. Monday nights. But if you’re a YouTube watcher, it will still go out the following Saturday on a every other week schedule 🎙️

It’s a decent change as it allows me to heavily invest into a ‘tvsonicgaming’ upload on Friday if I’m falling behind. Plus, it gives me extra time to edit the TikTok clips for the podcast episode. Maybe we’ll return to recording on Fridays in the future but Mondays are likely here to stay.

And that’s it for the FINAL Monthly Text Post of 2025. Thanks for reading, I truly appreciate everyone that checks out my videos. This has been an outlet for me to express myself for over a decade now and I still get excited over the next project. Thank you ♥️

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 6

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To 'The Travis & Damian Podcast' listeners: we're posting the show early on Mondays!

The change is due to our work schedules shifting. The YouTube version will still upload on Saturdays but if you want to listen early, Spotify will be the place!

EP176 is live NOW 🔴
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1 month ago | [YT] | 4

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🦃 hello HELLO! It’s time for another Monthly Text Post!

October was very busy and successful for videos. Instead of a Sonic Jakks Figure Collection, I decided to do a video on Every DC x Sonic product by Jakks Pacific (right now). The main channel video did good but my TikToks/YT Shorts/Instagram Reels were popping OFF 📈

Specifically, the one about the codes for the DC x Sonic 2.5 inch blind bags. 248K views alone on Instagram and it’s still growing. I might have to do that Sonic Jakks Figure Collection video after all 😂

Another piece of shorts/TikTok content I did was checking out the BattleGC Pro Controller by Retro Fighters. The product landed on my front door step about a month after I reached out which made for a surprise package. It’s been fun looking at products by various companies this past year and I am extremely grateful for every opportunity I’ve been given so far 🙏

NYCC ‘25 was amazing. The VLOG I created wasn’t what I had envisioned but because I was mostly standing in lines, waiting for celebrities/comic creators, a “Day in a Life” VLOG wouldn’t have worked in my opinion. I only walked the showfloor once, spending 80%-90% of my con around Artist Alley. I definitely need to go at least two days next year, all of the hype exclusive merch was gone too but that’s what I get for going Sunday 💀

My quick ‘Should Sucker Punch Return to Sly Cooper’ video was something I did purely out of love for the studio + Sly. I could have spent more time theorizing what a ‘Sly 5’ would look like but I wanted to keep the video & article straight to the point 🦝

Ghost of Yōtei Review is still happening. I finished it late last night on November 2nd (Sunday). Script is about 60%-70% complete, likely going to be done by next week. After Yōtei, I’m going to check out ‘Dispatch,’ a new graphic-adventure game that flew under my radar. If my best friend/podcast co-host Damian didn’t say anything, I would have missed it 😵‍💫

After Dispatch, Sonic Rumble > Kirby Air Riders > Spongebob Titans of the Tide. I believe that’s the rest of the games I want to check out for 2025, so hopefully I can get all those done. I also need to be on top of making ‘review shorts’ as well, I’ve been slacking 😅

I have more original shorts content in the pipeline. Top 10 Games, Comic Books, & Movies to wrap up the year. Collection Videos are definitely going to make a comeback soon™️ with shorts to accompany them.

And that’s it for this Monthly Text Post! Thank you for reading and sticking around, your guys’ support means the world and I hope I can finish this year strong!! ♥️♥️♥️

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10 Games To Get To Know Me 🎮

From childhood classics to some of my favorite games of all-time, it was tough picking ONLY ten games that represent “me.” Could have easily went up to twenty but these ten are truly special ✨

2 months ago | [YT] | 9

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🎃 It’s Spooky Season, here’s the October Monthly Text Post!

Last month was very successful! I was able to stay on top of the Podcast TikTok Clips while uploading two major reviews for the month. In addition, I decided to do some Live Reaction shorts of the Nintendo Direct which did well across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. I really dislike “reaction” content as full blown videos but I think shorts are fine.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was a ton of fun. While I expected the views on that review to be low, I’m glad to have nearly 100 views on it. The Sly 3 Retrospective wasn’t that stressful to release a week after since I played/recorded the game earlier this year, holding off until Sept. to have the video line up with the 20th Anniversary. Maybe I’ll do more Sly Cooper content in 2026, revisiting Sly 4 (again) and my thoughts on a potential Sly 5 🦝

Last Saturday, I dropped my review of Sonic Racing CrossWorlds because I’m the Sonic guy. I could have had it out sooner with the Digital Deluxe Edition like Sonic x Shadow Generation, the few days of early access is nice in that regard. However, your boy is broke and was too busy getting the Sly 3 video done to take full advantage of the early access. Purchasing the game physically is cheaper for me because of my retail connections.

As much as I want to play PAC-MAN World 2 Re-Pac, it’s going to have to wait. Ghost of Yōtei is out and that’s a beefy af game (3 hours in and it’s pretty damn good). I’m definitely going to need a few weeks to make that review before the November/December rush.

NYCC is this week and I’ll be there Sunday practically all day…? I have a few artists/celebrities I want to see. This is the most I have prepared for the con ever and I hope I can make the most of it with just a single day 😭 Should be fun!

*vlog will drop on Oct 18th if all goes as planned*

Other than Yōtei & NYCC VLOG, I might be able to get a Sonic Jakks Figure Collection later this week. I want to get back into the swing of things for those videos. Thanks for reading and stopping by. I’ll see y’all very soon ♥️

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2 months ago | [YT] | 6

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Hey everyone!

I'm announcing a major change for my Game Reviews: 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲.

My opinion on scores have changed over the years and wrote this piece to summarize my thoughts.

tvsonic.medium.com/why-im-scoring-my-game-reviews-…

3 months ago | [YT] | 7

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🍃 Back for another Monthly Text Post for September!

Throughout August, I made a clear effort to pump out more Reviews to get back into the swing of things before the Q4 rush of games. It’s happening as early as this month, so wish me luck 😂

Donkey Kong Bananza was the big review followed by two indie games; DORONKO WANKO and Is This Seat Taken?

DK was such a massive project but I’m happy I was able to push myself to get it done. DORONKO WANKO was a fun little review followed by Is This Seat Taken? There’s a ton of Indie Games out there I want to check out (big and small) and I hope to squeeze a few more in before the end of 2025.

I put myself in the habit of finalizing the script, recording, and editing everything the Friday before the upload. I’m hoping I can avoid that going into Sept and beyond but the pressure does help 💀

As for the other projects I’ve been teasing, my revisit/retrospective of The Last of Us 2 is put on hold until Season 3 of the HBO Series gets a release date. My Sly 3 retrospective is still on for the end of September. I wrote about half of the script so far and it’s probably going to be my most personal revisit yet (super excited for this one).

The next game I am playing is Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. I’ve been meaning to play it for awhile and hopefully I can get it done before Sonic Racing CrossWorlds & Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac. After Star Wars, it’s probably only new releases reviewed for the rest of the year. Maybe something else in between but no guarantees.

In between all the reviews, I made a quick Pick Ups VLOG on my experience at Long Island Retro Gaming Expo. Although I legit came into the convention with less than $20, I had a blast. I made the most out of the experience and I’m excited to attend again next year. The Press Pass was a major bonus and I’m very honored to be given free access to the expo.

NYCC is coming up in October and that’ll probably be my next VLOG/Pick Ups video. I want to film another Collection Video but I just need to find the time 😭

Thanks for reading and sticking around, I appreciate y’all. I’ll talk to everyone very soon ♥️

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I am incredibly honored to have Long Island Retro Gaming Expo provide Press Passes for this year’s event! 👾🕹️

(video coming Wednesday 👀)

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🍂 Welcome back to my Monthly Text Post for August, I appreciate you stopping by.

I’m honestly disappointed in myself for the lack of videos I produced. Sure, I made the quick Eternal Con 2025 video but nothing else besides podcast episodes.

So, what happened? Well, I’ve been shifting around my personal priorities recently. Thinking about my future, what’s my journalism career looking like, etc. You can say I've been "busy."

There’s a lot of $#*t on my mind on top of a copious amount of other things but I’m trying to push forward and keep a positive attitude. I feel like I say this every other Monthly Text Post but I am trying to get back into the swing of things 😳

My first priority right now is the Donkey Kong Bananza Review. I’m on the final hours of the game and have a decent first draft of the script in the works. I’m aiming for an Aug 9th release.

Next, is my Last of Us 2 revisit/retrospective. I started my playthrough before DK launched, so I’ll be hopping back into it ASAP.

Lastly, I want to release a Collection video this month. I haven’t released one since February 😭 but I have a few ideas in mind (gaming & non-gaming related).

I will be attending the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo this upcoming weekend. I have like no money but I’ll try to make the best out of that experience 🎮

And that’s about it for what’s to come for August. Thank you for reading, I truly appreciate it. I’ll see you guys very soon ♥️

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We’re back with another Monthly Text Post for July 👏

For once, I feel like I am maintaining a decent schedule for videos. Not perfect and there’s still some catching up to do but I was able to meet my deadlines this month.

The past two reviews I posted, TMNT Tactical Takedown and Mario Kart World, felt like a chore to publish. Probably because I sat on these games for so long, that I felt like I missed my window for these reviews to be timely. Regardless, I’m happy with the final products and will try to be on top of my reviews more, to not feel “burnt out” or burdened by the project.

However, my Last of Us Season 2 was something I wanted to get right. I already had experience with Daredevil Born Again in terms of writing/reviewing a television series but for this video, I wanted to talk about the flaws with the show and why it “sucked.” If I did a complete review of the season, the video would have easily doubled in length.

But focusing on the flaws with the show and why I dislike it so much was a good move in my opinion. I was still able to talk about the good parts of the show while still focusing on the negative. It managed to hit a sweet spot in the algorithm, making it my most successful review this year 🤩

Looking at my videos the past few months, I realize I’m lacking more “fun” content as opposed to reviews. I definitely want to make more Collection Videos again. I’m attending Eternal Con (Long Island Comic Con) later this month and should have a VLOG on that. As a friendly reminder, comic books are cool 🤓 ☝️

My next reviews though will be The Last of Us Part 2 (Revisit/Retrospective), Donkey Kong Bananza, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, and Sly 3 (10 Year Anniversary). This is a manageable workload, depending how long I spend on DK Bananza 😭

And that’s it for this month. Thank you for reading and sticking around. I’ll see y’all very soon ❤️‍🔥

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