All right, I've officially hit 2.5K subscribers which is a very minor milestone but I'll take it. Thanks so much to everyone who's subbed so far. I wanted to give a preview of my video plans for the next little while so you know what to expect from my channel in the near future. The titles and release times are super tentative right now, and I might throw in some much shorter videos like my Open World Games one if there's interest. We'll see what my schedule allows for. I also may completely change my mind about one as I start working on it but this is at least what I want to do right now:
-End of December: Cool Games I Played in 2024- Just me praising a bunch of cool indie games to end the year with some positivity and game recommendations, because there's some amazing stuff out there.
-January/February: The True Successors to Disco Elysium- Some weeks ago there was a flurry of announcements that fragments of the Disco Elysium team had spread out and made their own studios with competing projects to take up the mantle of "Disco Elysium Successor." XXX Nightshift even has a trailer already. But I think we've already got some strong contenders for the crown: Slay the Princess and NORCO. So this video will talk about those two games and how they clearly carry on the legacy of Disco Elysium without being obvious copycats like XXX Nightshift looks like it will be.
-April (?): Historical Atrocity as Power Fantasy- Dragon Age Inquisition and Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous both feature the player leading organizations named for real-world entities with very dark, bloody histories (the Inquisition and Crusades, respectively), but makes their versions of the organizations vessels for power fantasies. How do these games make that translation in their own ways? How are their approaches different? Do they work? Do they not work? We'll find out together. I'm putting a question mark after April because I am going to have to do some actual historical research for this one which might take a while.
-Some time after I get around to playing Veilguard: The Only Honest Critique of Veilguard- There's a lot of ragebait about Veilguard right now. I'll pour a cup of water onto the raging trash fire by making my own full deep-dive critique that actually addresses the game's successes and failures on its own terms. Whatever they may be. I haven't played it yet. Maybe it'll still be all negative, but I expect "mixed feelings" is the more likely outcome.
-Some time after Avowed comes out and I play it: A Review of Avowed- My first video to get noticed was partly about how much I love Pillars of Eternity so I kind of have to do a followup on how Avowed carries the Eoran torch once it's out, don't I?
So that's my intention for now. If any of those look especially exciting to you, let me know! If any of them look especially awful and uninteresting, also let me know (nicely)!
Echo Bizarre
All right, I've officially hit 2.5K subscribers which is a very minor milestone but I'll take it. Thanks so much to everyone who's subbed so far. I wanted to give a preview of my video plans for the next little while so you know what to expect from my channel in the near future. The titles and release times are super tentative right now, and I might throw in some much shorter videos like my Open World Games one if there's interest. We'll see what my schedule allows for. I also may completely change my mind about one as I start working on it but this is at least what I want to do right now:
-End of December: Cool Games I Played in 2024-
Just me praising a bunch of cool indie games to end the year with some positivity and game recommendations, because there's some amazing stuff out there.
-January/February: The True Successors to Disco Elysium-
Some weeks ago there was a flurry of announcements that fragments of the Disco Elysium team had spread out and made their own studios with competing projects to take up the mantle of "Disco Elysium Successor." XXX Nightshift even has a trailer already. But I think we've already got some strong contenders for the crown: Slay the Princess and NORCO. So this video will talk about those two games and how they clearly carry on the legacy of Disco Elysium without being obvious copycats like XXX Nightshift looks like it will be.
-April (?): Historical Atrocity as Power Fantasy-
Dragon Age Inquisition and Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous both feature the player leading organizations named for real-world entities with very dark, bloody histories (the Inquisition and Crusades, respectively), but makes their versions of the organizations vessels for power fantasies. How do these games make that translation in their own ways? How are their approaches different? Do they work? Do they not work? We'll find out together. I'm putting a question mark after April because I am going to have to do some actual historical research for this one which might take a while.
-Some time after I get around to playing Veilguard: The Only Honest Critique of Veilguard-
There's a lot of ragebait about Veilguard right now. I'll pour a cup of water onto the raging trash fire by making my own full deep-dive critique that actually addresses the game's successes and failures on its own terms. Whatever they may be. I haven't played it yet. Maybe it'll still be all negative, but I expect "mixed feelings" is the more likely outcome.
-Some time after Avowed comes out and I play it: A Review of Avowed-
My first video to get noticed was partly about how much I love Pillars of Eternity so I kind of have to do a followup on how Avowed carries the Eoran torch once it's out, don't I?
So that's my intention for now. If any of those look especially exciting to you, let me know! If any of them look especially awful and uninteresting, also let me know (nicely)!
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