My HDMI Gremlin
👋🏻 Since my last letter, I have been...derailed. I have had a major, seemingly infectious, HDMI capture issue. Ever since plugging in my Switch 2 to (what I...
A Clarifying Visitation
👋🏻 We have an outline. ✨ Oooohhh ahhhhhh. ✨ Be excited! Earlier this week I sat down with all the research and thoughts I did three months ago and...
Broken Glass
👋🏻 Production has kicked into gear on what I have been affectionately calling "Astro Bot and Breaking Gaming's Fourth Wall."1 I spent the last two mornings...
And the Next Essay is...
👋🏻 It's been a spell, hasn't it? I took those flights and finished writing We Need to Talk About Game Prices, Review Scores, and Quality. Then I finished a...
Fuzzy Search
👋🏻 Last week, I went down an archiving and AI fueled rabbit hole. I have wanted a way to use a LLM to search my public writing. As shocking as it may be, Max...
Japanese Jazz Think Sessions
👋🏻 My Switch 2 Reveal video is not performing quite like I thought it world. Perhaps it wasn't timely enough. Perhaps the SEO is off. Maybe people are sick...
Deadlines Work
👋🏻 Switch 2 pre-order locked in successfully (after much strife). New video finished successfully (after much strife). I hope you enjoy. I don't think I'll...
Momentum Killers
👋🏻 I am twenty-ish percent done with the video edit? Trying to be super lean and use most of Nintendo's B-Roll for the Switch 2. I keep telling myself "No!"...
What Came First? The Video or the Thumbnail?
👋🏻 I've been a bit distracted. My bad. From my last letter; I've been taking my time to write a beefy blog post that's well researched and sourced. Then,...
Getting Dull
👋🏻 I can feel my pull to the work slipping as time marches on and now real "progress" is being made. That bums me out; it discourages me. Then Nintendo...
Staying Sharp
👋🏻 I am almost done with Rangarök. I have been straight mainlining the campaign, against my gamer pull to side activities. I am sitting at 21 hours and I...
Chip Gains
👋🏻 I need/want a new computer. I have for quite some time, but the scales have tipped more and more toward need than flat out want in recent months. Don't...
Facing Ragnarök
👋🏻 All has been quiet on the proverbial Western front of essay creation. I was diving down the research paper rabbit hole—like real, honest published...
Cabin in the Woods
👋🏻 I am back in another forced scenario. We are up in the mountains of north Georgia for a wedding this weekend and a quiet cabin is a perfect vibe for...
The Quote from Elsewhere
👋🏻 The behind the scenes post is live. I backed up the project folder. I cleared off the SSD. That felt good. Two terabytes just liberated with a few clicks....
Behind the Scenes of "The Spirit of Super Mario Galaxy"
👋🏻 Hiya readers. For those that are not aware, after each essay, I write a huge Behind the Scenes article that explores the creative process and the lessons...
Intermixing Linearity
👋🏻 Progress on the behind the scenes post is good so far. It will be out next week. Maybe not Monday, but next week for sure. I've been toying with the idea...
The Spirit of Super Mario Galaxy
👋🏻 We did it fam. The Spirit of Super Mario Galaxy is out. Pushing a video live is never less nerve-racking, no matter how many times you do it. I've been...
Phhhhewwwewewewwwwww
👋🏻 As I so eloquently put it yesterday, the video is finished. It will be live on Monday, February 17 at 12:00 PM EST. And what a relief it is to type that...
We Did It
👋🏻 I'll have more to say next time. My brain is mush. Until next time...
