Flip Flopped
Kind of blindsided you all with a shadow drop How Astro Bot Breaks the Fourth Wall essay last Friday. Sorry about that. The reception has been great, but...
How Astro Bot Breaks the Fourth Wall
👋🏻 I know I said I was going to build a runway, but I changed my mind. I'll share more next time, but I have headache and wanted to let you all know that I...
The Warm Glow
👋🏻 I haven't been very good at the "real-ish time" part of this newsletter. I am leaning heavy on the "-ish." But progress is being made! We have a good...
Too Many Systems
👋🏻 I don't think it is difficult for you, dear reader, to surmise that I am in a creative struggle with my essays. I think I know why. I've been spending a...
Corrupted Desks
👋🏻 I don't feel like I've been taking full advantage of building that proverbial runway. I've picked a topic—conceptually titled "We Can 'Never" Go Back"—and...
Mellow Runway
👋🏻 Finished my first draft last week while away in Indiana. Feels good man. And now, I am not gonna look at it for five more weeks. 🙃 "How long you let your...
Integral Shenanigans
👋🏻 So a month ago now, I went down a fun rabbit hole while looking for a very specific save file. As you may know, my next essay is about Astro Bot and the...
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...
