And the Next Essay is...
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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 video version of my beef with the capture card company Elgato. Then I announced this Game Library project/idea and made a video for that. I've had a very good month over on the blog.
That also means I haven't really poured time into making my next essay. Like I said last time,
"...I am out of rhythm. I need to get back in the groove and make, make, make."
I was just telling a friend that I feel skills slipping through my fingers like sand. I have made articles and videos that use these skills, but I haven't leaned them back into another video essay.
It's time to pick an essay and get off the pot, as they say.
I have two that I am pulled toward, the Astro Bot and the Fourth Wall essay I've mentioned a time or two and one about physical media and intentionality. I have more research for the Fourth Wall, but sense scope creep. I feel more excited about physical media, but that's likely due to the Switch 2 launch being a week away.
Astro Bot and the Fourth Wall it is.
I think this will be a good one to test in NotebookLM too, given I was going down a research paper rabbit hole when working on it back in March. You know I'll report back later.
Until next time...
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