Update Blog - 5/18/19 (Patreon)

Honestly, I didn't intend to have this happen, but this turned out to be a Double Video Game Review Week were I got 2 reviews out with a game based on a show and a movie based on a game. I never expected to take a temporary strange U-turn, but at least it worked out well in the end :)

- Released my review of The Walking Dead (Telltale Season One): Admittedly, I was skeptical at first because I was not familiar with the franchise at all and only know just the basic concept of what it is. Luckily, this case only requires at least that amount of knowledge to get into this. The rest is all original. I can understand that some flaws are unique to different platforms. Like, I'm sure I might've had a better time with the controls on PC than I did on the Switch. I'm glad I put out that context before starting the review itself. What it turned out was sometime I exactly needed both for the experience and refuel my creative energy. I had a bit of a burnout before, so just taking the time to play this felt great as I'm both working and not working at the same time. Then, when it was time to get into the review, I decided to go all out and make this one special, as it was the first time I'm reviewing the game since the Epic Mickey games. I'm especially proud of the effect with 2 AniMats talking, that turned out to be pretty cool. That and to format the review a bit like a Telltale game in itself with the running gag of choices. But I'm also happy I played this because it was an emotionally engaging story. Many have told me that I should also try out The Wolf Among Us, as it was noted to be possibly Telltale's best game they've made, so I'll put that in consideration between my rounds of Smash Ultimate. Overall, this game helped me both to make an awesome review and in the long run to make more.

- Released my review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu: This is a pretty interesting case. Even though it's not necessarily based on anything animation related, as a longtime Pokémon fan, I knew I couldn't pass the opportunity and felt like I am absolutely qualified to put my piece in this, especially when I can just decorate my desk with some of my Pokemon stuff (Fun Fact: the Pikachu hat I was wearing is decorated with all 8 Kanto gym badges). After watching the film, I felt pretty satisfied with it as a fan. Less about the movie itself, but more for the Pokémon experience. I know a lot of people love it because of that, but now that I know what it is and all that stuff, I think I'll enjoy it the next times I do conveniently watch it again, to forget the crappy movie aspects and just keep my eye out on all the Pokémon references. Shouldn't have been surprised of how it came out since this was from Rob Letterman (which the same result happened with Goosebumps, but at least Pikachu did not have as bad of writing or acting as Slappy's movie), but it did turn out to be fun and love the visuals created for this. That's where I felt the most love and effort was put in here. Not the best of the year, but I'm glad it didn't turn out bad :) Oh, and by the way, the cards I got were a Detective Pikachu and a Magikarp.

- Created a new episode of The Art of AniMat: I wanted to take a moment to get out of working on review after review and try out something new and entirely different, which The Art of AniMat can supply me with exactly that. For my next art piece that I filmed myself making, I wanted to try out something completely new and go out of the usual Photoshop drawings or paintings. This time, I'm gonna be going into the art of paper cutting. I'm not gonna go crazy and do like those very complex cuts that would take days to create, but a pretty cool idea to make a fascinating illusion. I won't say what the subject will be yet, but I can say that it will be based on a currently popular trend that many have some mixed feelings with. It's gonna be an awesome episode when it does come out next month, so keep an eye out on that one ;)

- Started another new Special Review: I just realized that I have been making a lot fo those lately, especially this year. But yes, I did get another special request for me to get out of the animation realm and go into new territories. However, unlike some of the previous ones where I talked about some lesser known projects, this one will be on a movie that many are quite familiar with and have often been quoted. The most I could say is that it's part of a rather unusual trilogy and this is the perfect excuse for me to see it since I have seen (and highly enjoyed) the other 2. I've already went through a lot of insane stuff like a little clay caterpillar, a zombie video game and a live-action Pokémon movie, so I'm ready for whatever this film delivers.

- REMINDER FOR PATRONS $50+/MONTH: This month's Google Hangouts Chat will be happening on Sunday the 19th and both at 2pm EST. Let me know if you're not available for either so I'll organize a quick chat.

And that should be it with my special video game week. I can promise you right now that starting next week, I will go back to my usual animation-related programming, but this was still a lot of fun, right? Anyways, until next time...

See ya later, dudes!