Update on various video projects/thank you for your patience! (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

Just thought that it's been a few weeks since I updated you all, so I'm going to do that now!

First up - videos. Been trying my absolute damnedest to get a big project looking at the Armoured Core series done before the end of the month but I'm not sure it's going to happen. It's taking a look at, if not the entire series (there are a helluva lot of sequels to sequels and spin offs), then most of it. Basically in anticipation for 6 I got curious about the series, went back and became absolutely enthralled with it. Really excited for this piece, it's just like I say it's a big one (think Hitman video length) and I don't want to rush it out at the expense of a) the quality of the video or b) my health. 

I say this at 3:15am on a Saturday morning, where I've just realised the enormity of trying to get the project done with the amount of other stuff I have to focus on before the month is out. Just reached that point of thinking "I want to sleep! Please YouTube, let me sleep!" Hopefully you understand.

February is always a bit of a tough month in that regard (when your "deadline" amounts to "the end of the month," you really start to miss those few extra days after a while), but this month also had some family stuff that I won't bore you with that kinda messed with the workflow a bit.

Outside of that though, with a project this big I'm trying to say to myself "hey, it's ok to take your time with this. You don't need that constant pressure. The audience will still be there and the resulting video will be better for the extra time." I guess with YouTube there's always the pressure to keep putting stuff out there, and so when I see the main channel's last upload tick over to "1 month ago" there's a primal, visceral anxiety that runs through my bones, haha. Been trying to look at other examples of channels that, especially when dealing with longer videos, can take months upon months between uploads (don't worry, I'm not planning to get to that stage any time soon) and they still have people there supporting them. 

Basically what I'm saying is that I could not be more grateful for your support and your patience while I get this thing done and out there. It really means the world and I hope that, even if you're not interested in Armoured Core, you get a kick out of this video (after all, I'm writing it from the perspective of a Souls fan who didn't really know what to expect going in, and now AC has become one of my favourite series!). 

If that's not your thing though, I do have a few shorter videos in various stages of production that I might try and finish up before the end of the month. I originally planned on doing a kind of episode by episode analysis on The Last of Us series, but I might bunch that up into a lil vid just now, then do a full series analysis and release that next month. Got a lot of thoughts on that show (being such a massive fan of the first game) and hopefully you are interested in hearing them. It was really heartening to see such a positive response to my Edge of Tomorrow vid I released at the end of last month - I'm glad people are into me sharing my thoughts about types of media other than games! 

Other than that, my shorter projects involve a quick look at an aspect of emulation I don't see talked about a lot, and a return to the good ol' Tony Hawk series, specifically examining the open world structure of the later games. 

So yeah, one of those videos I'm going to try to get out before the end of the month, then the big Armoured Core project will hopefully be done a few days after that. Also maybe wanted to experiment with using YouTube Shorts to do some micro essays - think that could be an interesting challenge. 

Anyway, I could go on (I have a billion ideas for videos after this lot that I could spend all day going into) but I'll leave it there for now. Just wanted to let you know that I'm still working away and what you might expect in the next few days/weeks. Cannot thank you enough for continuing to support the channel - none of this would be possible without your pledges. Again, your patience is greatly appreciated, and I hope you enjoy the upcoming video projects. 

Thanks again,

Hamish

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