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Hey everyone.

I don't really have a fat lot to say but I thought I'd make a post about what I've been up to anyway.

As I mentioned last time I started a new job at the beginning of October and it's... ok I guess?

I'll be honest, while I am still glad to have gotten out of my previous day job... I'm not entirely convinced this is something I want to stick with, even if that might be because it's just way more busy than usual right now.

I don't really have any other choice but to keep at it and see how it goes once Black Friday and Christmas are out of the way, all whilst dealing with an ongoing injury  but... there we are.

I do however have some video related news at least!

I've spent the last 3-4 weeks using what free time I now have outside of work to begin putting together what might be my next video.

This is a review of a game I had actually already written the script for back in 2019, and went back to tweak a little to remove unnecessary bits and tone down some of the crazier parts of filming I'd originally written in as I won't have the time/energy/inclination to do them any more... but it's coming along well so far.

Given it was one of the last scripts I'd written before my 3 months gap at the end of last year, and that my writing style hasn't really changed that much since then... it didn't take much changing to come up with what I've now got.

The only real hurdle I'm having is how far I can go with editing using my original PC...

I did put this on twitter but for those that may not have seen it, the latest development with my "new PC" is that while I did send it away to get repaired, it came back in even worse shape and constantly blue screened on me to the point of it being returned for a full refund after two days of getting it back.

...and then it conveniently got lost in the post for a couple of weeks on the way back to them.

Thankfully the issue is resolved and I have all of my money back but it's now a matter of finding another computer which given I know little about them outside of how to use them for video editing... might be a struggle.

I may try and take advantage of Black Friday though, as I might be able to snag a decent one during the sales... but we'll see.

As it stands right now, and as you can see from the image above I've managed to record the script into a voiceover, and put all of the gameplay into place. The PC is struggling though. Even these first steps of simply lining up clips without adding effects is making the preview window lag at times and Vegas itself crashes more often because of it so... I'll see how far I can go.

Everything is saved onto my external HDD (as usual) so it shouldn't be an issue for me to carry on editing this one once I sort out a better computer.

Free time is the other thing I need back as well to be honest. Once Black Friday is out of the way I may be in a position to ask for one of my days of back on a more frequent basis, just so I can unwind and focus on things I'd actually enjoy doing again.

I have some other plans for other video related projects I'd like to try and get involved in come the new year, but I need other things to go my way before I start thinking about that.

Once this next video is finished (whenever that may be) I'll probably drop it a day or two early for you guys as a sort of "thanks for your patience" type thing.

Cheers everyone.

- Pete