Overwatch 2 + Halloween Video Update (Patreon)

Hi everyone. I hope you're all well.

I thought I'd make a quick update post on the state of the Overwatch 2 video, the next project, as production has shifted gears somewhat.

The video was initially meant to be a quick impressions on the state of Overwatch 2, and what it was like approaching the game in [Current Year]. However the longer I spent with Overwatch 2, the more it became apparent that a short video isn't going to do the job properly. There's more inside this game which deserves to be mentioned than the simple nostalgic farewell that I'd planned would be able to cover.

So the script for this video, originally just over 2'000 words, is now comfortably over 5'000, and just a hair over what King's Quest was. It's turned into a beast and I've just today re-recorded the new script. The old edit was half done, and while replacing VO is easier than constructing video sequences from scratch (and I'm quite adept at replacing VO speedily anyway thanks to all my many takes I made for Life is Strange Abridged back in the day), I don't have an ETA on when this video will be done. Hopefully sooner rather than later. I'll collect questions a few days before it goes out. 

I also want to report that I had to scrap plans for a Halloween themed video. That might sound related to the OW2 shenanigans above but it really isn't. Simply put, every game idea I had ended up falling apart early in preproduction or even just falling apart thinking about covering the game itself at this time. 

DUSK? No, I covered a Szymanski title last month, I don't want to look like I'm riding the guy's coattails. Detention? No, that game covers a real-world evil tragedy and I don't want to highlight it in the context of the pumpkin and skeleton season. FEAR? Not this year. Among The Sleep, a game I actually backed on Kickstarter and only finally got to playing recently? Maybe another time, as it turned out to be not very good. I'd rather use it to contextualise what I don't like about a lot of modern horror games, which I don't think fits with Halloween. Halloween should be celebration.

None of this is going into the original plan, with a game I will cover in the future, but whose script eclipses that of the Overwatch script and I'm not even finished yet.

So apologies, but no Halloween video. These things happen. I only mention it because I talked about it in a previous post. After Overwatch I hope to do my God of War 2018 video and get that out before Ragnarok. That video will likely also be large, but a bit more straightforward than this one. I hope. 

The next time I post should be to collect questions. Hope to hear from you all then.

- Jack