Hey, This Is An Update (Patreon)

Ahoy!  While I've been good about getting the content out, I haven't been so good at getting Patreon updates notifying you about the content. To my knowledge, all of you are aware of my posts through Medium or Twitter, so that's not a big barrier, but if not, hey, I'm gonna try to do my best to post updates more frequently.

Where are we at now? I'm currently streaming The Last of Us 2, writing about The Last of Us (long sto

What are the most recent updates I've done since the last Patreon post?

Well:

I wrote about how I actually capture the near-terabyte of game captures I have on my computer while talking through some tech support issues for a friend:  https://medium.com/@DocSeuss/in-which-i-explain-my-system-setup-e8eb753531da 

I wrote about my frustrations with certain forms of critical analysis and how they're rooted in Tatlin-esque Constructivism  and why I think that's a problem, using the words of other artists to do it. https://medium.com/@DocSeuss/should-art-say-things-5229ab9c8909

I've been quietly working on a companion piece called "does art say things?" which is a sort of... response to myself. If part 1 was "don't preach, and please understand that we have other means of communication than discrete lessons" part 2 is "but you, the artist, do say things; you are not absolved of responsibility. You shape the world, and you have to think about how you do it."

Most recently, I provided a quick explanation for why I have issues with how Naughty Dog tells stories. This is part 1 of 3. Part 2 is The Last of Us, the game that, in a major way, inspired me to write last year's two-part "Prestige Games" piece, where I (think I?) coined the term "prestige games" as a comparison to "prestige tv" and discussed the flaws with it. Part 3 will be about The Last of Us 2. You can read Part 1 here:  https://medium.com/@DocSeuss/so-im-gonna-be-streaming-murder-daughter-2-the-revengening-and-i-want-to-be-fair-so-lets-talk-221c25c24e22 

My Wii is finally back from the shop and outputting at a crisp 480p for streaming, but it's still having some issues with gamecube games; fear not, I ~will~ solve this problem and we will stream.

I'm slowly starting to upload my playthroughs of Shadow of the Colossus and some of Nier Automata, since several of you expressed an interest in seeing me stream and live-analyze those games. Now that Mixer is dead, I'm moving over to twitch.tv/docseuss.

Without your support, I don't know where I'd be. I am so grateful, so absolutely grateful, that you value my criticism enough to support me, and I will continue doing my best to write valuable stuff. Thank you so much. I love you all.

In an effort to be more productive, I'm finally taking the advice of some friends who helped me escape the abusive situation I was in last year and seeking trauma therapy. I'm also looking into getting my adult ADHD treated. The hope is that I'll be able to write more frequently. I have... 13 actual drafts waiting to be finished, and I keep working on them in parallel, rather than serially. Focus is a thing I need medical treatment for. I'm also trying to manage the pain and neuropathy issues caused by diabetes without being able to afford actual medical insurance, so that's fun. I really appreciate you bearing with me.

As usual, if you've got a game you'd like me to write about or stream, please ping me. I'm always interested in finding out what people think I'd be good at talking about, and I'm always trying to do my best to be entertaining and worthwhile. I hope my work continues to be helpful.

PS: updated my intro for this page, since I have uh... graduated from college and shipped some games since then, lol. Nothing major! I'll be streaming more Last of Us 2 soon.