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In honor of how much I love you guys, I’m going to do a Q&A video on Patreon soon. You may have heard that I’m quitting my real job to start a fake job of being a YouTuber soon, and I want quickly connect with you all, face to face, to pay my respects for your support for me and what I’m making.

As usual: MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU ($10+ tiers) will have their questions answered GUARANTEED. Everyone else: if I have a good answer I’ll answer you. You can ask about anything you want, whether it’s about YouTube, video games, life, work, whatever. No limits. I live to serve.

I’ll be filming this video on JUNE 10TH, so you have ONE WEEK. Post your questions on this post.

As usual, thank you all so much. See you in the next video.

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Robert Stammitti

lol is that a real thing (quitting your job to become a YouTuber)? If so, I guess my question is: what was the push to do so? If it’s not true, my question is: when will you record a video from the cockpit of a plane?

Sunshine

Since you're a musician, how bout this? What makes a good video game music track?

Gary Rickelman

Have you come up with an accurate word to describe the feeling of unease we get in liminal spaces in games. Just had one the other day in super monkey ball 2 there's a set of levels set inside a giant whale and when you finish there's a scene outside the whale of just it in an endless sea of blue. I got a very weird unnerving chill just staring at it. I feel like there should be a specific word for this.

crowdiak

what’s your favorite sweet food? AND/OR what’s a gamecube game you would like to see remastered/rereleased?

allaboutyourblahblah

I'm new here, so you may have answered this already: what are some of your favorite albums? What makes an album great? Favorite genres? Any album recommendations? (If you don't listen to albums, then maybe answer with songs).

Chomps

Congrats on quitting your day job to do YouTube full time! My question relates to that actually. Do you experience burn out from content creation? If so how do you deal with it?

Lutecau

Do you currently or have you ever had any plans on releasing “gas station on the edge of town” on the iTunes Store? And yes, I am sorry I don’t use Spotify, sadly I haven’t the foggiest if it’s on there.

Lutecau

In another thought- I know the whims of creativity are rarely what spawns a sequel, but I want to know if the protagonist ever recovered from their trauma regarding the gas station.

Hannah Rogers

Congratulations, Austin! You deserve it! My question is how do you get the inspiration for your videos?

Hannah Rogers

Also my husband wants to know if you're single, they're simping lol

Bel

While I'm very new to your content and the community, I've watched through all your old stuff and I know how long this has been a goal of yours, one you've worked tirelessly for out of a true belief in what you can share with others about seeing new perspective in the world around us (and fun humor, of course). I am so very happy for you and I wish you the absolute best of luck.

William George

Good timing for a question I’ve been wanting to ask for a while. Is there a way I can pay for a download of all your music? Apple Music seems to be lacking and I’d rather pay you directly for hits like ‘Gas Station on the edge of town’.

DurtyDeeds 69

Hello Mr Senor Austin. What are some of your favorite odd/unremarkable spots in a video games? So happy for you and your career. It's time to live the dream!

Chris D

Was it hard to find the motivation to continue to put in a lot of work and come up with new ideas for videos back when your (no disrespect) viewership had dropped off? Was the creative pursuit itself enough to keep you satisfied? Maybe a follow-up, you now have a niche that has connected with people and the algorithm, was that just luck or did you have an idea as to how to do that?

LadyB_MemeQueen

Will you still have the alligator clips if you leave your fake job for your new real YouTube job?

Primm Slim

Congratulation on quitting. How long does it take for you to write the script for your Employment Situation Summary?

Novel

Sorry if this is a somewhat dark question but I need to ask. Do you feel any resentment that it's taken so long for you to finally see some success on YouTube? As someone who discovered you after your first Odd and Remarkable Places video, I went back and watched all your previous stuff and it's always been truly special. I just want to know if you feel as annoyed that it's taken this long for you to be able to quit your job as it has me. Because you deserved that years ago.

Jon

The question we all want answers to: now that you're going to be working for YT and dedicating more time to videos, is that enough time to bring egg busters back to life? Time taken to create those episodes was always the reasoning behind stopping them. MR.EGGBUSTER FTW!

it's mateus!

Congrats on the new move :) Do you have a video (or videos) you're most proud of? Alternatively, what's a "deep cut" video of yours that you think more people should check out?

Matthew

What food from a video game do you want to eat the most?

Leo

Congratulations! You really deserve it. Your 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 24.7 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘏𝘋 4𝘬 album in a way really changed my life and helped me through a rough time and I was so grateful and surprised that the Eggbusters funny glitch man I watched since I was a kid was the same artist. I would like to know if you’ve had any similar experiences with creators or artists that you had mainly watched or consumed for entertainment purposes, that ended up creating something that deeply and meaningfully affected your life? Peace ✌️

Jake Fee

If your life was made into a game, what would your skill tree look like? What are your health or XP bars? Cooldown abilities?

Campa T. Dog

Is there anything you think you'll miss about 'real' jobs?

dudewheresmycouch

You mentioned on some videos that you are (or were?) doing pilot school. Is it weird to drive on the road in a car after flying a plane?

MFB

Congratulations, Austin! I watch all your videos and love your music. What is your primary instrument or favorite instrument to play? I play drums, wanna jam?

rp0

Will you ever add your music to Bandcamp so I can buy it properly? Terrible question, perhaps already answered, but thought I'd ask!

Sir Chasm

In terms of DLXCLNT, what's the process for making a song? The three you've released so far have been pretty distinct, so it'd be interesting to learn if a song was headed by one or the other.

Josh Miller

As a long time Eggbusters and TPPG fan, I want to ask about your old guest star,/co-host Aysha. I know you moved away from Minnesota a bit ago, but do you still keep in touch with her? What is she up to these days? She was one of my favorite parts of the early days of your channels, so I just wanted to give her a quick shoutout. Of course, please feel free to ignore this if it's too personal or you don't wanna talk about it.

Planetbox

Comically morbid, but if you could shoot one fast food restaurant to pass away in, which would you choose? (Circumstances notwithstanding, could be a peaceful death surrounded by loved ones or a violent altercation). I'm thinking Waffle House

Carlos Hartmann

Should video games receive the same attention towards preserving them as famous pieces of art or UNESCO heritage sites? Which games could that be as of now?

Seth Peacock

What game do you know you'd like but has sat on your backlog the longest?

Miseri

Hey Austin!! I’ve been watching you since I was literally in 5th grade, and now I am a junior in college studying nursing! You gave me so much comfort in times when I felt alone. I have a strong love for video games and all things nerdy, which was hard for me to fully embrace growing up, and you helped me so much with that. Thank you for your amazing content and your funny/wholesome personality :) My question is: Do you ever look back on any regrets or sense of sad nostalgia from your old videos or anything throughout your life? I ask this because- as I watched you growing up and now look back at your videos, they still give me that same level of comfort as they did when I was a kid. Those Sunday feelings waiting for Eggbusters still hit watching those videos from such a long time ago, and they still bring me peace. But I was just curious—what do they feel like for you? Do you feel you have grown a lot since then, or do you ever reminisce about how things could have been different, or perhaps a certain memory you wish you could live in again? I know this is a lot and it’s a multi-ended question with multiple answers, but it’s just a question from the heart. I hope you’re doing well and staying safe. Again, thank you for being that comfort for me and helping me embrace my passions growing up.

Rafie Ewe

Would you ever consider expanding the Patreon to include your music stuffs? Like demos, maybe stems, and such you do now as The Excellent Man from Minneapolis? Even a separate Patreon would be cool. Also I'd love to see 7 Songs. on bandcamp!!!

Maddie King

Any chance you'll bring back the chill zone with another game? Dream choice would be Tears of the Kingdom. Have you played Psychonauts or Psychonauts 2? They both have some great skyboxes. Congrats on quitting your job! It's /not/ your master plan to go to work.

Bnnettennba

Men, women, something in between or outside the binary, all, or neither? I know we aren’t entitled to this info, and so no pressure to reveal. I’m just curious. Regardless, you’re my favorite creator on the platform. A perfect mix of humor, quiet pondering, and an appreciation for everything that goes into a game.

Sarah Sarah

No questions but I want you to know that when I listen to “Taken,” I always hear the lyric as “I’m bi and I wanna die,” and it’s honestly a great vibe. (PS I’m okay just sad sometimes lol, and I hope you’re okay too!)

CD-ROM Fossil

I'm one of the "a video about rivers?" newcomers lol. I binged all the odd and unremarkable places videos after said river video and absolutely fell in love. Anyway as for my first question on here: As a child, were you ever terrified of a non-horror game? Or heck even as an adult? Just a title that made you uneasy when it totally was not the intention of the game. My kinda embarrassing example is a game called Delta Force Black Hawk Down. As a kid I loaded into a multiplayer map just to explore it and dream of being able to play online with friends (game was long dead by the time I got a hold of it). However, about two seconds in I just froze. The map was dead silent. The ambience was supposed to be players shooting at each other the devs didn't put anything else in. So since it was just me there was...nothing. My own footsteps spooked me due to it being like the only noise lol. I just froze and was for some reason even too terrified to pause and exit. What if something weird happened if I paused? lol super dorky. Your odd and unremarkable places videos remind me of the times when I would just explore levels and try to do SOMETHING in the unused space. Bring life to the lifeless. And this would lead to me getting spooked at the nothingness lol.

Default Sim

Have you ever read any books that talk about how you approach spaces in video games? Two that come to mind for me are Non-Places by Marc Augé, and Place and Placelessness by Edward Relph. However these both tend to characterize the empty, forgotten, or incidental places as failures of one system or another rather than a pleasant experience in and of themselves.

The Bread Pirate

Dear Austin, How do you deal with burnout? Sincerely, - A Fellow Youtuber

AntiMS

I'm stoked to see an increase in content! Are you likely to change your channel names more in the future, or is that passe now?

Olias Gnat

Which music platform do you get the most plays on?

Leila O.

Were you a Nintendo, Sega, PlayStation, xbox or PC kid growing up?

Bigsicko

What is your favorite joke you have ever written for a video? Your "I don't have a son, stop calling me" line from the Banjo Kazooie skybox video always gets a good laugh out of me.

Gg

I missed the cutoff by a day. Ain't that about a theme.