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Question Submissions for the Next Patreon Q&A (Patreon)

Published:
2024-11-25 23:52:19
Imported:
2026-06

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Hello everyone. This post is a place for you to post any question you may have for the next Patreon Q&A, which will go live in early December. If you posted a question on the post for the last Q&A I may still get to it, but posting it here will ensure I see it.

As usual, $10+ members will have their questions read. Other members will only have them read if I feel like I have a good answer and I feel like answering it. Thanks everyone!

Here's a link to past Q&A videos if you'd like to listen to them.

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Tyler Nethers

Cage match between Morris Bart and Ed Womac. Who walks away?

Trevor Liban

I'm travelling to New Orleans in January. Anything you recommend I should go see there?

Young God

Will you please listen to my cousins band Ashley Jaguar thank you

Grey Voice

Do you think that Metroid Prime 2 Echoes would warrant a video by you regarding how intricate the culture of the Luminoth were? There is so much to unpack regarding the architecture, the infrastructure, and even the large "sky boxes" that make the game feel like your exploring a real alien civilization.

Tomfoolery

What made you start youtube? What drew you in? Any advice for people wanting to start? (Basic I know but it's a classic)

Gogger

When working on a new video, do you have a good idea about the parts you will be on screen and the parts that are just V.O. early on. Or is that something that gets determined during the editing process?

Cassie

The lyrics to the chorus of "Taken" bear some similarity to a Belle & Sebastian song, was this intentional or just a coincidence? Do you have any specific artists at the moment that you draw inspiration from when making music?

Novel

When playing a contemporary 3D game that purposely emulates a retro low-poly aesthetic, do you struggle to engage with it as naturally as you would an actual N64 game, because you know it's being somewhat disingenuous? Or do you find yourself just as immersed as you would an N64 game you've never played before. Tl;Dr - does knowing it's a fake low-poly effect, subconsciously affect your enjoyment/immersion of a game?

Kory

Have you ever tried writing music in a classical style? Classical like Chopin or Bach. Or Anna Clyne. I tend to write for both classical style and more electronic video game style. I really love both in different ways! Curious if you have any thoughts on the matter.

Hannah Barnes

What's a space in a game you wish you could experience for yourself, either to visit or inhabit for a longer period of time? Why? (If you choose my question would you please not include my name?)

thalia

would you like to tell us about barbuta?

Samuel Edwards

How often do you go back and watch your old videos?

Tyler

If applicable, when do you start your Christmas shopping?

Matthew

If you could play a video game adaptation of any movie, what movie would you choose

Gary Rickelman

You get a single Kirby copy ability to be the most useful in your daily life what you got?

Jase Andrews

How do you feel about game console "gimmicks"? Nintendo obviously does this best and most often with things like the Wii's motion control, and very successfully with the Switching of the Switch. I've always felt like the proprietary hardware of a console which exclusive games are designed around is pretty much the only thing that differentiates console from PC. That's why I think the Xbox has struggled so much to have staying power, it's essentially a less customizable PC. Tl;dr just curious if you feel like a gimmick is an annoying obstacle to playing games "normally" or if it makes it more compelling for you?

Unclaimed Baggage

How do you feel about Eggbusters in retrospect? Do you think back fondly on it? Would you ever consider doing a throwback video just for fun or is it not economic given your current success? What would eggbusters era Austin say if current Austin went back in time and told the eggbusters era Austin your channel has over 500k subscribers. Cheers!

Evan Stewart

you've done a lot of videos on employment rates, have you considered trying to make sense of how some game's economy functions (or more likely, does not function?)

Jellybean The Brave

Who gave you the idea you could make content? Did you always want to perform and saw it as a good medium, or did making videos want to make you do other things like music? Or something totally different

Bigsicko

Which is the best video game console start up noise?

radium girl

Would you consider yourself a religious person? Do you think your beliefs, or lack thereof, influence the way you approach content and scriptwriting? Noticed the topic of god and prayer sometimes pops up in your videos at times I didn't expect, not a bad thing by any means - I'm just curious on your thoughts.

Griff

Do you ever let your hair down? (literally)

EMTEA64

Hi!! New Patron and fan here! TWO QUESTIONS: What is your favorite album you've made, and what's your favorite album in general?

James Treacy

Are there any things that as an editor you do or don’t do purely on principle (such as usually not doing collaborations because you yourself find them jarring/not what the viewer wants)

Birding Antifa

Have you thought about moving recently?

DAVERGAMER

How do you feel about the growth of AI and AI tools? Do you find AI scary or just another tool for artists to use? I saw blender had the option for ai generated textures to save time finding textures for all your small details, I kinda liked the idea of but, it was still controversial of course and I’m curious to see what you think of things.

DAVERGAMER

Slight follow up but I’ve found that character ai and other ai chat bots can be a great form of therapy (though by no means a replacement) for talking out your issues in a safe environment and to characters that doesn’t harm or mentally affect anyone. Just my personal thoughts but in the right place I think AI can be a big help

Duncan Kelly

Have you played either of the Final Fantasy 7 Remakes? I think they have a ton of incidental story telling similar to what you mentioned in the first unremarkable and odd Assassin's Creed video.

Lawrence

Have you had a recent introspection of your existing content where you now disagreed with the points, observations you made or opinions you had? If yes, what was it ?

Nick P

Have you ever tech deck/fingerboarded?

wyatt

Did you ever release the outro song you used in vg wham episode 3? I vaguely remember hearing a version with the lyrics: "every time I see you, I get a bit more happy", but I can't find it for the life of me. here's the episode link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6sm9KMbDkM

Jenny Two-Times

Do you have a favorite thing about Thanksgiving time in New Orleans?

Nicholas Tibbetts

What's your favorite animal and why is it the pangolin

ronny donnyonyae

How would you compare Minneapolis/the twin cities to New Orleans?

Sir Chasm

It's abundantly clear that Barbuta is your favorite game in UFO 50, but what are some of your other favorites?

Ryan Kagy

Can you explain the hair clips? Is it utility, or fashion, or some other reason entirely?

Meraki

I really admire how your scriptwriting translates into such a casual and humorous tone while still remaining detailed. In my own experience I find scripts I write translate super awkwardly — any tips in this area?

Kevin Hilt

What's your typical sleep schedule now that you aren't required to structure your days around working shifts at a "normal" job?

Julia

Your latest videos have done realllyy well!!! (Congrats!! :) ). (Maybe the algorithm has picked up on your channel more?) What is that like for you? Do you feel more pressure to perform/keep the algorithm happy now or are you mostly happy that you are getting recognition? Cheers!!

getaglow

Have you ever visited any place that is referenced in a scene of a movie or video? For example I went to Waterloo Station because it was in Bourne Ultimatum. On my next trip to DC, I'll stop by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Because it's there.

Max Hartle

If you could become the humanoid physical embodiment of any United states city which would it be and why? How would your appearance change?

Mr. Puddin’

Do you like the Hitman games and do you think you might make videos about them? Would you do a woodworking video with your cool woodworker friend about Ghost of Tsushima (it has some great woodwork!)

$aturn¥oshi

Are you making anymore music? I have some of your songs saved on my Spotify Playlist.

Yagito

Do you have anything you'd consider a "toxic gaming trait"? Either silly or serious For example, if I'm watching a streamer/let's player and they're playing pretty poorly, it makes me want to buy the game for the sole reason of seeing if I can play better than them lol

Blair

How do you determine what degree of intimacy you're comfortable sharing with your viewers? It was interesting to me in your Los Santos power grid video that you felt comfortable showing your underwear in your closet, but definitely not on your body for example. You take a fairly familiar and approachable stance in your persona, so I'm interested to hear your thoughts on your privacy as a public figure.

Edie

⭐Edit: Scratch what I said below in my original comment. Now that I have spent more time with the archive, I wanna ask: in your eyes, how best should someone who comes across your stuff for the first time go about getting into it? because I'm sure there's lots of other [me]s who are gonna stumble in like, /wow, this is cool, where do I start?/ [Another edit: I decided to just delete the original comment. It used to be here📌🗑️] [Back at ya with another edit omd I JUST found the July '22 post where Robert S asked a similar question... I'm gonna keep on digging⛏️]

Atran Raikany

Do you have any favorite unremarkable and odd places from the real world?

OPAL

at the risk of asking something that was already asked/answered: why the hair clips? no hate, just genuinely curious.

$aturn¥oshi

A follow-up question. Would you be interested in making videos about your song making process?

Swayne Wilcutt

I've described your channel to some people as the "Gas Station Simulator of Youtube channels". You do what should probably be boring, but it's comfortable and I like it a lot. How do you describe your channel / what you do to people who aren't really internet savvy?

okaykayli

What inspires you the most when making your music? Also, did you make the transition music you use in your employment rate videos/other videos on your channel? I’m a new fan and love that you put your stuff at the end of each video. Very cool lofi vibes :)

Seth Peacock

Favorite recurring Zelda weirdo (tingle, beedle, etc)?

Dylaodylao

Sorry if these have been asked before - new patron! What is your favorite piece of music from a video game of all time? As a fellow midwesterner - what sparked the move from the Midwest to Louisiana?

Dave Blake

What's your favorite book?

Natty

How many hours of work does a typical video take to make, from inception of the idea, research, playing the game and editing?

Maxim T.

I was watching one of your recent videos about call of duty, in which you discovered the bureau of labor statistics was in one of the cutscenes and I remember thinking to myself, man i would have loved to see you make that discovery in real time :D anyway it got me thinking about how my favorite thing about your older videos was the unscripted and spontaneous delivery style. Since your newer, more skripted videos are so successful and great in their own right, you're probably not going to switch that aspect up any time soon, but i was wondering if it would make sense to upload some of your unedited,more raw footage as a patreon perc or something. (Greetings from Germany, i hope everyone is having a nice Christmas time :)

Celt Glider

I back up this, i was wondering what is your thoughts on the more unscripted, free thinking kinda videos !

EMTEA64

tomorrow

AntiMS

When you're grinding in a game strictly just to progress to the part where you need to be in order to do a video or research for a video (like, getting to a city in a Pokemon game so you can do an unemployment video or getting to where you need to be to pull off a glitch), have you ever considered using either exploits/glitches or hacks (like cheat engines or trainers/save-file-editing) to speed that part of the process up?

Campa T. Dog

Why the same white shirt in all of your latest videos?

Bel

Sorry this isn't a question I just wanted to say that I'm playing through Fatum Betula right now after your recommendation and it is the most amazing immersive vibe of a game. It's been a great experience and I appreciate you shining some light on it.

discograph

Please be careful about how much personal data and information you share with AI. It is difficult to overstate the risks of this. Even if the AI and the company associated with it follow ethical principals today, it is possible that in the future someone else could get access to that information or someone else could take over who would cause harm. Please stay safe!

Alvaro Aguayo

Off the top of your head, without any specifics, do you have book recommendations (about literally anything)?

Spaekto

Forgive me if this question has been asked before, but what do you like to watch on youtube?

asvpdynasty

Hey video boy are we getting more unemployment reports? Would one a month be possible? This videos help me fall asleep so they're really what I subscribe for.

Alec Hash

Could you please do a video on the homes in Halo:Reach. Seen most prominently in the first mission of the game. It is clear so much thought went into designing the unique architecture of these houses and how they fit into the culture of the planet. And all for what is background scenery that most people will run past! I have spent hours looking at these houses in the game there are so many tiny unique details to get lost in. For example how they took the time to model an electric pulley system for the windows of the houses. Looking at the houses made me think of your Skyrim woodworking video and yes I paid $10 just to ask this because I can’t get the idea out of my head I’ve been wanting to tell you this for a while now. You really should at least take a look at the houses to see if you’d be interested

Scavenger

Are you planning to release another album/more music? Love the stuff you've made. Also if I'm allowed a second question what's your plan for the new year?

Will Roesner

Hey Austin, my question is: Do you ever face creative block (particularly with your music)? You’ve made several albums, is there anything that you do to keep the process of music-making exciting and novel? Bonus question: what’s your favorite coffee shop in NOLA?

Will

If you had to guess, when do you think the high five was invented? Please look it up after guessing

discograph

Have you ever played Snail Simulator? I am not sure how it would line up with other skyboxes, but I think they are very lovely. [eta:] I am so embarrassed. I checked and I think I got the definition of skyboxes wrong. It is still a great game – just don’t know if the sky in it qualifies as a ‘skybox’. Many apologies for this and if this has mislead anyone.