July 2020 Report (Patreon)

July's been a mix of academics, Paper Mario, gigaleaks, working on videos and getting stuff for future ideas!

I had to do some academic work as part of a short but sweet summer term this month. That's done right now as of writing this, and I probably won't be dealing with any more school work until the beginning of September, so that's a relief. I've been working on YouTube content on my own free time between that and checking out new releases like Paper Mario, and I won't lie that seeing the recent resurgence of COVID cases in Hong Kong has been a bit of a downer lately, that and my fluctuating sleep schedules. Hopefully that all comes to pass soon!

The upcoming Things of Interest episode about physical indie releases is now going through editing, after I finally gathered enough footage and done voice recording this month. I'm probably putting more effort into it than I should for a quick #freeproduct review video, but I guess that's still a good thing. I'm still editing it as I write this report (despite having a minor nose allergy today whoops), but patrons in the Sneak Peeker tier can view an early 3-minute preview right now. If you're not in that tier, you can still catch up on the VOD of my gameplay livestream if you haven't already! This video should be done within the first few weeks of August, after that it's full speed ahead on the 3DS AR Games core video.

Recent Pickups

I've gathered some...interesting stuff this month. In terms of game collecting, I *finally* found a physical US copy of Rhythm Heaven Fever. I've also struck an extremely sweet deal on several N64 games, including Star Fox 64, Majora's Mask and Pokemon Snap! I need to check them out more when I have the chance. But in terms of items that can make for great video subjects:

This is Mario no Photopi, possibly one of the most obscure Mario games in existence, as it was released near the end of the N64's lifespan exclusively in Japan, as a Photoshop-like creativity tool. Figuring it all out while not knowing any Japanese has been a really wild ride myself, and I've even went as far as to find a period-accurate old digital camera in order to make sense of how this software all works, as it uses an old memory card format! Needless to say, I still have some ways to go before figuring out all its secrets, but I've been getting there.

In addition to this, I have something on its way to me via mail that will prove to be a perfect subject for Things of Interest. I won't say what it is here to preserve the surprise for a little moment, but here's a hint...it's a bootleg of a Nintendo product.

That's all for this month's report! Life's busy as usual with lots of distractions, but I definitely hope I can clear out my backlog of video ideas soon. After all I don't really want to keep my relevance only on Twitter memes. :P Thanks again for your support!