The first part of the 2023 year in review is now live! I must admit, I’ve been having a lot of fun working on this, even if it’s meant little in the way of gaming time has been done the past couple of weeks. It’s really revitalized my enjoyment of video editing after Alan Wake nearly destroyed it. I’ve also been rethinking my approach to content creation as a whole, as doing an anthology video like this and doing smaller little reviews has been quite a blast. There may be a lot of big changes coming in 2024.

But, before I endeavor to outline those thoughts and plans, I need to finish part two. Unfortunately, I still have two games to complete that are going to be in that video. Fortunately, most of the script is already finished save for those two games, and I am nearly done with one of those titles. This means starting next week I can begin recording audio and cutting video together even while completing the rest of the titles.

Which is, perhaps, the greatest benefit to this Year in Review project: it has confirmed that the work flow I had begun experimenting with on the now shelved Alan Wake video not only works, but has increased my enjoyment of making videos by a great amount.

I also want to call attention to my secondary YouTube channel once more, where I’ve been test-piloting a new type of podcast with my friend Joey. “Rambling with RamblePak” is essentially designed to be a one-on-one conversation with one other person, either about broad topics or topics more focused to that individual. I aim to try and reach out to other content creators or folks that I know in the interest of just having cool conversations. I’ve already reached out to one, though their channel is so massive compared to mine that I highly doubt they’ll hop on board.

The thing is, I never expected Shamus Young to be interested in doing any sort of collaboration with me, and certainly not multiple times, and yet he did. They were some of my greatest moments in podcasting and streaming, and while I’ve lamented losing someone like Shamus so soon, I also would never have had those interactions if I didn’t reach out in the first place. So, while there’s a short list of content creators I’d like to send such invitations to, I’d love to do it nonetheless.

I must be careful with the frequency at which I do these podcasts and collaborations, however, as the past few weeks I’ve done many with Joey that have certainly eaten into video editing and free gaming time. It’s all still a test. As for the blog, well… I have unfortunate news there, but I’ll save that for the next year in review video.

Remember to check out the secondary channel and I look forward to seeing you all again.