Category: General Blog Updates

Updates and information regarding the blog itself.

So This Sucks…

Not gonna lie… this past week sucked quite a bit. Caught a sore throat infection that developed into a cold and now I’ve got a massive migraine. Got some stuff done, but not the stuff I wanted to get done.

So here’s the plan… today (Friday) is a Pitstop review, tomorrow is a Pitstop II review, Sunday is a ReCore review (late showing premiere and stuff), and then radio silence until next Saturday when I’ll hopefully get what was supposed to be today’s scheduled video of bad news – which I’ve only got a bit of dubbing in before my voice died. This is what I get for flaunting punctuality in a video update.

On the bright side, none of these videos use any thumbnails created by A1 Sauce because these were in the can months ago… sorry.

Another Change Of Plans…

Today was supposed to be the return of the Mailbag. That’s been delayed to next Monday due to a sore throat that isn’t quite affecting my vocal output yet, but I’ve wanted to spend the time doing dubbing for more important projects, such as those videos due next week.

Also, WordPress has graciously saved my activity streak that I apparently missed… even though I did post a video yesterday… and today… I have no clue how this works, but the posting streak has been maintained, I guess… who knows how this stuff works?

Anyway, tomorrow’s review cycle should continue unabated, as should the video output for next weekend, which is going to be heavy… either way, I’ve got a lot of catching up to do.

Rubbish

No video today due to foreseen circumstances, which makes this the first schedule bump of 2026 since… February-ish. Well, it’s been a good run, I suppose.

New Gimmick Table this Sunday along with the usual rash of review fodder, though I’ve pushed the “Bad News” video over to the 14th because it’s not ready yet.
Sorry, folks.

All Eight Episodes Of DTM’s Gaming Reflections Up On Extra Bits

So back in 2009, when I was deciding what I wanted to do with this Youtube thing, I recorded some audio tracks for a potential video idea where I would talk about games. Not just “review” them or whatever the case may be, but share my thoughts and personal experiences with some of these games. I did about eight of these videos before abandoning the concept and attempting the review contest thing. These videos, which were never in a state of readiness save for maybe a couple, largely stayed dormant in the archives.

Some folks may recall one of these being uploaded (to Dailymotion) and featured here. When the Dailymotion culling began, the thought occurred to give the remaining episodes one last polish (and appropriate updates) before rendering them and making them available for viewing… for better or worse.

At the moment, all eight episodes of DTMGR are up and available for viewing for the blog visitors. I might consider making these a regular feature for the Extra Bit viewers if I can possibly schedule these to go public on a weekly basis. Possibly by the end of the month, there’ll be a proper page to view these things, but for now, you’ll have to settle for this link.

Who knows? Maybe someday, I’ll revisit the concept down the road.

Progress…

This week may have been one of the most productive weeks as far as progress in the video archive is concerned. Honestly, I’m shocked by how much was done this past week alone, which I didn’t think was possible. Regardless, I’ve got a report on the matter.

The 2012 and 2015 video reviews have been uploaded to Youtube in their remastered states… by which I mean, new title cards and some slight edits to improve on some things. But otherwise, these are the same reviews that were posted in their respective years. I’ve also re-uploaded some old Dailymotion material, including a few wrestling game matches and some of the old video specials… although these had to be edited down to avoid content claims.

Right now, I’ve started work on getting the 2013 and 2014 reviews up and about, although this will be slow going because a lot of the raw project files have degraded to such a degree that they’ve become unusable. The original VEGAS file still works, but the footage used has pretty much crapped out. So I’m either left to go back and re-rip the original footage used in the first place, or I’m going to have to replace it with new footage… either way, it’s going to require some work. (And for curious parties, this is the same problem that pretty much curtailed the restoration of the vintage commentaries.)

In any event, the priority is to replace the old Dailymotion embeds with fresh Youtube ones and that boils down to a handful of reviews at most. Once those are done, the rest will eventually follow. If everything works out in such a way that we can get the remaining reviews online before the year’s up, fantastic. But I also don’t want this project to get in the way of getting fresh material up here too, which would be preferable. Once the reviews are done, I’ll see about getting some of the other DM-exclusive stuff over in some form or fashion. Baby steps, though…

That said, there is some fun stuff planned in the months ahead. It’s going to be lightweight for the summer months, but hopefully September will be when things kick off in a huge way. I’ve already recorded a couple things specifically for the occasion and there’s at least two to three more big projects in the works that I’m hoping to get ready before the busy season hits again.

I’ll see about doing one of these things again in a couple months. Of course, any further updates will be listed in the monthly State Of The Blog updates at the beginning of each month. Until then…

No Content Today. I Refuse.

I would have posted something insightful or even funny for the weekend… perhaps even a State Of The Blog, but since it’s the fourth of July and the majority of you folks voted a [REDACTED] into office, I am civically, legally, and dutifully obligated to refuse to post content on this blog… so the above is all you’re getting today.

Stop making America shit and then we’ll talk.

Or wait until tomorrow, where it’ll be business as usual and I’ll go back to loving you all.

Until then, go fuck yourselves.

And yes, I’m reposting the same post from last year… because fuck you.

Later.

Something Different…

So reviews for Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles (yes, TWO videos for TWO games, fuck you) will be up tomorrow and Sunday night respective, scheduled to post at 6 p.m. EST.

In the meantime, another video will be up shortly… that’s already been up, but will be up again shortly. Minor edit.

No videos afterwards until July 5th.

Many thanks for the warm messages.

Talk to you soon.

Later.

Yip.

Hello.

I am required to inform viewers that yesterday’s video presentation was not endorsed, approved, authorized, or even potentially viewed by the people behind A1 Sauce.

Furthermore, I am required to inform viewers that no animals were harmed in the making of yesterday’s video nor were they fed any portions of A1 Sauce at any point in time. Animals were fed their own nutritional and performance-enhancing supplements and then slept for the rest of the day.

Finally, I am also required to inform viewers that a fly was swatted during last night’s premiere and died immediately upon impact. We considered a funeral arrangement, but after considering the amount of noise being made by said fly, it probably had it coming and promptly tossed its remains in the nearest garbage can.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way… moar Sonic stuff in the next couple days before we take a week off and resume “something” in July… by which I mean the usual nonsense that gets posted up here.

Thank you and enjoy your usual festivities.

*If, for whatever reason, you missed last night’s eventful video – actually, that’s a lie; you didn’t miss much of anything, but said video can be viewed here.