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I finally got a time for the other event I'm entering in for the GOG Winter Games thing they're having. This is a competitive event I was invited to where I stream playing a game against other streamers and if I score well then people who sign up have increased odds of getting a prize, as I understand it so far. Here is the signup option, pick "Arstotzka" if you want to bet on me to try and get you free games.

 

The next game is Unreal Tournament for February 24th at 1pm EST with me at twitch.tv/rossbroadcast. You can also view all the contestants with e-sports style commentary at twitch.tv/gogcom.

 

My stream will be uploaded to the Accursed Farms Junk channel afterward. I don't know how it's going to go or what the format will be. If it's deathmatch, I'm only a so-so player. If it's onslaught, I'll definitely do some damage. Last time I did streaming with GOG, I think there was a fundamental miscommunication with how it would work, so it was a little chaotic, because people were talking at the same time I was planning to. This time, the idea is strangers will be talking on the stream before and in between rounds, but I'll have things muted and talk to the audience while the game is going. It's still a little bit disorienting to me, I guess this is why I'm not a professional streamer.

 

On that note, I'm sorry to say Freeman's Mind (and another video I'm working on) is running late, due mainly to complications I'm having with paperwork involved with staying in the country. I'm pretty sure I'll get it sorted out, but it's eaten up days of my time (I've had to visit the foreigner office 5 times in the past week and I'm still not done). Normally I would cancel a streaming event like this and just continue working on the videos to get them out sooner, but since this involves other people and prior commitments, I'm going through with it. The release time for both videos is as soon as possible, but realistically it will probably be early March. More videos!

 

 

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Dead Game News is mutating! This episode is only news about Dead Game News and my future plans for dead games in general. This is also the LAST episode on the DGN channel! There will still be future Dead Game News episode, but things are changing. Try to watch this before February 20th if you're interested, the entire channel gets unpartnered from Youtube after that!

 

I'll be doing my best to have more real videos this month, particularly Freeman's Mind.

 

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Well feel free to give me tips between now and then if you're the expert. I haven't played it in a long time.

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This is a notice I didn't get the details on until today, but I've been invited to a twitch competition by GOG where they have various people play different games on twitch. I agreed to show up for two of the "events", Epic Pinball (the old DOS game) and Unreal Tournament 2004. I'm still not 100% sure how this works, but Epic Pinball starts tomorrow and my understanding is there are giveaway prizes to the audience if I do well. Here is a signup thing they have for a chance to win the prizes (I think). I believe they mentioned mice and I can only assume they're giving out free games since this is GOG:

 

https://gleam.io/RdSGa/signup-the-gog-games (I'm on team Arstotzka)

 

Here are the dates:

 

February 17, Noon - 2PM EST: Me playing Epic Pinball

February 24th, don't know what time yet: Me competing in Unreal Tournament 2004

 

My streaming will be on twitch.tv/rossbroadcast, although GOG will also have their stream at twitch.tv/gogcom which will switch between other competitors and have commentary like a sporting event, I think. I'm still a bit confused how all this works.

 

In other news, my voice is about 95% recovered, there should be a new Dead Game News later today, and I hope to have more Freeman's Mind this month.

 

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Here's the February chat with fans. I'm mostly recovered from my sickness, except for my voice, it got to be a real strain towards the end. Work is progressing on the videos in almost every other way except voice acting, so I should be well prepared once my voice fully returns.

 

There were a lot of announcements this time related to the movie and future videos. So if you're a modeler, animator, composer, coder, pc gaming enthusiast, linux enthusiast, or 3d printer, there are different announcements I wouldn't mind feedback on for each category; those are all towards the beginning. More videos once my throat fully recovers!

 

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I think I'm going to have to cancel the videochat this month since I'm still sick and I have no confidence of my throat being in good shape by the 14th at this point. While I could push it back another week, it starts to not make much sense since it will come up against the February videochat.

 

This is one of the slowest recoveries I've had in years, though I think I am getting overall better. I would classify my status as "sick" now, an upgrade from "zombie" earlier, but it still feels like there's a frog in my throat. Even if I'm healed up by this weekend, talking for hours maybe shouldn't be the first thing I do once I'm well. I really have no idea when my voice is going to be back, but I hope to slowly start working on more things, particularly the website and the movie. In the event that my voice comes back sooner, a video this month is still possible, but I can't predict anything right now.

 

I sometimes think of the viewers as my boss, so on that note, I'll either be working on things related to the videos that don't involve any voicework, or staring into space in a stupor, doing absolutely nothing. This concludes my performance report for 2018.

 

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This is a quick update I'm doing to let people know everything is on hold. I've been wavering in and out of a complete state of misery the past few days, being sick with something. I was able to see a doctor today and have been diagnosed with Tracheitis. It's much more than a sore throat as it can be an effort to do much of anything in my current state. So while any voicework is off the table, I can't guarantee I'll get much else done either. This also makes me think fast zombies are ridiculous, because feeling like a zombie, I can say moving slow + occasional lunging makes much more sense.

 

I've had some medications prescribed to me however, so hopefully I'll get better over the coming week. The next videochat with fans is postponed for sure; I'm pushing it back to January 14th, but nothing is guaranteed until I get better. You don't have to be too worried about me as I'm pretty tough, but it does mean NOTHING is happening for the time being. If I get better over the next few days, I'll try and catch up on emails or work on the website, but this has hit me hard enough that everything is going to be postponed as long as it needs to be.

 

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Happy Birthday to me! Having a birthday right during middle break, I usually try to avoid working on it, but this time, I got all the files back for Freeman's Mind, so I decided to finish it off, so here it is! This is going to be the last video for this year as I am still sick and can't do any more voicework until I recover. My original plan was to have an additional FM and DGN episode this month, but that will just have to wait until later. The good / bad news is I have so many other things I can work on instead that it may be a mixed blessing. I'll enjoy the not being sick part when that happens though.

 

Also at this point, Youtube's demonetization bot is in full swing without much recourse around it, I'll discuss that more on the next videochat. I'm willing to bet the video will be flagged as not suitable for all advertisers within a few hours of this post, then marked as suitable for all advertisers after I manually submit it for review. Youtube is not wise.

 

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Just barely made it before Christmas! I was intending to get this episode out on the 23rd, but it didn't exactly work out that way. I think this is a relatively good episode, although I don't know what happened, but I think my vocals might be more grating than usual. I swear, it feels like on the microphone if I talk normally, then I sound placid and dull, and if I speak up then it sounds like I'm only shouting. It's something I hope to improve, but I honestly didn't have any spare time to try and make it better. My apologies if this one is harder than usual to listen to. To top it off, I'm actually recovering from being sick, so it's possible I may have to put a hold on new videos until my throat recovers.

 

The next Freeman's Mind is already recorded however, so that will be ready as soon as I get the sound effects. Have a merry Christmas!

 

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Here's the much delayed next FM episode! Even though this one took a long time to come out, only part of that was from my end. This means I've been able to work on the next Freeman's Mind in the meantime, which I'm hoping to have out before Christmas. More stuff coming!

 

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I've appealed both disputes. If it's helpful to anyone, here's what I sent for my appeal:

 

Quarantine:

 

 

 

 

Potty Pigeon:

 

I was not in the USA at the time of posting, however yes, I am absolutely still a citizen of the United States (I'm not a citizen of Poland, only a resident), however my Youtube account is connected to my residence in Poland.

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UPDATE

Big thanks to fans for helping me on this, I got very good information regarding my appeal of the disputes and have now sent an appeal. It's possible those videos may get taken down and I'll receive copyright strikes, but they will be temporary. Since there's one more tactic they can use, I give them a 50-50 chance of accepting the appeal. The companies are in the wrong, this is a bullying tactic by the copyright holders as they're disregarding legitimate copyright law in doing this. You can view exactly what I sent in the comments section.

 

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Hey everyone,

 

more work is being done on the videos, but in the meantime, I'm getting trouble from the BBC and a record label for videos Ross's Game Dungeon: Potty Pigeon and Ross's Game Dungeon: Quarantine, respectively. In both cases, they're laying copyright claims on my videos for the following:

 

-In Potty Pigeon I used a small segment from the show "All Creatures Great And Small" in order to illustrate the origin of the theme music from the game.

-In Quarantine I played some of the track "The Driver Is You" by The Fauves since it was part of the soundtrack to the game and I wanted to discuss the lyrics to the song.

 

In both cases, this use of copyright material is 100% Fair Use. Both instances were short clips, were used for illustrative purposes to make a point about the source content, and did not detract from the commercial value of the source material. It doesn't get clearer than this. Since receiving those claims, I've disputed them, however in both cases, they've come back reinstating their claim. My next course of action would be to appeal the rejected dispute, however I have to pause on this, because if I'm not careful I can be sued over this.

 

I've followed this guide in the past for all erroneous copyright claims made against me over the years as it contains a lot of good information:

 

 

 

However, this is the first time I've had to escalate a rejected dispute and while that would normally not be of concern to me, it just hit me that I'm living in Poland and not the USA, so trying to claim this on USA Fair Use law might get me into trouble. From Youtube's own appeal form:

 

"You originally disputed the claim based on fair use. Please explain why your use of content is subject to fair use, fair dealing, or a similar exception to copyright protection under the law of your country."

 

While laws are not equal for every country, if any Youtubers who have experience with this or copyright law experts in the European Union have advice on how I should proceed in order to reclaim my videos, please let me know ([email protected]). I imagine the procedure is similar as in the United States, but I need to know specifically which law applies to this, since the DMCA is only for the USA. It's no secret what a mess Youtube's copyright system is and how it enables companies to essentially bully video creators as the copyright holders are clearly not doing their homework on this, but I haven't had to go through the full legal process like this before. It probably won't be the last.

 

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ADHD Version: Ross has bogus copyright claims against him, but he only knows how to handle this in the USA, not Europe. He could use help with that.

 

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Here's the December chat with fans. The main thing to know is more Freeman's Mind is coming. Other info in the Youtube description.

 

Also, here's a link to a

a week or so ago asking about how I run old games. I posted it on twitter, but forgot to put it here. I appear around 26:00, my voice sounded a little distorted since I think Clint ran a compressor on my audio.

 

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Dead Game News is not dead! Bunch more games shut down that should have been covered earlier, but nobody else seems to be doing this job, so you're stuck with me. Here it is, likely another episode coming for December. Next up should be Freeman's Mind.

 

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Here's the info for the Zombie Panic Source playsession with fans on Saturday, November 25th at 2PM EST.

 

Link to game:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/17500/Zombie_Panic_Source/

 

Link to custom map pack:

20MB download

(unzip to C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonSource SDK Base 2007zpsmaps)

 

Server info:

Press "~" to open the console (Options -> Advanced -> Check the box for "Enable Developer Console")

Enter (without quotes):

"connect play.mulvenontech.com"

or

"connect play.mulvenontech.com:27016"

for primary / overflow server respectively.

 

the password is cat.

 

Anyone can join if we have space, and anyone can watch live at twitch.tv/rossbroadcast.

 

This time I'm using some custom maps which I picked out. Most of them I've played before and can they easily swing to either the zombies' or survivors' favor, plus I can switch to the losing team if things get too lopsided. These will be the "hold out" style maps I'm fond of where survivors try to survive and zombies relentlessly batter down on the doors and windows until they get inside. This stuff never gets old with me. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

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The truth is, no matter how anybody sees it, that most charities and these non-profit organisations in last decade at least are just a great opportunity for most of the new-left individuals who do not want (and often really can) work, how to have a relatively easy life without much real work while often being able to enforce their ill theories on others (for example the environmentalism, feminacism, multiculturalism etc.) by applying pressure to politicians. It is just so easy to create an organisation which does not declare any profit by the end of the year, but their „members“ or „employees“ than „work“ couple hours a day from cafeteria for incredible salaries the whole time. Most of that payed by the tax-payers in the end. Just seen a discussion about one here in CZ, they supposedly turn about couple bilion CZK a year (!), 90% of that comes from state, EU (=state) and local self-government (=state too). Only 10 % from private donors. Being the other way around, OK, it's their money. But this is especially wrong. For that they recently "thanked" their involuntary donors using billboards with arabic texts. Not kidding you. Considering Europe is just now under muslim invasion orchestrated by the old-left politician parasites who hope to get their votes and stay in power for few more years, this would be a good joke if it was not reality. It is the same with most of the other organisations. I do not deny there may be few idealists among them, but that does not changes much. The fact remains the we taxpayers actually pay these parasites to pretty much support oppression of us, lawful-abiding citizens. While hordes who knows from where are slowly starting to plunder the continent. Indeed, there is so many similarities with the fall of the Roman empire there, this is era of decadency.

 

About the education, well, seems that you are also under this propaganda influence. Why should I actually come up with any solution? Not sure about you, but for myself, I have no obligation to any of those people. I do not own them anything, I do not have to help them in any way. Hell, we even had no colonies, even though if we did, I would myself be pround of that cause that was a time when things actually changed to better in there. I could be considered lucky to have been born here, but yeah, that is how it is. Our ancestors worked hard to build something here. Most of that is going to hell as we speak, I can see that, while most people even support that in favor of few modern trinkets (phones and similar crap), thinking how great life they have, while they barely manage to pay rent each month (there could be no question about family, case most ppl here still have at least half a brain to not bring a child into such uncertain living conditions).

 

Unfortunatelly, part of the last few generations which got most practically for free got crazy from that fact and decided for the rest that we (all) have to share that and give others, and use state governments for that. That combined with all the socialist and other leftish governments throughout the Europe, plus that shit in Brussels, who together slowly installed central plannend economy here, is drawing us down and soon it will be for the first time in a long time when the standard of living in the so-called western countries will drop. That and the huge criminality and trerorism. It is all just about to collaps, seems the ECB can not even print money fast enough to keep the thing going much longer. So we are getting deeper into our own garbage while supporting others? Makes sense. Not sure why you decided to stay here in Europe, I got the impression that this new-left ascent to power combined with the political correctness actually happened in the US some time ago (by the end of 90s maybe) so it is not bearable there in most places anymore, but the exact thing is happening here right now and if nothing else, I can at least say that and maybe open eyes to few other people.

 

As for Africa and especially sub-saharan Africa, things go down the toilet there about from the time when the UK left the colonies. Since than, combined with all the medical and food help, we see population explosion, cause as I implied, them do not care of they life in a dirt with nowhere to live, nothing to drink or eat; they just continue to have more and more children. This just does not work and it is NO HELP in the medium term, not to mention long-term. When now we have few hundred million to take care of, in a decade it will be half a bilion and in two or three decades it will reach a billion! How is that help when if you feed one, soon you have two-three instead and each has less than before (or you have to provide more)? They have to (re)invent civilisation in there first, cause as I already said, what they used to do for centuries is massacre themselves for natural resources and than flourish fora while until repeated. (Meanwhile in harsher parts of the world, others invented technology to help them survive - to build better houses, to get more and better crop, clean water, etc.). Call it whatever you want, but this is the cold truth: any such "help" under current situation only makes it WORSE unless they change their lifestyle. It is sad that so many people get blinded so easily and can not think racionally about any of that.

 

After all, our ancestors did not survive by throwing their own over board and supporting foreigners. Quite the very contrary. What our governments are doing right now is killing this civilisation in favor of foreigners. My three-cent opinion anyway, time to get some sleep now

Look, you've come in here with an antagonistic tone, have been shifting your goalposts:

 

From what I'm reading, you first said it's a scam because it's not transparent. After Tom establishes it is transparent, you're saying it's a scam because most charities are without provide direct evidence that it is. It also sounds like you're coupling that with saying that even if it is legitimate, it shouldn't even exist anyway. Now, you're going off on a tangent about Arabic countries when this charity literally doesn't operate there, essentially hijacking the thread. Whether you're intending to or not, what you are doing is high-level trolling. You're being antagonistic, hijacking a thread, and making accusations against a charity and myself without providing direct evidence. That's the most important part. If an organization or person is corrupt, I of course support substantiated accusations of that nature. But that's not what you're doing. You're taking a guilty until proven innocent approach to this, which is not how civilized people conduct themselves. I warned you that this would lead to a ban, so you are banned on the forums for the time being.

 

It doesn't help that you're accusing me of falling for propaganda without trying to clarify my world views in the first place, doubly so when everything you've said has been rhetoric. Unless you can provide evidence that water.org specifically is in fact, a scam (I realized you're banned, but you can email me if so), what you're doing is vitriolic.

 

Now that said, my own world views are that our entire system is collapsing due to us have many misguided priorities. I don't want to get into that here. I see what Tom is doing like the equivalent of a soup kitchen. It won't solve larger systemic poverty problems, but it can make life better for a few people temporarily. I'm certainly not AGAINST that unless it's directly competing against a viable long term solution. All you said was "more education" then left it at that. The fact that you didn't list a charity you thought was more deserving towards making an impact says to me you're not really concerned with solving problems, but rather tearing down imperfect ones. I ran into a similar situation in my robot jobs video. Every single person who criticized it did not offer a realistic solution in its place, only to attack potential ones. This is the antithesis of progress in my eyes. I'll take imperfect solutions over NO solutions to problems any day.

 

With all due respect, I completely disagree with you here.

 

1) A lot of things are essential to all life on earth. Lebensraum, for example. Saying "we must send them water because they deserve it no matter what their education is" is one step away from saying "we must squeeze together a bit and make some room for them, because they deserve a good place to live no matter what their education is".

I think you're misinterpreting what I'm saying. Like I said above, I think it's a nice gesture that could help people temporarily. I did not come up with this charity, I was just trying to help out Tom, which has led to something far more controversial than I would like. My personal politics are all about humanity surviving as a species, sustainably. You can argue that education is the answer to that region, maybe it is, maybe a lot more is needed. The point I was trying to make is it is undeniable that people die in the meantime while a solution is still sought after. Tom's charity is trying to address it from a short term immediate approach. So I can agree, it's possible this may have no helpful long term consequences (I honestly don't know enough about the charity to make that call and I'm not sure anyone else in this thread besides Tom does), however it's also highly probable this could save people's lives in the short term, however few.

 

If I was supreme dictator, I would focus on domestically ensuring everyone has clean water (something we're very much NOT doing, hell Detroit alone I would consider eligible for humanitarian aid for water), THEN work our way outwards for the rest of the world. However, that's a fantasy scenario, we're going the opposite direction. Again, like the other guy, I say the burden is on you that if you think this charity is a poor use of resources, it's up to you to point towards one you think would be a better use of resources. I imagine Tom has done more research on this than everyone else in this thread combined.

 

2) A lot of places have little drinking water, there is nothing special about Africa in this regard. Many arabic countries are basically deserts. And yet they are prospering. Why? Well, to put it bluntly, because people there are educated. They treat what little resources they have wisely and sparingly, instead of blindly exhausting them like there is no tomorrow. But what's more important, they know to not breed like rabbits, ensuring overpopulation, hunger and thirst. The result is an extremely well-sustainable society that was existing in harmony with its harsh arid environment for millennia.

Bring this up as a separate thread if you want in the serious discussion section, but there are an incredible number of variables from one nation to the next at play. Do not bring this up here. Again, either provide actual solutions for people, or expose the corruption of the organization directly with evidence if you think they're in the wrong. Otherwise, this is derailing the thread, which I'm against in this case (I don't care so much if non-serious topics get derailed in the forums).

 

 

3) What does all this have to do with the Marie Antoinette quote? It was about government's detachment from the needs of its people, about whom it was obliged to care about.

The idea being that you need to be able to survive to even get an education to begin with. It's kind of a chicken and egg scenario, but the reality is at least some people die because of lack of clean water before they're ever eligible for education.

 

We are talking about the needs of an utterly unrelated group of people, towards whom we have absolutely no obligations whatsoever.

As is the case with pretty much every charitable effort, ever. That's the whole concept behind charity, it's unobligated.

 

 

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TLDR: I thought of a simpler way to explain my views on this. I see this as similar to a cop responding to crime reports or an EMT trying to rescue people. On the macro scale, what they do is likely to make an insignificant difference and will not solve any systemic problems. Crime may get worse, people may have worse health habits, but for the individuals they do help, it's all the difference in the world. So you can say because somebody smokes, the EMT shouldn't help them because they're a lost cause anyway, or because somebody lives in a bad neighborhood, they shouldn't have police services, but without an actual solution for the people in these situations, that comes across as rather mean spirited to actively PREVENT the people helping others without a better solution presented.

Rly man, I thought you of all know better. First of all, there is very little actual information about where or who to will the money go. So somebody could have very nice X-mass.

 

But even with the benefit of the doubt, it is most likely one of those projects for Africa etc. What they need most is EDUCATION, including learning that nothing's for free. Usually, when they don't have water, they fight and kill each other for it. When they do (and for free), they incredibly waste with it, so soon, very soon, they don't have any again, and others too (as usually very deep dwells are drilled, which results in further lowering of the underground water level). They have not changed in this regard for millenias, they still keep the primitive system of live - masacring themselves when the population grows more than what the environment can support, and than flourishing for a while until it happens again, over and over.

 

This is pretty much the same as sending them food and medicine directly, while not sending them weapons so they can at least continue with their lifestyle as described in previous paragraph. It only makes the problem ENORMOUSLY worse. I'll pass, thank you very much, cause this is no solution, this is the very opposite: putting out a fire by pouring gasoline into it.

I don't plan on pursuing this line of conversation very far, so I'll just say the following:

 

1. I generally trust Tom's intentions and I know he has spent a lot of time researching charities in the past. I generally think about the world's problems from a much more macro level, which sees so many problems without systemic upheaval, which I see unlikely without some sort of disaster occurring, so it's kind of paralyzing to me as to what action should be taken. Meanwhile, Tom is trying to help others directly, whatever the scale of it ends up being. I think this makes him a better person than me, honestly.

 

2. Your first accusation is of this is a fly by night operation where somebody pockets the money. Considering how transparency has always been one of Tom's criteria for choosing a charity, this suggests you're not doing research on this yourself before making accusations. This makes your entire standing look inflammatory rather than based on a research or carefully reasoned argument.

 

3. Water is essential to all life on earth. Suggesting someone or a group of people need better education before they are deserving of fresh water has a very "let them eat cake" attitude towards the entire situation. If you think that there is a better use of resources than this, I'd normally say that's fine to voice that opinion, but when your main supporting argument is "nothing is for free" without a more detailed explanation of an actual solution from your perspective, what you're saying comes across simply as inflammatory rhetoric.

 

3. Regardless of the legitimacy of your points (for example, your point about the potential predatory nature of loans might be warranted, I have no idea), your entire tone is extremely accusatory if not berating. One of the rules for the forum is conducting yourself in a civil manner. I'm not against dissenting views, but I do expect adult behavior. If you can't figure how to to discuss this in a mature manner, you're going to banned. I'm trying to make it as clear as possible it's not because you have a differing view and wish to have a real discussion regarding a topic you care about, but because you seem to be wanting a fight first and foremost. There are plenty of other places on the internet for the latter.

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Hey everyone,

 

I mentioned this on the last videochat, but Tom White from Weird Videogames (also appeared on Moon Gaming and the Boppin' episode) is having a 24 hour livestream session where's raising money for a charity that helps provide drinkable water to regions that need it. You can see his

. He invited me to appear on it and I will be, assuming nothing goes wrong. I'll only have an audio appearance so as not to soak his bandwidth, but I may see about recording it on my end and putting it on the Accursed Farms Junk channel afterward.

 

His livestream session starts at 8PM EST this evening, and I will be appearing later at 2AM EST (November 18th) and stay there for a few hours. It will all be on his Twitch channel here:

 

twitch.tv/heisanevilgenius

 

I think he'll also have people beat him up with cardboard tubes live if he raises enough money, but I'm hazy on the details for that part.

 

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November videochat with fans after a 2 month hiatus. I'm mostly just rambling again, you're not missing anything too important. Besides the game session with fans this month, I'll also be appearing on a 24 hour livestream Tom White from the channel Weird Video Games will be having for a charity drive. I'll be appearing at 2AM EST on November 18th on twitch.tv/heisanevilgenius. You can see promotional video on that

. For now, expect more Freeman's Mind for the future.

 

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Happy Halloween! This ended up coming out way later than I wanted it to, but I feel like I actually had an excuse to be behind on things this month. I think this will be a potentially polarizing episode. If you're a fan of long Game Dungeon episodes, then you'll probably like this one a lot. I can say when making these episodes you really can get a feel of how much underlying quality a game has or not, and The Black Mirror is one where that still really shows up. Enjoy!

 

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New Game Dungeon! I was really hoping to have this out before my marriage went down, but that simply didn't happen. Everything this month has been kinds of nuts for me. I'm still recovering from being sick, and I have absolutely no idea what the future plans are for the remainder of this month and possibly the next. I do plan to have a Halloween episode out later, other than that, I know nothing. I will also try and catch up on some email also, provided I'm here. I'm not sure where I'm going to be. Halloween. Videos.

 

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I definitely agree that Patreon would be a great way to go, personally. But that's me speaking as a fan alone.

 

And with Internet speeds increasing over time as well as storage space, I think an era of self-hosted "YouTube"-like streaming services will be coming. YouTube may be approaching the end of its life unless they can figure out a way to adapt. And, so far, they aren't.

 

Finally, I don't believe I'll be subtitling this video. If another person wants to take a crack at it, I'll check it for errors and timing, but I won't be doing the normal stuff for the video. It's just too depressing. I am going to chalk this one up as being in the same bin, subtitle-wise, as the monthly video chats and playsessions with fans (which are NOT depressing, but are just too long).

 

I will continue to do subtitles for the other videos--Game Dungeon, Freeman's Mind 2, Civil Protection (once that comes out of stasis), and so on, but this one won't be subtitled by me. Sorry.

No problem, sorry for it getting too depressing, that's literally the last thing I want to aim for with my videos, I was hoping to inspire fear or concern rather than sadness. In any event, holding off on subtitles may almost half to be a mandatory thing now, because that likely increases the odds of a video getting demonetized. Doesn't mean I won't have them, but a delay could now help out a lot. No problem at all skipping those. Anyway, I hope to have the next RGD out as fast as possible to help scrub this one away some.

 

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Go watch the videos I mentioned if you need some cheering up. Brave Dave may be more of an acquired taste, if you're not hooked after the first freight hop, then you'll know if it's for you or not.

 

 

I wanted to clarify that this isn't depressing to me quite as much because part of what I wanted to emphasize is I don't seem to be an outlier here, there's pressure from all over. I don't consider this a depressing scenario so much precisely BECAUSE it's unsustainable. The higher the pressure, the more a change is likely to emerge from one direction or another. Humanity is good at reacting to immediate threats, but collectively poor with long term ones. The faster a change is occurring, the more likely it is for there to be a counter reaction.

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Here's a video to wreck my previous schedule! I'd give more details, but really I laid out everything in the video. I originally was hoping to make this a quick 10 minute video where I just talk to the camera, but my ambition got the better of me again and it's something longer and far more watchable now. Sorry about that. I'm essentially going to have no time after Saturday, likely for weeks, so I'm scrambling to get the next Game Dungeon out by then. Thankfully, this one should be a shorter episode, but I thought the same about these last 2 videos also. If you want to know if I'll make it or not, you should ask that question in the same voice as the narrator from the old 60s Batman series. This video does put me behind as I won't be prepared for Halloween, but I'm hoping to have a week or so at the end of October to get something together. A lot happening for me this month!

 

Also because I just posted this, I notice the color will be off, but it should fix itself as Youtube finishes processing it.

 

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Well this is much more last minute than I'd prefer, but the info for the next Unreal Tournament 2004 session is here:

 

remote.mulvenontech.com

password: dog

 

overflow:

remote.mulvenontech.com:8877

password: dog

 

It will be on 2pm, September 23rd, which you can watch live on twitch.tv/rossbroadcast.

 

I was hoping to have some mods, but honestly I didn't have time to put it together and coordinate everything with everyone in time, I prefer more notice on that. So because I'm getting a little tired of the default maps, we're going to mix it up and have team deathmatch instead of onslaught this time, maybe try other game modes later, we'll see.

 

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