July/August Update: Things, and the Doing Thereof

Hey team!

Catch-up

I didn't do an update for July. I'm sorry! Being back at work has been nice but occasionally overwhelming. Been a bit scattered.

I've also made two different videos public this month, and forgot to let you know! They're both videos you've seen already, but I usually send out a message when they are shareable. It's been so long since I was releasing stuff it seems I'm forgetting certain steps.

But anyway! Two weeks ago I released the final CO-VID: 25 good things that got me through. And yesterday I officially released Endnote 5: A Case Study in Digital Radicalism. It is very nice to be releasing things again.

What's the Catch?

In more frustrating news, How to Radicalize a Normie has been age-restricted, which means it no longer shows up in searches, and, in some countries, you have to send YouTube a photo of your ID before they'll let you watch it. First they claimed it violated their sex & nudity policy, and, when I appealed, they said, "no, wait, it actually violates our violence policy!"

So they've upheld the restriction and I'm not allowed a second appeal. I'm still trying to figure a way around it - there's some Twitter pressure from fans, and I might know a fan or two who works at YouTube who can change things. But, in the meantime, my most popular and, in my opinion, my most important video is functionally buried. This is especially frustrating because the dozen or so response videos "debunking" it are still online, despite containing all the same footage.

I've been through this enough times before that I think it'll eventually get sorted it. Meantime, you can still share it and see it on my channel page.

Catch as Catch Can

As for the future:

My animator and I are working our way through the next Alt-Right Playbook. We've got a more or less finalized draft of the script, a whole bunch of assets, and the first page or so has been animated. I'm not making any release projections - it'll take as long as it takes - but I'm excited about what we've done so far.

Also been making progress on my collab with another YouTuber. We were originally targeting August for release, but, until a few weeks ago, I was juggling three projects and it was frankly too much. So we've slowed down and are also saying "it'll come out when it comes out." But the script is starting to come together and I quite like it.

Catch You Later

That's about everything! I've just completed Environmental Station Alpha and I'm at the final boss of Dandara, so, I'll leave you with this question:

What is your favorite Metroidvania?

-I