Video Game Story Time

Patreon Revamp

Well, we've finally done it.

In July, Patreon is making some changes to the way it charges tax, and we've adjusted our tiers accordingly. To be honest, we'd been wanting to make changes anyway, to remove tiers that we've been unable to fulfill, and make some of our higher tiers more accessible. We've had to be very careful with our wording to try and avoid you getting charged extra tax for supporting us.

Our favourite thing to do is include Patrons in our videos, preferably in the drawings that appear on screen. To this end, we'v...

100,000 Subscriber Thank You!

Thanks everyone.

We've just crossed the threshold and hit 100,000 subscribers. It's a wonderful feeling to have made it this far, and we have you to thank for it.

We started this channel in 2016 as a fun hobby project. We never really had a plan and we didn't ever expect to get this far.

A year ago, we had less than 50,000 subscribers. We would often put out videos and see our subscriber count drop dramatically, and a good video managed to get 5,000 views.

We honestly wouldn't have been able to keep going without your...

Why Cooking Mama: Cookstar Went Wrong

Hi all!

We just wanted to say a huge thank you for continuing to support us. Our family income is still dipping, as we imagine yours is too, so it means a lot to us to know that you're still helping us. As we said before, please don't hesitate to amend your pledge if and when you need to.

We've been really busy in April. Kotor writes and draws for Nintendo Force magazine, and just happened to have a lot to do in the upcoming issue, both reviewing games and writing previews, so getting everything ready for the deadline last week w...

Super Huge Thank You (and the Future of the Channel)

Hi all, Kotor here.

You might have noticed that posts have dried up recently. To be honest, we were in the process of revamping Patreon entirely to make all of our reward tiers more accessible for you guys, but we decided to put that on hold once this whole messy pandemic started.

I had expected our Patreon support to drop over the past weeks. I figured, that made sense, after all, people are going to be suffering a bit at the moment.

To my surprise, not a single one of you has cancelled or even reduced your pledge. Indeed,...

Why Jim Carrey is Robotnik

We've been churning out the Sonic movie content over the past week! This video was supposed to go out on Monday or Wednesday, but it took until today to finish it. Hope you like it!

BretonStripes and Kotor

Sonic Movie Spoiler Review...Podcast?

Hi all!

So today, for Valentine's Day, we went to see the Sonic movie. It was really good! We had fun. We recorded our thoughts, and made a video about them, but we also have a big long half hour discussion of the film. So, we figured we'd give it to you!

Beware spoilers for the movie. Let us know what you think of this kind of video.

Lots of love,

BretonStripes and Kotor

Game Freak and DLC

Hi all! Here's our latest video, all about Pokemon and stuff. We had a proper video about Henry Cavill and The Witcher almost ready to go, but then there was a Pokemon Direct and we had to scramble for some sweet, sweet topical content.

This video will almost certainly enrage basically every Pokemon fan in existence. Really sorry if you're among them, we've got some more traditional stuff coming next week, we promise!

Lots of love,

BretonStripes, Kotor, and 4-Year-Old Gamer

(PS This is up early for the $5+ crew)

Animal Crossing

Hi all!

Sorry for being silent for most of December. We had grand plans of making lots of cool videos, but Christmas kind of got in the way.

Here is our newest video, all about Animal Crossing and crushing loneliness.

Thank you again for continuing to support us, the Patreon is thin on the ground at present so we really appreciate you helping us to make fun stuff. We'll have a new video to you soon, and in a few months we're going to revamp our rewards to try and make the higher tiers more accessible.

Lots of love, 2020-01-03 21:59:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Politics and Untitled Goose Game

So here's a fun video: the politics of Untitled Goose Game. It's an interesting subject, as Goose Game creators House House are actually willing to publicly explain their political influences - unlike certain other games companies that may or may not get namedropped in the video!

We just wanted to say, thank you so much for supporting us. We've seen a lot of growth in terms of subscribers lately, which has been nice as we finally feel a bit vindicated in making these videos! We're hoping to push up to doing two videos a week in the nea...

Game Freak Lied

The subject everyone on YouTube wanted us to cover this week, for some reason. This one was a really tough one, now I'm tired so I'm going to bed because it's after 1am.

Love!

Half Life Alyx Video

Hi all! Here's our latest video, a day late, but finished nonetheless. Not sure what our regular audience will think of a non-Nintendo, non-indie game, but then, we had fun with this one, so that's what matters! Hope you enjoy!

How Hideo Kojima's Fans Broke the Rules to Fund Death Stranding

Have you guys played Death Stranding yet? We sure haven't! We've been using our spare time to make a video about the game, there's no time to actually play it! :D

Quick Bonus Video

Hey it's 1am and I'm tired but here's a video I spent all evening making.

Love you!

Kotor

Bendy's Big Mistake

Hey! Here's a video about a not great thing: Bendy developer Kindly Beast just fired 50+ people! Rubbish!

Hope you guys are well!

I "Ported" Pokemon Sword to Gameboy

Hi all! Kotor here! I've finished my dumb Pokemon fan game, it's now downloadable. You can watch a video about it, and I've also attached the file to this post. You'll need a Gameboy emulator to run it, I recommend Visual Boy Advance (http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/gba/vboyadvance.html)

Hope you like it! This is my first time making a game, it's only a small fun project, but I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Pokémon Sword and Shield on Gameboy

Hi all! Kotor here with a sneak peak at our next video. It's a bit of a weird one.

Game Freak just inadvertent'y released footage of a walkthrough the first town in Pokémon Sword and Shield. I decided it'd be fun to build it in GB Studio!

The full video will be along soonish with a link to a playable download of the game, in the meantime I thought you'd like to see the town's floorplan.

Thanks! Smell ya later!

Video Game Test Image

Hey guys, Kotor here! Just wanted to share a little something with you that I've been messing around with in my (rare) spare time (like, I drew this a month ago!).

Years of telling video game developer stories has inspired me to try making a game myself, which is something I'd never really thought about until recently. This is a test image for Photomon Snap (working title), a game in which you wander around in the woods and take pictures of cool monsters. I envision it as a deconstruction/meta commentary on other notable monster catch...

A Funeral for AlphaDream

We asked YouTube what video we should do this week. This is the result. BretonStripes has been away again so this is all Kotor, for better or (more likely) worse.

Love ya!

Honk Honk!

So sorry this is late - we were going to have this finished and ready on Friday evening, but BretonStripes fell asleep with Baby Gamer in her arms, so Kotor figured he'd just leave the two to snuggle instead.

Here it is: our telling of the tale of Untitled Goose Game. We wanted to make the captions for this video simply read "honk honk honk", but that wouldn't have been fair for those who actually need the captions.

Tomorrow.

Zorldo Video Game Story Time

Hi all! Just dropping in quickly with our latest Video Game Story Time! Hope you like it! We're going to sleep!

(Super props to Breton Stripes for recording the audio twice because Kotor forgot to plug in the microphone the first time!)

Why Banjo Kazooie is in Smash

Hi all! So last week's video about Sans in Smash ended up going really big for us. It's already our most viewed video of all time by a very large margin, which is particularly gratifying since Kotor had to do the voice wrok and he felt horribly self-conscious.

We're pleased to report that even with so many viewers, the comments section is not a total garbage fire! YouTube has been kind to us by only finding us lovely people.

We'd promised a Banjo Kazooie video back when the characters were first announced, and honestly it probabl...

Why Sans is in Smash

Hi all! So yesterday's Nintendo Direct is going to keep us busy for a while. Here's a quick video from Kotor about how Sans came to be in Smash (although in practice it's just more about cool stuff that's happened to Toby Fox in the past few years!).

Some Link's Awakening Waffle

Hey, it's a video! And it's early! Not a big deal video ir anything, just some analysis of Nintendo's game plan with Link's Awakening. Hopefully we'll have something meatier for you soon, but these kinds of short, sweet opinion pieces are actually a lot of fun to make, so we had a good time with this.

Why Zelda Went Indie (Cadence of Hyrule)

Hi all! Here's our latest video, all about the creation of Crypt of the Necrodancer and Cadence of Hyrule.

We've literally been working on this video since before Cadence of Hyrule was even released, it's been a loooong road for no reason other than that we've been busy.

We did make a fun discovery, though: lo-fi chillhop music fits our channel really well! Probably gonna use more in future videos.

We're not really sure what the future of the channel might be at present. We're thinking of shaking up our Patreon reward tiers...

Taking Drawing Requests

Hey all, Kotor here! I feel like doing some drawing requests, so comment with suggestions and I'll draw whatever you want. I'll do OCs, fan-art, ships, whatever. Just nothing too risqué. This is open to all patrons regardless of pledge level.

A Brief History of Pokémon Being Left Out of Games

This title needs work, it's hard to find quite the right snappy, attention-grabbing phrase (that will fit YouTube's display).

Anyway, here's our latest video, slightly early for $5+ backers. Hope you like it and it doesn't whip you up into a frenzy of rage. <3

Persona Q2 Review

Like a London bus, you wait ages for a Video Game Story Time video, and then two come along at once! Here's a Kotor-made video about Persona Q2, the result of practice that we shared with you last week.

We're back up to full speed (at least for now) and hoping to get more videos with you soon!

Lots of love!

Interview with BulbaGanda

Hi all! Here's our latest video, in which we detail the life and times of the creator of Bulbasaur Propaganda. Hope you like it!

Lots of love,

BretonStripes and Kotor and Boogle

Channel Update (and WIP Video)

Hi all!

So things have been really busy for us the past couple of months. May was incredibly hectic, as we explained in a previous post, and June has turned out to be just as wild, with BretonStripes working away from home every week. 

Kotor's been doing his best in her absence, but he's also had big stuff on. In addition to caring full time for Baby Boogle, he's also "auditioned" (if that's the right word) for his dream job: drawing a full graphic novel for The Phoenix, one of (if not the) biggest current comics in UK publi...