ArloStuff

Hey dudez

Sorry things are still so slow and I still haven't put out anything since the last update.  Those personal obligations I'm always going on about are making it extra hard to get stuff done.  I still plan on three major releases this month though, even if their timing is a bit wonky and there are some gaps.

Zelda Action Theater.  Like I said, just need to get the c...

Update Time

Hello my friends!  Just thought I'd stop by and tell you what's hizz-appenin'.  Or something.

My workcation was AWESOME, first of all.  I wasn't able to get weeks ahead and all that, but I did get a good amount of work done.  I really like the way the Wii tenth anniversary video turned out, it was fun to tell some of those stories about my time working at a game store....

The Sneakiest of Peeks

Here it is, folks, for your eyes only!  You only recently learned that one of my secret comedy projects was called Zelda Action Theater, now here's more or less the idea of it.  Is it a good idea?  I have no idea.  It tickles me to no end, but there's no knowing how everyone else will react.

This was just a little video test to see how the setup looked, but it made me ...

Free Time

Hello, my good friends!

Before we start talking about this mysterious list, I've got so many new patrons that I've got to give all of you a thanks and a shout out!  You're all amazingly generous, and we're stoked to have you here!

Okay, so I can't remember if I mentioned it earlier, but this week I'm getting a wonderful opportunity.  Most of my other time-sucking obligatio...

Super Exciting News!

So this guy on Twitter asked if I would ever consider going to any sort of event in the Sacramento, California area.  I live a few hours from there, so I said maybe if something ever came up and looked cool.  I hadn't really thought about it before, so I did some research and found out about Sac Gamers Expo, which is in December.  This year they've got Andre from Black Nerd Comed...

I'm bushed!

Well October's over--sorry, I mean "OcScareTobSpookBer"--and it was a pretty exciting month!  With the release of Color Splash and the Switch reveal I've been busy as heck, and my videos about them have gotten me a bunch more subscribers.  I think it was yesterday that I hit 65,000!!!  I need bigger boosts than this if I'm going to hit my pretty-ridiculous goal of 100,000 by the ...

STOP THE PRESSES!!!

Soooo the Switch is a thing, huh?  Wow.  Quite the early birthday present.  Yeah, I'm going to have to move things around a bit.

Way too much to do and not enough time to do it!  The Mass Effect video needs to come well before November 7th, and "The First Game That Scared Me" needs to come before the end of October, but now I positively HAVE TO do something on the Swit...

You The Man Now Blog

Hey!  'Sup?

Just thought I'd hit you with an update.  Exciting news first, earlier today I had a great Skype chat with GameXplain and a few other awesome Youtubers and we talked all about Color Splash.  It was fun because two of them loved the game and one of them pretty much agreed with me, so we had people on both sides of the argument.  I was really stoked to be inv...

Yo!

Hey guys!  Well now you know why I've been super sneaky secret silent for the last week or so.  I got the opportunity to play Paper Mario Color Splash, and literally every spare moment has gone into finishing the game and making the review.  I'm really enjoying reading the comments on it and I'm pleased with the way it turned out.  And it certainly feels good to have it out ...

Bloop!

Hey guys!

So I'm going to be gone the next few days.  I'm going to a fundraiser at the Jim Henson Company in Hollywood (mondo excited, as you can imagine).  I super wanted to get at least one video done before I left but unfortunately I couldn't make it happen.  I've got some great stuff planned though, so hopefully after this little lull I'll be able to put out multiple th...

Muy Importante! Plz Respoond!

Hello my friends.  I've got a big favor to ask of you.  I'm going to present you with a question and I would hugely appreciate it if everyone reading this would answer SUPER DUPER HONESTLY.

With the recent uptick in pledges, that $500 goal is looking closer than ever.  When I made the goal last year it always felt like this super far away thing, and I thought that when the ...

Patreon 9/13/2016

Quickie

Hey guys!  Gosh, have you been seeing these numbers?  Right when I was feeling pretty down about the whole "people only watch the controversial videos" thing, my Calm Before the NX Storm video goes crazy!  I've gotten tons of subscribers and even new patrons from it, and I'm feeling pretty stoked about it.  It's starting to really feel like I can make it, you know?

And...

Blog tiiiiiiiiiime

Hey guys!  Boy, things have been a bit crazy!

I honestly had no idea this Pikmin thing was going to be such a thing.  I didn't think that many people cared one way or the other about the game, and here it is getting more views than my Mario and Luigi video and my Star Fox Zero review, which before were my big hitters after The Problem With Paper Mario.  Now it's at 100k, wh...

Blawg

Sup guys?  Just thought I'd drop in and talk about stuff.

Can someone verify whether or not I've done a blog in the last month?  In July I did a big one outlining my next several projects, but I could have sworn I did another small one since then.  I'm scrolling through all my posts and not finding it though, so I guess I just made that up.  Which of course is ...

The first vlog in like ten years!

Blorg. I mean blog.

Hey guys, just here to give you another update!

"But Arlo," you might be saying, "I would very much prefer it if you stopped YAPPIN' YER TRAP about makin' videos and actually MAKE SOME VIDEOS!"

Well, while I don't think it was necessary to raise your voice, I do think you're right!  I've got a whole bunch of stuff planned and am hoping to get back into the swing...

Bloop.

Hey there guys!  It's been some time, huh?

As you can see I was able to post a review of Inside (which is completely amazing).  And as you can also see, I wasn't exactly able to get the review out in a timely fashion.  See, when they told me I'd be getting a copy to review I sort of thought that meant they would get it to me early enough to have adequate...

Post-E3 Rest

Awwww yeahhhhh, it feels good to have all that done.  It seriously felt great to post that Gamer's Brief and call E3 a done deal.  My E3 bloopers video actually went over better than I expected, I think.  The downvote ratio hovers around 10%, and I consider that a victory for a controversial and/or joke video (my Star Fox review is like 11 or 12% I think...hrm).  It helped a...

Whew!

E3 is done!

This year was definitely the weirdest one I've experienced.  Firstly there was the no Nintendo presentation thing, which I've already gone on about.  (One great-looking game doesn't cut it in my book.)  But then I had family visit the UNCANNILY EXACT days of the conference, so I very unfortunately didn't get to watch them live and be ...

The Pre-E3 Blog

Hello to all you wonderful people, and as usual many many thanks to my newest patrons!  It's great to have you here, take a seat, get comfortable!

Well, E3 is mere days away.  It's of course bittersweet, seeing as Nintendo will largely be MIA.  Everyone keeps reminding me how they're showing more games on their livestream, but I stand by my opini...

Blog time, bebeh.

Hey dewwwwds, how's it going?

There are many factors currently making it difficult to get into the studio to record right now, but thankfully today I was finally able to get some stuff done.  So soon you can expect another Gamer's Brief and a video about how Nintendo's basically skipping E3.  At first I thought it might be a little too topical, but I think it...

Patreon Vlog 5/31/16

Exciting news time!

But first off, how's it going?  I'm feeling a lot better now; my cold's in that annoying stage where it just kind of lingers at a low level for days, but at least the worst of it is over.  And thank goodness it never developed fully into a bronchitis relapse.  The cough was bad for a few days but now it's just a little tickle.  This is probably going into more detail than is...

Yo dudes

Just thought I'd drop in with a little howdy do.  Because hanging out by the computer is pretty much all I can do at the moment.  XP

Personal time...I have had the WORST allergies this year.  It's seriously never been this bad.  Problem is, when I used to think of allergies I thought of having a runny nose sometimes.  Yeah, I wish that was all ...

What up!

Hello my dear friends!

As usual things are a bit slow right now.  I had this plan to play Star Fox Zero and bust out a review and only be a few days late versus other reviews (oh the day I get early review copies of games...), but of course on top of all the usual life stuff that makes it hard to work, I had family visit me for upwards of a week.  By the ...

Patreon Vlog 4/23/16

Update time!

Hey guys, time for an update!

Well The Gamer's Brief is still going great, people really responded well to the second one.  In fact I don't think anything I've done has gotten such an immediate and strong response from fans.  As I've said, I would really love to make these weekly, and failing that, once every two weeks.

Other than that, not a ton more t...

Patreon Vlog 3/25/16

Bloggy McCroggy

Hey there, how ya doin'?  It's been a couple weeks since my Paper Mario video.  Geez Louise, at this rate it won't be long before it hits 100k views, and that's just craziness to me.  My subscriber count has officially doubled since posting the video, and it's so much fun having so many new fans posting in the comments and following me on Twitter and al...