Season Two COMING QUITE SOON (Plus, a Big Bonus Feature)
Added 2022-04-25 15:42:42 +0000 UTCHello my friends! It's been a while! Work continues on the next six videos in this series (collectively, "Action Button Season Two"). And it excites me to announce that the next video--Action Button Season Two Episode One--nears the final stages of editing.
THE SHORT VERSION
All Day Every Day, I work on the videos. You will see the next one soon. Also, I uploaded an enormous bonus feature pertaining to Season Two as a whole onto Action Button Channel Two. You can find it here. Also, I updated Action Button Channel Two with new streams (video AND audio newly remastered from native recording files), even though I don't consider streams "core content". You can find a full playthrough of The Last Of Us, performed by My Only Friend, Mimsy, and you can also see my December 2021-January 2022 streams of the first five chapters of the PC version of the Final Fantasy VII Remake, at last turning that playlist into a complete playthrough. (New vids are at the bottom. I faced a little time-travel-paradox dilemma as to whether I should arrange the videos in Chapter Order or Chronological Order lol) Also, in case you missed it (and it turns out lots of people did!) there's been a Backer-Only Playlist on Action Button Channel Two since last year. It includes a meticulous, somewhat-lecture-y three-hour playthrough I did of the first level of Demon's Souls, in which I answer many, many questions I've received about when, why, and how I plan to eventually review a Souls game.
If you'd like the Nonsense version of the above, that's down below . . . though maybe it'd be more fun to just jump into the Bonus Feature without hearing my bizarre explanation of it. Because, really, the rest of this post is only so long because the bonus videos had finished processing on YouTube, it was Sunday, I was too tired to work though not tired enough to sleep, I love typing, and I figured it'd be best to post this on Monday. The Normal Guy version of myself signs off and gets back to work right here. The rest of this post represents a man goblinized and killing time before dinner.
THE NONSENSE VERSION (AS ALWAYS, BEWARE)
I personally dedicate an average of ten hours of six days of every week to the production of these videos. I tried doing eight times five, though it didn't work. I figure, I own this business, and sometimes I lol at the computer screen with dog-scaring volume. Plus, ten times six is a LOT healthier than eighteen times seven was, so please don't consider me as complaining. My three constantly valuable part-time assistants dedicate how ever many hours they feel necessary. I realize much time has elapsed between videos, so the faint tinge of requisite apology hanging over this post makes this feel like yet another bad place to name these excellent people. I will name them soon! It'll be great.
Most days, I feel like everything about the way I've expressed my person in these videos screams No News Is Good News, though some days I realize a LOT of people understandably think that "No News Is Good News" means "All News Is Bad News". So here let me state without ambiguity: I work on these videos all day every day. I enjoy working on these videos all day every day. If I decide to stop working on these videos all day every day, I will tell you *immediately*.
Still, I every day receive many comments, emails, and various correspondences from viewers paying and otherwise, most of whom ask the simple question, "Is Action Button Dead???" I cannot in good faith YELL at these people--so instead I yell at mySELF: Even I myself have in the past guiltily seen a piece of content and immediately decided to never look at the timestamp--it had appeared, my soul knew, the instant before my eyes had settled upon it. I began to judge every second after my first reckoning as one I had waited for this item's sequel. Impatience had strangled patience in the womb. Et cetera. So when I tell a man on the street (seriously, do say hello to me on the street; it's fun) that I'm working on six videos at the same time, should I really expect him to NOT disbelieve me? I mean, he tells me he believes me, though can I believe anything a guy says that doesn't support my deepest insecurities about myself? Of course not!
Years from now, when this project is finished, we'll all look at the timestamps and say, "Yeah, that's about right."
*IS* ACTION BUTTON DEAD, THOUGH???
I should hope not. If it is, why haven't I been outside in so long?
Action Button isn't dead. I just decided to stop with the perfunctory yelling so much about its aliveandwellness. It turns out in this modern age this behavior turns every viewer into my mom.
I quit posting on Facebook about five years ago. I got about six weeks into 2022 when I realized I hadn't posted anything on Twitter so far this whole year, so I figured, hey, let's keep that up. So I've been keeping that up. (Now it looks like some weirdo is about to buy Twitter, so suddenly I seem cool for disappearing from there.) This of course has amplified the loudness of the persons most persistently begging for concrete declarations to the effect that Action Button Is In Fact Not Dead. As this year rolls along the questions get louder and louder, as questions do. I realize they come from literally the same eight or nine dudes (this is not hyperbole), though man, those dudes! They could just sit down and ENJOY the brick wall instead of trying to talk to it. None of these guys even back the Patreon (of course I checked: it's what I do; I'm a Guy Who Checks), which I find doubly funny. So in dedication to the promise I made last year when I said to not look at the Twitter, and that the Patreon is where I post "The Real Stuff", here today I say: the next video is coming. It'll be soon! I originally intended it as a tiny, spartan thing, though I decided too many people would hate that, so I decided to surround that Tiny, Spartan Thing with a more traditional (though moderately re-branded, re-styled) Action Button Review. It's still significantly shorter than the last couple videos, though I did inflate its length quite a bit from the original concept. I am deep into editing it right now, and it's great. I think it's The Best One Yet. I also think you'll all like it. I need to fly back to Indiana to shoot One More Thing on May 7th, though it's just one segment of the video that I have already begun editing, so it does not affect the schedule much. During that trip I *do* intend to enjoy a Hot Box Pizza off the hood of my mom's Kia Soul, though, and that WILL push the schedule by about an hour.
I won't try to put a release date on this video, though given that the video involves a game about the season of Summer, I'd like to get it out before the beginning of Summer. I'd most specifically like to get it out before the beginning of June. That'd be really nice. Though sometimes the machine has an objection, et cetera.
The machine has been pretty quiet about this one, actually. I am editing the video in 1080p, and I think that serves the purpose and the aesthetic of this one quite well. In strict dedication to the previously stated concept of "debranding" for this video, it features no on-screen typography or wacky Photoshops for the vast (VAST) majority of its runtime. Of course, my dedication to this mission has forced me to make the video visually dense and interesting enough for my own standards through OTHER means. Which has resulted in my having a great deal more fun with the "creative" aspect of the Editing Phase of this video than I had anticipated.
As these things go: you'll no doubt see what I mean when the video pops out.
I reckon that suffices for an update, though as we know, I prefer super-sufficiency above all else, so let's go a little (a lot) further.
THE VIDEO VERSUS THE TALKING: WHAT CONSTITUTES "THE PERFECT BONUS FEATURE"?
I do feel bad about not constantly updating everyone about the status of the video. Though to be honest, I never have anything particularly exciting at all to SAY about the video while I'm making it. Or even after it's out, to be honest. I agree with David Lynch, that The Film *Is* The Talking. So the status of the video is always and permanently, "I'm working on it and it's going well". At the very least, I know about myself that the making of the thing always goes well. If you can permit me a bit of further boldness, let me say that wow, I sure do know what I am doing when it comes to making these things. I sure am able to just Sit Here And Make the exact thing I want to sit here and make, and I sure am able to just do that ALL DAY. Making The Thing is what I am good at. When I try talking about it (like, right now), I feel like a floundering flailer.
Though also I *want* to want to update you all meaningfully with the status of the project. It's just I don't know how to do that in a way that authentically suits me OR the sort of ridiculous stuff I make. Does that make sense? I had stated, in my previous update, that I wanted to record some interesting backer-exclusive update videos throughout this season. I indicated that I had publicly AND prominently stated the exact names of *FIVE* of the Season Two game selections simply so that secrecy regarding the games' selections would not dominate me and render me unable to talk about these videos during their making. Well, the old trickster's ghost musta jumped down my throat immediately after I said that, because here we are with me cackling in office-solitude at the videos as I make them, intoning again and again in perfect imitation of Jack Nicholson's Joker, "Wait'll they getta loada ME".
Oh well! I tried my best!
Yet still the urge to entertain in secret my Closest Viewers lurks within me in a place so deep in my soul that nine out of ten doctors'd have to agree it's perfectly sincere. Many times per day I accidentally think, "What kind of special feature would be The Most Perfect One for the sorts of people weird enough to spend monthly money assuring that I continue to make these quite frankly bizarre things?" Almost always, after a complete trapeze act, my mind arrives upon the answer "lmao i dont know man"
And thus, many weeks ago, I alighted at last upon a perfect special feature, quite by accident. I'd just finished crossing the street after a visit to my ophthalmologist, my pupils the size of tea saucers behind my darkest sunglasses. A man yelled half my ghost right off my bones: "HEY!! Are you Tim Rogers???" I never got a good look at the guy, what because of the eyeball situation, though he went on to profess himself a Patreon backer, and a worried one: why hadn't I updated the people? Why hadn't I at least posted a bonus feature? Of course, he only did this after I apologized for not updating the Patreon, and he said he didn't mind, and then I said he could mind if he wanted to, and he said, well, if you insist. He said, and I quote, "If I were you, I'd just post all the raw gameplay of the game I'm reviewing, just, like, without explanation. That'd be hilarious." Here I must confess: bro, that was a Horrible Idea. I will never post the raw unedited gameplay of the game I am reviewing, even without explanation. Yes, it WOULD be hilarious, though that does not stop it from being a Horrible Idea. Yet his Horrible Idea planted within me the seed that'd eventually bloom into the Good Idea I will present you, if you'll continue to indulge my weird urge to speak as much (and as fancily) as possible about something I'd honestly, earnestly rather let speak for itself.
Several persons have asked me why I do not STREAM the game under review. I have commented on this at length and in public before, though allow me to attempt a brisk summary: I think that would be boring for all of us. While I am playing the Game Under Review, I am not exactly the same person you see speaking to you in the videos. The guy in the videos has played the Game Under Review, thought about it for many dozens of hours, has played dozens of related games, has done a lot of research, and has written the lengthy labyrinthine script from whence issues his ability to speak with that degree of bizarre authority. To hear the live, ponderous reactions of The Other Guy, the guy who has to later write the script would shatter every possible illusion. In honesty, I'd like a little less illusion in my life, though this particular illusion in question has positioned itself quite precariously.
Yes, I did stream a full playthrough of The Final Fantasy VII Remake prior to writing that review script, though that was the first review of this entire series. You did not yet know The Guy in the YouTube videos. Heck, neither did I. Now, we all know him, for better or for worse, and we're going to all have to keep dealing with him while I (the real guy) level up like a Dragon Quester until I feel like I can kill him without hurting myself. Also, if I just acted like myself in my YouTube videos, people'd probably accuse me of ripping off Hbomberguy, and we can't have that (yet).
As thousands of people continue to watch my full, luxuriously preserved (with *Remastered Audio!*) Megumi Route playthrough of Tokimeki Memorial on Action Button Channel Two, I have realized that big, long, luxuriously full playthroughs of The Game Under Review conducted in public *AFTER* the release of a video suffice as excellent Bonus Content. Perhaps I could narrate my full first playthrough DURING the "production phase", and then release that full playthrough unedited, raw, and rough For Backers Only a few weeks *AFTER* the review?
No. I don't like that idea, either. Again, you'd witness too many tiny facade cracks. Maybe seven out of ten viewers would obtain every necessary tool for clawing The Illusion off of every video I proceed to make and then suddenly Perfect Imitators would swarm the internet and I would literally lose the only chance I've ever had in my life of preparing for a semi-comfortable retirement.
What about a full playthrough conducted AFTER editing the video, NOT live streamed, archived just for backers? I like that idea a great deal, though it's not going to work for this next review, for reasons I unfortunately have to keep secret.
Lord, I just can't finish a sentence these days without the specter of "We'll Find Out Soon" tapping on everybody's shoulder.
A QUICK ASIDE (SORT OF (NOT?)) ABOUT THE NEXT REVIEW
Also, while we're here like probably about twenty paragraphs into this thing, can I just make sure we all realize the next review is of the PlayStation video game Boku no Natsuyasumi, originally published by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan in the year 2000? A *lot* of people have been emailing or messaging me about what the next review is these past couple months, and I could have sworn I spelled it out pretty clearly at the end of the Cyberpunk 2077 review. I mean, it's not even "spelled out"--it's pronounced. It's very literally Spoken Out Loud. You see the beginning of the video. That's literally the beginning of the video, right there. I don't know how I could make it clearer than that. I have, to date, received at least a hundred emails asking if that part was "a joke", or if I am "seriously" going to review Boku no Natsuyasumi. I never know what to tell these people. There have even been at least two dozen messages asking if that part of the video was a joke intended to trick people who did not watch the end of segment number six, wherein I "clearly" reveal which game I "actually" intend to review for Season Two Episode One. I told nine of those two dozen people to go back and rewatch the end of segment number six, and one guy replied ten minutes later with "Okay, I did that, though I'm not sure I get what you're asking me to see." In summary, on the one hand, I love that people get this caught up in code-cracking re: these videos, though on the other hand, I was pretty literal about Boku no Natsuyasumi and I *think* I was pretty clear about the other game. So can I get a quick show of hands in the comments: what game is the FINALE of Season Two? I will neither confirm nor deny, though I really hope at least 75% of you take this question seriously (lol). Feel free to privately message me the Season Two Episode List, and I'll reply to let you know if you're hot or cold.
AT ANY RATE: INTRODUCING THE ACTION BUTTON FUKUBUKURO, A NEW, ONGOING, AND HORRIBLE PROJECT
At any rate, faced with the once-again suggestion to upload backer-exclusive video footage of myself playing and reacting to a video game, pupils dilated to roughly iris size, I decided upon a bonus feature. I would like to present it to you here today. It comes with the purposely unwieldy, idiotic name "Action Button RAW: Bokunatsu Fukubukuro."
"Fukubukuro" is a word I have used in the past to brand horrendous year-end written content on a particular website. Please don't go looking for it. Seriously: it's all trash. Forget about it. If you do go looking for it, please don't ask me about it. I'm serious. Please don't. I have to date never once said "Please don't ask me about [blank]" and not meant it. Please don't also ask me "Did you really not want people to ask you about [blank]?" Yes, I do not want people to ask me about it if I ask you to not ask me about it. I am, yes, on occasion A Man Of Jokes though sooner or later we need to acknowledge that chess is in fact a 2D game.
Uh. "Fukubukuro" is Japanese for "lucky bag". At New Year's, many Japanese retail stores sell "lucky bags". These bags are sealed, sold for a fixed price, and often come with a few guarantees. One of the guarantees is "surprise". Maybe in the year 2008 one 100,000-yen fukubukuro or another would have included a promised iPod Nano, one of five possible other fancy things, and many question marks. The question marks are the surprise. The buyer of a fukubukuro KNOWS they're about to get a good deal, though they're never sure exactly how good the deal will be. They probably buy that one particular fukubukuro in 2008 because they want an iPod Nano anyway, and they have some money, and they have a general appreciation of technology, and they also have some elderly (or, at least, older) relatives who might consider One Man's Fukubukuro Trash their own thoughtful-gift treasure.
So I come to you today with a Fukubukuro of my own meticulous and disastrous concoction. I thought, people really want to see my brain-gears grind through the writing process of a review. People really want to see me edit. Equally, people love to ask me if I'm hiring, or if I need an intern. People really want to watch me play a game under review before I even write a script, much less edit the video. Most of all, people also really love asking me, "When you in a video say you 'played' a game, how much of that game did you play?"
Then it hit me: the next task on my to-do list was literally "get b-roll footage of the following 138 games". So in the deepest possible consideration of my audience's demands, and in an ever-grueling contest to outpace my audience's expectations of me--to in fact defeat my audience's expectations of ME with my OWN expectations of my audience!--I produced something no one has ever asked for, though everyone must with mathematical certainty appreciate: I picked 66 of the 138 games on my list and I recorded on-average one-hour-long Let's Plays of each over a period of about six weeks.
Please clap!!!
I ended up cutting nine (and a half (you'll, uhh, see what I mean)) of those from this final product, though wow--that's still 56 games!
The pretense to have recorded all of these in one sitting amused me with such gravity I began to pretend about dates and timestamps. I learned how to use the beard trimming function of my Philips Norelco OneBlade razor. Though past a point I'd worn too many shirts and the sun had performed too many drastic changes of position for anyone to believe me, I kept up the ruse. Mostly because, well, why not amuse one's self? And hey, even if I file my income taxes well ahead of the Federal Deadline, do I not speak as an individual when I say, well, anything? So when I say "today is tax day" can't you excuse me for leaving off the "for me"? Listen: let's not hemhaw the stickliest veracities of so casual a massive missive.
Needless to say, my mess of intentions made a mess of contention. I rarely have half an idea what my "character"'s "motivation" is in any of these video presentations, though I can say for a stone cold fact that it ain't ever "to explain to you in perfect detail why I need footage of this particular video game, and exactly how I am going to use that footage in my upcoming review or in later reviews this season". Because I told myself going in that I would try as hard as I could not to ever do that. And wow, I succeeded.
Though crikey: it was harder than I'd've ever imagined. To put it plainly: any relaxation or enjoyment you perceive in the vocal mannerisms expressed in this video is merely a veneer dangerously affixed atop the face of a Father Figure terrified of spoiling what he got you for Christmas.
The idea began innocent enough. "I know: I'll record commentary while I play all these games. That would make a great Backer-Exclusive Bonus Feature."
Then my constant dedication to Content-Related Secrecy complicated this concept. Though I have quite openly revealed five of the next six games I plan to review, I still like to keep connections and context complicatedly secret. Each of the games on my list of Games To Play came with a host of reasons related to either the current video, the next video, the video two videos from now, the video three or four videos from now, or the video five videos from now. I could not allow myself to speak simply and plainly about those reasons and those plans. So I shuddered to think I'd just planned a Boring Bonus Feature, in which I'd headline a "commentary" in which I say nothing interesting By Design.
However, I'd already set up the microphone and camera AND gotten Mimsy to make sure I was in focus, so I went ahead and spend 60 hours making this anyway.
In summary, my insistence on never revealing reasons required me to keep my most pertinent commentary secret. Thus my hardline dedication to NEVER revealing why I'd selected a game in the first place placed me in a professional position overshadowed by the necessity to Play *A* Game while playing these games. I made up "the game" as I went along: sometimes pretending to not know anything about a game I in fact knew quite well, sometimes pretending to know quite well a game I'd never touched, sometimes researching a game just a little bit before playing and trying to pretend I hadn't--or vice versa. Sometimes I pretended to like or dislike a game more than I did. Sometimes I committed horrible jokes I feel the overwhelming urge to fix here, in this text: I want to tell you a LOT about the Song Dynasty, for example, that I *strangled*, in the name of "humor" only I myself can hope to ever understand, out of a particular video in this playlist because I know of a better place to do so clearer and later. And atop all this I attempted occasional audience-entertaining. This put my mind of course in a persistent hot mood. Add to this the continuing aches of head and groans of devices technical--soak up and bask in these dozens of hours of commentaried video content, "work" inside the office skyscraper of the mind with me more or less for one full week of duties, and come away perhaps with a greater or at least decent understanding of what, really, it "means" to Play Video Games For A Living.
Also, witness here and there speckling this turbulent desert moments of genuine surprise, awe, appreciation, and critical or designerly reflection.
Though mostly, when I look at these videos, I see merely a different Leather Muppet than usual: here is a weirdo, a "performer". I began Season Two with the wholehearted intention to Bring Myself Into This, to leave behind the weird Mid-Atlantic accent and grandiose eloquence. And I've certainly done half of that in these videos. Though I dare say I have so thoroughly buried any details pertinent to the production of my current season of videos that maybe the only reason to watch these videos is if you want to hear a weird guy say weird stuff sometimes-thoughtfully about a Whole Bunch of Certifiably Cool Games. Feel free to sift through The Trash Of Performance for shrapnel fragments of Perfect Worth, though maybe first if you ask your local neurosurgeon to turn off the part of your brain responsible for Fan Theories (look: we've all got it--even me) you'll enjoy yourself a lot more.
I'll go ahead and say the loud part double-loud here, just so nobody else has to: yes, every game in this list is for PlayStation 1. The only significance of that is: I had my PlayStation 1 hooked up, and I'm reviewing a PlayStation 1 game, so let's play PlayStation 1 games. Why not focus on one console, anyway? That way, I can maybe do another set of these about another console, later. Wow. A Saturn Version of this'd be hecka fun.
Well, I've now spoken just about Too Much about "Action Button RAW: Bokunatsu Fukubukuro". That was, of course, my plan here. I told myself, hey, it's Sunday, and the videos have finished processing: let's try to Type Too Much about them for the Patreon Post. As I've said in the past (ie, earlier in this post), I honestly don't like talking too much about The Work. As I explained earlier in this post that David Lynch once said, "The Film *IS* The Talking."
Every time I try to talk about these things, I feel like a freak. I've tried to teach myself how I might LIKE feeling like a freak, and maybe my success or failure at that comes across in the way I compose the sentences of these horrifying wordwalls. Either way, I hope you at least like it. If you love it, all the better (because, right about now in every one of these posts, I sort of do love it, myself).
Now I'll speak plainly: Action Button RAW: Bokunatsu Fukubukuro contains uncut "Let's Plays" of 56 PlayStation 1 games recorded over a six-week period. I recorded these during off moments in the editing of Action Button Reviews Season Two Episode One: Action Button Reviews Boku no Natsuyasumi. I said earlier this year that I wanted to "stream more" in 2022, and though I've stuck to that in a New-Year's-Resolutionary sense (please follow or subscribe to twitch.tv/actionbutton if you want to receive alerts when I go live at a slightly different time Every Friday), I can't in good conscience attach those efforts to my Professional Side. I stream strictly for fun--MY fun. If you have fun with it as well, that makes me feel good, though the streams certainly do not constitute any percentage at all of what I consider "My Content". Many times during the production of Action Button Reviews Boku no Natsuyasumi, I sat down to record b-roll of such-and-such video game. I have my Elgato Stream Deck sitting next to me on my sofa when I record games--I can easily press the "record" button to begin or end recordings, or soundboard buttons to play sound effects that show up as visual markers on the bottom audio track. Among all these buttons, the "stream" button is right there. A couple times throughout this review production process I've pressed the "stream" button just to see if people show up in the chat. Sometimes they do. Though usually I end the stream without saying anything or even unmuting the microphone. "Action Button RAW: Bokunatsu Fukubukuro" represents my earnest attempt at unmuting the microphone and "streaming" without compromising the vision I have for these videos. I hope you find enjoyment in it, though for the purposes of maximum eclecticism I have presented the entire production in six huge chunks containing several games each, and I have refrained from including a game list or helpful timestamps, so that you the viewer might encounter this experience with a similar hazy derangement to the one with which I did.
THE BIG AND FINAL QUESTION: Did I Goblinize?
In closing: wow, I sure do dislike looking at myself. You'll witness me attempting to "look good" in some moments of these videos. I can't say I have obtained any confidence at all yet, though I will say that I dropped the needle into the video and immediately saw exactly one frame of myself I thought looked "okay". (You can witness the origin of this rare moment of exuberant self confidence above.) So I stopped the search then and there: I used that frame as the thumbnail for literally the entire series. I don't know why my hair looks like that there. I don't know what was going on with it. It looks like a Depression-Era clown wig again the next time I show myself on camera, mere minutes later. What happened in those minutes? The man on the camera asks, "Did I Goblinize?" In fact, the middle-aged man at the keyboard asks that same question now: Did I Goblinize? The answer is yes, though the sense exactly in which the answer is yes eludes me. Also, eternally unasked (such is its danger) is the bigger question: When Did I Goblinize?
Ah, heck--I'd said I was going to speak plainly.
IN CLOSING: SPEAKING PLAINLY
Okay, here are the real closing paragraphs: in my last post, I introduced Action Button Channel Two. I tried to explain it directly and succinctly, though I'd already spoken so nebulously and weirdly in the words leading up to that introduction that many of you assumed the plainness for a joke. So let's introduce it again: Action Button Channel Two contains non-review Action Button "content". This also includes uploads of my livestreams with remastered video and audio. That is to say, they look and sound MUCH better than they do (or, in some cases, did) on Twitch. I have (just today) updated this playlist with archives of every stream SINCE the debut of Action Button Channel Two. I must hugely thank the Action Button Goblin Bunker (discord.gg/actionbutton) resident GOOP LORD for helping archive all those streams--he even edited down a digest of my mammoth six-hour ELDEN RING stream.
As time goes on perhaps I'll feel more confident saying I *primarily* use Action Button Channel Two to house a playlist of Bonus Content for Action Button Patreon Backers. In my previous post, I said "someday" I "might" make such a playlist, though in that same sentence I also literally linked that playlist, which already had like ten hours of brand-new bonus content in it, including a three-hour video thoroughly dissecting the level design of Boletaria Palace from Demon's Souls. I apologize if that joke went extremely over a LOT of people's heads. I received so, so, so, so many messages from Patreon Backers about that playlist. I ain't gonna name names, though wow! A lot of you really didn't see the link there! So I have made sure to link that playlist again multiple times in this paragraph. Please click it this time! There's some fun stuff in there. And please also click this link to the Action Button Fukubukuro, which is its own unlisted playlist of unlisted videos.
If you want to share this link (or any links) with a friend who does not back the Patreon, feel free to do so, though tell them that it's a tiny bit annoying if they leave a comment telling me that their friend who backs the Patreon sent them the link and that I'd better change the playlist link regularly if I want to keep my content "secure". Just tell them that if they ever realize at any point in their life they ARE the exact problem to which they are proposing a solution, the least they can do is to be chill about it!
(I mean, literally: someone did that lmao)
Also, if you do manage to brave the entirety of The Fukubukuro, let me know, honestly, and seriously: Did I Goblinize?
Uhh, well, I must go now. Tomorrow begins yet another long day of editing this weird video. I hope to show it to you all soon. And if you're in New York, let me know. Maybe we can all stand around on the street eating a slice of pizza somewhere this summer. That'd be fun.
Comments
At the point it's worth the 3 bucks to just check the comments each week.
George Efta
2022-09-24 08:13:04 +0000 UTCI’m honestly not sure why you’re subscribed. I just subscribed last month to join the Patreon to see if I was missing anything, but it’s pretty clear to me that I’m not. I read some of the posts, I found the members only playlist, but even to give $6 for 2 months without getting a single new update? I can’t imagine the people that have payed Tim for an entire year and only getting 2 updates and no video! Anyway, now that I’ve paid my Adblock guilt tax I plan on unsubscribing until Tim starts sharing actual new work. If he wants to run a business by crowdfunding he needs to give the crowd a reason to fund him.
Logan
2022-09-24 04:43:30 +0000 UTCCatherine: Full Body is a good game.
George Efta
2022-09-23 02:14:53 +0000 UTCRadiant Historia Perfect Chronology
Joseph Connors
2022-09-22 23:58:33 +0000 UTCyou guys ever play quake 2
curaga
2022-09-22 23:36:53 +0000 UTCDo we experience a Bobby Fischer AGAIN?
György Dudas
2022-09-22 14:17:14 +0000 UTC11 months and 200.000 USD later... It's just a reminder, don't get upset people. I just feel it's absurd how much a video can cost and how long it can take. Or that final editing can take 5 months, for what was supposed to be a short video?
unlg
2022-09-22 10:02:05 +0000 UTCwhats good reza
golok
2022-09-20 13:19:04 +0000 UTCI, for one, am pumped.
Zach Moffatt
2022-09-20 05:33:07 +0000 UTCBring it back, James.
unlg
2022-09-19 09:26:09 +0000 UTCI said my piece, no need to get into an argument. Not really worth it.
James
2022-09-17 15:21:37 +0000 UTCreally pumped here as well
Lemon Villas Boas
2022-09-16 18:29:34 +0000 UTCsuper pumped about the boku no yatsu video. who's with me
Reza Seranitai
2022-09-16 00:51:40 +0000 UTCI honestly thought this too... At this point i hope that's the case
SankofaNYC
2022-09-15 23:59:12 +0000 UTCAw dang, I was really looking forward to the replies to James' comment. Aw, well.
George Efta
2022-09-15 16:14:49 +0000 UTCThere's no more efficient way to grasp general trends than by consuming everything under the sun and not thinking critically about how those things connect to one another. Wheat and chaff are the same thing, Connor. you fool
Shpam
2022-09-14 23:04:22 +0000 UTCSeems to me like you shouldn’t make the same dumb joke every time the man streams.
Ben Morrison
2022-09-14 20:36:27 +0000 UTCJames
2022-09-14 13:59:29 +0000 UTCLol. Nope.
George Efta
2022-09-10 21:13:14 +0000 UTCDid this come out and I missed it?
Irving Le Turkey
2022-09-10 12:13:41 +0000 UTCOk, mom
unlg
2022-09-10 06:51:36 +0000 UTCyou are the worst gimmick account
Dad
2022-09-09 21:34:34 +0000 UTCConnor, language please...
unlg
2022-09-06 04:37:49 +0000 UTCI'm not saying it's unfair or being impatient. I'm just saying it's Tim's choice how much to communicate. Plus as other people have pointed out, you know that when he does update, it's going to be very long and detailed
Arbor Quinn
2022-09-05 14:37:02 +0000 UTCDude, get a fucking hobby, I'm begging you
Connor Colledge
2022-09-05 10:13:53 +0000 UTCWould it be crazy to ask for an update, after he claimed he was aiming for the video to be done before June and it's now September? How is that unfair or being impatient?
unlg
2022-09-05 09:46:37 +0000 UTCKeep ignoring the fact that you are making silly generalizations and talking out of your rear.
unlg
2022-09-05 09:37:08 +0000 UTCHe's not dishonest? I thought his pinned tweet still reads "HELLO! i have a patreon: one huge, monthly, hour-long, meticulous, unconventional video review of a game i love. i have 37 videos in the planning stages already." Wouldn't it be more honest to either delete that pinned tweet or re-phrase it?
unlg
2022-09-05 09:35:27 +0000 UTCBlame is only going to make him more stressed and take longer. Give him a break. He works hard at making some of the greatest content on the internet. At least he plays games on Twitch now and uploads them on Youtube. If you don't want to pay, you can just cancel. I'm sure he'd be good with that. We pay because we love him, not because we want exclusive content.
Scalisco
2022-09-05 07:08:35 +0000 UTCOne long update during 2022, humm..
unlg
2022-09-04 18:52:01 +0000 UTCHe's not dishonest, you're just impatient and don't know how to temper expectations. It's really that simple, it will be ready when it's ready. If you're upset, stop donating.
Connor Colledge
2022-09-04 15:24:38 +0000 UTCdid you see the size of this update? this is worth like 100 updates you'd get from a typical patreon
June Guts
2022-09-04 15:20:56 +0000 UTCI trust Tim to speak when he has something pertinent to say. If he were to post an update solely to placate people who are impatient about the wait, that would feel kind of forced to me. Tim is a really genuine guy who no doubt knows the long wait is annoying for some people. But he has a lot of fans who trust him to put out great work at his pace and that's why there are still so many of us backers who aren't going anywhere, regardless of the wait. I think if he wasn't streaming it would be different, because then there would be reason to be concerned that he wasn't around or had abandoned his community. I don't think anyone here thinks or should think that. You can't rush creative work. I rewatch the Action Button reviews up to this point and I'm just, like... man, this guy is a genius. His work is stunning. It's worth the wait.
Arbor Quinn
2022-09-04 01:18:33 +0000 UTCSorry, but are you saying that because you've been on Youtube for 10 years you can claim that there's no other content creator that can deliver the same quality without taking 10 months in between videos? I've been on Youtube since 2009, and I wouldn't even dare make such statement. I'm not saying it's easy to make, I'm saying he's dishonest with his audience.
unlg
2022-09-03 14:35:03 +0000 UTCI have been watching youtube videos about videogames for more than 10 years (which based on the way you post, is longer than you've been alive), I know quality when I see it. Quality takes time. You think it's so easy, you do it, because bitching on a patreon page ain't gonna make the content any quicker either
Connor Colledge
2022-09-03 14:23:09 +0000 UTCThat's blind fanboy mentality. You would have to know most content creators out there to make such statement.
unlg
2022-09-03 13:02:43 +0000 UTCPeople say they don't blame Tim for posting more often. I don't get it. Tim advertises the Patreon quite a lot! Why would he do it if he doesn't want to engage his audience there at all?
unlg
2022-09-03 07:05:37 +0000 UTCNow, you're beginning to understand :)
Connor Colledge
2022-09-03 04:07:29 +0000 UTCWhat he said^^^^
George Efta
2022-09-02 14:03:15 +0000 UTCI personally would like that a lot more than the current situation. I like that Tim gets to do what he wants but at a certain point it feels like the limitations helped keep him focused
Prettz
2022-09-02 10:31:49 +0000 UTCConnor, while I understand wanting to defend somebody you like, Unlg has every right to point that out. We are all here because we like Tim and want to support him, but 9 months is a very long time and a lot of other creators would be getting A LOT more flak for this gap given the lack of communication on his end
Prettz
2022-09-02 10:29:48 +0000 UTCTo be fair alot of us don't watch streams, it would just be nice for him to post that content here... where it's meant to go
Prettz
2022-09-02 10:25:49 +0000 UTCwhile I can see why people are defending Tim and saying it's due to anxiety, maybe if he didn't wait 5 months then people wouldn't be expecting so much. Keep in mind people are also paying monthly, and it has been just shy of a full year since the last video. Everybody here is donating because they like and want to support Tim, but I don't think an update more than once every or twice a year is asking much. People calling anybody questioning Tim Jerks like asking for an update (not even demanding videos) is bullying, keep in mind how much money has been made since the last video... all that money came from people who are supporting him and just want a little more transparency
Prettz
2022-09-02 10:24:14 +0000 UTCI guess nobody produces content with the same quality, anywhere, faster than him. Surething.
unlg
2022-09-02 08:21:06 +0000 UTC"You might say you know some other YouTubers on Patreon who deliver multiple videos per week, or even per day. To this I say, buddy, if you can't see the difference between their videos and mine, I don't mind if you just watch their videos instead!" -Tim Rogers on THIS Patreon
Connor Colledge
2022-09-01 18:47:54 +0000 UTCYup, lol! "I think the video should be out before summer!"...summer is OVER, I think an update is certainly reasonable lol.
George Efta
2022-09-01 18:31:07 +0000 UTCI don't blame Tim for not posting more frequent updates. I can't imagine the anxiety that would come from making an update that isn't "the next episode is here!" just waiting for the same idiotic conversation of "wtf mang" posts that would result from it. I don't care if it ends up being a year anniversary to be honest, I'm just along for the ride.
TJ B
2022-09-01 15:24:52 +0000 UTCMy brother in christ it is September. Perhaps another update would be reasonable lmao
Garm The Terrible
2022-09-01 13:43:24 +0000 UTCNah, it’s more like this: several folks are being jerks about waiting and if Tim reads these posts, they probably have a negative effect on him. It’s probably good to let him know that not everyone feels that way and some people realize it takes time to make something great.
Jeremy Emerson
2022-09-01 04:52:48 +0000 UTCHey man. I know you're focused on both huge quality and quantity together, and I believe whatever you're working on for S2 is going to be some of your best work. Some folks are impatient about the wait, and I get it, but not all of us are. I believe you just want to make something of the highest quality you can. That can take a very long time. Anyway, thanks for the care and attention you put into your work.
Jeremy Emerson
2022-08-31 19:17:45 +0000 UTCHow do you know who am I talking about?
unlg
2022-08-31 18:08:11 +0000 UTCThe content is of much lower quality and not at all original
Eli
2022-08-31 18:00:39 +0000 UTCIt isn't
unlg
2022-08-31 05:30:40 +0000 UTCThe content is very different.
Tristan Elliot
2022-08-31 04:15:44 +0000 UTCI'm here cause nothing is as weird, wonderful, and wise as Tim Words. Pretty insane value considering the cost, length, and production value as well. Take your time, I know it will be worth it.
roffmo
2022-08-31 03:07:03 +0000 UTCWhy does he make it sound like content creation + editing is rocket science? There are literally thousands of creators doing the same work everyday (creative work and editing), and producing content regularly.
unlg
2022-08-30 17:22:09 +0000 UTCWould it be fair to ask, if, after 10 months nothing has been produced, while Tim is working all day everyday on these videos, how do other Youtubers manage to produce content regularly? And I'm talking about one single individual producing content on a weekly/monthly basis, no team behind them.
unlg
2022-08-30 17:10:26 +0000 UTC10 months and 186000 USD later...
unlg
2022-08-30 08:56:36 +0000 UTCY'know, I'd be fine with that if Tim was honest about it.
George Efta
2022-08-29 20:13:57 +0000 UTCAlright, to all the people eagerly waiting for Season two... I have a theory! Tim has described that he's been working on all of Season Two's videos at the same time. It took him roughly 18 Months to complete Action Button Season One. So, I think we'll only get any release from Action Button Season Two between December 2022 and April 2023, 4-8 months from now! (He mentioned these would be shorter so uhhh who knows?) It's been helping me be more patient by tempering my expectations to this hypothesis.
Red Panda
2022-08-27 12:31:22 +0000 UTChttps://m.twitch.tv/videos/1526402996?t=1291s he talks about this stuff a lot on his stream, specifically this one
Austin Munday
2022-08-26 22:15:53 +0000 UTCnope
Sebastian König
2022-08-26 03:14:54 +0000 UTCHas anybody here read https://medium.com/@108/just-like-hamburger-exactly-like-hamburger-5ba6f95c2b32? I think it's my favorite Tim Rogers creation.
George Efta
2022-08-25 16:24:01 +0000 UTCJust an update would be nice
swhitey91
2022-08-24 15:49:26 +0000 UTCAt this point, I think he will probably take more time and release more than one video; but I can imagine him doing that to cover for the insane delay to release just one.
unlg
2022-08-24 08:43:37 +0000 UTC"Quite soon" must be soon now right?
Sevenpsych
2022-08-23 16:03:27 +0000 UTCThe answer Tim consistently gives to the "where is all the time going" question is "I work all day every day I promise", but, I dunno, I'm starting not to believe him. Either he's gonna release the whole season in one go, the next video is like 25 hours long, or he's terrible at his job. It just doesn't take this long to make youtube videos, especially if you're working 9 hour days 7 days a week, or whatever he says he's doing.
George Efta
2022-08-23 15:01:18 +0000 UTCThanks Sankof, for making this point.
George Efta
2022-08-23 14:58:43 +0000 UTCI don't watch the twitch streams. Has Tim said anything about what the delay is? Hope he's healthy. Also hope the video is out soon.
George Efta
2022-08-23 14:37:20 +0000 UTCI'm new to the Patreon (just subscribed this week) but I agree. I would like a few more honest updates about what's going on (maybe once a month?) just to see where things are at and what the reason for the delays are. I think I probably know, and I'm not worried - Tim is a perfectionist, there's always scope creep. For example, he's capturing footage from about 150 PS1 games to have on hand for editing. I get the need, I know I'll love the product when he's finally finished... I know getting that footage must have added 1 to 2 months to the production time, but at the very least, it will be footage that he will have for Season 2, 3, 4, etc, and I appreciate it in the big picture. Also he says he's working on 6 videos on the same time... I know that's probably great for the big picture, but most of us really would just like to see one new video now. His methods are undoubtedly part of the reason I love his videos so much - creating above average videos takes time, and I think this current work is the best Tim has ever done. But I guess when people are funding you I'd like monthly updates at the very least, and just to know where all the time is going.
Logan
2022-08-23 04:23:17 +0000 UTCI agree to all of that, really hard.
Marie Cory
2022-08-23 00:52:40 +0000 UTCYeah, I mean at this point I guess I'd just like Tim to be honest - he spent his entire adult life working and building an insane resume doing this or that and, given the rare chance to work free of structure, maybe realized some things were deeply wrong with his lifestyle and relationship with work. That's fine! Happy to keep contributing as Tim realigns his mental health and expectations of himself to himself. But yeah, the whole "I work all the time and it's borderline unhealthy but I can't show you yet" shtick is weird and guilt-y and just feels dishonest at this point. I legit think 2022 will pass with 0 or 1 published video, which is just wild. If you're struggling, say you're struggling! Don't say "I'll publish a bunch don't worry" and then just disappear, man. Anyway, blah blah just unsubscribe I get it. I don't want to unsubscribe, honestly. I just want a real update that isn't more gentle guilt about how much work is being done and how hard this is.
Andrew Rynning
2022-08-23 00:43:20 +0000 UTCIt isn't about money at this point. It's about trust and transparency. There's zero chance a YouTube video takes four months to edit, if you have people supposedly working all day everyday on them. At this point a house costs the same and takes the same amount of time to build than one YouTube video. Does it still make sense?
unlg
2022-08-22 10:15:37 +0000 UTCMary's Letter is an important item received in Silent Hill 2. The letter was written by Mary Shepherd-Sunderland while she was terminally ill and was meant to be given to James, her husband; however, it is the mystery of the letter that brings James to Silent Hill. It is already in James's inventory at the start of the game.
Sebastian König
2022-08-21 18:34:53 +0000 UTCI love him, we all do, and let’s be real, I think most people that engage in Patreon understand that life is hard and we need to appreciate art and be understanding. But I also think Patreons appreciate and value what is given, so if it’s not given, don’t be mad if people say “yooo??? 🤔🥹” especially if they’ve said “we understand, life is crazy, take your time” for the past 9 months or more 🤷🏾♂️… again!!! We love you Tim, we are all here because you have brought us joy, we are staying here, we appreciate you, and yet still, come on bro, it’s time to grind
SankofaNYC
2022-08-21 02:14:00 +0000 UTC"So everyone relax, we are all still here, we are all still supporting, we all still love the content. That doesn’t mean we can’t say bro wtf is going on?" I just want to upvote that part especially. As long as the "bro wtf" isn't screamed like a child, and does Tim the honor of not being expressed with such a common phrase. Tim, you wild wordfinagler, where are your highly anticipated and fiercely structured meanderings?
Marie Cory
2022-08-20 20:02:46 +0000 UTCLol listen, my above post was a joke but I’m going to play along to help y’all. Tim should be held accountable, in fact I’ve heard him say we should complain before, there is absolutely nothing wrong with people paying him money then saying “yo where’s the stuff I paid for?” We didn’t make the promises or expected release dates, he did, and it’s healthy and needed for us to check him. Just like how sometimes my boss has to corner me and say “I need that report done by tomorrow” cause she knows if she didn’t I might not finish it till weeks later. And ultimately if dude wanted to make a gofundme, he should of, im sure he would get a lot of support, but he didn’t, instead he said “I need you to give me this, so I can give you this”. But he hasn’t given and done his part in a long time. So everyone relax, we are all still here, we are all still supporting, we all still love the content. That doesn’t mean we can’t say bro wtf is going on? Cause again, if this was my job, I’d expect someone to. Y’all don’t need to be mad because people are expressing dissatisfaction. This whole “If you don’t like America then LEAVE!” mentality y’all have isn’t necessary, it isn’t helpful, and it may be harmful.
SankofaNYC
2022-08-20 15:07:15 +0000 UTCNext week it'll be four months since the video "nears the final stages of editing." You are taking your audience for fools at this point. Whether they want to see it or not. Looking forward to the excuses and the "I work all day everyday on these videos"
unlg
2022-08-19 09:59:49 +0000 UTCHeck why not. Might as well push my backlog again! I love this indie-game Golden Age. Games are cheap, time is not.
Joel Swensen
2022-08-19 06:47:16 +0000 UTCSeems like he is on holidays
unlg
2022-08-18 17:53:22 +0000 UTCmiss you, tim. just rewatched the sixth chapter of the cyberpunk review and realised 9 months had passed. hope you are well. I'm very excited for season 2. just know that what you put out on the internet means a lot to people. we love you!
João Pedro
2022-08-15 01:28:12 +0000 UTCHey guys, I don’t really participate in the discord, but it looks like Shin Chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation, a spin-off game for Boku No Natsuyasumi, just got added to the switch eshop! I’m thinking it might be worth playing as sort of a primer for the review, but Tim has also stated that he writes the reviews in a way that you can go in unprimed for the experience. Anyone else thinking of trying it out?
Judge Somersault
2022-08-14 14:19:19 +0000 UTChe's streaming every friday on twitch.tv/actionbutton
Sebastian König
2022-08-11 16:17:59 +0000 UTCstill around my dude?
Lee Wilson
2022-08-10 18:04:58 +0000 UTCy u mad?
unlg
2022-08-07 13:43:14 +0000 UTCPlease return to whatever toddler's ballpit you crawled out of
Connor Colledge
2022-08-07 13:41:49 +0000 UTCu mad?
unlg
2022-08-07 13:25:29 +0000 UTCIf that was too long for you, it's no wonder you're so clueless :)
Connor Colledge
2022-08-07 13:24:18 +0000 UTCtl;dr
unlg
2022-08-07 13:11:03 +0000 UTCDo you really think Tim is sitting in a dark room, twiddling his thumbs and collecting the cheque? I trust he's putting work into the VIDEOS (yes, plural).I trust that the quality Tim is trying to achieve takes time. Those of us who are still donating trust he's putting in the work. If you do not, that's your perogative. Simply leave and stop trying to tell us how to contribute to Tim's work. We don't need or want your financial opinion.
Connor Colledge
2022-08-07 13:09:39 +0000 UTCIs it unfair to wonder why a video can take 160k and 9 months to produce?
unlg
2022-08-07 09:48:44 +0000 UTCI really wish your mother would take away your credit card privileges
Connor Colledge
2022-08-07 08:59:59 +0000 UTCThere's no reason to support if you don't want to. You're in the discord, you have the secret YouTube links, he doesn't withhold anything from the general public. Either patronize the man or don't.
Euthymios Logothetis
2022-08-05 21:49:32 +0000 UTCCan I just say I love you.
Hutch Hyde
2022-08-04 17:05:34 +0000 UTCFinally catching up with Westworld and Evan Rachel Woods's robot character has a line like "I don't wanna be part of a story" and immediately thought about Shiori Fujisaki, erstwhile best girl, who doesn't like having her picture taken.
George Efta
2022-08-03 14:25:33 +0000 UTCI like the content.
unlg
2022-08-03 12:29:59 +0000 UTCYeah, I hear you. I respect Tim's artistic freedom, but I wish this series was actually "1 hour long video per month" We'd have like...30 different videos since the launch of the channel. That'd be awesome, lol.
George Efta
2022-08-03 12:22:07 +0000 UTCIt's a fair thing to point out.
George Efta
2022-08-03 12:19:58 +0000 UTCCan I ask why you're still subbed?
Lewie
2022-08-03 11:37:49 +0000 UTCJust voicing this into the bunker: I miss the kotaku days of weekly bonkers videos. Not saying Tim should have to make them anymore, just saying that I miss them.
I Have Four Names
2022-08-02 15:55:04 +0000 UTC9 months and 165000 USD later...
unlg
2022-08-01 13:00:01 +0000 UTCDJ Big Boy Baby Boy, hope you’re staying healthy! Looking forward to the next vid when it’s good and ready
Fake Rye Bread
2022-07-29 02:37:06 +0000 UTCThere was a recent stream where him and mimsy talked about his editing/work process for almost an hour and it was a great listen. I think there's a link to the specific vod on the subreddit
Jordan Michael Marks
2022-07-28 00:30:54 +0000 UTCWho would not goblinize under that workload? Excited to see what comes out of it eventually and watching the absurd amount of bonus content.
Sebastian König
2022-07-27 07:44:47 +0000 UTCdude, if you're so mad about how long the videos are taking, then unsub from the patreon. you don't need to pay lol. you'll get the video for free regardless (and you know you'll watch it). the rest of us like his stuff enough to accept that it takes a long time to make - just let us hang out and let him have his peace. it's a voluntary platform. i mean, he gave us literally 3 days of content in this one post - is that not enough?
David Hobbis
2022-07-24 03:24:42 +0000 UTCEnjoy the summer a lil longer my dude!
Thuy hoang Tan
2022-07-23 17:06:45 +0000 UTCTim's various in-boxes are probably starting to really load up with angry dude-bros as summer gets into full swing. Hope all is well, haven't check a twitch stream in awhile, everything groovy in Action Button land? Is Mimzy playing TLOU 2?
George Efta
2022-07-22 05:55:41 +0000 UTCI re-watch Tim's videos all the time! I need to go re-watch Let's Mosey, his FFVII video translation series, again, it's been too long.
George Efta
2022-07-22 05:53:20 +0000 UTCLong time follower, Tim. Now that I'm a working man, I'm glad to be able to contribute towards your work, even if it is only $20 a month
Sureet
2022-07-21 17:39:30 +0000 UTCUhhhhh just make your own, I guess? Also — the man gave us literally an entire work week's worth of bonus content in this post alone.
Jack O'Keeffe
2022-07-21 12:09:32 +0000 UTCIts not 90 days to edit. He clearly explained the Action Button method and it sucks you have to whine on here instead of just paying better attention in the videos.
Rick Rosen
2022-07-21 05:01:06 +0000 UTCYou must be new here. ^_^
Patrick Eslinger
2022-07-20 19:28:17 +0000 UTC"I'd most specifically like to get it out before the beginning of June". If people who work on video editing estimate it takes 1 to 2 hours to edit one minute of footage, how can this take approximately 3X to 4X the time to edit? I guess it's not another 5+ hour video right? The delays are just impossible to understand at this point.
unlg
2022-07-19 23:29:56 +0000 UTCHe wants people to believe it takes 90 days, working everyday, to edit one video.
unlg
2022-07-19 22:52:32 +0000 UTCIncorrect
unlg
2022-07-19 22:48:34 +0000 UTCYeah and I bet those other content creators are only 1/4 as interesting :)
Connor Colledge
2022-07-17 05:23:58 +0000 UTCHe says he works on them everyday. Surprisingly, other content creators that produce long format videos do the same in 1/4 of the time. He's making 20k per month and delivers two or three videos per year. It's a scam.
unlg
2022-07-17 00:54:22 +0000 UTChttps://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Missouri/Rosalie-Flake_32ns10
Patrick Eslinger
2022-07-14 12:53:06 +0000 UTCmy boy's hair do be lookin' pretty fresh tho
Jack Riley
2022-07-13 23:18:22 +0000 UTClol
George Efta
2022-07-10 16:06:08 +0000 UTCIs this a scam?!?!?!?
SankofaNYC
2022-07-10 14:10:00 +0000 UTCSending love and support! I can't wait for the next video that I can rewatch multiple times (As I have with his other videos)
Mars
2022-07-07 20:48:50 +0000 UTCI suppose, but he said the same thing about season 1, if I recall, but the time between episodes didn't really bear that out. *shrug* Hope it's out before summer, that'd be cool. Mostly, just hope Tim is well.
George Efta
2022-07-07 15:35:30 +0000 UTChe's basically working on the entire season at once lol its not like its one by one
ointment
2022-07-07 01:04:56 +0000 UTCGet used to it. Every video is that way. Tim is great at a lot of stuff. Predicting how close he is to done with a video ain't one of em. Patience grasshopper. He works on em every day. It'll be out when it's done.
George Efta
2022-07-05 15:22:50 +0000 UTCGoing for 3 months of "nears the final stages of editing".
unlg
2022-07-05 09:41:16 +0000 UTCi want to believe that i would have praised and appreciated the artistic merit and aesthetic intent behind making Action Button Season Two Episode One A Tiny, Spartan Thing. but perhaps i would have been one of the disappointed voices posting , 'after 9 months, only a (short amount of time) video?'. ill never know, so i choose to believe the former
Bryn Nieboer
2022-07-03 07:53:44 +0000 UTCJust going ahead and circling back here with regards to my excitement apropos the upcoming video and inquiring as to a potential timeline of its eventual release. Thank you for your time.
Euthymios Logothetis
2022-06-28 23:17:18 +0000 UTCI wonder if it'll be in there? The idea of "de-branding" is so interesting to me and honestly when I think of the brand Tim's created the first thing I think of it "HELLO. AND WELCOME BACK TO VIDEO GAMES." He's been saying it since Kotaku times. Can't wait for the new episode.
George Efta
2022-06-24 15:57:21 +0000 UTCi really like the colors in that still of you in front of the sunflowers
Reza Seranitai
2022-06-23 17:02:10 +0000 UTCCan't wait to hear that next "HELLO!"
Patrick Eslinger
2022-06-23 13:22:09 +0000 UTChi tim
kerobaros
2022-06-11 00:06:23 +0000 UTCI just switched credit cards, and I was updating my number here on patreon dot com. I figured I’d pop over to my only patreon subscription and see what was up. I’m so happy to see the fukubukuro link??!?!?! I feel incredulous saying it, but a little bit of IC nostalgia mixed with something fun to put on youtube while I work made my day. Thanks tim, and good luck working on season 2!
casey lawrence
2022-06-01 04:07:51 +0000 UTCkeep on keeping on. I'm just glad to support someone making something I know I'll like
Aeroza
2022-05-31 07:19:47 +0000 UTCi enjoy your videos. good luck
mycophobia
2022-05-30 16:27:08 +0000 UTCtim: thanks for the update
Can o Jam
2022-05-26 15:02:34 +0000 UTCstoked
Jordan Rows
2022-05-19 02:54:38 +0000 UTChowdy from bk--catch y'all at the pizza party
panic
2022-05-14 21:43:34 +0000 UTCguy behind the counter: "so what're you havin" 50 consecutive customers: "HELLO,"
Rick Rosen
2022-05-02 18:14:17 +0000 UTCI think, you need an editor... just joking, or am I?
György Dudas
2022-05-02 13:41:53 +0000 UTCHaha it would be hilarious if like 50 people show up to Bleecker St for pizza and all stand around talking about Vagrant Story or something
Sam van der Meer
2022-05-02 13:34:10 +0000 UTCI’m also En-Why and want to get in on Goblin Bunker stuff. 7/22 Live A Live remake and Princess Mononoke at Japan Society, I’m just sayin’
Sam van der Meer
2022-05-02 13:32:57 +0000 UTCI'm in NYC. Put me down on the pizza list.
Carlos Gomez
2022-05-01 18:02:12 +0000 UTCI remember seeing that one live, and it was one of my favorite streams! I hope for more directors commentary in the future!
Jason Ruvinsky
2022-04-30 18:06:17 +0000 UTCWhat's YMS? Am I missing out on some great YouTube videogame related channel?
Jason Ruvinsky
2022-04-30 18:01:57 +0000 UTCAnd here I was literally thinking to myself "I could sure go for some Action Button content", and lo Tim drops 50 hours of it! My sister is moving to New York City with her fiance, so sometime if I visit them I'd certainly be down for that pizza stand around.
Jason Ruvinsky
2022-04-30 18:00:03 +0000 UTC/me plays the Smash TV "Good luck!" sound effect (but seriously, thanks to you and your team for your hard work on Action Button. I'm grateful you're doing work you love doing, and that you're willing to share it with all of us.)
Jethro
2022-04-28 22:42:06 +0000 UTCPlease clap!!!
Colton Reeder
2022-04-28 17:03:10 +0000 UTCAlso yeah I’m a 45 minute train ride from Manhattan count me in
William Farley
2022-04-28 12:23:45 +0000 UTCThanks for the update, Tim! Glad to hear you’re finding the right balance for you. 60 hours a week is still a real lot but it’s at least maybe a pace that won’t literally kill you and I think we’re all thankful for that.
William Farley
2022-04-28 12:23:17 +0000 UTCThank you Tim! Happy Spring and may you summer be lovely! Love the update, your writing, as always, is a blast to read. Can't wait to dive into the new super secret playlist!
George Efta
2022-04-28 06:31:39 +0000 UTCThe amount of content you put out prior to this was incredible and yet I saw people complaining and thought that's kinda ridiculous to ask for more when this man is clearly a machine. And then you write a novel for an update. Good lord. Very appreciative of all you do even if I'm too busy creating my own content to enjoy all of yours. It's always nice to hear you recite your well scribed word walls whenever I get a free moment.
WeWynne
2022-04-28 03:21:26 +0000 UTCWatching the Fukubukuro while cooking is really nice. One question for those who have watched more: Do video issues get better for him? It doesn’t bother me at all, but it’s making me anxious thinking about him worrying about his entire video capture chain while playing.
John M Meagher
2022-04-28 02:14:54 +0000 UTCHe definitely flat out said both Rondo and LA Noire are in S2 in a couple of those quick "on screen for 2 seconds" flashes of texts. FFIV is just a strong hunch.
Justin
2022-04-27 15:23:05 +0000 UTCFull support Tim, thank you. Re: NY pizza - I’ll be in Brooklyn May 28 playing a show at St Vitus. In the rare chance ya’d want to come out, I’d gladly put you on the list, and would promise not to be a punisher lol. Cheers!
Rorik Brooks
2022-04-27 13:44:59 +0000 UTCI'm intrigued to see if your next review touches on Furusato & Natsukashii. I do a lil anti-fascism research/activism and am always interested by how (and why) nostalgia, usually for an illusory or idealised past, is used/sold/weaponised by fash scum. My limited understanding of those two Japanese concepts (or umm.. words? ideas?) mentioned above though is that they function in a very different way (and are embedded with different ideas) in comparison to the seemingly more reactionary western nostalgia for The Good Ol' Days. I vaguely remember hearing, in a video about Animal Crossing, that Furusato especially is ideologically connected-to/a-progenitor-of/influenced-by Japanese Anarchist politics and philosophy, which would be rad to learn more about. The game you're reviewing - and I'm making big boy probably unfounded assumptions here - seems to be a quite specific exploration of an idealised past by its creators so I'm goblining myself silly thinking about getting to hear your thoughts on; the potential politics of this game, non-reactionary nostalgia & and the complexities of 'looking back' generally. Even though there's a LARGE chance I completely misunderstand the Japanese concepts mentioned above, that they have no connection to this game, & that your video doesn't touch on any of these things, I'm still hyped out of my whole-gourd to find out and enjoy it either way!
Jordan Cummins
2022-04-27 09:08:11 +0000 UTCTimothy lives!
Timothy
2022-04-27 08:49:12 +0000 UTCI’ll be in NYC October, the slice is on me!
Spike Thomson
2022-04-27 02:19:17 +0000 UTCThanks for the update! It's much appreciated!!
Joshua Sachs
2022-04-26 21:41:31 +0000 UTClike manna from heaven, thanks once again Tim! glad to hear you’re maintaining a less hectic schedule than in the past, take strength 🙂
Brandon Wheeler
2022-04-26 14:25:29 +0000 UTCLooking forward to everything, have already recently played Earthbound and Rondo of Blood for the first time in preparation (both in their full glory on my new MiSTer with my CRT), have also started and gotten through a good amount FFIV twice but stopped both times due to deciding I'd rather play another version of it lol. Got LA Noire purchased and ready to go as well!
Nathan Grim
2022-04-26 13:22:09 +0000 UTCGreat to hear from you! Looking forward to the new season!
Agnes Lundberg
2022-04-26 06:37:59 +0000 UTC60 hours of fresh action button diarhea? we'll ALL be goblins after this!
Bon Glover
2022-04-26 05:14:25 +0000 UTCI need to recommend to anyone who hasn’t yet checked out the Get Bonus! backer-only playlist: watch the first video where Tim reviews his Death Stranding review. It’s hilarious.
Dan Allen
2022-04-26 03:50:52 +0000 UTCYou’re right - I missed it, didn’t see it was above the Bravely Default stream
Steadman Slick
2022-04-26 03:48:54 +0000 UTCIt’s in the stream archives on Action Button Channel 2. Literally a 3 hour stream just focused on character creation lol
Dan Allen
2022-04-26 03:44:35 +0000 UTCI remembered that LA Noir is episode 2 and we are all suspecting/expecting a Mother 2 finale, but if you are right about Rondo and FFII/4, then this season is going to be amazing!
Dan Allen
2022-04-26 03:42:52 +0000 UTCI was wondering if I would ever get any context around that super short Sunday stream with no intro and no words were spoken !
Dan Allen
2022-04-26 03:37:22 +0000 UTCAlso if you’re going the completionist route for the stream archives - do you have a capture of the FF14 stream from like December? There were some good zingers in that one I wanted to look for. Thanks again, partner.
Steadman Slick
2022-04-26 03:29:13 +0000 UTCThanks for all the bonuses, pal. The streams are always a good time. *I hit post on this before I finished reading the email, missed the 50-60 let’s plays on channel 2 bit. Holy crikey, Jerry. 😳
Steadman Slick
2022-04-26 03:27:27 +0000 UTCBonus content dopamine hit! Yeah, this is pretty great. I'm gonna continue to munch on this through to the end. 12 minutes in: I don't see the goblinization. Or maybe I've been too far gone for too long to see outside of my *own* planescape. But all good, I think! Thank you, Tim!
Malcove
2022-04-26 03:25:01 +0000 UTCFrick yea, season 2 incoming. Thanks for more bonus content, can't wait for the goblin goober goodness.
Revalence123
2022-04-26 03:16:09 +0000 UTCI will happily drive five and a half hours to the other end of the state if you make it a big enough pizza party.
DJ
2022-04-26 03:05:05 +0000 UTCI'm 99% sure I've got 5/6 games on lock for season 2. Are we posting guesses here? After episode 1, I'm going with LA Noire, CV Rondo of Blood, FF4, and Mother 2
Justin
2022-04-26 00:46:42 +0000 UTCI'm in Brooklyn and would be super into eating pizza while standing
Jeff Wiggins
2022-04-26 00:42:29 +0000 UTCAlways fun to read these updates! Would love to do a pizza slice summer meet but im so awkward lmao
Ash
2022-04-25 23:13:55 +0000 UTCI pay for the Nonsense Version. Thanks, Tim.
GSR314
2022-04-25 22:13:20 +0000 UTCIt's nice to hear how much you care and how seriously you approach what you do. I mean it comes across in your videos, but it's still nice to hear in a behind-the-scenes way. I'm very interested to check out this Demon Souls Vertical Slice, and I wish you all the best for season two. :D
Dave
2022-04-25 21:29:02 +0000 UTCglad to hear! hoping Earthbound is the finale!
Rosemarie
2022-04-25 21:28:15 +0000 UTCSweet, can't wait!
Mauricio Contreras
2022-04-25 21:27:43 +0000 UTCWhat a joy it was reading this today.
muggsymugs
2022-04-25 21:05:42 +0000 UTCPersonally I love not hearing from a creator for months before they post a new video. It's kind of like when I find out The Body released a new album by checking out spotify.
Amy Christine
2022-04-25 19:50:54 +0000 UTCI personally love reading these insanely long goblin updates, it is highly entertaining.
Bikzimus Maximus
2022-04-25 19:03:10 +0000 UTCgood to see ya, tim
beefo
2022-04-25 18:51:47 +0000 UTCThe finale of Season 2 is Mother 2 (EarthBound). Boy I sure hope I'm part of the 75%
tttooooni
2022-04-25 18:06:55 +0000 UTCAmazing update, thanks so much for everything you do Tim
PersonalMatthew
2022-04-25 17:35:49 +0000 UTCGuess I'd better stop slacking and start playing some of these games. Thanks for all the work you put in! Your stuff brings me way too much joy.
Steven Bowser
2022-04-25 17:23:35 +0000 UTCThanks Tim. Good to hear from you. It pleases me that it sounds like you're enjoying yourself making these videos.
jdhathrisen
2022-04-25 17:21:15 +0000 UTCDown for corner pizza! Glad to hear you’re sticking to a more sustainable schedule. Time to dumpster delve into 60 hours of content for goblinization content nuggets
p
2022-04-25 17:16:14 +0000 UTCOh, that would be lovely.
Jockel
2022-04-25 17:14:21 +0000 UTCThis is awesome. I'm also excited to see someone complain about this in the comments in three weeks.
edward j rathke
2022-04-25 17:10:21 +0000 UTCThis was a really great update, thanks, excited to dive into the playlist tonight.
William VanZant
2022-04-25 16:52:06 +0000 UTCAlways glad to hear from you, tim. Alas, I no longer live in NY, but I did always hope (and fear!) I'd run into you when I did. Love the work!
Daniel Mesa
2022-04-25 16:51:48 +0000 UTClets go
tenby
2022-04-25 16:45:09 +0000 UTCMimsy’s Last of Us play through was so great to watch. It gave me the courage to play Last of Us 2 myself after playing Last of Us years ago and deciding it was too stressful and sad and scary for me. Excited for what the funkubukuro has in store!
Luis Correa
2022-04-25 16:44:33 +0000 UTCSeason 2 Finale: Mother 2
Patrick Eslinger
2022-04-25 16:42:55 +0000 UTCAll amazing news, Tim! We can see you’re working incredibly hard on these videos, and await the day they’re released, as they’re the most interesting video game content I’ve seen in years. Hope you’re doing well, mentally and physically! ❤️
Nygile Oliver
2022-04-25 16:35:42 +0000 UTCHi Tim! Hope you're doing well! Fukubukuro video idea is fun, I'll definitely watch at least some of it!
Scott
2022-04-25 16:35:32 +0000 UTCnew york city resident here, eager for some delicious street corner pizza. thank you for your work!
Kieran Westphal
2022-04-25 16:33:37 +0000 UTCThis hecking rules.
Thom
2022-04-25 16:29:53 +0000 UTCI guess I know what I'm watching for a while, and Mother 2 is my guess for the season finale!
Bruce Kellerman
2022-04-25 16:26:16 +0000 UTCLooking forward to the buffet of content, you keep us well fed Tim!
PlaidSam
2022-04-25 16:25:40 +0000 UTCBetween you and YMS's Lion King Review, I feel like we are in YouTube criticism 2.0. Thank you for all your hard work!
Colton Royle
2022-04-25 16:17:44 +0000 UTCI would absolutely love to take an Amtrak train up to New York to have a slice of pizza on the street with some folks this summer.
Avril Ayers
2022-04-25 16:16:38 +0000 UTCI am in lower manhattan and I would love to stand around and eat a slice of pizza.
Owen Sanders
2022-04-25 16:14:36 +0000 UTCLovely to hear from you as always, Tim. Thanks for doing what you do and being you <3
Ryan W.
2022-04-25 16:14:06 +0000 UTCI'm so excited for this. I can't wait to dive into Channel Two! Also whether it's a year from now or ten, I EAGERLY await the Saturn version of the compilation video.
King Giddra
2022-04-25 16:12:48 +0000 UTC(But fr: Thank you for the delightful post, and your eloquence, and your sincerity. I am eternally amused at you constantly delivering excessively on your promises. Thank you for your works!)
Melgna M.
2022-04-25 16:03:01 +0000 UTCI CLAPPED
Melgna M.
2022-04-25 16:02:06 +0000 UTCI was just recommending a friend to check out your videos last night. I thought to myself “I should check out the Patreon to see if anything new’s been announced” Anyway, thanks for the update and be safe out there fella.
Manuel Cinema
2022-04-25 16:00:33 +0000 UTCBless you, Tim. By whatever diety to which you ascribe, if any. For me, it's Satan. So uh, Satan bless you and your many goblins with positive thoughts.
Justin
2022-04-25 15:59:46 +0000 UTCSO MUCH CONTENT. I'm never sleeping again!
Thaine Smith
2022-04-25 15:59:31 +0000 UTCYou remain one of the most interesting and entertaining reviewers on the web, Tim. Good to hear and see you've not just been doing well, but putting your all into your work in a way that is at least *marginally* healthier than it was before. Thanks for your hard work!
Crafty Catgirl
2022-04-25 15:58:17 +0000 UTC❤️
Travis Harnar
2022-04-25 15:56:43 +0000 UTCglad to hear from you king, really looking forward to this one
Jack
2022-04-25 15:49:26 +0000 UTCPraise the lord!! 🙏😅 Thanks for the update!
Kai S.
2022-04-25 15:46:51 +0000 UTC
