Hey, Y'all

Hey, y'all! I've made this pinned post as a way to help y'all navigate any backlogged content, as well as to help you see at a glance what's on the livestream schedule.

Whenever I go into a game for the first time, I try to minimize my expectations as much as possible so it has a fair chance to impress me. I want the old title I play to be fun. Sometimes you can't help having heard at least a little about a game, though, when it's 15 or more years old; it's simply been around too long, and it's had too many chances to be in the corner of your eye.

Thankfully, I didn't know much about Clive Barker's Undying going in, or those initial expectations would've been totally wrong. The game didn't do well when it was first released, and after spending a couple hours with it, I'm really not sure why. FPS isn't my genre of choice, and I'm not typically great even at the ones I like. Undying, though, grabbed me and didn't let go: The ambiance is great, you can really feel Barker's influence, I'm interested in the story, and it simply feels good to play.

Does it have its flaws? Sure; every game does! I had to stop mid-stream and google the hotkey for reading journal entries, because it's not even mentioned in the keybinds on the options menu. However, that definitely didn't stop me from enjoying its combination of active combat, platforming, exploration, and puzzle-solving. I felt like poking my nose into corners was generally well-rewarded, and dual-wielding weapons like the Tibetan war cannon with spells like ectoplasm was (no pun intended) a blast.

Thanks to the Video Game History Foundation for this sweet gift!

Y'all helped us raise over $1600 for the Foundation back on June 25th, and SpecificPixel and I are already looking forward to doing it again in the future. In the meantime, please consider supporting VGHF and their work—you can join their Patreon, make a direct donation, shop at their merch store for loot like this, or find other ways to help preserve video game history.

This was our very first charity stream on the channel, and I have to admit, SpecificPixel and I were both a little nervous just because we couldn't be sure what to expect. As with our 100 follower and subscriber milestone, though, it turned out better than we could have hoped. We're grateful to everybody who participated in any way during the stream. 💜

As shown in the image above, we completely smashed our original donation target and our stretch goal by raising $1631USD for the Video Game History Foundation! Honestly, that's incredible for such a small channel and for our first charity fundraiser. I'm proud of our community and the work we've done, both for the event and that brought us to this point.

So! On to the juicy part:

Successful Donation Goals & Incentives

Thanks to some incredibly generous donations, we have the following coming up on the channel, all of which will appear in the same order as donations were made. These will be streamed on Fridays at 7pm ET, with a soft target of July 7.

Game "Tastings:"

Wild Arms 3

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

Deus Ex

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Darkstone (co-op w/SpecificPixel)

Clive Barker's Undying

Game tastings will be one (1) full stream to sample the game, with the possibility of a full series if it's received well and fun is had by all.

Full Series:

Zombie Dinos from Planet Zeltoid

Disney's Hades Challenge

I'll be doing both of these from start to finish, however long that takes.

On top of that, look forward to a Starfish vs. Pixel stream, since we met our goal of $1000! More details forthcoming as we hammer them out.

Thank y'all again for over 1k subs on YouTube!

I mentioned before that SpecificPixel and I will be doing a charity stream to celebrate, so I wanted give more details:

June 25th starting at 12pm ET, we'll be streaming for at least 12 hours (until midnight) trying to raise $1000 for The Video Game History Foundation! If you're not familiar with their work, check 'em out: https://gamehistory.org

This is our first charity stream, so there may be a few hiccups (any advice from fellow streamers is welcome), but we're working hard over the next few weeks to try and make it the best it can be. We've already come up with some fun donation incentives, so help us spread the word and let's try to raise our goal and then some!

We'll be kicking things off with a randomizer of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, which I'm super hyped for; neither of us has ever even been in the same room as a randomizer, so we both expect it to be a lot of fun for us and y'all. It shouldn't take nearly 12 hours to get through that, so we've got some other plans for after we finish, to keep things interesting.

OMG Y'ALL DID IT 🥰🤯💜

I cannot believe all the support we've gotten in such a short time. I know I must sound like a broken record, but it's only because y'all have shown out for our little channel in such a big way, and SpecificPixel and I really can't put words around how grateful we are. Y'all're incredible!

We've already been planning something to celebrate when we hit this milestone, so now I guess I have to tell you what it is, lol: Pixel and I will be doing a charity marathon sometime in June, where I (and maybe he??) will be playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past all the way through...but randomized! Neither of us has ever played a randomizer before, so hopefully this'll be a lot of fun.

We're still working out the specifics, like donation incentives and a final donation goal, but we've already reached out to the Video Game History Foundation (our charity of choice) and they're on board! If you have any incentive ideas, let us know in the comments and we'll be happy to consider them along with whatever our Patreon folks suggest. Depending on how long it takes, there might be a second game and so on, as well, since we could get a really good seed and crush the game in a few hours. I'll post more here, on Patreon, and on YouTube as we hammer out the date and stuff.