Old Omens: Journal Entry #005

Written: Wednesday. August 11, 2021.

I was so close to forgetting to write a journal entry today. I initially was supposed to start writing one an hour before starting this, but I decided to watch the Pilot Episode for Vikings. I would say that that series was recommended to me by YouTube Shorts. And I'm gonna say, I liked the first episode.

The pilot wasn't even that grandiose. It showed very little, which was actually great. It wasn't too revealing of what it the series is gonna be. It just hinted that there's gonna be some Norse mythological aspects to it, like gods and goddesses appearing in the eyes of man, or some symbolism here and there. I liked how it establishes the conflict that we'll see between characters, and how visceral it all is. The type of conflict brought upon by this type of setting is quite interesting to me. It perfectly shows how conflicts were dealt with back in their time (assuming that this took place at a certain point in time). But even regardless of if it didn't, I would say that this type of conflict is gonna be very exciting to watch unfold. I'm very fascinated, so far.

The main character of the show played another character in Raised by Wolves, that's why he's familiar to me. I like his acting style. He brings a very different, sort of methodical, way to his acting. It's very distinct. I think it's his eyes, or the way he uses it in his acting, I guess. And whatever that is, he does that very well.

Nothing really interesting happened today, other than I guess the new video I posted. But technically, that happened yesterday, after I had written the journal entry for that day. I basically uploaded my first Short video on my YouTube Channel, and it's doing pretty well, as far as how most of my recent videos have done. It's almost at 100 views, which is good. Not great, but good enough for me.

Because lately, I've really been down on my luck with the content that I've been producing on my Channel. None of them are doing as well as back when the Voltes V-related videos were booming. But that's only understandable, because the content that I'm putting out there is catered to a very niche audience. Of course it won't get that many views that fast. Nobody's looking for a new Kamen Rider or Super Sentai video every single day.

But yeah, I enjoy what I'm producing right now. It's just really unfortunate that it doesn't get appreciated as much as I'd want it to be. But, you know, that's the YouTube life.

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Funnily enough, I take back what I said yesterday about Stardew Valley. Well, kind of. Because I said yesterday that I might uninstall it because it's just not fun to play, or whatever. I played it again earlier today, or even last night, actually. And I'm somehow hooked with this game again. I think it's because I feel like this game might actually have an ending to it. Sure, it's a farming sim, but you could do more in the process. You could go to the mines and collect minerals. You could interact with NPCs. You could explore what's going on with the Junimo creatures. You could do all of these things. I'm just a bit put off that there's no leveling system involved. Adding that into the fold would probably make this game even more interesting for me, or for people who are used to playing RPG. Arguably, Stardew Valley is an RPG hiding in plain sight. You go to the mines to collect ore, and fight off monsters. The only thing missing is the leveling system!

I might find myself playing this game for more than a few months. Something's gonna happen on Year 3, and I'm curious to see what that is. I mostly just do five days per session, so it might take a while before I reach the 3rd year. Plus, I'm really itching to play another Mystery Dungeon game, or Black&White/2. Or Grimoire of the Rift. Or a Digimon DS game...

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I know it's Wednesday, and this is supposed to be about Ideas, but man, I haven't had a new idea in a while.

I feel like I'm entering that phase in every year where my brain just wants to think about playing video games. Or just the idea of video games, and not really going through playing with them. Does that makes sense? Cause playing games is one thing, but sitting down to play a game while there are a hundred other things you could be doing at that time as well...is another thing.

It's difficult being an adult. I just really want to play games and watch shows, but at the back of my head, I know that I can't do that (if I'm not monetizing it in the process). Right now, I'm literally trying to find a way for me to have a career where I'm basically consuming new products, while also being paid to consume those new products. It's the perfect dream job scenario, but it doesn't exist. Maybe it does, but I just haven't found a way to make that work for me as of yet.

I definitely have to set a schedule for when I'm supposed to put out a new video. I might venture off into the YouTube Shorts realm of things, but we'll see. Shorts is looking good right now, and I wanna ride that train while it's still fresh. But also, I don't know yet if putting Shorts out will give me revenue. I'll do an update on things after a few days, I guess. YouTube's Analytics is delayed by 1-2 days, you see. Which sucks.

Mega-man. Just Mega-man. I really wanna do some stuff around those video games. Specifically Battle Network. I feel like right now, those games are predicting a lot about the future of technology, or better yet, the reality of what technology could do now. It's literally a series that's ahead of its time.

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