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I made a new Final Fantasy 16 review! Still having a great time playing this monster of a game despite some pacing and combat issues but it seems to be getting better the deeper in I get.

I worked pretty hard on this video, but when it was all said and done I felt like it ended up being bloated. As I worked on it I wanted to include all this stuff but after I posted it I realized I could've condensed that 8 minutes into 4 minutes and it would've been a lot tighter and easier to watch. On my next review video I'm going to try harder to make it under 5 minutes. Just keep everything tight and leave no blank spaces in the images.

I'm happy that I'm still learning new things, and finding new ways for my content to reach people. I started a Facebook and a TikTok for Foxbop and have already found success on TikTok so I'm pretty excited about the future.

As always, thanks for reading and watching! 😁

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Me and the boys are back at it again. This is the 3rd shooter I've gone in on for the channel after Warzone and Fortnite before it. Tbh I didn't really gel with Siege as much. Probably didn't help that I've been sick for the past week, but whatever. The video still ended up being pretty entertaining, despite my laughs ranging from hard breathing to hyena.

I've definitely fallen into a rhythm to make these videos, but I am currently working on some different videos this weekend. Going to put a video out for Cult of the Lamb, Final Fantasy 16, and Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1&2 just to name a few.

I also made a Facebook page for Foxbop but so far I have zero followers lol. It's weird commenting and posting as a "page" or "brand" instead of just using my real name. But that's networking baby!

The channel continues to grow slowly and I'm still having a fun time putting all the videos together. Hoping to get my buddy Josh back on the channel for some Pokemon stuff soon as well. Anyways, thanks for reading and watching and any support!! Hope all is well and have a great 4th of July! (If you celebrate that)

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Hey there ho there hi there haven't posted in a little bit. Honestly, when Zelda came out it consumed my life in the best way and I just played it non stop for like 4 weeks. I kept putting out content but I definitely wasn't trying as much as usual lol whoopsies.

I made this here fun video with some friends on Fortnite and just thought it would be funny to make the most clickbaity title possible. But now the longer it sits there I feel ashamed to have something so blatantly clickbaity on my channel lol especially since people just passing by it won't understand that I'm doing it ironically. I think my regular viewers/commenters will probably get it so I'm sure it's fine but still felt more cringe than I expected 😅

The channel continues to slowly grow, which is nice! I have some repeat commenters show up every now and then and it's cool to interact with strangers that like my content. I've definitely taken a step back and reminded myself to only make stuff I enjoy and not pressure myself into doing stuff that will be "popular" or "trendy". This Fortnite video is a good example of that because it's really just fun to play with my friends and even though other people might not find it funny, I still have a good laugh watching it lol.

On a real life note, I'm doing some very expensive renovations to my house to accommodate some family moving in for awhile, so I'm dead broke. Not sure how I'm going to afford new games to play for the the channel but if I budget well I can probably still afford one every couple months, and in between that I'll just play some of the games I own and haven't touched lol.

That's all for me this time! Channel is great, life is great, and I'm having fun. Hope you're all doing the same! Thanks for watching/reading/skimming

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My Tears of the Kingdom review is out! This is my best video. It's my best thumbnail, my best writing in most parts, my best music work, and my best visually directed. But even still, I wish it were better.

I know I am my biggest critic and I should be focused on the fact that I am growing and getting better every video, but there is always that nagging feeling before a video gets posted that it isn't good enough or that people won't like it.

All self doubt aside though, I am really proud of some of the moments in this video, and I hope anyone reading this enjoys watching it as much as I enjoyed making it! Spent a couple weeks just spitballing ideas for this one to try to make it bigger and better than all the other ones.

Going to take my foot off the gas on the channel for a little bit though and enjoy the summer. I'll still be posting every week, but it'll likely be easier gameplay stuff and less review type stuff. That tends to get more attention anyways so that's probably what I should've been doing in the first place 😅😂

Anyways, thanks again for watching and reading and please feel free to like and comment on the video or DM me on here to let me know what you think 😁

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I've done another one. This time there's no voiceover or giggling just music and gameplay from a game called Dredge. Really fun fishing game that goes from meditative to terrifying REAL QUICK. In my head, I imagined the shifting of the music from calming to eerie and loud would represent that tonal shift that the game has.

After posting however, I wish I had done a better job of making the music shifts more jarring, shortening the length of the video to like 2 minutes instead of 4, and doing a better job with the visual aspects of the transitions by making sure the camera angle on the boat was the same when switching between day and night. Talk about a run on sentence! Beyond that, my wife told me she didn't like this one so much lol. She said she would've preferred hearing my reactions to being scared instead of just music, and I'll have to agree that probably would've been "funnier" or more entertaining. But I wanted to make something more uncomfortable than entertaining and I think I accomplished that for better or worse 😅

It's not looking like this'll take off too much, but that's okay because what I'm really excited for is this upcoming Tears of the Kingdom video. It's gonna be my most professionally written video to date and I'm hype for it.

Hope you all check this one out and let me know what you think and check out my Zelda video when it's out! Thanks for reading 😁

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Well folks, I've done the unthinkable. I've managed to have my review video of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor come out on EXACTLY the same day as "May the Fourth". What are the odds? No but I definitely planned this in the hopes that the sweet but sour temptress known as the YouTube algorithm might carry my video to audiences far and wide. Let's see how that goes.

I'm not going to lie, life got in the way of this one and I spent very little time scripting my review, and man it shows. It feels very rambly but somehow I ended up being okay with the casual nature of it. Despite not sounding super professional and the time constraints I was under, I think this is some of my most engaging video and sound work and I ended up being really proud of it! The Duel of the Fates transition from flute to the actual song is one of my proudest edits to date by far lol.

As for the channel in general, my numbers continue to slooooooowly increase which is incredibly humbling and surprising and I'm still just shocked anyone would want to listen/watch my content. This has definitely been an unexpected confidence booster, and the best part is I'm still just having an absolute blast making all of these. Even if it's just me and my friends watching them I don't think I'll ever stop 😅

Anyways! Got rambly again, but if you're reading or watching the video thank you so much and have a great Star Wars day!

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Hello again! Still figuring out tumblr, but at the very least I've figured out there are nice people on here who will reblog my stuff so I like that 😁

In this latest video, my wife and I play through The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. In it, we both discover that we do not have the patience for visual novel games 😂😂 Also, this was my first time trying to record two people in one room and it drew attention to some audio issues I need to work on. All this YouTube stuff is wayyyy more to learn than I imagined, but I'm still having fun with the process.

I do hope, despite the audio issues, that the video performs well, because I was so happy that my wife wanted to be on the channel and be a part of this thing. Hopefully after a few days of being up I can have some good numbers to show her and be like "look baby you're a star!" 😂 She really is incredible for being so supportive of everything I do.

Another SUPER cool thing is the thumbnail for this one. This random guy was being down on himself in the YouTuber discord thing and I just kinda cheered him on and told him to keep trying or whatever, and next thing I know he's subscribed and made a thumbnail just for me to say thanks! It's definitely different than my usual garage-quality-low-effort style, but I wanted him to know I appreciated it so I used it anyways.

Anyways! That's all I have for now, I'm still grinding and working on more videos and getting incredibly anxious for my upcoming Tears of the Kingdom video which I really want to be the best thing I've ever done. But for now, thanks for any support and tune in probably next week for more updates 😁

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I really don't understand Tumblr quite yet, but so far everything I've seen as an accompanying little bit with it so I'll say what my video is and who I am and we'll call it square.

The video here is pretty straightforward, they released a Shredder skin for warzone 2 on call of duty and I'm a big TMNT fan so I went back to the game after not playing for months and boy it shows. I was bad before but man watching me play while editing that was rough lol hopefully it's more fun to watch being all chopped up like that!

As far as who I am, I'm just a humble new YouTuber trying to figure out if I can build something people like without catering to what I think is popular or "gets views". I've been watching channels like Dunkey or Nakeyjakey for years and have so much respect for them. They know how to be funny but when the time comes they can change the tone and talk about video games with such a passion that anyone could enjoy. That's what I want to work towards, and I don't know if I have even close to what it takes to build that kind of reputation but for now if even a couple people find joy or value in what I create then that is good enough for me 😁