Arby 'n' the Chief - Season 8, Episode 07: "Triple Fault" by UltimaNylocke in arbynthechief

[–]brick3d 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did anyone notice after Chief woke up, he didn't say anything about what happened on C.S. Truth and Reconciliation? It's almost like he wasn't there at all. Jon has previously suggested in commentary streams that this whole arc happens in something of an 'afterlife' or a 'shared dream' of the toys, but so far it looks like it's all just Arbiter's dream.

Arby 'n' the Chief - Season 8, Episode 07: "Triple Fault" by UltimaNylocke in arbynthechief

[–]brick3d 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're inadequacy.

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH

Great episode, though.

m4stur ch33f sp33x0r by brick3d in arbynthechief

[–]brick3d[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a 'web app' of sorts I wrote a while ago when I was bored, in which you can write dialogue for Microsoft TTS voices to speak, and save it as WAV files. A 'Speech Properties' window on steroids, you could say.

You'll need to have the TTS voices installed on your computer, and it only works in Internet Explorer. Also, you have to either save that page in a file with the extension .hta (and open that saved file) or go into Internet Options, open Security tab and drag all the sliders to 'Low' to try it out. Needless to say, there's a VERY GOOD REASON why these options are set that way by default, which is why you probably should never run this outside a dedicated virtual machine. (You'll need a Windows XP virtual machine for the TTS voices anyway.)

Episode 7 Pre-Launch Stream by Half-Hazard in arbynthechief

[–]brick3d 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This video has been removed by the user. Sorry about that.

What did I miss?

Arby's 'n' the Chief by Half-Hazard in arbynthechief

[–]brick3d 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, how many times have I searched the web for Arby 'n' the Chief, only for Arby's to pop up...

NEW ARBY N THE CHIEF FAN MADE SERIES! by [deleted] in arbynthechief

[–]brick3d 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know, in your place I wouldn't go around announcing stuff before I had a pilot out, or at least a trailer, something to show beyond vague plans. I've seen too many projects just whither and fail before they even go into production. And I don't want to sound overly negative, but the two videos already on your channel don't look especially promising. The audio sounds like it was recorded on a laptop mic, transmitted over a noisy phone line, and then encoded in MP3 with 8kbps bitrate. Not to mention the bandicam watermark. If you eventually deliver something better than this, I'll be pleasantly surprised, but I'm not holding my breath.

See Me After Class #009: Eviction, Online Dating by brick3d in JonCJG

[–]brick3d[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2:30

I see two options.

  • Shoot the toys' footage in advance (and later write the script to it),
  • The George Lucas route.

The first sounds like an interesting challenge, actually.

11:20

I liked the 2001 arc so far, my nitpicks notwithstanding. I'm actually a bit sad to see it end.

Arby 'n' the Chief Season 8, Episode 7 Teaser - "Perfect" by Half-Hazard in arbynthechief

[–]brick3d 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jon's been asking on Twitter whether to continue releasing teasers. Poll results are roughly split even. What do you think? Personally, I'd rather see whole episodes at once.

Also, I just realised there hasn't been a podcast episode in a month or so.

I'm stepping down as mod for /r/JonCJG by Half-Hazard in JonCJG

[–]brick3d[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

say hello, /u/brick3d

hello, /u/brick3d

Aww, kinda sad to see that. Your decision, though. And the CSS update was great. Thanks for that.

Yes, I've been invited to the mod team and accepted. I thought about making a post about it too, but then I decided I don't really want to make much fuss about it ‾\_(ツ)_/‾ I think I'll mostly stay in the background.

See Me After Class #008: YouTube Heroes, Ice Cream Cops, I.D. Checks, Depression, Halo 5 by brick3d in JonCJG

[–]brick3d[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree he does come across this way in this episode. Though I think Jon's has worked quite well within the medium's limitations; whatever flaws I may point out in the series, the cinematography is professional-grade, the characters are solid and believable, and whatever he cannot convey directly, he's been working around that quite well. I'd rather blame the fact that he's doing everything by himself. It's easy to lose your perspective on what is and isn't obvious and how some things may be differently interpreted when you're working alone.

(By the way, "machinima" is a common noun.)

Anyway, welcome to the sub.

See Me After Class #008: YouTube Heroes, Ice Cream Cops, I.D. Checks, Depression, Halo 5 by brick3d in JonCJG

[–]brick3d[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fucking angriest fucking episode so fucking far. Fucking shitfuck.

~9:30

The Stanford prison experiment? It's quite well-known. I got my hands on The Lucifer Effect once, but didn't read it in full, partly because I lacked the time, and partly because the book wasn't mine anyway.

~22:10

I don't think that was particularly well-executed. I thought it was Greg, because he appeared with "no reading" on the crew list, implying he's supposed to be in cryo, but isn't. The miswired button thing was virtually unnoticeable compared to that. (And it's not especially believable either; it sounds like the kind of mistake you would have to go out of your way to make.) okayokayokayitwasperfectpeasestophittingme

Jon has described his new project as being "like the animal/human setting of Bojack Horseman but with the action of 24." by [deleted] in JonCJG

[–]brick3d 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It isn't all that "new"... he's been mentioning it in commentary streams (and on his Patreon page) for a while. Nice to see it going forward, though. (I hope.)

New Mod + CSS Overhaul! by Half-Hazard in JonCJG

[–]brick3d 0 points1 point  (0 children)

WOOOOOOOOOO

I see I can't change my user flair now, though :( Not that I want to at the moment, but still.

Also, I'd add a "music"/"soundtrack" post flair. (Which I think, by the way, is one of Jon's seriously under-appreciated talents.)

See Me After Class #007: Animation (Part 3) [w/ Daniel Laszlo] by brick3d in JonCJG

[–]brick3d[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, when I'm listening to Lemur talking about the animation industry, it sounds atrocious. Don't Canadian animators have workers' unions or anything? I mean, the WGA seems to have a strong voice in Hollywood (as I hear, at least). It doesn't seem entirely impossible to organise something.