Yeah you guessed it, I'm done with The Escapist. I've been able to do what I've dreamed about since childhood because Nick gave me a shot. Pay attention to what comes next cause I'm not done yet.
I was fired from The Escapist today.
I have declined my severance pay and will not be signing an NDA.
I'm incredibly proud of everything my team and I achieved over the last four years, and the community that we built together.
Figuring out next steps now and moving forward.
I'm very excited to announce the name of our next adventure, Second Wind (
@SecondWindGroup
).
@YahtzeeCroshaw
and I will be live tomorrow at 11 AM CT to discuss our plans, where to support and when the first videos will drop.
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I will update later this afternoon on where you can find what's next for the now-former team of The Escapist.
Tomorrow,
@YahtzeeCroshaw
and I will be hosting a livestream at the new place at 11 AM CT (the time ZP would USUALLY go up) to go over what happened, and what's next!
What an incredible first week.
Now it’s time to get down to business.
Fully Ramblomatic from
@YahtzeeCroshaw
kicks us off on Wednesday.
Design Delve (
@DesignDelve
) on Thursday.
Cold Take (
@TheOtherFrost
) on Friday!
Support:
We're just getting started!
Semi-Ramblomatic, Chronicle (The Stuff of Legends 2.0), New show from Darren Mooney, 3MR 2.0 and more are on the way!
Your support through Patreon has been utterly mind-blowing and we're going to make every dollar you support us with worth it.
This Saturday, we're hosting a Launch Party livestream with our community on
@SecondWindGroup
!
If you want to support the event with some giveaway codes for your games, shoot me an email.
We had 6000 people today on the introduction stream!
Remember that time the Internet got really mad at me because I said I banned ROBLOX for my son? Seems like folks are finally seeing now what I saw then.
A platform based on user-generated experiences specifically marketed to kids is bound to be a moderation nightmare - but I'm pretty shocked that they not only haven't fixed this, they've made it *worse* by approving additional role-play games for the youngest age rating.
@Roblox
A new episode of Bytesized is now available!
This time
@SigmaGears9
checked out SANABI, which is yet another game that just makes it clear every game needs a grapple hook mechanic.
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Yall have no clue how excited we all are to keep doing this show. Season 3 starts again this Saturday as we finish up the FINAL 3 EPISODES and yes Season 4 is in the works. Thanks for all the support anyone who loves the series.
New episode of The Backdrop is out with
@Darren_Mooney
taking a look at 'Blue Eye Samurai', Akira Kurosawa, and the cross-pollination of Japanese and American pop culture.
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I'm delighted to announce that in about a week I'll be joining
@Ubisoft
as Community Manager for
@Rainbow6Game
. This is something I've been working towards my whole life and I'm still processing the reality of it, but I'm beyond ready for this new path!
Very excited to announce our next podcast, Firelink, which will premiere LIVE next Wednesday, December 6th at 6 PM CT on
@SecondWindGroup
!
Hosted by
@McBiggitty
,
@SigmaGears9
and myself, we'll be back every week to discuss the latest gaming news, what we're playing... and beer?
You know what, yeah I'm gonna listen to this 3K flute album. I'm fairly sure I'm not gonna be into it, but you gotta respect this man for doing what the fuck he wants.
Come join us in 10 minutes for the premiere of The Backdrop with
@Darren_Mooney
!
He's always deserved to have a major audience behind him, and I'm hoping he truly gets his second wind today!
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On the series itself Scott Pilgrim Takes Off does something so rare these days. It imports all the things you love about it's world and characters and tells a new story. I loved it and I'm going to be watching it over again.
@BlessingJr
There's legit nothing wrong with this, it's the exact same thing you'd see in a history museum. I'm rather impressed they put even this level of effort into talking about America's ugly history they could have ignored it and nobody would have cared.
Join
@McBiggitty
,
@nickjcal
and
@SigmaGears9
in 20 minutes for the premiere of our new podcast, Firelink!
We'll be talking GTA VI, The Game Awards... and Layoffs.
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A new episode of Bytesized is now available, and this time we're doing it a little differently with
@SigmaGears9
providing a preview on
@surgentstudios
upcoming Afrofuturism metroidvania, Tales of Kenzera: Zau.
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So.... shout out to
@nickjcal
for stamping out the folks who knee jerk reacted to the title of my most recent Op/ED with blatant disrespect. It's not something I'd ever lose sleep over but I do hope people can get the point of the story and learn to grow.
It was a little awkward having the entire VGAs ignore all the industry layoffs, but like we talked about a little on the Firelink Podcast what effect would that have had on actually changing how these huge companies operate?
The premiere of Semi-Ramblomatic,
@YahtzeeCroshaw
's new every other week video essay show on games and industry topics, begins in 10 minutes!
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Adventure is Nigh is back!
Join us in 15 minutes for the re-premiere of Season 3 of the show. Even if you're not a fan of D&D, we highly suggest giving AiN a go!
It's edited down, animated, has fantastic storytelling and it's got all the comedy you can handle.
Friday = Wedding stream with me and
@i_Khea
! We're starting up Stray today so cat lovers TUNE IN or don't idk if this cat dies or something. Live at 7PM ET!
100K ✅
Absolutely unreal, thank you all so much for the support.
None of us can believe it has been less than 72 hours since this all started.
We're building something incredibly special here and you're all here right at the start!
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And that's a wrap on the filming of Season 3 of Adventure is Nigh!
Will be a bit before we get it out there, but proud of the team for getting this all done in the time that we had!
Here's a fun team photo I had them take for the marketing!
This is the moment so many of us have been waiting for! THE FINAL 3 EPISODES starting this week with the never before seen, almost lost to time episode 9. Yall gonna love it!
Oh, my video review of
#TheFlash
is now live at
@EscapistMag
. A fantastic edit from the great
@SigmaGears9
.
I am very proud of how this review turned out. We had great fun making it. We hope you’ll enjoy it too.
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New(ish) episode of Adventure is Nigh! is out today!
It's time for... Oob.
Behind the scenes we are finishing up editing the unreleased episodes and planning Season 4. The silliness can not be stopped.
New Year new Stream series featuring me and my lovely bride to be
@i_Khea
Join us for our initial stream tonight at 7PM ET and help us figure out how we get from here to a Wedding in 2025! Special guest Starboy is in the house too!
Y'all.
Now is your chance to fully catch up on Adventure is Nigh! before (NEW) new episodes drop next week.
In this episode I steal some mechanics from other TTRPGs and delve into a bunch of flashbacks so the players can set up their heist.
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It's Friday night and
@i_Khea
and I are starting The Dark Pictures: House of Ashes at 7pm ET! Come hang out and help us raise money for a Wedding in this economy!
Can we finally solve all these Deaths and then go home and file for worker's comp? Join me and
@i_Khea
for maybe our final Obra Dinn playthrough. at 7PM ET
A few months ago, some real dumdums flew to Milwaukee so we could play some Dungeons & Dragons.
Adventure is Nigh! Season 3 starts now.
Episode 1 is filled with:
Mystery
Intrigue
And legal paperwork
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With the release of
#PrincessPeachShowtime
on March 22, a set of pastel pink Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers will be available at select retailers and
#MyNintendoStore
for a limited time!
This Friday's Wedding stream also happens to fall on my Birthday! And
@i_Khea
insisted that I wear this... Join us at 7PM ET for maybe the end of House of Ashes? IDK we'll see!
Wow, Peanuts really made a Franklin centric special. If you know the significance of his existence in comic strip history, this was a long time coming. Already this trailer made me choked up. A big Black History Month win.
There's a small section of Twitter that's just a bunch of non parents telling parents how to be parents with a lot of terrible advice. How did we get here?
My Adventure is Nigh animatic is done! Wanted to draw out this part for fun :) I like the scene a lot ^_^
#adventureisnigh
(alas it's too long for twitter)
It may actually be time for the industry as a whole to just nix scores. We keep trying to tell people that the substance is in the full review but all they'll do is obsess over the number so don't even give them the option anymore, it's like dealing with kids.
Twitter just isn't the place to have a discussion. So I'd like to have the few people who had valid critiques or who I already respect for their insight on games come talk to me about why they got so upset.
@PackBenPack
@EsportsTj
@adamgreeney
@LukePlunkett
@Vahn16
Tonight!
At 7 PM CT
@McBiggitty
and
@SigmaGears9
are back to continue their playthrough of the Devil May Cry series with the premiere of Devil May Cry 2!
Set a reminder so you don't miss it!
TONIGHT! on the Sigma Show we celebrate 100 episodes, dissect the new Zelda gameplay video and question the role of VR in games.
AT SPECIAL TIME! 7pm ET / 6 CT
Joined by
@RexiconJesse
,
@Sassqueenamy
, and
@Harlack
Watch Live and join the conversation at
I just saw a thread of people questioning, fact checking and then providing sources to correct a made up claim in a Tik Tok video. The world is healing yall.
I didn't watch the debate last night cause I knew it would be a shit show. I feel kind of sorry for Biden in that regard because having to debate a total moron like that drags down everyone involved. It's a lose lose situation.
I am all for 2024 being the year where shameless thieves of creativity get outed. But the sad part to see is that a lot of people excuse it because they don't get how it's wrong to steal jokes. Meme culture has rotted people's brains.
It's Friday!
@i_Khea
and I are booting up more Dark Pictures Anthology House of Ashes in 40 mins. Come hang out and support a couple of nerds. Get it? A, Couple, of, Nerds....
Shout out to
@CheshireIlustra
for the amazing fan art of my character Sigmar Iceblood from "Adventure is Nigh" it's surreal to see all the support from the
@EscapistMag
community for the show! If you're not watching you're missing out!
Profanity is truly the spice of language. I could have just typed out "It's time to vote!"
but that's never gonna hit as hard as "It's time to vote Muhfuckas!"
Therefore and in conclusion vote Blue for human decency.
Real talk
@elonmusk
there's a way out of this, just admit you fucked up. Hire back everybody, literally everybody. Put somebody else in charge. Walk away and stop letting randos on the Internet dictate your actions. Except me, listen to me though.
Because of last night's rager The Sigma Show will take a break this week. Catch us next time! Super Smash Sunday will go on as scheduled at 2:30pm Eastern
@DestinLegarie
I saw that thread and rolled my eyes so hard. It's the opposite of what anybody who is actually working in that field successfully probably did.
"Shaved side locks just look too modern and out of place is a historical setting"
Meanwhile: All other fantasy.
Somebody please explain the difference between this man's well laid twists and Yennifer's Pantene commercial level hair?
Stray looked cute, but it didn't really look like something I needed to experience. Now that it was voted best indie over Tunic and Sifu, two games I adored, I think I have to play it if only to know for sure that they were robbed. I'd love to be proven wrong.
I saw a couple folks asking so I'll clarify here. I'm not leaving my position with Ubisoft. I'm going to do what Black men have done for generations, work two jobs. But God damn these two jobs are cool as hell. 😎
I'm excited to share that we've committed to bringing
@SigmaGears9
and
@RexiconJesse
into
@SecondWindGroup
as full-time members on February 1st, 2024 once our salaries go into effect!
All the funds we're raising are currently going into the warchest to build a sustainable future
Tunic is a wonderful blend of classic Zelda, modern recursive gameplay, and an incredible sense of mystery.
Check out
@SigmaGears9
's review of the gorgeous indie, out today on PC and Xbox.
We're going LIVE with our Firelink podcast here in about 20 minutes!
Join
@McBiggitty
,
@SigmaGears9
and myself as we discuss what's coming up on Second Wind in 2024, and the games were personally looking forward to this year.
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