The Basement
September 21st, 2010

Posted by Matt

Do you know why I’ve brought you here? To watch this week’s video!

Based off the Crapshot of the same name this video is the first example of our use of the crapshots as a “proving ground” for concepts that may or may not fly as a full video. This one totally does though, so I highly advise you to go watch it. And then check out the rest of our Crapshots if you havent already. You may even find a few that were filmed in the same location, at the same time have popped up over the last few days.

For the future, we may or may not adapt further Crapshots. It’s certainly somthing we’d like to do. So keep watching, and see if you can guess which ones might actually turn into a full video rown the road!

Unskippable this week was Transformers: War for Cybertron. Roll out to The Escapist and watch it!

Trivial
September 14th, 2010

Posted by Matt

What variety of fruit native to Borneo and most closely related to the Breadfruit is known by the Binomial name of Artocarpus odoratissimus? This weeks video!

Apologies again for the late blog update, but I wanted to make sure that Tim’s farewell post go sufficient time at the top of the page. It’s an important announcement, so I figured the video update post could wait. Best wishes, Tim!

This particular video update features nearly every regular and recurring member of the cast and crew. Each bit was filmed in isolation, and I have to admit, when we filmed the opening part that I was in, I had very little idea what the rest of the video was going to look like. So it was a surprise to see how it all turned out. It’s always fun to film a part somewhat in isolation, and then see how it fits into a greater unknown.

Unskippable this week was Mini Ninjas I recommend you check it out.

Cheers!

Gary
September 7th, 2010

Posted by Matt

Monday’s update is up, and like Gary, it’s a little late to the party. Check it here.

Sorry about he late update on this one. The whole LRR crew spent the weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo, with spotty internet, and most of our day yesterday was spent on a ferry home. A big thanks to everyone who attended our panel, screening and meetup though! It’s always great to see you guys in person, and we had a ton of fun.

This script has been floating around the LRR office for a while now, possibly since before last PAX. I seem to recall having it planned, and then failing to get it scheduled for shooting in time to make the PAX deadline. On the other hand, I could just be pulling that out of my hat. My memory on the issue is spotty at best. Regardless, we knew PAX was coming this year, and planned ahead to get it shot in time. Of course, Blizzard wasn’t exhibiting at the Expo this year (they had been the year before) so a quick rewrite was in order to make the video fly. For what it’s worth, I think it turned out great. Paul’s always awesome at frantic confusion, and I think he knocked this one out of the park.

This week’s Unskippable may actually rate a my all time favorite. The ending slayed me. I won’t spoil it – just go watch it, then sit there scratching your head.

Spoken Word
August 23rd, 2010

Posted by Matt

This week’s video has touched down, and is currently taxing to the terminal. You can find it at boarding gate ‘E’.

This week’s video was a bit of an experiment. WE had this script that we really, really liked, but for whatever reason, the Capitol Region’s Airport Authority didn’t take particularly enthusiastically to a bunch of 20-something amateur film-makers descending (ha!) on their airport, to shoot a bunch of video of their more sensitive operations to publish on the internet. Your guess is as good as mine as to why this was, but alas, we didn’t have a control tower to shoot in.

Since we couldn’t shoot on location, and we knew we wouldn’t be able to fake up a set sufficiently well, we decided to try our hands at the video you see before you. Entirely hand drawn! Kathleen took care of the character art, Alex did the backgrounds, and Graham made it all go. As a result, we didn’t have to set this script to rest as something unfilmable, and you guys ended up with something visually fresh, and different!

Unskippable this week was an advance cutscene from Epic Mickey (a game I’m quite looking forward to.) You can find that update here.

Unskippable Live
August 23rd, 2010

Posted by Matt

I didn’t manage to get a post up about this in time for the live stream, but in case you missed it, the first time, you have another chance, right now!

This morning at 10AM PST, Graham and Paul dove into the world of Legaia 2 in order to bring you the very first Unskippable Let’s Play!

They spent several hours playing and riffed the game unmercifully from start to finish (of the event, not the game). Now you have a chance to relive the experience!

Check it out, right here!