Cash Cats
April 18th, 2011

Posted by Matt

IZ IT CAN BE VIDEO TIEM NAO!? CAN HAZ.

It’s a new commodoreHUSTLE! With Cats!

In keeping with the HUSTLE series, this is again based loosely on real events. Yes, Kathleen’s cat Annika starred in a video on the internet featuring him with his head stuck in a bag (you can find that here). Yes, said website does pay for videos, and yes, we have previously tried to leverage that to our advantage. Also true: I am not a cat person. The internet may be, but I most certainly am not. Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate cats, I just don’t really have any use for them. As per the video, if some catastrophic event suddenly eliminated all cats from this plane of existence, you would find me largely indifferent to the situation. I might celebrate by enjoying a cupcake. Over the several years I’ve known them, I’ve found Kathleen’s cats very tolerable, but they’ve never really managed to win me over. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be over here cuddling my puppy. Daww.

Unskippable this week was Atelier Rorona. You can catch that here.

Columbus of the Internet
March 28th, 2011

Posted by Matt

After having dispatched a meal, I went ashore, and found no habitation save a single forum, and that without an occupant; we had no doubt that the people had fled in terror at our approach, as the message board was completely furnished with threads.

This week’s video is up. Venture forth into the great unknown, and watch.

This week’s video heavily features our good friend Cam, a fellow whose nobility and class we felt suited that of a worldly explorer. Also, he was around, so that helps. He’s appeared previously in ENN, but I believe this is his debut performance in the core LoadingReadyRun video series. We do hope to have Cam back to appear in future videos, though – he knocks his roles out of the park.

This video was shot over a period of more than a week, and continued our fine tradition of re-shooting scenes on account of audio problems. Originally, James and I played the two roles in the opening scene, having shot on a park bench near the office. We came to discover, subsequently, that the mic hadn’t been plugged into the camera, and the only thing that came through audibly was Graham’s “Ok!, Awesome!” the he spoke directly into the on-board mic as he wrapped the shot. So, instead of the career-defining performances of James Turner and yours truly, you get Jer and Paul.

Unskippable this week was Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. You can find that here.

Cheers, everyone!