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John Rizzo

Hey hello hi yes it is me, John Youtube. Couple content updates for ya.


First off; Shi No Numa. Yes, I do plan to cover it. I've been having quite a good time with the map, despite the jank of Vanguard's dedicated servers. Solo play on dedis btw lmao cool idea


Secondly; Persona 3. Had pretty bad writer's block for a while there, but both the script and voiceover work are 100% finished! The current runtime is about 128 minutes with credits, but I only have about 95 minutes of that completely edited and good to go. It's turning out REALLY good though for those of you interested in the project. I've been running script segments by friends and took to heart the critiques y'all left on that segment I uploaded a couple months back. It's all made for a much better final product and I can't wait to share it with you!


As for future stuff, I'll probably review Vanguard's next round-based map, skip MW2: Again because it looks boring as sin and then just review some older zombies maps while we all wait for Treyarch's next title. I'm also thinking about maybe (big "maybe" btw) sprinkling in some smaller video essay type things on games other than CoD. Not full retrospectives like P3, but 10 to 15 minute videos discussing specific elements of a game that stuck out to me, like Labrys in P4A or some parts of Halo Infinite's campaign. Again, big "maybe" though.


Thanks for taking the time to read this and have a wonderful rest of your day!


P.S. I KNOW that I forgot to mention that Zetsubou plants can hold crawlers, ok!? That was my bad.

P.S Part II: Holy shit fuck Youtube for cropping everything posted to the community tab to 1:1 aspect ratio. Guess I'll just post everything in unappealing box format now cool awesome lmao

2 years ago | [YT] | 341

John Rizzo

Hey everyone! Hope you're all doing well!
For those of you interested in the project, I recently finished a segment of my Persona 3 Retrospective and I'm really curious what you all think about it. I chose this segment specifically because it gets a bit heavy and I want to gauge if I should tone it back just a bit for future segments. I'm also curious if the quick humorous bits are enough to take you out of the video. I personally think they're fine, but some of y'all might not. Anyway, let me know what you think and I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your weekend!

Here's the link if the video doesn't automatically pop up
youtube.com/watch?v=OAhhf...

2 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 45

John Rizzo

Hey, guess who forgot that the community tab was a thing again? I would say that I'll be more mindful of it in the future, but we all know that's bullshit. Here's a couple little updates.

- My next review video will be that Persona 3 Retrospective that I've been putting off for close to a year (I wanted to finish up Cold War before moving on to other projects). I finally finished the rough draft today and it'll probably end up being about 70 minutes long. All my talking points and the general flow are completely nailed down, but it'll still be a hot minute until it's finished. I know this isn't my norm, but sometimes, a piece of media just grabs me in a way that makes me want to shout about my love of it from the rooftops. Like Logan and that Saw Retrospective that I couldn't upload because of dickhead copyright holders lmao. Don't worry. I'll still be making Zombies content after I'm done with this. I genuinely love the mode, so of course I'd still want to make videos about it!

- As for Vanguard Zombies? I've decided I'm probably not gonna be making any reviews on it, even once it's 6 seasons are finished. There's things I like about it, but that fire isn't there like it was for Cold War, so I know that it'd probably translate into a video that I'm not proud of. And if you're not proud of your work, what the fuck is the point of making anything? There's tons of older maps that I think would be way more fun to eventually get around to, anyway. Like Origins. Or Mob of the Dead. No promises though.

Anyway, I hope you all have been doing well and hopefully, I'll have some more stuff to share in the coming months. Take care!

2 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 224

John Rizzo

What's happening forum? Hope y'all have been doing well!
Progress on the Alpha Omega review is going super well, despite me being tired all the time from surgery recovery. All the voiceover is completed and edited together, so now it's just a matter of getting the rest of the footage and slapping it all together. I'm aiming for a Christmas day release, but if it's done before then, I'll upload it earlier. Next up will be Outbreak, then Persona 3, then... I have no idea. Maybe I'll just hibernate for a couple months again.

2 years ago | [YT] | 584

John Rizzo

Heyo! I know I don't use this feature often, so for those of you not following me on Twitter, here's a quick content update that I probably should've posted a while back!

3 years ago | [YT] | 530

John Rizzo

Hi everyone! As you might've noticed, my channel was hacked, temporarily terminated and all videos were set to private yesterday. Luckily, thanks to the surprisingly speedy and understanding response of the Youtube Team, everything is now reinstated and back to normal! Throughout the day, I'll be publicing all the videos that were privated and my Die Maschine review will go live this evening! Take care everyone!

3 years ago | [YT] | 937