Video Essay: A Story About My Uncle

Soooo.... Not sure what this is....

As an essay it sort of doesn't raise any questions or provoke any thoughts at all, and has a pretty weak conclusion about "we don't want all games to be explosive action"

It kinda just feels like a review of a game that's been mostly ignored, and will now be ignored further

@smokyexe: Hey, it's what's popular :-/

I like consuming media in a variety of ways, and this is a nice addition to what is already there. Nice job Klepek, and I can only assume that the more of these you do, the better they will get so keep at it!

@patrickklepek

Great job Patrick. Really enjoyed this video and hope these essays become a mainstay. One thing to note: Found the transition to the Bionic Commando footage then the cut to Mirror's edge a bit abrupt. It disrupted the flow of narration previously established. But in the end it did get your point across. The other shift to Jazz music near the end talking about the jumping mechanics was more seamless.

I'm sure with more edits on more videos those kinks will be ironed out. May rewatch to see if I missed anything around that cut.

@patrickklepek I like what you're trying to do but there's still some work to be done on the delivery and production side. Two quick, hopefully, constructive remarks: (1) try to resolve the popping when you talk. Apparently the pop filter you use is not sufficient; (2) especially in the beginning, I felt you were kind of unsure which resulted in very uneven enunciation. You have the tendency to start off too fast and gradually find a rhythm, which made it difficult to catch what you were saying while I was also busy doing other stuff. Obviously, this gradually got better once you got going.

I like this format, and enjoyed both this and the previous one about Kinect. Just one nit-pick though, @patrickklepek, The black and white section, with whatever music that was, was jarring. It detracted from the rest of the video. I love the format of these and your insight and opinions. That section wasn't needed in my opinion, and the video works better without it. It seemed like a forced 'goof-ball' moment, when it would've been better to play it straight. Keep up the good work!

Looks like a cool game. I don't like the name though. I like this, short and sweet, kind of like a mini-review.

Nice review Patrick. 2 out of 5 stars I'm guessing?

Great video!

Love this -- keep 'em coming, Patrick! :)

I don't think you should be ashamed of enjoying Bionic Commando; I have fond memories of completing that game on every difficulty setting, and really think it was under-appreciated by the general gaming populace. I just played the game for what it was without bringing a bunch of expectations to the table, and as such had a really good time with it for a few weeks.

I'm thinking Patrick liked the Bionic Commando reboot.

Jazz that shit!

@generalbison:

That channels is cheating tho. Too easy to point at that.

Anyway. Those this game have a FOV of 30 or something?

What was the point of the video? Felt like a review.

It's titled 'Video Thing' on YouTube @patrickklepek ??

Fantastic video! I really want to play this when I get a chance. Personally I was also a HUGE fan of the 3D Bionic Commando! The ending - SPOILERS HEHE - not even just the arm stuff but all the Joe speeches and crazy valkyries mechs it was like some bad Kojima rip. I'm like you and love a good grappling game (we need more!) so I enjoyed the swinging. So good/dumb ahahaha. Anyway, i'm really enjoying these types of video content and can't wait to see more. Good stuff!

EDIT: also you made a Can't Stop Dreaming song joke and didn't use Daryl Hall...? I'm upset.

also small note - I would maybe say the audio mix is a little off when some of the music kicks in.

I Like how I went from wanted to play ASAMU to being turned off during the course of this video.

Compare this video essay to this and tell me that YouTubers and streamers are the next generation or video games journalism.

I hope that GiantBomb and similar sites don't go anywhere.

EDIT: Good job Klip Klop, keep up the good work

Digging these Video Things. Keep 'em coming, @PatrickKlepek.

This was exactly my thinking.

I stand by Patrick. I also liked Bionic Comando 09. I AM NOT AFRAID. I AM STRONG.

You liked Bionic Commando? You've always put a premium on ambition. Anyway good essay.

Is this a thing Klip Klop's gonna do from now on? Because if so I approve.

Cool video. Although it feels more like a review without a score rather than an essay with a larger point.

Interesting, the format needs abit of refinement, but overall nice balance between informative and entertaining.

The Dreaming about the past bit was just bad.

Just my 2 cents.

Video thing!

EDIT - @patrick Great job on this, hope you do more like it!

I felt like I was looking through binoculars for the entire video

Fov gives me headache just watching this video.

Great job Patrick. I hope you do more of these for games that otherwise don't get much coverage and putting your thoughts in to this 6-minute video is probably more effective than an article or a lengthy review.

Yep, I enjoy these features. The Kinect one was good too.

Please continue to do video work Patrick!

Nice point on power fantasy variety. I liked this Patrick. Keep making this sort of stuff.