2026 Channel Update

31/12/2025

Been a grip since I posted here. But I promised those in my Discord a channel update, and figured I might as well post it on my blog that's just been left to languish. Lot better then just trying to paste all this into a Discord chat. If your somehow here and don't know I got a Youtube channel, then click here to visit. You can find a Discord link in most of the recent video descriptions too. Now then, onto my plans. 

As you might be able to guess from the image above Sonic 2 8-Bit is in production. The game is fully played, script written and I even got some animation done. My channel hasn't had an upload for the last quarter of 2025 and that's because in all honesty I got burnt out. Sonic 2 did a number on me and then I tried to jump right into a long video on Pokemon Yellow with a ton of animation. Plus some in real life stuff happened with me getting very sick for a few weeks. I'm fine now and have been fine for awhile. 

I also got to thinking about my channel and trying to reach monetization and get that Youtube money. I tried various things for that. Rogue Legacy and Fate/Grand Order were my attempts at appeasing the algorithmic overlords. Obviously, that went no where. So, I looked and looked and as those closest to me can tell you; almost obsessively studied what to do to make it on Youtube. I've read plenty about scripting, editing, topics to cover, times to post. It's all a dead end and after being sincere with myself if I REALLY wanted to simply make internet videoing a career would just cover drama, politics or news. I have no interest in doing that. I'm the kind of guy who can't get a fire under their ass unless I first give a damn. So standing back and looking around I decided I actually do like my format. My 3D modeled environments reflect my inner world and how I see the past or even the present.  A warm form of reminiscence tied together with my goofy interest in cartoons (for more on my animation love see my post on Hanna-Barbera. To the right on desktop or at the bottom on mobile). It's all far from perfect and even clashes at times. But it's my own thing and in the age of AI, no one can claim I used a robot to make these. The one thing I do want to improve on is my vocal delivery. I know I sound flat and low energy. I've read a bit about that and it seems like I basically need to do a little bit of voice acting. I need to exaggerate my feelings to get it across the microphone and into your ears. Makes sense when I think about it. 

Onto the Future...

So here's my plan for 2026: High priority is getting to the next major title, Sonic CD this year. In-between Sonic 2 8-Bit and CD is four small arcades titles and the very first fan game (that's a single level). Most of the work there will be modeling. The more keen-eyed viewers will know one model is already done. In addition, before CD I would also like to cover Super Metroid. Why is that? It's for two reasons. First, I promised it to a very good friend of mine long back, who's supported me throughout all this. Second is, I believe it will help me very much quantify my thoughts on CD. Both are about exploration on a 2D plane. That's a big deal. Seems very doable.

The out of place game above you might notice is Mario Hoops for DS. This stuff is lower priority. I do want to get into more modern titles and by modern, I mean 128-bit era and up. I never intended my Corner to be a strictly super retro channel. I mostly started with very old titles because they were short, easy to manage, and if I'm gonna cover every Sonic title that means starting in the 16-bit era. However, time marches on. Stuff like the Gamecube and Wii are retro now. It's a fact. I had the idea of covering lesser known games in big franchises. Mario Hoops is for sure one of those, along with Sports Mix on Wii. 

Still, it goes beyond that. I got more games I wanna cover from the GC/Xbox/PS2/Dreamcast era. It's my favorite time in gaming. In fact, there was one I planned to put up on April 1st with a mod. I can't reasonably get it out by then, so I'll probably put it out on some random day and keep the gag in. It's my channel and I can do what I want [HaHa!]. But for a hint on what that game is, I was gonna follow it up April 1st 2027 with another big title in the series that came out ten years ago about that time. Might still do that. We'll see. But there you go. That's my plan. Take care. See you all next year!