Weekly Update
Added 2022-11-15 09:38:25 +0000 UTCHey--
Now that Patreon has launched it's own video hosting, I'm planning on expanding the exclusive Patron content. I'm planning on releasing most of the videos from Japan on Patreon as they will cover discussions of subject matter that YouTube does not tolerate.
Sex Chess was my biggest video release ever. I have no idea why, but it was really popular. Unfortunately it was also demonetized, so I can't imagine how many more views it would have gotten if it wasn't suppressed. Hopefully the year end videos that start in a few weeks will somehow avoid suppression.
The year end Patreon lists are almost completed as is most of my Game of the Year list. I'm still waiting on November's numbers for the year end Steam list, but everything should be done before I leave for Japan.
For the Game of the Year 2022 video I am planning on sticking with last year's categories of:
- Top Romance Game
- Top NTR Game
- Top Harem Game
- Top LGBTQIA+ Game
- Top Monster Game
- Best Girl
- Best Art in a Game
- Best Music in a Game
- My Favorite Game
- Game of the Year
Please let me know if you think that is sufficient for this year as well. Yeah I know that the LGBTQIA+ classification is unwieldy and (from the comments that I've received) some of you may have a political or cultural issue with it, but I think we all understand that I'm just trying to recognize a large section of our player base and community. I get enough flack for including NTR stuff even though statistically that is one of the most popular flavors after the "hetero-normative harem" flavors.
Game of the Year will remain metric based and fortunately the data has once again given us a clear 1st place. I really worry that one of these years we'll have a close race, but so far so good.
Best Girl, Art, and Music will remain very subjective and are really there to create conversation and recognize that there is more to video games than just sex and violence. My Favorite Game is back, because that is the question I am asked the most (Closely followed by, "Why won't you give me a list of female protagonist games?").
I'll talk more about this in this month's Patron video along with my ideas about the new Patreon Video format. I'd love to know what you think and I'm actually a little nervous about putting more content on Patreon. This isn't about excluding the greater YouTube community. This is about talking about material that I just can't explore on YouTube currently. Like certain flavors, their origins, and censorship. Like I said I'll talk more about that in the video.
I hope everyone is having a great week and I'll talk to you soon!
--Annie
Comments
This next one is a list of 20 new fantasy games on Steam. I keep thinking it is almost done, but then I keep changing stuff.
Annie
2022-11-16 09:56:09 +0000 UTCMan, you really canβt release fast enough! I love when you release a new video.
Hentaiconnoisseur
2022-11-16 08:13:40 +0000 UTCIt is definitely tricky. The more games I play, the more convinced I am that heterosexual/homosexual are unwieldy as designators of sexuality. However I do understand this is a process and MANY people would probably be offended by that implication. Fortunately these are the types of topics that I'm planning on tackling in the Patreon videos moving forward.
Annie
2022-11-16 04:53:00 +0000 UTCThanks!
Annie
2022-11-16 04:46:55 +0000 UTCWhat is a queer game, though? There are games that let you choose any pronoun and doesn't care who you romance. You could play it as an entirely heteroseuxal experience, or an entirely homosexual one, or anything in between. Then there are games that are exclusively homosexual, such as the ones Robert Yang is kinda famous for. I'm glad both types exist, but they seem so different that I'm not sure it makes sense to lump both into a "best queer game" category. I agree with your sentiment though: having the category is much better than not having it.
Faxmachinen
2022-11-16 02:20:36 +0000 UTCThe list you've got for GOTY categories sounds great! And no matter what anyone else says, I appreciate the inclusion of a "best queer game" category. There aren't a whole lot of those in the industry (or at least, there aren't a whole lot that come to mind/that I have played), and as a queer person myself, I really appreciate seeing a spotlight shone on the best examples of it that are out there.
MxMorganic
2022-11-15 20:03:48 +0000 UTCIt's been so great seeing how much your channel has grown! Looking forward to seeing the new patreon videos as well as the Game of the Year video!
Zjoee
2022-11-15 20:02:42 +0000 UTCThanks! I think my plan is to roll out shorts on YouTube and see how that goes. I think it would be pretty easy to mirror content to TikTok at that point.
Annie
2022-11-15 14:20:40 +0000 UTCYou're doing an awesome job! Btw, have you tried tik tok? I dont know how hard they are on such content?
Steamrollerman
2022-11-15 13:53:14 +0000 UTCRight now I'm planning a series on censorship and cancellation as well as a series on flavors. There will be props involved.
Annie
2022-11-15 13:10:46 +0000 UTCExcited about the potential for the new Patreon videos.
deepglugs
2022-11-15 12:54:18 +0000 UTCThanks!
Annie
2022-11-15 11:17:34 +0000 UTCYouβre very good at what you do! π
john blake
2022-11-15 10:41:02 +0000 UTC
