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Recommendations: Back to the Water Below by Royal Blood

I admittedly was a little disappointed with this record on a first lesson, as I was going in expecting a whole list of bangers like the opening Mountains at Midnight, but I gave this album a second...

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Recommendations: Memento (2000)

Memento's a film I've been meaning to scratch off the list for years, especially for being a total sucker for films that delibertly mess with the audiences head. 

The unreliable narrator...

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Q&A: September 20th, 2023

RupertLitterbin Asks
You wanna watch castlevania and get drunk with me?

I'm not John.

Dominik Jaworski Asks
Most games use something bin...

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NEW VID: Finally... a Better Hotline Miami

Intended to be uploaded September 10th.... our friends at DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere have given me permission to upload to y'all the complete cut of my latest video.

All that's left f...

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NEW VID: Finally... a Better Hotline Miami (Rough Cut)

After 5+ attempts in DaVinci Resolve, there's finally a Rough Cut rendered of my next video!

I put emphasis on the rough because there's a couple artifacts (thanks DaVinci) and I've ...

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Recommendations: Zero + One = Everything by Pronobozo

There's a very real mood that came from early 2000s electronic music that I really miss. Songs you'd hear on games like Need for Speed, SSX3, Burnout Revenge, etc. 

Artists like Andy Hun...

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Update: Don't Follow My Sleep Schedule

Hey everybody!

Obviously, there hasn't been a Q&A, Recommendations, or Randomly Mine this week; I was trying to sacrifice them to have the video out by September 1st, but being that this ...

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Recommendations: Across the Spiderverse

Since I finally got around to watching Into the Spiderverse, and loving everything about it, I got to hop into the theatres for its anticipated sequel, and it's gotten some hate due to the toxicity...

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Spin-Offs

*Trailer Voice Guy*
Previously, on Randomly Mine!

I talked about gaming's currently common cynical cash-grab character crossovers. Fortnite becoming a fight to th...

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Q&A: August 17th, 2023

DiKel91 Asks
If you wanted to show someone 1-3 videos as a This Is Raycevick showcase, which one(s) would you pick so someone could get as distilled and pure and whole a picture...

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Recommendations: The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons by The Hives

Normally, I don't recommend a new album or film this quickly, but god damn, the album just slaps that much! And it's not just Bogus Operandi, there's banger after banger here from Trapdoor Solution...

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Recommendations: BEEF

I get a little uneasey when I see people put a specific studio on a pedestal, but it's happening right now to A24, and works like BEEF is the one had me putting them on one.

I loved Everythin...

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Crossovers

Authors Note: I meant to have this Randomly Mine yesterday, apologies for the delay

The latest ...

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Video Update

Hey everybody!

As it's the end of the month, I owe you an explanation for what the video's process is. After much beating my head against a desk, I found a simple solution for focusing and g...

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Recommendations: Bloodsuckers by Saint Agnes

If you don't like LOUD albums... skip this one.

If you like 'em, then this album kicks you in the teeth right from the opening, and continues to with most of these filthy yet catchy rock vibe...

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Q&A: July 26th, 2023

dksjournal asks
is it weird for you to think of Canada as a bilingual country, or do you just not think that way because the majority of Francophones live in one province? Ou pe...

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Recommendations: Uncharted Lost Legacy

I've caught up on Naughty Dog's post-PS3 era, and where The Last of Us II and Uncharted 4 overstay their welcome, Lost Legacy better paces itself while telling a better story than both.

Lost ...

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Recommendations: 4:23 by Mike Dean

I don't know anything about Mike Dean.

I don't know why this face (I assume his) is on the cover.

I didn't know what genre I was getting into when a friend DM'd this album to me asking ...

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Q&A: July 12th, 2023

Alexander Asks
Is it true that there’s no Canada like french Canada?

It's certainly the most unique we get as a Country; I've not been to Prince Edward, but I'v...

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Recommendations: To Catch a Killer

This film's title sucks.

This film's box art sucks.

But goddamn was this film good.

It makes total sense why Shailene Woodley through herself into the Pr...

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Update: Is It Harder?

Hey everybody;

I'm grateful to be writing this instead of speaking, as my throat's Sahara dry with a nasty cough and fierce pain. Travelling to a city of two million for a week, this result i...

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Q&A: June 28th, 2023

Apologies for this being such a long gap since the last Q&A, it was quite stupid of me to assume I'd just immediately fall back in line the instant upon returning from NYC.

For now, we'll...

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Recommendations: Octopussy

Going from For Your Eyes Only to this, was like going from Detroit to Barbados.

That might've influenced my enjoyment of this film, but in-general, Octopussy is just a really fun Roger Moore ...

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Recommendations: D&D: Honor Among Thieves

Man...

Why can't Marvel be this?

It's watching films like Honor Among Thieves with its charismatic cast of characters, phenomenal effects practical and digital, thrilling set-pieces, an...

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Movies

I've played exactly one new game this year.

Meanwhile, I've watched a couple dozen films in just ...

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Q&A: June 7th, 2023

Jake Malone Asks
What do you value most in an RPG? And what is something you think more games should focus more on for RPGs?

Ever since doing the Alpha Protocol v...

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Recommendations: Texture by Battle Tapes

I haven't immediately fallen head over heels for an album this quickly in a long time, but it's no surprise that the group achieving this is Battle Tapes.

Despite doing what I normally don't,...

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Update (To Everything)

Hello everybody,

My task list today involves…

-Packing for NYC (16th-21st)
-Writing a 007 Short Film
-Writing a mini-series
-Co-writing a feature film
-Organizing The ...

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Q&A: May 31st, 2023

Daresis Asks
Opinions on the metal gear remake? i cant find myself to get hyped whatsoever since anytime i think about it it just brings to mind the kojima-konami split and my l...

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Recommendations: Nobody

Though I've come around on the John Wick series since loving the Fourth entry, Nobody still holds up as the alternative that I wanted, and appreciated back when it came out.

Being that I wasn...

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