As a part of the King Kong Crypto giveaway and as a way to say thank you to everyone that was along for this wild ride - 0.01 Bitcoin (BTC) was given away - split between five people that filled out the entry form before March 31st! Congratulations to all the winners! Enjoy! twitter.com/AlexanderDHall/status/1377693979278475273
BTC: 36gbiTcMHiW93EEo5MZL9xYHt3fJjq1qzY ETH: 0x58d97ab42561E674625765AB63a1211cc98F5843Reaction to The EpilogueJadusable2021-03-10 | Although little breadcrumb hints were left along the way that the BEN Drowned story ended with The End.wmv (and that the epilogue *may* be something a little different), a decision was made to not include the voice chat reaction this time out of respect to anyone who may not have seen this coming and became upset at the realization that this was actually an epilogue to King Kong.wmv. This was a decision I made because I felt that someone's voice is a lot more personal than a random screen name and it would take away from the friendly, tongue-in-cheek nature of the joke.
For those who joined the story last year and may be a little confused - after every story of mine concludes I like to make a fun parody that's meant to poke fun at the story and make people laugh (nothing is more annoying than an artist that takes themselves too seriously, in my own personal opinion) - and publishing a video of someone being audibly upset would seem a little too mean spirited for what I'm trying to accomplish here. This is all meant in good fun. I hope you all enjoyed the effort that went into making this and we'll see you guys on April 1st for the exciting continuation of Shingeki no Kongu (進撃のコング).
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and really enjoyable to see your guys' reaction (a lot more people were in on the joke/saw it coming this time!). I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. If you'd like to chip in to support this content creation - keeping in mind that as of now there's only one more video left - I have several options:
We've had to change some things around behind the scenes - the remaining Patreons that were Neologist tier or higher that haven't been given their cameo in the story as of now will be featured in The Return of the King, premiering April 1st 2021. Thank you for all of your support and I hope you enjoyed this fun little "epilogue" of ambiguous canon to the actual story!
Credits: In The End (Nintendo 64 Soundfont) - Mr. CriperMusic (youtube.com/watch?v=7TCYRCtVoR8) Song of Healing - Shag (youtube.com/watch?v=wl8dCKMwII4) 紅蓮の弓矢 - Linked HorizonReaction to The Last Hero.wmvJadusable2020-11-04 | This is the reaction of the Awakening Discord / Youtube Chat / Voice Chat watching The Last Hero.wmv. The audio is desynced a bit as the game audio itself was lagging behind the VC chat, so for the first half of the video the game sounds will be a little out of sync, but the reactions should mostly be matched up.
Now that the story has concluded, we still have a few reaction videos to release over the next week. These are already super nostalgic and a great way to fondly look back and remember how we made the best of being under lockdown in 2020. Patrons (of any tier) will immediately be able to get access to them a day early before this post becomes public to everyone else.
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and bittersweet to revisit these after the ending. I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. These are great little time capsules of the wonderful community you all have created around this story.
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SOCIAL MEDIA http://www.twitter.com/alexanderdhallReaction to The Final Hours.wmvJadusable2020-11-04 | This is the reaction of the Awakening Discord / Youtube Chat / Voice Chat watching The Final Hours.wmv.
Now that the story has concluded, we still have a few reaction videos to release over the next week. These are already super nostalgic and a great way to fondly look back and remember how we made the best of being under lockdown in 2020. Patrons (of any tier) will immediately be able to get access to them a day early before this post becomes public to everyone else.
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and bittersweet to revisit these after the ending. I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. These are great little time capsules of the wonderful community you all have created around this story.
Evelyn Lark for her orchestral rendition Badub for their custom music Solus for their modding talent
Please support these wonderfully talented creators.Reaction to The Predecessor.wmvJadusable2020-11-04 | This is the reaction of the Awakening Discord / Youtube Chat / Voice Chat watching The Predecessor.wmv.
Now that the story has concluded, we still have a few reaction videos to release over the next week. These are already super nostalgic and a great way to fondly look back and remember how we made the best of being under lockdown in 2020. Patrons (of any tier) will immediately be able to get access to them a day early before this post becomes public to everyone else.
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and bittersweet to revisit these after the ending. I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. These are great little time capsules of the wonderful community you all have created around this story.
Badub for their custom musicReaction to The Showdown.wmvJadusable2020-11-04 | This is the reaction of the Awakening Discord / Youtube Chat / Voice Chat watching The Showdown.wmv.
Now that the story has concluded, we still have a few reaction videos to release over the next week. These are already super nostalgic and a great way to fondly look back and remember how we made the best of being under lockdown in 2020. Patrons (of any tier) will immediately be able to get access to them a day early before this post becomes public to everyone else.
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and bittersweet to revisit these after the ending. I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. These are great little time capsules of the wonderful community you all have created around this story.
Evelyn Lark for her orchestral rendition Badub for their custom music Solus for their modding talent
Please support these wonderfully talented creators.Reaction to The Prisoner.wmvJadusable2020-11-04 | This is the reaction of the Awakening Discord / Youtube Chat / Voice Chat watching The Prisoner.wmv.
Now that the story has concluded, we still have a few reaction videos to release over the next week. These are already super nostalgic and a great way to fondly look back and remember how we made the best of being under lockdown in 2020. Patrons (of any tier) will immediately be able to get access to them a day early before this post becomes public to everyone else.
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and bittersweet to revisit these after the ending. I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. These are great little time capsules of the wonderful community you all have created around this story.
Prefer to show your support with Crypto? BTC: 36c1WPmYr91WZYSSYQTgfb2mAfjwReELbb ETH: 0x58d97ab42561E674625765AB63a1211cc98F5843
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http://www.twitter.com/alexanderdhallReaction to The Happy Mask Salesman.wmvJadusable2020-11-04 | This is the reaction of the Awakening Discord / Youtube Chat / Voice Chat watching The Happy Mask Salesman.wmv.
Now that the story has concluded, we still have a few reaction videos to release over the next week. These are already super nostalgic and a great way to fondly look back and remember how we made the best of being under lockdown in 2020. Patrons (of any tier) will immediately be able to get access to them a day early before this post becomes public to everyone else.
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and bittersweet to revisit these after the ending. I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. These are great little time capsules of the wonderful community you all have created around this story.
Prefer to show your support with Crypto? BTC: 36c1WPmYr91WZYSSYQTgfb2mAfjwReELbb ETH: 0x58d97ab42561E674625765AB63a1211cc98F5843
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http://www.twitter.com/alexanderdhallReaction to The Moon Children.wmvJadusable2020-11-04 | This is the reaction of the Awakening Discord / Youtube Chat / Voice Chat watching The Moon Children.wmv. The audio is desynced a bit as the game audio itself was lagging behind the VC chat.
Now that the story has concluded, we still have a few reaction videos to release over the next week. These are already super nostalgic and a great way to fondly look back and remember how we made the best of being under lockdown in 2020. Patrons (of any tier) will immediately be able to get access to them a day early before this post becomes public to everyone else.
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and bittersweet to revisit these after the ending. I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. These are great little time capsules of the wonderful community you all have created around this story.
Prefer to show your support with Crypto? BTC: 36c1WPmYr91WZYSSYQTgfb2mAfjwReELbb ETH: 0x58d97ab42561E674625765AB63a1211cc98F5843
SOCIAL MEDIA http://www.twitter.com/alexanderdhallReaction to The End.wmvJadusable2020-11-04 | This is the reaction of the Awakening Discord / Youtube Chat / Voice Chat watching The End.wmv.
Now that the story has concluded, we still have a few reaction videos to release over the next week. These are already super nostalgic and a great way to fondly look back and remember how we made the best of being under lockdown in 2020. Patrons (of any tier) will immediately be able to get access to them a day early before this post becomes public to everyone else.
Thank you again to the community, this has been so rewarding to make and bittersweet to revisit these after the ending. I'm so incredibly grateful for your past, present, and future support. These are great little time capsules of the wonderful community you all have created around this story. I know there is an election going on but be kind to each other - even those on the other side of the fence as you!
Please support these wonderfully talented creators.The End.wmvJadusable2020-10-31 | With the fourth day glitch activated once again, Sarah desperately attempts to stop the chaos and save Ben. This is the final video in the BEN Drowned storyline.
Please support these wonderfully talented creators.
Additional Special Thanks to: Kate Mac Entire John Francis Gillman Sam O'Floinn
Credits Theme: Within Hubris by Cameron Everett, available on Spotify youtube.com/watch?v=NdKbzH8PHMUThe Final Hours.wmvJadusable2020-09-13 | Little time remains...
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SOCIAL MEDIA: http://www.twitter.com/alexanderdhallThe Showdown.wmvJadusable2020-08-23 | Sarah, trapped in the space between the code, encounters a foe unlike anything she's ever faced.
Evelyn Lark for her orchestral rendition Badub for their custom music Solus for their modding talent
Please support these wonderfully talented creators.The Predecessor.wmvJadusable2020-08-09 | With 36 hours remaining as the world continues to break down, Sarah heads to Great Bay in search of answers. Her journey leads her to discover a disturbing paradox.
Featuring custom music by Badub.The Dying World.wmvJadusable2020-08-02 | Sarah pursues the second lead into Snowhead to find the frozen tundra rapidly deteriorating. As she explores the bizarre landscape she finds that its inhabitants have all disappeared, save for one mysterious ally. Her investigation ultimately puts her on a crash course to a fated showdown with the second Moon Child.
Featuring custom music by Badub.The Happy Mask Salesman.wmvJadusable2020-07-26 | Sarah and Rosa formulate a plan to try and gather more information on the state of the rapidly deteriorating world. Making her way to Snowhead, Sarah encounters a disturbing visage in Clock Town that shatters everything.
Featuring custom music by Badub.The Prisoner.wmvJadusable2020-07-19 | Sarah makes her way to the second location chosen by the players - the Romani Ranch - where a startling revelation is made.
Featuring custom music by Badub.The Moon Children.wmvJadusable2020-07-12 | Sarah - guided by the consensus - delves deeper into the haunted cartridge and has a chance encounter with a mysterious child. Meanwhile The Father continues to slowly gain power over the world, beginning his corruption. The winning choices from the poll determined the consensus' direction in guiding Sarah's actions.
Featuring custom music by Badub.The Last Hero.wmvJadusable2020-06-28 | Sarah - now armed with a mask containing the memories and strength of Ben, Jadusable, and others who have been forcibly digitized into the cartridge - travels back in the game world before the events of 2010 in an attempt to stop The Father once and for all. Arriving in Clock Town, she finds the game completely uncorrupted - a far cry from the glitched hellscape she escaped from. By some miracle, the hard reset had worked and seemingly everything has gone back to normal.
SOCIAL MEDIA http://www.twitter.com/AlexanderDHallBens ThemeJadusable2020-06-25 | By request here is a standalone version of The Song of Healing as it transitions into Ben's Theme as seen in the latest video The Truth.wmv [ youtu.be/vJUVDRyFiVs ]. Ben’s Theme is unique in that it was created almost entirely by a deep learning neural network. For reference, the original Song of Healing plays first, then it's immediately followed by Ben's Theme.
HOW IT WAS MADE:
Essentially, an artificial intelligence took the original Song of Healing - a song popularized in Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (and featured prominently in the BEN Drowned story) - and ran it through a neural network that has been learning from thousands of musical works from historical composers (ranging from Bach to Chopin to Beethoven, etc). Based on the acquired musical knowledge, the AI is then able to create a natural extension of the song (or even an entirely new one) by being given specific parameters. Thanks to the incredible advancements of machine learning - and with a few human nudges here and there to give it structure - this song was almost entirely created by an artificial intelligence.
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(This video is off topic to the actual final chapter of BEN Drowned, and was merely put up by request for those that wanted to isolate it - it has nothing to do with the current story.)Methods of Revolution [The Truth.wmv]Jadusable2020-06-22 | Immediately after the events of The Truth.wmv, the game shuts off and Sarah is greeted by a familiar voice that provides further insight on recent events. The players are now presented with several choices. Voting begins tomorrow at 6pm EST for the next direction of the story.
Special Thanks to Wishing Star for his modding talent.Methods of Revolution [Ben.wmv]Jadusable2020-05-30 | The second part continues in the interactive website: http://www.methodsofrevolution.com
http://www.patreon.com/user?u=312799 http://www.youtube.com/Jadusable http://www.twitter.com/AlexanderDHallbaker.txtJadusable2020-04-19 | Jadus describes a last-second meeting between himself and Baker, a friend of his. Baker tells Jadus of an impending riot that will cause a city-wide lockdown and advises he leave the city before it happens. He also mentions a doomsday cult that has appeared out of nowhere and something biblical in nature being developed by top researchers. He warns Jadus not to take it.
Shortly after the video's premiere, the following text, which continues the narrative from the video, was found on the lock screen of methodsofrevolution.com:
"He was all over the place, but I followed. I followed all of it. A lot had happened in the past year - in retrospect it was morbid how we just meandered from one once-in-a-generation scandal to the next in a lazy, indifferent haze. We were so caught up in making it to work on time, paying our bills, and buying the next big ticket item that those events barely registered for more than a week or two before we forgot all about it. But now half the country was unemployed, bills were frozen, and people prioritized essential food/supplies. This was probably the first time many of us really got the chance to stop and really think about the weight of these things and what kind of world we were living in. There really was a billionaire pedophile that ran uncontested for decades in our most elite circles, and we still hadn’t found his accomplices. We really were headed towards another Great Depression, and society as we knew it was beginning to crumble. And we really did spend way too much time at the office, and for what? Things were too fast paced to focus before, but now that we had nothing but time we realized that this was real. This was actually happening in our world. There’s a psychological barrier that many people have that refuse to allow them to accept terrible things happening in the world. It’s only when things become so in your face and undeniable that the barrier shatters - in many cases it was the lockdown that shattered it for many people. Now there were no bills to pay and we had no choice but to dwell on the truth. This was the first time that myself and many others were able to stop and realize the reality that we lived in. It was a shame that the riots were beginning to start this early, we might have had time to really organize a revolution. The riots in Seattle were emblematic of that, I’m sure. But now with the supply chain being disrupted in the Bible Belt, more would start, but for the wrong reasons. We were interrupted by the owner - the shop was closing soon, which meant we had only a few minutes to get back home before curfew. I stayed behind to use the restroom while Baker made his way to the exit. He paused in half-step out the door and turned to me, staring directly at me. “I am telling you, whatever they end up proposing. Don’t get it put in you.“ “No matter what they say, or what they tell you it’s for. “ “Don’t get it.” These specific memories fluttered back to me for some reason in a dreamlike fashion, I could recall them all vividly. Rather, it was the last poignant thing as I woke up on a cold tile floor on the 23rd of April."
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpfTv86YElNiTULpk_sc80hOAjh6-GzRJ#21 - When Pigs Fly - The Digital FiresideJadusable2020-03-10 | Following your standard Weekly Corona Update ™, the boys take turns riffing on Joe Biden's increasing senility, Alex talks about Nier: Automata, and Luke pushes for Lebron James to take office in 2024.
contact@thedigitalfireside.com#20 - Coronavirus Woes | The Digital FiresideJadusable2020-03-06 | Coronavirus wrecks havoc on the nation, Alex talks about his Stardew Valley doppleganger, Luke talks mobile games, and the boys talk about Yakuza 0.
contact@thedigitalfireside.com#19 - Cover Your Cough Please | The Digital FiresideJadusable2020-02-14 | Luke returns from Tahiti, Alex recants his brief experience as a vegan, and the boys talk about Trump's impeachment and the impending SCHISM (skizm? schism.) of the democratic party. Also, Corona-virus! Scary!
contact@thedigitalfireside.comWE TAKE YOUR PHONE CALLSJadusable2019-12-10 | We start taking calls from the viewers this season. And these are just some of the highlights. The call-in line to leave a voicemail is 323-207-5637.
Excerpt from Episode 18 of The Digital Fireside
YT: bit.ly/2YIMDZa Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36j24cQ#18 - We Take Your Calls (and Emails) | The Digital FiresideJadusable2019-12-10 | Luke gets outraged about the number of Pokemon in the latest installment, Alex survives a 48 hour fast in his newest diet, the boys share their thoughts on Jedi: Fallen Order, and what you've all been waiting for - we take your phone calls and even hear from the man who inspired Alex to write Ben Drowned himself.
TIMESTAMPS:
1:00 - Luke's Pokemon Frustration 12:25 - Jedi: Fallen Order 17:30 - Alex's Fasting Diet 34:55 - Mandatory Trump Impeachment Check-In 46:35 - We Take Phone Calls 1:04:08 - We Read Comments
CALL US & LEAVE A VOICEMAIL, OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY: 323-207-5637
contact@thedigitalfireside.com#17 - Epstein Didnt Kill Himself | The Digital FiresideJadusable2019-11-27 | The boys kick off Season 2 by discussing Disco Elysium, the impeachment of Donald Trump, journalistic integrity, and the exciting new game show Where In The World Is Jeffrey Epstein?
EMAIL QUESTIONS; contact@thedigitalfireside.com#16 - LET THEM FIGHT!! | The Digital FiresideJadusable2019-10-04 | Alex discusses #Tulsi #Gabbard's dark horse comeback, Luke conducts the #YangGang train, and the boys wonder if anyone can even beat Trump. We also somehow find time to talk about and rank our Top 5 summer videogames.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro 01:10 What's Been Going On? 05:30 Tulsi Gabbard and the DNC 21:30 Who Can Beat Trump? 37:16 #YangGang 53:10 Doomsday Prepping 55:30 Top 5 Games We Played This Summer
Roads by LiQWYD soundcloud.com/liqwyd Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/6XhY6AMmkLA Contact: liqwydmusic@gmail.com
EMAIL QUESTIONS; contact@thedigitalfireside.com#15 - JADUSABLE READS BEN DROWNED FANFICTION | The Digital FiresideJadusable2019-09-20 | Luke tries to explain how a methhead crashed his wedding, Alex expresses his disdain for Gears 5 and World of Warcraft Classic, and the boys explore the dark corners of the internet by reading Ben Drowned fanfiction.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro 01:00 Luke Gets Married 15:28 World of Warcraft Classic 32:30 Gears 5 44:15 Ben Drowned fanfiction.net nightmare begins
Roads by LiQWYD soundcloud.com/liqwyd Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/6XhY6AMmkLA Contact: liqwydmusic@gmail.com