Episode XXXI: To Upload or Not to Upload; The Struggle of Self-Expression Online w/ Resonant Arc

This has been a topic that has been on my mind for months now. I have been a fan of Mike's for a long time and saw that he was struggling with the same issue of trying to communicate his thoughts and opinions with his audience, as well as experiencing upload burnout.

I'm very proud of how this episode turned out and definitely encourage you all to give it a listen, even if it doesn't fit exactly into the narrow specifics of shmups or JRPGs (for Mike's listeners). Whether people want to acknowledge the issues we discuss in the episode or not, these struggles do affect video game players and content makers. Maybe this episode will be a bit too real for some people, it'll be interesting to see.

Massive thanks again to Mike for coming on the episode. Like I mention at the end, it's been nearly impossible for me to collab with anyone outside the shmup scene because of how clique YouTube culture works and how people must view me as some sort of biter or joke because of my low view count. Mike coming on the ep shows that he's a real homie.

All the music from this episode was taken from Mike's amazing video: "How Music Moves Us." So if there is a particular track you like, watch the vid and you can see what it is ;-)
https://youtu.be/zF4yrT6-rFU

Lastly, for any potential new listeners to the podcast (since Mike is exponentially more popular than myself, ha), here are some good follow up episodes to sort of bridge between my hardcore shmup content and this episode:

"Midtier are People Too"
(Youtube): https://youtu.be/7jTENQkAE84?list=PLMDuVHl1iOH8o9ZNMWCiJTfzw54ZeiGuH
(Souncloud): https://soundcloud.com/user-306325657/episode-xxix-midtier-are-people-too-the-shmup-skill-gap-and-grind-with-kz-the-kusoplayer

"Shmups 2018 in Review"
Youtube: https://youtu.be/GeH77DyZpTE?list=PLMDuVHl1iOH8o9ZNMWCiJTfzw54ZeiGuH
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-306325657/episode-xxiii-shmup-2018-in-review-softdrink-and-mark-talk-about-everything

And if you want to go deep into the lore, "Shmupception"
Youtube: https://youtu.be/PRyVW39VDf0?list=PLMDuVHl1iOH8o9ZNMWCiJTfzw54ZeiGuH
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-306325657/episode-xxiv-shmupception