Replicating here from social sites for the rare person using these but not those and wondering why the schedule has changed.

As the Seasons experiment winds to a close, I've come to a difficult decision. With fatherhood close on the horizon, impending immigration, and new chapters starting in both my personal and professional lives, it's time to (mostly) hang the lab coat up and refocus that time and energy, with some small caveats.

• Virtual Couch remains its own entity within the larger channel, so Jonny and I will still be sharing weird games and experiences on Friday nights whenever we're both able.</li>
  
  
• I remain present on Discord because, frankly, I like hanging out with my community off-air. The Discord link is available on my Twitch page and is equally available to subs and non-subs alike.
  
  
• I reserve the right to pivot to game dev or surprise people with weird games occasionally. If you think I'm not pursuing my own projects with some of the time I'm getting back, you're sorely mistaken.

Honestly, I could never thank the community enough for all they've done for me since we began this journey in 2014 and that's part of why I never quite completely fade away; a zombie streamer of a bygone era.

November 27th will be the final Tue-Thu show but, effective immediately and by community vote, the Season 4 headliner of Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines has been moved to Friday night's Virtual Couch slot.

Much love to you all. I hope I'll see you on a Friday night!

This is Zero out.

Live shows are on break until January, with the exception of the Friday night show with my co-host!

This gives me a few weeks to manage maintenance, planning, and pre-production for my "Seasons" project starting in January 2025, in which I'll be running 2 months on / 1 month off and being a bit more selective and focused with my live content.

This pre-production time will include getting some edited VODs up as well now that I'm not scrambling to fill emote slots or keep our Metaphor playthrough progressing forward. XD

See you Friday(s)!

The recent months in Japan interrupted the show's schedule enough that I decided to take some serious time to reflect upon the show, do some surveying, and consider the future.

The "hobbyist" thing never clicked for me. Running in maintenance mode has felt like a slow, inexorable death; entropy by inches, chipping away at years of hard work and community building. I considered retiring the show but I'm more of the "go down swinging" type and I don't feel like I'm done just yet.

After much deliberation, a lot of discussions, and a lot of surveyed data, I've decided to focus on rebuilding towards the show's former quality, even if it means painstakingly laying it out one brick at a time through new alerts, new emotes, events, more YouTube, and new game series.

I want to play weird games with folks and I want to help them find the niche games they might have loved (if they'd ever played them). It's time to get back to our roots, starting with the fulfillment of an ancient and utterly cursed promise -- 13 Sentinels -- alongside the return of the 8th Annual HoboCast!

Our new evening schedule begins immediately, with Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri shows; only 1 less show than I was fielding back when I was full-time but it gives me the entire weekend to recharge, illustrate, plan, etc.

So, really, all this is to say:

Lab coats on, beakers raised. I'M BACK. Let's break some games.

- Zero

August. The Old Way.

Wait for it. ;)

It's been a while since I used the announcement feature here but we're polling the next major game for Q1 2024 in a showdown between Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (AKA Yakuza 8) and Persona 3 Reload, both series of which have long histories with the show!

https://strawpoll.com/YVyPmr9QonN