I’m in the middle of a heat wave here in California for this month’s update, but that’s not going to stop me from talking about weird macabre subject material and an awesome documentary being released in July. If you’re here for mobile gaming stuff - unfortunately I’ve got nothing to report on for this month. If anything you might want to double back on my previous updates to see coverage on a few things I’ve been looking at or looking forward to later in the year. If you’re new to the site, please check out April’s blog for my universal recommendations for both mobile gaming and YouTube channels. Other than that, this update will specifically be geared toward the weird and interesting on the web - so off we go!
Exactly one year ago in my June 2020 update, I talked about a documentary that was coming out “soon” made by a fellow YouTuber I respect a lot. That channel is BSF (Bright Sun Films) and is one of my highly recommended channels on The List. BSF recently hit 1 million subscribers and it coincides nicely with their release (this month) of the documentary they’ve been working on for about 2 years. If you really want to hear about the backstory of the documentary before it comes out (or if you’re reading this in the future and want to hear about the behind the scenes activities) then check out this video made by Factual America.
This segues into my site’s first direct website recommendation for Alamo Pictures (Factual America) and their podcast list. The reason I’m recommending this particular site and their podcast is because its focused on mainstream media documentary releases; particularly those released in the US. Why I like this is because it’s a good source of information on what “potentially” I might like to look at and by extension something you may want to look at as well. Keep in mind I am not endorsing the topics or subjects in which the documentaries are focusing on; but rather endorsing the ability to get a convenient list of mainstream documentaries to choose from that have been reviewed and talked about critically. In other words, there’s a base level of curation going on with the list. They also conveniently have a YouTube channel that you can look at as well; however not all of their content seems to be on the channel versus the website. In either case I hope you give them a once over if you’re as inquisitive as me on the world around us.
As much as I avoid talking about drama and sorrow in all shapes and forms, I also understand the need to document the absurdly tragic. I was surprised to come across another YouTube channel called Fascinating Horror that quickly goes over historic events that proved to be very bizarre yet interesting at the same time. The running theme is that all of these stories contain elements of the unexpected. In any case, I’ll leave you to dive into the deep end with it all since there are a lot of different stories to be seen.
That’s it for this month’s update. As always I leave you with something anime and something lewd in keeping with tradition on the site. It’s May from Guilty Gear! Hopefully next month will have a more balanced update with some gaming news sewn in, but I do welcome the little break this month I had to be frank. It’s been a tiring process testing so many hopeful games in the last few weeks that have come up short and it’s really frustrating to constantly be back at the starting line. In any case, stay safe and see you in August!
Artist: Slugbox