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OK, so there’s not much going on in ProjectLand… yet. This week is “get the basic framework set up and ready for development”, and I don’t think anyone really<\/em> wants to read about Google Firestore vs. AWS whatever. So that leaves us at a crossroads – what DO we talk about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panic! of the Tech Bros?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Woo! More layoffs! Will I have a job at the end of this whole degree process? I don’t know. Theoretically I have an offer from one of those big companies, but my start date has been pushed out to October already, so…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK, that’s a downer. Let’s try something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Any Good Books?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Uh, does Beej’s Guide to Network Programming<\/em> count? No?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that topic is no fun either. Let’s try something completely different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nerdy-*** Voice Actors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OK, so there IS big news in Critical Role land. (This pertains to me because I am A Fan.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those not in the know, Critical Role<\/a> is a bunch of voice actors that play Dungeons & Dragons and stream their games on Twitch. They’re pretty popular. As in, one of Twitch’s highest revenue-generating channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So a while back they wanted to do a one-off animated special, so they put up a Kickstarter. Instead of a few thousand dollars they raised $11.3 million<\/a> and broke some records in the process. So they decided to make an entire ten-episode animated series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then Amazon entered the chat, picked up the rights to stream the series, and paid for a full second season<\/a> to the tune of many more millions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was all back in 2019. Season 2 of “The Legend of Vox Machina” hit Prime Video last week. Which brings us to yesterday, when Amazon announced Oops, we did it again<\/a> – they’re developing another<\/em> animated series based on Critical Role’s second<\/em> campaign, and grabbed exclusive first-dibs rights to all of Critical Role’s IP for TV and film.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So this should be fun – I’ve been watching Critical Role’s ridiculous streams since 2015 or so, and in that time they have generated a mind-boggling 1,400 hours of content<\/a> (eat your heart out, One Piece fans…)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder if Prime Video is hiring?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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