XCVG's Blog – Indie dev, writer, "artist", tech enthusiast

I can’t be “apolitical” any longer

I’ve always been apolitical as a creator. In my decade plus run as XCVG Systems, I’ve never done a political post or even mentioned anything political...

2024-10-02 by XCVG Uncategorized

Reflecting on RWBY Part 2: Contradictions

How do you even start to talk about RWBY? There’s so much to unpack here. It’s not for no reason that the online discourse on this...

2024-09-13 by XCVG Commentary Long Form

Stepping back, shrinking down

After spending the better part of a decade of game dev being the central anchor in my life, I’m rapidly stepping back from it. This is...

2024-09-04 by XCVG Game Dev Long Form

Reflecting on RWBY Part 1: The Rewatch

As usual, I am fashionably late. I started my (re)watch of RWBY shortly after Rooster Teeth announced they were shutting down, but it took me until...

2024-08-06 by XCVG Commentary Long Form

Way late to Pride Month, but just in time for Vancouver Pride (?!)

2024-08-02 by XCVG Art

So, the Halo show was cancelled. I’m not sure if I’m surprised by that. On one hand, while I don’t think it was a very good...

2024-08-01 by XCVG Commentary

Some progress on Project Daybreak/Big Team Heavies/Outliers 3 (I really need to come up with the final title)

2024-08-01 by XCVG Game Dev

A jam postmortem (of sorts)

So Bad It’s Good Jam 2024 just concluded, and I have a few thoughts on my entry, The Excessive Sound Guys, and on jamming in general....

2024-07-18 by XCVG Game Dev

Gap Year Part 3: New Normal

The third part of Gap Year, a three-part illustrated novella that ties into the Outliers and Outsiders series of games, is out now, finishing up the series! This...

2024-06-26 by XCVG Uncategorized

The Canoscan FS4000 Film Scanner

This is my Canoscan FS4000. It’s a dedicated film scanner with a 4000dpi resolution, infrared cleaning, a USB interface, and batch scanning capability. I got it...

2024-06-20 by XCVG Long Form Photography

I’ve also quietly updated The Crystal Tower with a bugfix for an infinite ammo glitch that’s been around since 2022. I think it’s the only game...

2024-06-19 by XCVG Game Dev

Project Daybreak Released

Project Daybreak, an early build of what will be the third mainline Outliers and Outsiders (Magical Girl Gina) game, is now available on itch. This prototype...

2024-06-19 by XCVG Game Dev

I know it’s been quiet here, because I’m in an awkward spot with a lot of stuff almost, but not ready to go. I’ve got a...

2024-06-11 by XCVG Uncategorized

So… Rooster Teeth is gone. I have some thoughts on that, but I’m actually rewatching RWBY right now, so expect a fashionably late, long and rambling...

2024-05-15 by XCVG Uncategorized

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possibly the most cursed thing I’ve made

2024-05-13 by XCVG Uncategorized

As I replay through New Vegas, I keep coming back to the TV show and what it did.

2024-05-11 by XCVG Uncategorized

The Fallout series is a sequel to the games

…and I kinda wish it wasn’t. I’m deeply divided on the Fallout TV show, because I love it as an adaptation, but I don’t love it...

2024-04-28 by XCVG Commentary Long Form

Apparently the Fallout series is canon and set after the games? I have some Thoughts ™ on that… but I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve finished watching...

2024-04-20 by XCVG Uncategorized

I’m (still) disappointed by the Halo show

I’m fashionably late to the party, but I can’t not talk about the Halo show. While I was writing this, it was tentatively titled I don’t...

2024-04-07 by XCVG Commentary Long Form

CommonCore R6 Released

CommonCore R6, formerly known as CommonCore Firene, is now released! This release marks a change in nomenclature and a change in how it will be released...

2024-04-05 by XCVG Game Dev