This week, 767 people showed up to the stream. I had no idea, my chat was broken, I thought it was empty, and I played through the final worlds of Super Mario Bros 2 without knowing a word of it. A raid from Aurateur, the world's most popular Super Mario Maker 2 streamer, and I missed the whole thing in real time.

But I got back on, and did get to play with an audience of 100 for round two. I made a video all about it as a talking head. And I streamed again the next night to with about ~9 viewers, which is extraordinary for me. Also: the podcast might be going video from Season 2.

Next week: catching up on vertical format content and early research for the first proper video essay.

Some handy resources to help you on your way:

YouTube video about the raid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuqDGtT_Ai0

Website: https://www.pauseandpreamble.com/

Preamble Streams (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@PreambleStreams