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Can we talk about Rampart?

No, actually. And I know that might sound like a weird answer, but I try to keep a really high threshold of what I will and won't post. And so, we addressed it earlier in the AMA where we'll research for weeks on end to make sure that the episode at the end of the day is saying something interesting or unique insightful, teaching you something interesting. And, if it doesn't kind of match that quality level, I won't go through with it.

So there've been episodes that have been fully scripted out, where at the end, I'll look at it and I'm like, "I'm not happy how this turned out. We either need to rewrite it, find a way to make it work, or just kind of move on to a different topic."

So, going back, are there episodes that I'm prouder of than others? Absolutely. Are there episodes that I like more than others? Absolutely. But is there an individual episode that I would go back and change, and take down? No. I would say not.

Hey Ronnie!

Well clearly, Ronnie, it was you. Your lack of enthusiasm for being on my team on the For Honor episode swordfighting, was clearly the biggest hurdle I had to overcome for the entire series.

My first date with Stephanie? Oooo that's a good question! I would say the first date with Stephanie that I had, we went to the gym together. She thought I was this weird theatre kid who just kind of followed her around, followed her back from computer science class but I secretly had a crush on her the whole time. I asked her to go to the gym with me, a long time ago. Gym doesn't happen anymore haha. At the time, Stephanie was really shy. I was like that outgoing, like really... fruity is not the right word but kind of fruity theatre kid. So when I tried to take a picture with her, she kind of curled up and was like "Don't take a picture of me. Don't take a- you're embarrassing me." Or whatever. Meanwhile, I'm like, "Yeah this is SO cool!" So it was a good mix of personality. I was trying pull her out of her shell, she was trying to pull me back and over time we found a balance of finding the right personality match for the two of us. The gym though, super romantic. I know how to treat a lady. This is it. Heart throb, right here! Let's go get our swoll on.

And absolutely, I'll be doing more collabs in the future. In fact, this weekend I'm going to film with CaptainSparklez, we're going to be doing an episode, I believe, where we suck some helium and rap lyrics. Kind of redundant but nothing like chipmunks rapping, rappers delight. I don't know rap songs obviously.

So I know that YouTube is working to bring YouTube Red to a lot of different countries all across the world, so that way the service is available to everyone, worldwide. But in the meantime, it was really important for YouTube, and for us, to make sure that all of you had access to the show as soon as possible, as soon as it was released. Because the worst thing that can happen, in a lot of cases, is you sitting there knowing that a show is happening, but you have no access to watch it.

And so, as of right now, buying on a per-episode basis in a lot of these other territories, is the best possible way to make that happen today. That being said, should you wait until YouTube Red is available in your neck of the woods? Sure, that's a perfectly valid way to do it. And let me tell you, Game Lab isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It will always be up on the platform for you to watch and enjoy. So whether it makes sense for you to buy it now on an episode-to-episode basis? Great, awesome, thank you for the support. If not though, and you want to wait until YouTube is available in your neck of the woods? Awesome too.

Either way, at the end of the day, it's just making sure that you know the episodes are there, they'll be there when you're ready for them, when you're ready to subscribe, ready to buy, or you're in a better financial situation. At the end of the day, just knowing that you're so interested and excited to see the series means a lot. And so, things like the free VR episodes, and the free episode of Mirror's Edge, hopefully, will tide you over until you're ready to make the purchase elsewhere down the line.