videos Archives - Breaking it all Down

Posted on January 7, 2026December 21, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Remembering My First FLGS

Due to some recent events, I’ve been thinking about my first FLGS, Ancient Wonders in Tualatin. I share some of my memories about the store, the nearby stores that followed, and some thoughts on the importance of supporting your Friendly Local Gaming Store.

Video Tour of Ancient Wonders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY3RuhlDKzk

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Posted on December 31, 2025December 7, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: My First Year of VTTs

I’ve completed my first year of running a tabletop RPG campaign online using Foundry as a VTT. It’s time to talk about some of the things I’ve learned over the past year.

Posted on December 24, 2025November 28, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: 2025 Holiday Letter

Yeah, I’m doing two Vlogs in a row – it’s the holiday season, so it’s worth taking the time to do something a little quicker, so I can do some more involved content in subsequent weeks, as I look back at the year that was for me.

Posted on December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Actual 2025 Holiday Greeting

So, I uploaded the video titled “2025 Holiday Greeting” in 2024. Here’s my holiday greeting that I’ve recorded for the holidays that are chronologically in 2025.

‘Solecism’ by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Donation Links…

To support relief from the Palisades Wildfires: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/palisades-fire-2025/
To support relief and recovery in Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/ukranian-crisis/
Donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/get-involved/ways-to-give
Reproductive Health Care: https://www.charitynavigator.org/search?causes=Reproductive%20health%20care
Trans Rights: https://www.charitynavigator.org/search/?causes=LGBTQ%20rights

Posted on December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: My Life In MUDs

Inspired by a conversation on an episode of Brad & Will Make A Tech Pod, I get into my experiences with MUDs in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Posted on December 3, 2025November 8, 2025 by Alexander Case

Anime Video Review: Anyway, I’m Falling In Love With You

I’m taking a look at a recent romantic dramedy anime set partly during the Pandemic – Anyway, I’m Falling In Love With You.

Posted on November 26, 2025November 4, 2025 by Alexander Case

Con Report: Kumoricon 2025

Time for my second con report of the year, for Kumoricon 2025.

‘Solecism’ by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Donation Links…

To support relief from the Palisades Wildfires: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/palisades-fire-2025/
To support relief and recovery in Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/ukranian-crisis/
Donate to Doctors Without Borders: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/get-involved/ways-to-give
Reproductive Health Care: https://www.charitynavigator.org/search?causes=Reproductive%20health%20care
Trans Rights: https://www.charitynavigator.org/search/?causes=LGBTQ%20rights

Posted on November 19, 2025November 4, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: What Lit SF Cons can Learn From Anime Cons

On an as-of-this-recording recent episode of Charlie Jane Anders & Annalee Newitz podcast “Our Opinions Are Correct”, they discuss ways that SF cons (implicitly meant to be LitSF cons) can be more equitable in how they’re organized and run – and they present a lot of solutions that Anime Conventions have been using successfully, but without getting into that anime cons have been using those solutions. I get into why there might be that failure of cross-pollination of ideas.

Posted on November 5, 2025October 20, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2025

I was at PRGE 2025 this year, and I took a look at a couple different options for playing light gun games on modern TVs, and got to compare them with the arcade version – so I gave my thoughts.

Posted on October 29, 2025October 12, 2025 by Alexander Case

Film Video Review: Silence of the Lambs

I’m wrapping up my October horror reviews with an Academy Award winner – Silence of the Lambs.

Posted on September 24, 2025August 31, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: October Convention Schedule

I’ve got my Convention Schedule for October!

Posted on September 10, 2025August 17, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Recommendations Are More Important Than Canon

I talk about some recent discourse about the importance of the “canon” and why maybe it’s more important to recommend what you like instead of what’s historically important.

Posted on July 16, 2025July 6, 2025 by Alexander Case

Why NAMI Matters To Me

For Disability Awareness Month, I talk about my experiences organizing various support groups for people with the Autism Spectrum, and how NAMI helped me organize one of those.

Donate to NAMI: https://www.nami.org/get-involved/donate-to-nami/

Posted on July 9, 2025June 29, 2025 by Alexander Case

Thoughts on Email Clients

Normally, I don’t write about tech blog stuff here, but this time I’ve decided to give some thoughts on a selection of Email clients – some software, some web apps – that I’ve tried out.

Posted on April 23, 2025March 30, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Watching Sports (on Streaming or TV) in PDX

Inspired by an episode of one of Waypoint’s spinoff podcasts, I’m taking a look at the ways to watch sports in Portland, Oregon, and how good (or not so good) they are for the Timbers, the Trail Blazers, and the Seattle Mariners.

Posted on April 9, 2025March 18, 2025 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Don’t Be A Trademark Squatter

If I had a nickel for each time someone had squatted on the name of a company whose work was generally beloved, for reasons of dubious intent – I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

Posted on November 27, 2024November 11, 2024 by Alexander Case

Con Report: Kumoricon 2024

Another year, another Kumoricon, and thus time for another Con Report.

Posted on September 4, 2024August 19, 2024 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Why New Olympic Sports Matter

I’ve got an opportunity in my schedule to talk about the Olympic Games and newer Olympic sports – and why I think getting some of these new sports in the Olympics matters (albeit a month after the Olympics because of how my schedule worked out).

Posted on August 14, 2024July 28, 2024 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Spectrum of Lost Media

I get into a discussion of Lost Media – and how being “Lost” is less a binary, and more a spectrum.

Posted on May 29, 2024May 26, 2024 by Alexander Case

Vlog: When Is Your Fandom Mainstream?

Inspired by a piece from the PBS News Hour, I discuss how to tell if your fandom is actually mainstream.

Posted on May 1, 2024April 28, 2024 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Getting a CPAP

I mentioned, when discussing my surgery, I would do a vlog at some point about my *also* having gotten diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, and having gotten a CPAP machine. I discuss how that process went, a little about how the CPAP works, and the different kinds of masks I got.

Posted on March 20, 2024March 10, 2024 by Alexander Case

Vlog: I’m Getting Surgery On My Face

I’ll have surgery done on my face on the week of the 14th and 15th, and will be recovering for several weeks following – so I’m going to talk about the procedure that’s going to be done (as of this recording – will have been done when this goes live).

Posted on February 21, 2024February 13, 2024 by Alexander Case

Vlog: Thoughts on the Genki Shadowcast Pro 2

For a bit I’ve been recording gameplay footage on the Genki Shadowcast Pro 2, so I figure it’s appropriate for me to give my thoughts on the hardware, along with some sample footage of what it produces at a couple different resolutions.