Welcome to a very special blog this week, Today I am
going to talk about a show on You Tube called The Completionist which is
created by Jirard “Dragonrider” Kahlil, Greg Wilmot and Carlos Padilla. Now you
might be wondering why I have taken today of all days to talk about the show,
well the main reason is today marks the one year anniversary of the show and as
a sign of respect and thanks to three of them for bring all this great content to
us, I have decided to write blog about them and why I enjoy the show.
Let me start of by exampling what The Completionist is,
in short it is a video game review show in which Jirard and company will try
and one hundred percent complete one game per week and then review it. The
three of them have also gone on to creating addition shows over the past year but I
will look at them in a bit more detail shortly.
As I said a moment ago the show has been going on for a
year now and it hasn’t been plain sailing for them but that has stop them from powering
through everything and continuing create top quality content for us each and
every week for us to watch.
Now you might be asking yourself what is so special
about this video game review show compared to all the others? Well the answer
to that question is very simple, do all the others have the humour and detail
that these guy’s place into their shows. For you to fully understand what I am talking
about I will now spend a bit of time talking about the three of them in a bit more
detail along with the content they have created too.
First up we have Jirard Kahlil who spends as much time
as he can working on the show whenever he get a chance to due to the fact that
he also has responsibility for look after his mother who is his inspiration behind
the show and why he completes every game one hundred percent. His role within
the show is to capture all of the footage for each episode, complete the game
one hundred percent, editing and recording of both video and audio and to help
write the scripted. Jirard long term goal with the show is to hopefully turn it
into a business.
The next member involved in the creation of the show is
Greg Wilmot who is also a very talented musician, vocalist and comedian. Aside
from working on the show with Jirard and hosting The Mediocre-ist, Greg also plays
for an indie band called Long Black Shadows. His main role with the show is to
help write the scripted, editing and recording of sounds and their effects.
Lastly we have Carlos Padilla who is a very talented
artist and creates all the art work for each and every episode of the show (I
would pay money to buy some of his art).
Now as I said earlier there are other shows that the
three of them have created which I have decided to break down into two groups.
The first group of shows are what I would call review shows such as The Completionist
(the main show), Here Comes a New Challenger which is similar to The
Completionist but looks at a newly released game without completing them one
hundred percent and suggesting if you should buy it or not. The next show under
this heading is the mediocre-ist which is where Greg will then try and finish a
game and then review it on what he likes and dislikes about the game. The last
show in this section is Arcades which is where they will go out and find hidden
arcade’s and spend some time playing the games and enjoying themselves.
The second group of shows are what I would call
entertainment shows, this is make up of shows like Top Ten’s and as the title suggests
it is a top ten list. Defend It, which is where Jirard and company go to court
and try and defend a game that was given a bad review by the internet while
giving you reasons as to why you should try this game. Next up is Mail bag
which is where Jirard and Greg going though all the mail they have received and
answer any questions we may have for the show, lastly there is the Downloadable
Cast or DLC which is their weekly pod cast, where they talk about topics they
believe effect the gaming industry
As you can see in the last year the three of them have tried
to create as much great content as they can so that there is something for everyone
to watch and enjoy. With this in mind I should also make a point about why the show
has been such a success and that is because of the loyal fan base that Jirard
and company have been able to create. A good example of how loyal the fans are
is by looking to just a few weeks ago when Jirard and company took it upon
themselves to compete and win King of the Web contest. While the contest was
going on we as fans were treated to just how much work goes into each and every
episode. I just find it so hard to believe that so few people are watching this
amazing show.
Before I move on to my thoughts about why I like this
show so much I should point out something that I missed and that was the newest
addition to the show in the form of Alex Faciane.
The reason that I like this shows so much and why I
will just have it playing in the background when I am doing my own work is mainly
because each episode is so well writing and edited together that it almost
looks like a piece of art. I do hope that the show can continue to grow and
become stronger as time goes by and I would also like to thank you guys for inspiring
my to continue to do what I love doing.
Keep up all the good work and all the best for future
guys.
Until next time.
The Completionist website
All published work
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