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Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave!

2015-04-03 (said on 2015-03-31 — implied: date said in the video; uploaded 3 days later) · Q&A · Hank · 3:24 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Pop culture, Science & nature, Projects, Internet & YouTube) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: on location

On the set of Wil Wheaton's tabletop RPG show Titansgrave, Hank answers viewer questions sent by Snapchat, from his songwriting process and Snapchat use to dog eye boogers.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — On the set of Wil Wheaton's TableTop RPG show with Yuri Lowenthal, Laura Bailey and Alison Haislip; a question video with questions from Snapchat

  • ★★ Hank is on the set of Wil Wheaton's tabletop RPG show, playing a custom-designed campaign Wil made for him, Yuri Lowenthal, Laura Bailey and Alison Haislip. — 00:00:01
  • ★★ Having been discovering the weirdnesses of Snapchat, Hank makes a question video with all the questions taken from Snapchat. — 00:00:16

00:00:23 — Q: what did you play with Wil? Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana, a new sci-fi/fantasy RPG

  • ★★ Hank says they are playing a brand-new RPG, Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana, a sci-fi world mixed with fantasy. — 00:00:24

00:00:33 — Q: which element would you remove from the periodic table? From the world, a dangerous one like plutonium

  • ★★ Hank says removing an element from the periodic table itself would only mean less knowledge; from the world he would probably remove a dangerous one, like plutonium. (hedged) — 00:00:36

00:00:53 — Q: songwriting process: start from one good line with great rhythm; inspiring himself to want to write the song

  • ★★ Hank says he usually starts a song from one good line with great rhythm; loving the line makes him want to work on it, so the task is inspiring himself. — 00:00:55

00:01:17 — Q: how is Snapchat? Weird; he uses it to make people laugh, free from the permanent record

  • ★★ Hank finds Snapchat weird and doesn't think he uses it like most people: having an audience, he tries to make people laugh, freed by it not being part of his permanent record. (hedged) — 00:01:20

00:01:40 — Quick answers: Yellowstone (after kicking a dice box), a banana monkey, Donkey Kong in Mario Kart and Smash Brothers, a colander

  • ★ Hank's favorite national park is Yellowstone: weird, amazing and magical, with a lot of geological and biological weirdness. — 00:01:45
  • ★ Hank plays as Donkey Kong in Mario Kart and Smash Brothers: he needs the extra beef and is not a finesse player. (playful) — 00:01:59

00:02:12 — Q: why do dogs get eye boogers? Rheum: tears carrying cells and mucus that leave gummy mucin proteins

  • ★★ Hank explains dogs get eye boogers as humans do: rheum, dissolved in tears, holds blood cells, epithelial cells and mucus, leaving gummy mucin proteins when the water goes. — 00:02:13
  • ★★ Hank says dogs have as much of this as humans, and he thinks most or all mammals get it. (hedged) — 00:02:34

00:02:40 — Non-questions (Best Buy employees love SciShow; lasagna cupcakes), the dogs-cats-fish riddle, and a dance in answer to 'why no dance vid?'

  • ★ Hank thanks a viewer for letting him know that Best Buy employees apparently love SciShow. — 00:02:40 · SciShow

00:03:07 — Hank is excited about the show, coming out in June; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says he is really excited about the show, which comes out in June, a while before everyone can see it, and is excited to share it. — 00:03:07

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says TitansGrave is a tabletop dice RPG like Dungeons and Dragons that anyone can play later; Hank and friends play it early for a YouTube show airing June-July on Geek and Sundry. — video description

Humor (significant)

  • Starting to answer 'Yellowstone', Hank kicks a box of dice on the set and apologizes to it. — 00:01:41

    “I kicked a die box! Sorry dice!”

  • A viewer asks how cute their banana monkey is. — 00:01:53

    “Your banana monkey is cute; I am worried about where its legs are.”

  • Hank explains why he plays as Donkey Kong. — 00:02:02

    “I just need the extra beef. I'm not a finesse player.”

  • Asked how many fish there are if there are two dogs and one cat, Hank answers literally. — 00:02:53

    “As far as I can tell, the number of dogs and cats has no bearing on the number of fish.”

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Mentioned

Central: rheum · Snapchat · Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana

Also: People: Alison Haislip · Laura Bailey · Wil Wheaton · Yuri Lowenthal

Projects: SciShow

Works: Super Smash Bros.

Organizations: Best Buy

Concepts: plutonium

Places: Yellowstone National Park

Characters: Donkey Kong

Only in the description or credits: Dungeons & Dragons · Geek & Sundry

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