In Loving Memory of Shamus Young: A Legacy of Curiosity and Character
Channel: Paul Spooner
Date: 2023-06-15

https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/
A year ago on June 15th, my best friend Shamus Young @ShamusYoung passed away suddenly but not entirely unexpectedly.
I made this tribute video in order to commemorate his life, and hopefully buttress the closure which only time can finally
provide for those who looked up to him.

00:00 Introduction
01:08 Lasting Impact
02:06 Early Years
03:10 Auto-Didactics
05:41 A Voice of Reason and Insight

06:52 Authorship and Writing Career
- Prolific writer, about 200k words per year on the blog alone for over 16 years.
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=52770

07:47 "The DM of the Rings" webcomic
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=612

08:35 Books
Free Radical
How I Learned (Autoblography)
The Witch Watch
Fall From the Sky (incomplete)
The Other Kind of Life
Mess Effect (Mass Effect Retrospective)
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?page_id=16523

10:24 A DM for the Internet:
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=1

12:00 Unique confluence of skills
13:00 Soulless CEO
14:22 Political Discourse
16:04 Approachable but Introverted
16:58 Story Fixes and Creative Writing
17:46 Good Robot
18:32 Unintended Outcomes
18:57 Personal Reflections
20:00 Finishing Fall From the Sky
22:26 Spoiler Warning
23:13 "Helping" with Good Robot
23:46 Co-hosting the Diecast
24:43 My Friend
25:47 Your Friend
27:11 Visit the Blog
https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/