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Easy Allies Reviews/Ben Moore

Persona 5
 (5/5)
Half-Life: Alyx
10/10

* **Edited:**

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
9/10

Fallout 76
2/10

* **Edited:**

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
9/10

**Ben Moore** was a reviews writer at Easy Allies. Below are the reviews written for EZA.

Ben has written 82 reviews at Easy Allies to date.

## Written Reviews

Information below includes a link to both the written and video version of the review, the review score, the video review editor, and review date.

In the case of reviews scored via the five-star system, an adjusted numerical score using the 10-point system has also been shown.

## Edited Reviews

Information below includes a link to both the written and video version of the review, the review score, the video review writer, and review date. In the case of reviews scored via the five-star system, an adjusted numerical score using the 10-point system has also been shown.
A Farewell Message from Ben

June 21, 2022, 6:09 PM

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> My last day at Easy Allies will be July 1. Part of the reason I'm leaving is my wife got a new job which requires us to move back to Iowa. We've been talking about moving back home for a long time now. I think we're at a point in our marriage where we're ready to advance to the next stage in our lives. Neither of us have any family in California, so moving back will allow us to spend more quality time with loved ones, something that is important to both of us.
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> Joining GameTrailers and then eventually Easy Allies was truly a dream come true for me. I loved games so much and worked hard to share that passion with the world. There are many things I look back fondly on, but I'm particularly proud of Frame Trap, something that I feel became a core part of what Easy Allies is.
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> I've been working in games for roughly 10 years now and I'm excited to tackle something new. I want to see what other challenges are out there while also attempting to not devote quite as much mental energy solely to work. I still love games as much as I always have, so even with the huge change, I don't think I'm physically able to stop playing. After all this time, I'm still so happy that my passion for games remains intact.
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> I want to give a special shoutout to my coworkers, all of whom I deeply care for and admire. Of course, this absolutely includes Brandon Jones and Kyle Bosman, as well as the many past coworkers back at GameTrailers. All of their support and especially passion created something remarkable and I'm incredibly thankful to have been a part of it.
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> Finally, thank you to everyone who supports Easy Allies. Your enthusiasm is infectious and you allow us to spread our wings and follow our hearts. Not many people get that level of freedom, so sincerely, thank you.
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> Love & Respect,
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> Ben
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Easy Livin'

**Easy Livin'** is a 50-hour event in which all of the Allies spend a weekend in a beach house together. They broadcast the whole ordeal on their Twitch channel as they play a multitude of games consecutively without ever intentionally ending the stream, while also making sure to alternate who is playing in order to ensure that each of them is well rested, and that there is at least one person streaming at a time. Three Easy Livin' events were held from 2017-2019.

It was announced that due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, there would not be an Easy Livin' 2020. Instead, they announced plans for an event in October which turned into Patron Party 2020.

Easy Allies announced that the 2021 successor to Easy Livin' would be an event held in The Studio called Easy Chillin'.

## Easy Livin' (2017)

The first Easy Livin' event was streamed from 10:00 PM on August 4th to around 12:00 AM on August 7th.

### Notable Moments

* Isla and Don Hit The Beach[1] on a special Easy Livin' episode of Easy Update.

### Trivia

Following their full playthrough of Super Mario Sunshine, Bloodworth, Bosman, and Damiani filmed a Friend Code episode[2] discussing their thoughts on the game 15 years after its original release on GameCube.

## Easy Livin' (2018)

On June 15th, during the last day of their E3 2018 live streams, it was announced that there was to be a second Easy Livin' event, this time taking place from August 17th through August 19th.

### Notable Moments

* Isla and Don Hit the Beach Again for their second Easy Livin' episode of Easy Update.[3]

### Trivia

They announced three new Patreon goal tiers[4] with their search for a dedicated studio space in mind. The new goals were for a Full Play-through Friday, Huber's Game Show, and a Live Guest Show.

## Easy Livin' (2019)

The third Easy Livin' event was streamed from 12:00 PM on July 26th to around 12:00 PM on July 28th.

### Notable Moments

* Isla and Don Hit the Beach with a Vengeance in the third Easy Livin' episode of Easy Update.[5]
* Donkey Suck My Kiss was born while they were staying up all night playing the 2001 platform game Shrek for the original Xbox.

### Trivia

Brandon Jones was not able to attend due to the birth of his son, Milo.

## See Also

* Easy Chillin'

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
E3/2018

**Easy Allies E3 2018 Coverage** was their third E3 being covered as Easy Allies. This was their final E3 being produced from The Garage.

## E3 Coverage

* E3 2018 Betting Special
	+ Results Show
* Easy Allies Reactions
	+ EA Conference
	+ Xbox Briefing
	+ Bethesda Showcase
	+ Square Enix Showcase
	+ Ubisoft Conference
	+ PC Gaming Show
	+ PlayStation Media Briefing
	+ Nintendo Direct
* Nintendo Predictions with GameXplain, Jonathan Metts, and Easy Allies
* Easy Allies Previews and Impressions
	+ Battlefield V
	+ Impressions Day One
	+ Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Impressions Round 1
	+ Resident Evil 2 - Impressions Round 2
	+ Impressions Round 3
	+ Dragon Quest XI
	+ SEGA Atlus
	+ Lego DC Super-Villains
	+ Impressions Day Two
	+ Anthem - Impressions Round 4
	+ Rage 2 - Impressions Round 5
	+ Kingdom Hearts III
	+ Impressions Round 6
	+ Impressions Day Three
	+ Impressions Round 7
	+ Impressions Round 8
	+ Forza Horizon 4
	+ Ori and the Will of the Wisps
* Easy Allies Podcast
* Frame Trap - Noodles and Broth
* Huber Syndrome
* Easy Update - E3 Carpet Awards
* Gal Metal - Head-Banging with Tak Fuji
* Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Koji Igarashi Interview
* Trailer Jones
* Easy Allies E3 2018 Awards
* Top 10s - Games Missing from E3 2018

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
EZA House Party

* 2023
* 2022

**EZA House Party** is a special annual party stream hosted in honor of Daniel Bloodworth taking a two-week vacation away from work.

The stream first premiered on July 12, 2022 and was promoted on social media featuring six mice representing the other Allies along with the tag line, "When the cat's away, the mice will play!"

## 2023 Schedule

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

* 4:00 PM - GoldenEye 007
* 5:00 PM - Baldur's Gate 3 with Chat
* 7:00 PM - Street Fighter 6 - Bot Fight Club
	+ Replaced with Double Dragon Gaiden featuring Mike & Mike
* 8:00 PM - My Friendly Neighborhood
* 9:00 PM - Mario Party

## 2022 Schedule

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

* 12:00 PM - Group Hangout Stream
* 1:15 PM - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Intramural Tournament
* 2:15 PM - Hypercharged Unboxed
* 3:00 PM - Golf with your Friends with Chat!
* 4:00 PM - Death Road to Canada - Stream Team
* 5:15 PM - Mario Party Superstars
* 6:30 PM - Klonoa - Group Stream Night
* 8:00 PM - Trash Babies Live!

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
Easy Update/Easy Update's Easy Listening Lolume 3/Checkpoint

### Watch

* WE COULD BE HEROES (OF THE STORM(BECAUSE UNREAL TOURNAMENT DIDN'T WORK)) - EASY UPDATE
* Easy Update Playlist

### Listen

* SoundCloud
* Bandcamp

**Checkpoint** is a song from Easy Update's Easy Listening Lolume 3, the third collection of original music by Isla Hinck from the video game-related comedy web show, Easy Update.

The album was released on Bandcamp on September 30, 2017. Music from Easy Update has also been performed by Isla and the Easy Update Band during the 2017 and 2018 Easy Allies in Concert anniversary celebrations.
Dreams Lovers

**Dreams Lovers** was a weekly series of streams hosted by Brandon Jones & Kyle Bosman that followed their creative journey into Dreams.

## History

Dreams was initially released via early access on April 16, 2019, a first for a Sony game. Brandon jumped into early access in the Brandon's Dreams streams and decided to follow up Silver Squad with **Dreams Lovers** after the game officially launched on February 14, 2020.

Week 1 started off with surfing other Dreams to catch Kyle up on the current landscape of content. This included Dreams created by the Easy Allies community such as a multiplayer game based on Box Peek. They concluded the first stream by picking one of five ideas Kyle came up with for their very first Dream Shaping project. Jones chose "Who's In My Bathroom?" to work on before Kyle's departure from Easy Allies at the end of April.

In Week 4, a special edition was streamed during EZX Digital 2020. They decided to make compromises with the structure of their game while adding additional detail and realistic objects into their level.

On the final Dreams Lovers stream, Brandon and Kyle completed the voiceover dialogue and lighting for their game and published "Who's In My Bathroom?" as a Work-In-Progress for others to remix and complete the game. Brandon noted he would check in on Dreams periodically to play any creations or updates sent to him.

## Who's In My Bathroom?

The premise of the game is that you have 3.5 minutes during your favorite show's commercial break to figure out who is in your downstairs bathroom. You have to search for clues throughout the house to figure out the mystery visitor with multiple routes and difficulty levels available.

Behind the Scenes • Mike and Mike • Isla and Don Hit the Stream • Stream Team
Hangout Streams • Don Versus Wave Race • Huber's Late Night Streams
Community Showcase • Tiermaker • The Legend of Brad • The Dark Pictures Anthology
Easy Allies Clips • Amateur Gundam Construction • It's EZ to Like Anime
Dumb Game Monday • Toy Box Tuesday • Blood Pact
Bosman v Wozniak • The SSX Saga, Directed by Kyle Bosman
Kyle Makes a Game Boy Game • Kyle's PS4 Grab Bag • Never Too Late to Dreamcast
Brandon Builds the LEGO Disney Castle • Red Dead Revisited • Spouse Quest
Bruce vs Batman • Favorite Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI • Brandon GO • Silver Squad
Brandon's Dreams • **Dreams Lovers** • Animal Crossing Island Hop
Eorzean Allies • Assassin Alliance • Retro Game Sessions • Mana Day
Isla Synth Stream • Ben's Dojo • Weekly Hunts • Pokémon Nuzlocke Challenge
And For That Reason

**And For That Reason** was initially a segment introduced on the Easy Allies Podcast that spun off into a standalone 6-episode Patreon-exclusive show.

## Podcast Segment

And For That Reason was introduced in the 100th episode[1] of the Easy Allies Podcast in which Patrons sent a pitch for an imaginary game and the panel decided if they're into it or not, explaining their reasoning and ending their statements with *"And for that reason, I'm in"*, or, *"And for that reason, I'm out"*, depending on their choice.

## Show

After its final appearance on episode #107[2], it was later announced on Better Stuff Before E3 that due to popular demand and the sheer amount of entries, it would be promoted to its own Patreon-exclusive 6-episode show. It finally premiered during the last day of the EZA E3 2018 live coverage on Twitch, where the first episode was streamed for everyone to see.

The show follows a format similar to Dragon's Den, where Patrons send a video of their pitch explaining the concept and rules of their game. The Allies would then analyze said pitch, and discuss whether it is a viable financial option or not.

Spoiler Mode • Achieve It Yourself! • Easy Update • Huber Hype • Gabby's Never Seen
Don's Discount Gaming • Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries • Bloodworth's Starfield Diaries
Cup of Jones • Retrospectives • Top 10s • Tabletop Escapades • Fiasconauts
Game Sleuth • Huber Syndrome • Checkin' Out • Port Report • Tales From Japan
**And For That Reason** • The Fancy Fifteen • Show and Tell • Soundtrack Club • The Gen That Was
Brandon Plays Pokémon • Brandon Sun, Kyle Moon • Trailer Jones • Mindful Games
The Busted Trifecta • Don's Design Lab • Don the Beat • Mini-Game Champions • Developer Showcase
Huber's Prison of Love • Hunting Huber • Box Peek • Never Too Late to Dreamcast • The Occasional Board Game Show
Easy Allies Previews and Impressions

**Easy Allies Previews and Impressions** is one of the editorial publications produced by Easy Allies along with Reviews. The games are previewed by different members of the team and feature discussions about the game with other Allies while showing off relevant B-roll gameplay footage.

Coverage includes hands-on and hands-off previews of games before they are released along with post-release impressions. They have also featured live previews of games while discussing the game with members of the development team in the Developer Showcase.

Spoiler Mode • Achieve It Yourself! • Easy Update • Huber Hype • Gabby's Never Seen
Don's Discount Gaming • Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries • Bloodworth's Starfield Diaries
Cup of Jones • Retrospectives • Top 10s • Tabletop Escapades • Fiasconauts
Game Sleuth • Huber Syndrome • Checkin' Out • Port Report • Tales From Japan
And For That Reason • The Fancy Fifteen • Show and Tell • Soundtrack Club • The Gen That Was
Brandon Plays Pokémon • Brandon Sun, Kyle Moon • Trailer Jones • Mindful Games
The Busted Trifecta • Don's Design Lab • Don the Beat • Mini-Game Champions • Developer Showcase
Huber's Prison of Love • Hunting Huber • Box Peek • Never Too Late to Dreamcast • The Occasional Board Game Show
Easy Allies Reviews/Michael Damiani

**Michael Damiani** is a reviews writer at Easy Allies. Below are the reviews written for EZA.

Damiani has written 60 reviews at Easy Allies to date.

## Written Reviews

Information below includes a link to both the written and video version of the review, the review score, the video review editor, and review date.

In the case of reviews scored via the five-star system, an adjusted numerical score using the 10-point system has also been shown.
Better Stuff Before E3

**Better Stuff Before E3** was a 9-hour marathon fundraiser event designed to help the Allies get better equipment for their E3 2018 coverage.

Initially the goal was set at a modest $10,631, but it was quickly shattered only a few minutes past the first hour. After a lot of emotions from the Allies, a new goal was set at $21,984.80 with even better equipment in mind, and was met at around the five hour mark. The final goal was set at $30,426.80 and was met during the final hour of the stream.

## Incentives

 $6500
 $7000
 $7442
 $8000
 $8500
 $9001
 $9636
 $10000
 $10631

## Non-Incentive Games

Below is a list of the non-incentive games played during the 9-hour marathon.

* Samurai Gunn
* Bloody Roar 2
* Dong Dong Never Die
* Burnout Paradise
* WWE 2K17 - Defaulte's Revenge
* Jackie Chan Stuntmaster

## Trivia

* The song they played during the final dance party is Beat Beat Heart by Andrew Britton and Jesse O'Mahoney, which was a throwback to the Allies' GameTrailers era, most notably featured in Bloodborne: The Musical.

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
**Better Stuff Before E3** • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
Brandon GO

**Brandon GO** was a series of mobile game streams hosted by Brandon Jones. Since he loves mobile games, he decided to showcase them on stream and share that love with the rest of the community.

## Games

Below is the list of mobile games featured on Brandon GO.

* Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
* Deus Ex Go
* Super Mario Run
* DC Legends

Behind the Scenes • Mike and Mike • Isla and Don Hit the Stream • Stream Team
Hangout Streams • Don Versus Wave Race • Huber's Late Night Streams
Community Showcase • Tiermaker • The Legend of Brad • The Dark Pictures Anthology
Easy Allies Clips • Amateur Gundam Construction • It's EZ to Like Anime
Dumb Game Monday • Toy Box Tuesday • Blood Pact
Bosman v Wozniak • The SSX Saga, Directed by Kyle Bosman
Kyle Makes a Game Boy Game • Kyle's PS4 Grab Bag • Never Too Late to Dreamcast
Brandon Builds the LEGO Disney Castle • Red Dead Revisited • Spouse Quest
Bruce vs Batman • Favorite Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI • **Brandon GO** • Silver Squad
Brandon's Dreams • Dreams Lovers • Animal Crossing Island Hop
Eorzean Allies • Assassin Alliance • Retro Game Sessions • Mana Day
Isla Synth Stream • Ben's Dojo • Weekly Hunts • Pokémon Nuzlocke Challenge
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party

The **Balan Wonderworld Dance Party** was an EZX 2022 bonus incentive where the Allies participated in a dance party mimicking the dances featured in the 2021 Square Enix game, Balan Wonderworld.

## Premise

After reaching the $10,000 fundraising goal, the Allies split into teams on the final day of EZX to compete on who could do the better dances. After both teams performed their dances, Chat was able to vote on the team that performed the best. Special effects included an off-screen fog machine that was going off in the main stage.

Don was the maestro for the Balan Wonderworld Dance Party acting as the main character, Balan. He was previously featured as Balan during the 2021 Halloween Party and in his Punished Bet for the 2021 Fantasy Critic Games League. Teams were drawn with it being decided that Isla would act as a mercenary for both teams due to the uneven number of Allies. Each team then had to compete in four rounds of dance competition.

## Teams

### Legalize the Matthews Bridge

The team name was chosen as a tribute to the Matthews Bridge meme and the 2000 Limp Bizkit song, "My Generation."

* Michael Huber
* Brandon Jones
* Ben Moore
* Isla Hinck

### The Evil Dolphins

Since Brad originally reviewed the game and was the only one in the office to have saw the game to completion along with Don that cut the review, he chose their name as a callout to the Balan Wonderworld lore.

* Brad Ellis
* Daniel Bloodworth
* Michael Damiani
* Isla Hinck

## Winner

After both teams completed all four rounds of dances, Chat voted for The Evil Dolphins as the winner. As a special bonus, Don as Balan did a solo rendition of all four rounds of dances after the winner was decided.

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
**Balan Wonderworld Dance Party**
Easy Chillin'/2022

**Easy Chillin' 2022**, also stylized as **Easy Chillin' 22**, is a three-day, 36-hour marathon stream event held from The Studio. The event is streaming from September 9-11, 2022 with special guests, reactions, wheel spins, achievements, and more planned.

The event is the sequel to Easy Chillin' 2021 and the successor to Easy Livin', an annual 50-hour event in which all of the Allies spend a weekend streaming games in a beach house together.

## History

In August 2022, Easy Allies announced the return of Easy Chillin' in September. This would be the second Easy Chillin' event following the three Easy Livin' beach house events held from 2017-2019.

Among the planned events include tournaments, wheel-spins, super special guests, achievements, and numerous games. The official poster for Easy Chillin' 2022 was also released on August 31 composed by Gabby. Confirmed special guests include Jason Wishnov and Brandon Jones. Returning specials include the Chess Intramural Tournaments, Achieve It Yourself! Season 4 premiere, the return of Defaulte-Giga and the continuation of Darkened Skye.

To commemorate the second Easy Chilin' event, new merch was also released in the merch store. Items included the EZA "New Horizons" poster featuring the Allies as Animal Crossing-style characters along with Easy Chillin' chroma tees in different long sleeve and t-shirt variations.

### Fundraising Goals

Easy Allies held a fundraiser to raise funds for ongoing operations and included incentives that tracked progress across Patreon, Twitch, and PayPal one-time donations. They set an overall $15,000 goal and surpassed it by the end of Easy Chillin' 2022, unlocking all of the incentives.

 $4,000
 $8,000
 $10,000

 $12,000
 $13,000
 $14,000
 $15,000

### Wheel Spins

Throughout Easy Chillin' 2022, additional incentives were provided in the form of wheel spins. For every $200 raised through the fundraiser, they would spin the wheel and one of the Allies would have to do the thing stated. The wheel started with a set number of items and gradually evolved with items being removed and added throughout the weekend.

## Schedule

### Friday, September 9, 2022

* Disney/Marvel reactions were delayed and they only reacted to the trailers due to DMCA issues with Disney.

### Sunday, September 11, 2022

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries

**Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries** is a series where Daniel Bloodworth shares highlights and stories from his ongoing adventures in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch.

Bloodworth followed up with Bloodworth's Starfield Diaries in September 2023 that followed his Starfield adventures.

## History

As part of their ongoing launch coverage for Tears of the Kingdom, EZA planned a new Bloodworth mini-series to go alongside Brad's review and Damiani's first full playthrough. The first episode officially released on May 17, 2023.

Bloodworth decided to wrap up his Zelda Diaries after ten episodes. The final episode premiered on June 28, 2023.

## Diary Entries

Spoiler Mode • Achieve It Yourself! • Easy Update • Huber Hype • Gabby's Never Seen
Don's Discount Gaming • **Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries** • Bloodworth's Starfield Diaries
Cup of Jones • Retrospectives • Top 10s • Tabletop Escapades • Fiasconauts
Game Sleuth • Huber Syndrome • Checkin' Out • Port Report • Tales From Japan
And For That Reason • The Fancy Fifteen • Show and Tell • Soundtrack Club • The Gen That Was
Brandon Plays Pokémon • Brandon Sun, Kyle Moon • Trailer Jones • Mindful Games
The Busted Trifecta • Don's Design Lab • Don the Beat • Mini-Game Champions • Developer Showcase
Huber's Prison of Love • Hunting Huber • Box Peek • Never Too Late to Dreamcast • The Occasional Board Game Show
The Block 2010 - 2013

## 2010

2010 Series was held at 66 - 72 Kyderby Street

Teams

1. Sam and Amy
2. Emma and Tom (WINNERS)
3. Nicki and Jerri
4. Mike and Sarah

## 2011

2011 Series Held at 301 - 307 Lydiard Street

Teams

1. Calvin and Jolene
2. Aaron and Therese
3. Joel and Lachie (WINNERS)
4. Joshy and Renee

## 2012

2012 Series Held at 33 - 39 Elijah Street

Teams

1. Athena and Nicholas
2. Mary and Jordan
3. Brad and Hannah (WINNERS)
4. Trai and Caleb

## 2013

2013 Series Held at 23 - 29 Story Street

Teams

1. Jess and Vicki
2. Jessica and Tomas
3. James and Daniel (WINNERS)
4. Macey and Mason

## 2013 (Sky High)

2013 Series Held at 55 Chevy Street

Teams

1. Simon and Jessica
2. Gerald and Alice
3. Chloe and Samuel
4. Jess and Vicki
5. Grace and William (WINNERS)
Easy Update/Easy Update's Easy Listening Lolume 3/Fade to Black

**Fade to Black** is a song from Easy Update's Easy Listening Lolume 3, the third collection of original music by Isla Hinck from the video game-related comedy web show, Easy Update.

The album was released on Bandcamp on September 30, 2017. Music from Easy Update has also been performed by Isla and the Easy Update Band during the 2017 and 2018 Easy Allies in Concert anniversary celebrations.

## Lyrics

Fade with me

Into the black

We're getting out of this game

And we're never coming back

Fade with me

Far far away

We're getting into this game

And we're going to stay
Bloodworth's Starfield Diaries

**Bloodworth's Starfield Diaries** is a series where Daniel Bloodworth shares highlights and stories from his ongoing adventures in Starfield with Xenobiologist Heather Flannigan.

The Starfield Diaries were preceded by Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries that followed Blood's adventures in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

## History

After ten episodes of Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries, he decided to wrap up the series on June 28, 2023. Heading into the launch coverage of Starfield, Blood planned on a multi-part journey through his experience with the game. The first part premiered on September 1, 2023.

## Diary Entries

Spoiler Mode • Achieve It Yourself! • Easy Update • Huber Hype • Gabby's Never Seen
Don's Discount Gaming • Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries • **Bloodworth's Starfield Diaries**
Cup of Jones • Retrospectives • Top 10s • Tabletop Escapades • Fiasconauts
Game Sleuth • Huber Syndrome • Checkin' Out • Port Report • Tales From Japan
And For That Reason • The Fancy Fifteen • Show and Tell • Soundtrack Club • The Gen That Was
Brandon Plays Pokémon • Brandon Sun, Kyle Moon • Trailer Jones • Mindful Games
The Busted Trifecta • Don's Design Lab • Don the Beat • Mini-Game Champions • Developer Showcase
Huber's Prison of Love • Hunting Huber • Box Peek • Never Too Late to Dreamcast • The Occasional Board Game Show
Demo Days Gone By

**Demo Days Gone By** is a short retrospective produced by Ben Moore that reflects on the video game demo disc format and what we could still learn from it. The video originally premiered during Easy Allies in Concert Revengeance, the second anniversary live celebration of Easy Allies.

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • **Demo Days Gone By** • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
EZAnime

**EZAnime** was a monthly anime podcast hosted by Ben Moore and Bradley Ellis. The series focused on discussing a single series or film as a whole with subjects such as important characters, favorite arcs, and prominent themes covered. Each episode ended with a personal anime or manga recommendation not related to the episode topic.

## History

EZAnime officially premiered on February 5, 2017 discussing Berserk, a series near and dear to both Ben and Brad. $1 and up Patrons had the ability to suggest and vote on which anime they wanted the panel to discuss in the next episode.

The season finale aired on February 28, 2018 discussing Devilman Crybaby. Following the finale, the decision was made to place the podcast on indefinite hiatus. Both Ben and Brad agreed this was the best direction in order to pursue more short form, produced content and to provide more consistency in existing projects such as Don't Skip and Reviews.

On April 10, 2019, Michael Damiani debuted a new weekly anime discussion series titled It's EZ to Like Anime featuring panelists Ben Moore and Michael Huber. The series was a spiritual successor to EZAnime with the first season discussing each episode of One-Punch Man Season 2 on a week-to-week basis as they premiered.

## Episodes

The following anime series and films were discussed on the podcast.

## References

1. ↑ EZAnime - Berserk on Patreon
2. ↑ Where We're at With EZAnime on Patreon
Easy Chillin'/2023

**Easy Chillin' 2023**, also stylized as **Easy Chillin' 23**, is a three-day, 36-hour marathon stream event held from The Studio. The event is streaming from August 25-27, 2023 with chill hangs, spooky games, co-op games, competitions, and more planned.

The event is the third annual Easy Chillin' and is the successor to Easy Livin', a 50-hour event in which all of the Allies spend a weekend streaming games in a beach house together.

## History

In August 2023, Easy Allies announced the return of Easy Chillin' from August 25-27. This is the third Easy Chillin' event following the three Easy Livin' beach house events held from 2017-2019. The schedule features Punished Bets, Chess with Jason Wishnov, the patron-voted FFXIII full playthrough, The Hall of Greats, Achieve It Yourself!, and more.

They made a post on Easy Chillin' Updates, Schedule, and Goals which included plans to improve consistency on Twitch and focusing the YouTube channel. The event also featured chill hangs, spooky games, co-op games, competitions, as well as the return of the fundraiser and activities like Jenga that featured various tasks the Allies had to complete.

### Fundraising Goals

Easy Allies held a fundraiser to raise funds for ongoing operations and included incentives that tracked progress across Patreon, Twitch, and PayPal one-time donations. They set an overall $20,000 goal for Easy Chillin' weekend.

 $6,000

 $12,000
 $15,000
 $20,000

## Schedule

### Friday, August 25, 2023

* 12 PM PT – Easy Chillin' Kickoff / Punished Bets
* 1 PM - Armored Core VI
* 5 PM - Chess Shenanigans with Jason Wishnov
* 6 PM - Shotgun King with Jason Wishnov
* 7 PM - Final Fantasy XIII Full Playthrough Begins

### Saturday, August 26, 2023

* 12 PM – Bot Fight Club - Madden / Damiani Eats Raising Cane's
* 2 PM - Vampire Survivors Co-op
* 4 PM - Red Dead Redemption 2 - Crowd Control
* 8 PM - Spooky Block - D, Homebody, and more

### Sunday, August 27, 2023

* 12 PM – King Damiani's Decree! - Punished Bets
* 3 PM - Quake II - 7 Player Split-Screen
* 4 PM - En Garde!
* 5 PM - The Hall of Greats Induction #21
* 8 PM - Achieve It Yourself!

## References

1. ↑ Raising Canes Dipping Sauces Poll
2. ↑ Huber's Haircut

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
Cup of Jones

* 2019–2022
* 2017–2019

**Cup of Jones** was a weekly Patreon-exclusive show hosted by Brandon Jones featuring weekly updates on Easy Allies, answers to business / personal questions submitted by Patrons, and an editorial.

## History

The first Cup of Jones pilot episode premiered on March 31, 2016. Brandon provided an overview of the show and began answering patron questions in subsequent episodes. Cup of Jones switched to a regular weekly live format on September 26, 2017, streaming exclusively to Patrons on YouTube.

On September 2, 2019, Cup of Jones premiered a new logo, graphics, and presentation for the show. Format changes include moving answers to personal questions to the text post, putting weekly business updates at the top of the show, condensing the show's length and overall focusing more on business discussion.

The final Cup of Jones in The Garage took place on October 5, 2020. Brandon sold his house and moved into a temporary rental house for a month until his new house was ready.

During EZX 2022, Brandon Jones announced he was retiring from Easy Allies and games journalism on May 1, 2022. He stated that the May 2, 2022 episode of Cup of Jones would be the series finale and that each of the remaining episodes would have specific topics of discussion rather than the traditional business question format of the show.

Spoiler Mode • Achieve It Yourself! • Easy Update • Huber Hype • Gabby's Never Seen
Don's Discount Gaming • Bloodworth's Zelda Diaries • Bloodworth's Starfield Diaries
**Cup of Jones** • Retrospectives • Top 10s • Tabletop Escapades • Fiasconauts
Game Sleuth • Huber Syndrome • Checkin' Out • Port Report • Tales From Japan
And For That Reason • The Fancy Fifteen • Show and Tell • Soundtrack Club • The Gen That Was
Brandon Plays Pokémon • Brandon Sun, Kyle Moon • Trailer Jones • Mindful Games
The Busted Trifecta • Don's Design Lab • Don the Beat • Mini-Game Champions • Developer Showcase
Huber's Prison of Love • Hunting Huber • Box Peek • Never Too Late to Dreamcast • The Occasional Board Game Show
Brandon Builds the LEGO Disney Castle

**Brandon Builds the LEGO Disney Castle** is Brandon Jones' year-long journey into constructing the 4,080 piece LEGO Disney Castle. The streams have featured guest appearances by his wife Amanda Troop and her mother, Becky.

Behind the Scenes • Mike and Mike • Isla and Don Hit the Stream • Stream Team
Hangout Streams • Don Versus Wave Race • Huber's Late Night Streams
Community Showcase • Tiermaker • The Legend of Brad • The Dark Pictures Anthology
Easy Allies Clips • Amateur Gundam Construction • It's EZ to Like Anime
Dumb Game Monday • Toy Box Tuesday • Blood Pact
Bosman v Wozniak • The SSX Saga, Directed by Kyle Bosman
Kyle Makes a Game Boy Game • Kyle's PS4 Grab Bag • Never Too Late to Dreamcast
**Brandon Builds the LEGO Disney Castle** • Red Dead Revisited • Spouse Quest
Bruce vs Batman • Favorite Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI • Brandon GO • Silver Squad
Brandon's Dreams • Dreams Lovers • Animal Crossing Island Hop
Eorzean Allies • Assassin Alliance • Retro Game Sessions • Mana Day
Isla Synth Stream • Ben's Dojo • Weekly Hunts • Pokémon Nuzlocke Challenge
Easy Update/Easy Update's Easy Listening Lolume 3/Infinite Freeze

**Infinite Freeze** is a song from Easy Update's Easy Listening Lolume 3, the third collection of original music by Isla Hinck from the video game-related comedy web show, Easy Update.

The album was released on Bandcamp on September 30, 2017. Music from Easy Update has also been performed by Isla and the Easy Update Band during the 2017 and 2018 Easy Allies in Concert anniversary celebrations.

## Lyrics

Infinite options

Infinite freeze

So many choices

I'm on my knees

Infinite options

Infinite stall

I can't have just one

I want them all

Infinite

Paralysis
Easy Allies in Concert/2017

Easy Allies celebrated their first anniversary on March 21, 2017 with the first **Easy Allies in Concert** live show.

They held the event at Prospect Theatre in Los Angeles, California and invited members of the community to attend. The show included live music performances, premieres, and a look back at the first year of Easy Allies.

Their first anniversary was also celebrated by the One Year Strong Mega Stream, a 12-hour live stream that featured a variety of games, video premieres, and announcements.

## Events

* A Look Back
* Huber Plays the Clarinet
* Tabletop Escapades Live
* Souls Retro Trailer
* Damiani Story Time
* Earthbound Photographer
* Hey Joey
* Don's Design Lab
* Brandon's Video Game Lounge
* Fiasconauts Live
* Don't Skip
* Easy Update Live

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party

One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream • Third Year Anniversary Celebration
EZX Digital 2020 • EZX Digital '21 • EZX 2022 • EZX 2023
Easy Update/Easy Update's Easy Listening Lolume 3/It's Alright

**It's Alright** is a song from Easy Update's Easy Listening Lolume 3, the third collection of original music by Isla Hinck from the video game-related comedy web show, Easy Update.

The album was released on Bandcamp on September 30, 2017. Music from Easy Update has also been performed by Isla and the Easy Update Band during the 2017 and 2018 Easy Allies in Concert anniversary celebrations.

## Lyrics

Every morning when I read the news

Every morning then I get the blues

It's alright

It's alright

Every sometimes when I think of you

Every sometimes then I get the blues

It's alright

It's alright

Every now and then win or lose

It doesn't matter I still get the blues

It's alright

It's alright

The water under this bridge has turned to blood

And I am not sure if I can weather this flood

It's alright

These fires have claimed almost all my heart

I'm starting to think I was doomed from the start

It's alright
Animal Crossing Island Hop

**Animal Crossing Island Hop** is a series of streams that follows Brandon Jones as he takes a tour of the islands of fellow Allies and community members in Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch.

## History

The stream officially premiered shortly after the game's launch during EZX Digital, the four-year anniversary celebration of Easy Allies.

Starting with Part 8, **Animal Crossing Island Hop** started using a K.K. Slider version of the Easy Allies theme song titled "K.K. Allies" as the intro for the streams. The song cover was composed by community member Kevin Gillet and was first submitted in the March 2020 Easy Allies Community Showcase.

After over 20 weeks of Animal Crossing Island Hop and 135 community islands, the finale was streamed on August 29, 2020.

On March 20, 2021, Brandon hosted a special '1 Year Later' stream on the anniversary of the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The stream included a tour of Bloodworth and Isla's islands as well as a general look back on the past year of updates.

## Island Tours

### Allies

In the first Island Hop stream, we were introduced to the islands of several of the Allies that started playing the game after launch. All of the Allies joined together online to explore each of the islands together.

The following Allies' islands were toured on stream.

 Amanda Troop | Troopical

### Community Members

Following the Ally island tour, over 160 island submissions were sent in by the community for Brandon to visit on stream. He began streaming at various timeslots to accommodate the availability of community members in different timezones and spends 10-15 minutes at each location. Over time, some prior island submissions dropped out while new ones were added to the list. Overall, Jones visited 135 community islands in the 21 weeks of the Animal Crossing Island Hop.

## Streams

Below is the list of Animal Crossing Island Hop streams to date.

Behind the Scenes • Mike and Mike • Isla and Don Hit the Stream • Stream Team
Hangout Streams • Don Versus Wave Race • Huber's Late Night Streams
Community Showcase • Tiermaker • The Legend of Brad • The Dark Pictures Anthology
Easy Allies Clips • Amateur Gundam Construction • It's EZ to Like Anime
Dumb Game Monday • Toy Box Tuesday • Blood Pact
Bosman v Wozniak • The SSX Saga, Directed by Kyle Bosman
Kyle Makes a Game Boy Game • Kyle's PS4 Grab Bag • Never Too Late to Dreamcast
Brandon Builds the LEGO Disney Castle • Red Dead Revisited • Spouse Quest
Bruce vs Batman • Favorite Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI • Brandon GO • Silver Squad
Brandon's Dreams • Dreams Lovers • **Animal Crossing Island Hop**
Eorzean Allies • Assassin Alliance • Retro Game Sessions • Mana Day
Isla Synth Stream • Ben's Dojo • Weekly Hunts • Pokémon Nuzlocke Challenge
Dumb Game Monday

**Dumb Game Monday** was a weekly Monday stream where Kyle Bosman would play a different game voted upon by the Patreon supporters. Once the game had been completed, or Kyle could no longer stand the game, he would then do a "Fun Game Monday" in between dumb games.

The theme of the stream puts Kyle in a situation in which his grandma gifts him a game he knows nothing about, and he would have to learn to love this game for grandma's sake.

Behind the Scenes • Mike and Mike • Isla and Don Hit the Stream • Stream Team
Hangout Streams • Don Versus Wave Race • Huber's Late Night Streams
Community Showcase • Tiermaker • The Legend of Brad • The Dark Pictures Anthology
Easy Allies Clips • Amateur Gundam Construction • It's EZ to Like Anime
**Dumb Game Monday** • Toy Box Tuesday • Blood Pact
Bosman v Wozniak • The SSX Saga, Directed by Kyle Bosman
Kyle Makes a Game Boy Game • Kyle's PS4 Grab Bag • Never Too Late to Dreamcast
Brandon Builds the LEGO Disney Castle • Red Dead Revisited • Spouse Quest
Bruce vs Batman • Favorite Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI • Brandon GO • Silver Squad
Brandon's Dreams • Dreams Lovers • Animal Crossing Island Hop
Eorzean Allies • Assassin Alliance • Retro Game Sessions • Mana Day
Isla Synth Stream • Ben's Dojo • Weekly Hunts • Pokémon Nuzlocke Challenge
EZA House Party/2022

**EZA House Party 2022** is a special extended ten-hour party stream hosted in honor of Daniel Bloodworth taking a two-week vacation away from work.

The stream premiered on Twitch on July 12, 2022 starting at 12PM PT and was promoted on social media featuring six mice representing the other Allies along with the tag line, "When the cat's away, the mice will play!"

## Schedule

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

* 12:00 PM - Group Hangout Stream
* 1:15 PM - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Intramural Tournament
* 2:15 PM - Hypercharged Unboxed
* 3:00 PM - Golf with your Friends with Chat!
* 4:00 PM - Death Road to Canada - Stream Team
* 5:15 PM - Mario Party Superstars
* 6:30 PM - Klonoa - Group Stream Night
* 8:00 PM - Trash Babies Live!

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
E3/2021

**Easy Allies E3 2021 Coverage** was their fifth E3 being covered as Easy Allies. This was was the first digital E3 event due to the global pandemic. It was also their second E3 in The Studio since E3 2020 was canceled.

## E3 Coverage

* E3 2021 Betting Special
	+ Results Show
* Easy Allies Reactions
	+ Summer Game Fest
	+ Wholesome Direct
	+ Ubisoft Forward
	+ Devolver Forwarder
	+ Gearbox Showcase
	+ Xbox & Bethesda Showcase
	+ Square Enix Presents
	+ Back 4 Blood
	+ PC Gaming Show
	+ Future Games Show
	+ Indies, Freedom Games, and Limited Run Games
	+ Halo Infinite Multiplayer Update
	+ Capcom Showcase
	+ Tekken's Kazuya in Smash Bros.
	+ Nintendo Direct
	+ Nintendo Treehouse
* Huber Syndrome - Elden Ring Hype, E3 2021 Wrap Up
* Easy Update - Isla and Don on the E3 2021 Show Floor, Scary E3 Demo: Walk
* Easy Allies Previews and Impressions
	+ Battlefield 2042 Hands-Off Preview
* Frame Trap - Noodles and Broth
* Damiani Plays Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin demo
* Easy Allies Plays Xbox Summer Demos
* Friend Code

Easy Allies Launch Marathon • One-Month Celebration! • 6 Month Celebration!
One Year Strong Mega Stream • 2-Year Anniversary Group Stream
Third Year Anniversary Celebration • The Trial of Kyle Bosman • A Concert for Brad
Black Jaguar: The Revenant • Demo Days Gone By • Nutrition Raps
Hearthstone EZA Open Tournament • Magic the Gathering Fundraiser Tournament
Better Stuff Before E3 • Game Day • No Redemption • Studio Launch Party
Patron Party 2020 • NeoGeo 2020 Buyers Guide & Holiday Spectacular
Easy Allies Food Reviews • Return to the Studio Marathon
The Easy Allies Puppet Spectacular • Ben Enters EVO 2021
Balan Wonderworld Dance Party
Easy Allies Reviews/Don Casanova

**Don Casanova** is a reviews editor at Easy Allies. Below are the video reviews edited for EZA.

Don has edited 173 video reviews at Easy Allies to date.

## Edited Reviews

Information below includes a link to both the written and video version of the review, the review score, the review writer, and review date.

In the case of reviews scored via the five-star system, an adjusted numerical score using the 10-point system has also been shown.
Easy Allies Reviews/Isla Hinck

**Isla Hinck** is a reviews editor at Easy Allies. Below are the video reviews edited for EZA.

Isla has edited 74 video reviews at Easy Allies to date.

## Edited Reviews

Information below includes a link to both the written and video version of the review, the review score, the review writer, and review date.

In the case of reviews scored via the five-star system, an adjusted numerical score using the 10-point system has also been shown.