hex65000

So I've been dorking with Youtube again.

After I FINALLY posted the opening up of Golden Ax's Box-O-Crap, the bug hit me again. I wanted to talk about some stuff that I thought may be interesting to others. However, I'm super low-tech when it comes to video editing which made me think I should do a test run to see what shakes out and help with the learning process.

My YouTube Channel...

So let's talk about lessons learned.

The first being that if I am going to review a game, I need to just simply voice over it and merge me talking with gameplay footage. It was clear the entire time I'm demonstrating the game I am distracted. That 12 minutes of me playing a single level was done in one take, and it's not a good take. While I think enough is happening to convey how the game plays plus me talking, it's a rather long segment, and I wrestled with the idea of chopping that up more. Especially when I realized the video would span into two parts.

The other more annoying thing was the summary at the end, I just wasn't coherent. Even after writing out notes on what I wanted to cover and the 3 takes I threw out. <grump> I did want to avoid giving a "score" of any kind. I am more interested in conveying the current price range of the game, if I thought it was worth that price, and if it is worth playing at all. I figure if you don't like what you see in terms of the extensive gameplay footage it doesn't matter how cheap or costly it is. It does at least present an idea of what you should expect to pay.

The next game I'm targeting is pretty complex. So the question is, am I on the right track or do I need to rethink this? The video footage is a technical issue that is going to rear its head again, since I'm going to be pointing my camera at a LCD monitor and hoping for the best. The DSi XL did an okay job of showing stuff, but it wasn't the best video footage that's for sure.

Thoughts?

Hex.
[ Has considered some other things in his world to go on about for a few minutes... we shall see. ]

PC Computer
A LinkSys PCI wireless G Network card. Works just fine, I just upgraded my house to wireless N is all. R-SMA Antenna not included. $10

Atari 2600 (NTSC)
Joust shrinkwrap $6
Basketball $4
Missile Command $3
Video Olympics $5
Vanguard shrinkwrap $6
Galaxian shrinkwrap $6
Battlezone shrinkwrap $6
Pac man [poor] $2
Video Pinball [poor] $2
Combat [poor] $2
Jungle Hunt shrinkwrap $6
Realsports Baseball shrinkwrap $6
Venture shrinkwrap $7
Super football shrinkwrap $7
Realsports Football shrinkwrap $6
Kangaroo shrinkwrap (tri-language) $6
Realsports Volleyball shrinkwrap $7
Galaxian opened $4

take all of the above games for $57 + shipping.

7800
Choplifter [poor] $2
One on One Basketball $4
Pole Position 2 $3

Lynx
Chip's Challenge (Sealed) $3

XBox 360
Elder Scrolls Oblivion Game of the year ed.[opened] $15
Clive Barker's Jericho [new/sealed] $6
Mass Effect 2 [new/sealed] $15

Wii
Sonic Unleashed [new/sealed] $15
Spongebob: Truth or Square [new/sealed] $15

Dreamcast
Dreamcast Mouse (new in box) $7

You can make an offer on any of these things, I'm down with that too. Remember: the more you buy, the less stuff I have.

Pictures are attached; I'm located in the US; Any questions, let me know.

Hex.
[ Mans the oars of the FAILboat... ]