About my YouTube #1: Puzzlefan30 channel
As a service to my DS friends, some of whom I know have seen a couple of my videos, here's the first of two "walkthroughs" about what I do with my two YouTube channels.
The first thing I should say is that I do these videos simply because I can. The idea first hit me a year(ish) ago, but only recently have I really figured out how to do these on a semi-regular basis and not have an addiction issue with putting them together (how this happened, I have no idea).
My main channel is my Puzzlefan30 channel. This particular channel is one of what must be thousands of gaming channels on YouTube, so I'm not trying to stand out. At the same time I think it needs to be said that I am not a serious gamer like I used to be, and the length of most of my videos reflects this.
Most of my videos on this channel are short snippets of gameplay footage from particular titles. Everything featured is emulated in some way, shape, or form. A good chunk of my plays come from a site called Retro Uprising, where you can play a bucket load and then some of games from the '80s and '90s for free. You'll notice it's often credited in my videos.
The actual games that I do is largely a spur of the moment thing, a "I feel like spending a few minutes tonight on..." kind of thing. But there are limitations to what I will show:
* Games that have sexually suggestive themes are taboo. I will not show them, they freak me out and they would likely freak others out, too. As an example as to what I will and won't do in this area: Qix, which is an area-capture game, is one that I would show because when you capture part of the screen it simply changes color. Gals Panic, a Qix rip-off that I had the unfortunate fate of playing on an actual arcade cabinet once thinking it was cartoony, features pictures at the end of each round that get...questionable, we'll call it, as you progress. That game will never be featured as a result.
* Games with violent material are a toss-up situation. What I mean by that is it depends on what kind of violence is being depicted. If it's cartoony in nature, I may show it but with appropriate warnings. If it involves any kind of pixelated blood, forget it, I won't do it no matter how many times you plead. I can't stomach that material, and I go on the assumption that you can't either. Examples of what I will do and what I won't: A game like Arch Rivals, a basketball (basketbrawl?) game that features a lot of punching, may be featured with warnings about the punching because nobody actually gets hurt and there is no blood. Cyberball, a sci-fi American football game where a robot may occasionally explode, would also be considered okay. But games like Mortal Kombat, which seem to have controversy follow it wherever it goes, are taboo.
Hopefully, you get the idea. But I would be happy to answer any questions in the comments to this. I will take requests provided they are outside the parameters shown above.
General gameplay videos are uncategorized because there will be too many of them. More specific videos will have their own playlists; they are, in no special order:
* Multiplayer Games with One Player: Involves me playing a multi-player game alone. The idea is to make it look like multiple people are playing when really it's just me. Only games that have alternating turns will be featured.
* David's Video Challenge Series: I present a game and a specific challenge for that game in the description, as well as any constraints on how the challenge can be played. Then I give it one attempt to set a "rabbit score". You can either try to beat my score (if you do, I would be tickled pink to see it), or just see how I do, it's up to you.
* David's Longplays: Start-to-finish plays of a particular game. This will be a slow section in developing as I don't like spending a lot of time practicing on a title. But when I do finish a game, it may be shown here. For games that are endless, it's considered beaten when the first "loop" of its stages are cleared in total, although I will continue until I game over to show that there is more.
You can see the channel on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Puzzlefan30
The first thing I should say is that I do these videos simply because I can. The idea first hit me a year(ish) ago, but only recently have I really figured out how to do these on a semi-regular basis and not have an addiction issue with putting them together (how this happened, I have no idea).
My main channel is my Puzzlefan30 channel. This particular channel is one of what must be thousands of gaming channels on YouTube, so I'm not trying to stand out. At the same time I think it needs to be said that I am not a serious gamer like I used to be, and the length of most of my videos reflects this.
Most of my videos on this channel are short snippets of gameplay footage from particular titles. Everything featured is emulated in some way, shape, or form. A good chunk of my plays come from a site called Retro Uprising, where you can play a bucket load and then some of games from the '80s and '90s for free. You'll notice it's often credited in my videos.
The actual games that I do is largely a spur of the moment thing, a "I feel like spending a few minutes tonight on..." kind of thing. But there are limitations to what I will show:
* Games that have sexually suggestive themes are taboo. I will not show them, they freak me out and they would likely freak others out, too. As an example as to what I will and won't do in this area: Qix, which is an area-capture game, is one that I would show because when you capture part of the screen it simply changes color. Gals Panic, a Qix rip-off that I had the unfortunate fate of playing on an actual arcade cabinet once thinking it was cartoony, features pictures at the end of each round that get...questionable, we'll call it, as you progress. That game will never be featured as a result.
* Games with violent material are a toss-up situation. What I mean by that is it depends on what kind of violence is being depicted. If it's cartoony in nature, I may show it but with appropriate warnings. If it involves any kind of pixelated blood, forget it, I won't do it no matter how many times you plead. I can't stomach that material, and I go on the assumption that you can't either. Examples of what I will do and what I won't: A game like Arch Rivals, a basketball (basketbrawl?) game that features a lot of punching, may be featured with warnings about the punching because nobody actually gets hurt and there is no blood. Cyberball, a sci-fi American football game where a robot may occasionally explode, would also be considered okay. But games like Mortal Kombat, which seem to have controversy follow it wherever it goes, are taboo.
Hopefully, you get the idea. But I would be happy to answer any questions in the comments to this. I will take requests provided they are outside the parameters shown above.
General gameplay videos are uncategorized because there will be too many of them. More specific videos will have their own playlists; they are, in no special order:
* Multiplayer Games with One Player: Involves me playing a multi-player game alone. The idea is to make it look like multiple people are playing when really it's just me. Only games that have alternating turns will be featured.
* David's Video Challenge Series: I present a game and a specific challenge for that game in the description, as well as any constraints on how the challenge can be played. Then I give it one attempt to set a "rabbit score". You can either try to beat my score (if you do, I would be tickled pink to see it), or just see how I do, it's up to you.
* David's Longplays: Start-to-finish plays of a particular game. This will be a slow section in developing as I don't like spending a lot of time practicing on a title. But when I do finish a game, it may be shown here. For games that are endless, it's considered beaten when the first "loop" of its stages are cleared in total, although I will continue until I game over to show that there is more.
You can see the channel on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Puzzlefan30
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