Been thinking of putting together some LP videos...

[Ed Anger]

What a small steam library. Tsk tsk.

[DontSayBanana]

What a small steam library. Tsk tsk.

Only because of my small paycheck, or it would be bigger.  Also, I happily accept gifted games.

[CountDeMoney]

Ask fhdz for his DEFCON.

[CountDeMoney]

Which reminds me, I have to yank those sound file out of that game for ringtones.  *COUGH*

[Eddie Teach]

You don't get Swedish people who try to be entertaining?

I don't find Pewdiepie entertaining. I do get that he's trying.

[celedhring]

Sorry, I don't watch LP videos.

No prob.  They're not for everyone- I find them to be best when treated as MST3K for gamers (which also gives you an idea what direction my commentary would probably take).

I like LP videos that go in that direction; I just find "serious" ones uninteresting at all. You may want to pick a game that has potential for parody then.

[Sheilbh]

I hate that so much stuff these days is communicated with videos. I would much rather enjoy reading a guide to tanking, for example, than seeing a youtube film.

http://www.theonion.com/video/christ-article-a-video,36101/

Agreed.

[Syt]

I like LP videos that go in that direction; I just find "serious" ones uninteresting at all. You may want to pick a game that has potential for parody then.

It depends on whether I want to be entertained, or if I want to learn about a game. If I want to know how a game works or plays a constant barrage of goofy jokes with little to no comment about the mechanics will chase me away, while Goat Simulator would be the complete opposite.

[The Brain]

Who the fuck plays Goat Simulator for laughs?

[Duque de Bragança]

Everybody but the Brain

[Syt]

Since it came up in the bargain thread, how's this project going for you, DSB?

[Syt]

And speaking of Twitch: there's so many people streaming there who shouldn't be in front of a microphone, and who shouldn't have their cameras switched on. I like hanging out in streams of games I like with relaxed streamers who have maybe a couple hundred people watching, so that you can still properly chat if you feel so inclined. Streams with 1000s of people are a bit crazy that way. Though I do watch QuickyBaby's World of Tanks stream from time to time, but that's probably more because he's one of the few who streams in English and not some Eastern European Orc language.

[Drakken]

Sorry, I don't watch LP videos.

No prob.  They're not for everyone- I find them to be best when treated as MST3K for gamers (which also gives you an idea what direction my commentary would probably take).

I like LP videos that go in that direction; I just find "serious" ones uninteresting at all. You may want to pick a game that has potential for parody then.

So basically, you are talking about a retsupurae.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I watch LPs, or at least parts of them, about games I'm considering buying.  One thing I've noticed is I start getting really annoyed by certain things in the commentary.  For example, one I was watching (I want to say it was for Banished), the dude kept saying "sort of."  "This is sort of a food unit, click on it to sort of create a new one" or whatever.  Bothered the hell out of me.  It IS a food unit and that's how you create it, douchebag. 

So.  Uh.  Don't do that. 

[DontSayBanana]

Since it came up in the bargain thread, how's this project going for you, DSB?

It's been shelved a bit with things getting crazy around the holidays.  I'd still like to do this, though I'm still trying to decide a gameplay direction to go with this.  Indie games are cheaper, but pop up way more frequently, and there's more of a scoop competition going on with commentators for those games.  AAA games are a bigger cash drop, but  have more of a built-in viewership.  Retro and previous-gen gaming is probably closest to where my tastes fall, and emulation of those games makes it easy to get most of those to the screen nowadays, but I just worry about being so late to the game that I've lost the zeitgeist.

It could also be a fun way to challenge myself on games that I didn't do in the past.  The original Silent Hill?  Aborted my attempt at the second screen because the squeaky tricycle freaked me out.  Shooters?  Never beat them without cheating (except Starfox 64).  Sports games?  Aside from a 10-minute try of a scratched disc of Madden 2004, the last time I touched one was Quarterback Club '96 for the Game Boy (where I abused the hell out of the overpowered Dolphins in general, and the Sub Marino play in particular).

I watch LPs, or at least parts of them, about games I'm considering buying.  One thing I've noticed is I start getting really annoyed by certain things in the commentary.  For example, one I was watching (I want to say it was for Banished), the dude kept saying "sort of."  "This is sort of a food unit, click on it to sort of create a new one" or whatever.  Bothered the hell out of me.  It IS a food unit and that's how you create it, douchebag. 

So.  Uh.  Don't do that. 

That drives me nuts as well.  I usually keep my voice pretty tightly controlled- my speaking style is similar to Markiplier's; I've been the target of a few jokes back in school for having a very "radio" voice.  I tend to put more effort into enunciation and avoiding awkward bridge words than even many communications and journalism majors.  Chalk it up to a lisp and a stutter resulting in several years of speech therapy, but I can be a little vain about my broadcast voice nowadays.