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OS Neutral Would a MacBook Pro focused "Lets Play" YouTube channel work?

Elmzeh said:
So far I've received 1 suggestion from a friend which is that to attract a larger/wider audience the videos need to be a lot more... energetic/crazy - obviously I can ramp things up a bit but I don't want to be too intense and equally make things too silly that it wont be of interest to certain users :(

If you've got any advice, suggestions or requests then feel free to let me know
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Your friend may like "energetic/crazy" but that does not mean that is needed to do good videos that people enjoy watching. The only crazy I watch sometimes is either Angry Joe or Yahtzee for laughs. Yahtzee for example does zero to showcase a game, little to really review it in any depth and mostly a comedy routine centering on one or more themes in which he hates the game, etc. This is funny stuff but not especially useful for trying to figure out if I would enjoy playing something versus watching something serious that simply shows off the game and talks about it. In my opinion, The Cynical Brit which is neither energetic or crazy is the best of these three by a good margin for detailed info that is actually useful. Better still, I like Kevin Van Ord's video reviews on Gamespot which are nearly always a simple, serious review of a game.

There is lots of places to see reviews but not so many where you can see games, especially Mac games, showcased and just talked about as someone demonstrates them. Flash is fun sometimes but it is really much more about substance if something like this is going to be useful to people. Trying to force comedy or flash when that really isn't your style probably would not go so well. I think you do just fine being yourself personally. I thought the 2nd Borderlands 2 and the Dota 2 videos were good. I enjoyed watching them and look forward to more.

I also think that with the experience of creating each new video you make that you will settle into your own style, become more comfortable doing the commentary and gain more self-confidence in doing this. You're certainly off to a great start.
 
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Dirtyharry50 said:
Your friend may like "energetic/crazy" but that does not mean that is needed to do good videos that people enjoy watching. The only crazy I watch sometimes is either Angry Joe or Yahtzee for laughs. Yahtzee for example does zero to showcase a game, little to really review it in any depth and mostly a comedy routine centering on one or more themes in which he hates the game, etc. This is funny stuff but not especially useful for trying to figure out if I would enjoy playing something versus watching something serious that simply shows off the game and talks about it. In my opinion, The Cynical Brit which is neither energetic or crazy is the best of these three by a good margin for detailed info that is actually useful. Better still, I like Kevin Van Ord's video reviews on Gamespot which are nearly always a simple, serious review of a game.

There is lots of places to see reviews but not so many where you can see games, especially Mac games, showcased and just talked about as someone demonstrates them. Flash is fun sometimes but it is really much more about substance if something like this is going to be useful to people. Trying to force comedy or flash when that really isn't your style probably would not go so well. I think you do just fine being yourself personally. I thought the 2nd Borderlands 2 and the Dota 2 videos were good. I enjoyed watching them and look forward to more.

I also think that with the experience of creating each new video you make that you will settle into your own style, become more comfortable doing the commentary and gain more self-confidence in doing this. You're certainly off to a great start.
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Hi DirtyHarry50,

Thanks once again for all of your support, suggestions and comments - hope you've had a great week so far! :)

Just a note to everyone - a new video is up featuring League of Legends running natively in OS X!

Tried to jazz up the video a bit with an outro and am definitely feeling more comfortable/confident with every video that I'm doing which is great and am keen to work on the editing to make them as good as possible too!

The only thing is, with the new League of Legends video - I did check the ScreenFlow box to upload it in 1080p however as it stands its only in 720p quality... occasionally it can take a while for the 1080p option to become available so I'll see what happens in the next day or two and may consider re-uploading but we'll see... not sure why else it wouldn't be in 1080p quality =/ :apple:

Anyway! I'm hoping to do 1-2 more videos this weekend and the next games I'm keen to check out are;

- Max Payne 3
- Gun Monkeys
- FTL

++ Many more to come! Feel free to leave any further comments, suggestions or request =) :apple: :apple:
 
Even if they don't process it at 1080p, don't reupload mate. 720p is still great quality, and that video actually wanted me to download LoL and give it a try.

Good stuff most certainly.
The quality of the videos form the start is far higher than that of most prominent channels.
Only thing missing in a fancy intro splash screen/with tune and outro one. Other than that I'm certainly enjoying your work.
 
You might want to put the URL of the channel at the beginning of your first post, I had to go looking through all the thread before finding it, some won't have any patience.
 
N19h7m4r3 said:
Even if they don't process it at 1080p, don't reupload mate. 720p is still great quality, and that video actually wanted me to download LoL and give it a try.

Good stuff most certainly.
The quality of the videos form the start is far higher than that of most prominent channels.
Only thing missing in a fancy intro splash screen/with tune and outro one. Other than that I'm certainly enjoying your work.
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Hey Al!

Thanks a lot, thankfully it was a delay on YouTube's end and the video is now available in 1080p quality!:)

I'm going to be checking out some more tutorials this week on an intro and outro themes which I hope to get added to the videos soon! The League of Legends video included a basic outro however it was without sound - work in progress! :)

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ElderBrE said:
You might want to put the URL of the channel at the beginning of your first post, I had to go looking through all the thread before finding it, some won't have any patience.
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Hi ElderBrE!:)

At the moment I'm waiting for an official response from the MacRumors mod's as direct channel promotion isn't really allowed and is somewhat limited to signatures which is why I've not made a "Go Live" thread or edited the first post - hopefully we'll be able to come to some kind of arrangement but if not it will have to stay in my sig for now ;(
 
Elmzeh said:
Hey Al!

Thanks a lot, thankfully it was a delay on YouTube's end and the video is now available in 1080p quality!:)

I'm going to be checking out some more tutorials this week on an intro and outro themes which I hope to get added to the videos soon! The League of Legends video included a basic outro however it was without sound - work in progress! :)
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Well your video is now in 1080, it just takes quite a bit of post-processing on their end it seems. :cool:

Also I noticed you in certain a game last night. Sorry I've been extremely busy moving into a place, unpacking, cleaning and re-arranging things.

I look forward to more videos, do let me know how it goes with your intro/outro work. :D
 
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THis would work if it was all Apple hardware. ie any Mac game on any Mac hardware should be fine. No need to restrict it to the MBP. But the Mac's specs used for the video should be in the video description so people know.

But with the above in mind I think this is a very good idea.
If I had enough time I'd even contribute to this.
 
the8thark said:
THis would work if it was all Apple hardware. ie any Mac game on any Mac hardware should be fine. No need to restrict it to the MBP. But the Mac's specs used for the video should be in the video description so people know.

But with the above in mind I think this is a very good idea.
If I had enough time I'd even contribute to this.
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Hi the8thark,

Thanks for the response! Do you mean expanding the videos to show iOS games etc? This is something I could definitely explore although I will need to find a way to record them onto my system;

I will edit the current video's to include the specs in the description and will ensure to do this for future videos too!

Please feel free to leave any other comments, game requests or suggestions! :) :apple: :apple:
 
Elmzeh said:
you mean expanding the videos to show iOS games etc? This is something I could definitely explore although I will need to find a way to record them onto my system;
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No.
I meant make it an OS X game channel, not just for the MBP, so if people want to do this for Mac games on their iMacs or Mac Minis or Mac Pros, they can too.

I do like the iOS idea but I think leaving it to OS X for the time being is better. This way people who want to game on a Mac can actually see people gaming on their Macs.
 
I had fun watching the LoL video just now in glorious 1080p full screen. :D

I think I am going to try this game out myself. It looks fun.

You're doing a fine job with these. Keep them coming!
 
Dirtyharry50 said:
I had fun watching the LoL video just now in glorious 1080p full screen. :D

I think I am going to try this game out myself. It looks fun.

You're doing a fine job with these. Keep them coming!
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Hey! :)

Thanks again for your support and I hope you enjoyed League of Legends! Did yo get the chance to play many games? :)
 
Evening All!

Sorry there has been no new videos this week, it's been a little crazy at work so I haven't really had the time however... I've got a few days off next week and will try to get a few new videos up for you all!

Rather than me going ahead and choosing the game for the next video, I thought it would be an interesting idea to pass the power over to you... Below is a small selection of my gaming library and I'm keen to know which game you guys would most like to see next! ;)


MacRumors OS X Game Selection (Part 1)


1) Max Payne 3
2) The Darkness 2
3) Killing Floor
4) Slender: The Eight Pages (Please note, I'm not a HUGE fan of horror games *hides*)​


Please leave your votes below stating which game you would most like to see.

Voting will close at 12pm GMT on Sunday 11th August and a video will follow next week.

Depending on how this goes I may do it for future videos as well, rotating the selection options each time to ensure that the most desired game at the time gets a dedicated video ASAP...

One game that will definitely be done shortly after it's OS X release will be BioShock Infinite which I know we're all keen to see!! :apple:

Happy Voting!!
 
I have a feeling Max Payne 3 will win and I am interested in that too but I'd like to see The Darkness II myself.
 
Hi Guys,

Sorry there's not been a new video in a while, the weather in London hasn't been too bad so I've tried to make the most of it! ;)

Anyway, on to business - DirtyHarry50 and N19h7m4r3 have spoken and I'm pleased to say that The Darkness 2 is up! :D :apple:

It's a really great game from the team at Digital Extremes and 2K Games, I personally felt it had a Borderlands 2-ish feel to the art/graphics style which is pretty awesome and as well as having great gameplay there are horror and light RPG elements to the game too!

In Summary...

- FPS? (Check :apple:)
- Horror? (Kinda Check :apple:)
- RPG? (Check :apple:)
- Crazy evil powers at your fingertips? (100% Check :apple:)
- Ripping mobsters and bad guys apart by means of the crazy evil powers? (110% Check! :apple:)
- Ability to hurl car doors, snooker/pool cues and other misc objects at your enemies that may impale, decapitate, slice them in half or blow them into the sky? (DOUBLE 100% SKY HIGH CHECK! :apple:)

If you like your FPS, Horror and RPG games then its definitely worth checking out. It ran at pretty much max settings and the highest resolution available to me in OS X via Steam with little to no issues at all :cool:
 
Thanks Adam! Darkness 2 actually looks like fun.

Are you going to do an entire lets play of the game?
 
N19h7m4r3 said:
Thanks Adam! Darkness 2 actually looks like fun.

Are you going to do an entire lets play of the game?
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Good question! I'm not too sure at the moment, I definitely will do a full Let's Play of something soon but I'm not too sure what game it will be just yet - I've changed the video title as I can appreciate the "Let's Play" was a little bit misleading! :)

Just uploaded a new video with my comrade AK_CreeperHunter checking out the Death Sentence Arena map in Minecraft!

Let me know what you all think! :apple::apple:
 
Elmzeh said:
Good question! I'm not too sure at the moment, I definitely will do a full Let's Play of something soon but I'm not too sure what game it will be just yet - I've changed the video title as I can appreciate the "Let's Play" was a little bit misleading! :)

Just uploaded a new video with my comrade AK_CreeperHunter checking out the Death Sentence Arena map in Minecraft!

Let me know what you all think! :apple::apple:
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I like it, I like it a lot.

lately I've just been messing around in Pixelmator, and iMovie. I haven't had the time to sit and actually play anything entirely just yet.

I'm liking the new avatar as well. :D
 
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Hi Guys!

Sorry it's been a bit quiet lately, It's been a crazy week but I'm hoping to get another 1-2 new videos up next week! :apple:

Shortly after uploading my video checking out The Darkness 2 I also uploaded a bit of Minecraft gameplay with a friend on a custom map that some of you may like!

Anyhoo, onto business! I'm going to be changing up the channel set up over the coming weeks in that, I wont only be doing quick gameplay videos showcasing performance in OS X but also I will start doing some "Let's Play" videos which you guys can all vote for. Obviously this will all still be OS X based games that we can all run natively :)

I'm keen to get a video up soon of Max Payne 3 and that will probably be followed by Counter Strike: GO and then perhaps Slender ;o

I've got a full list of my current games in the 1st post of this thread so if any of you have any requests then please let me know!

I've also just started up a twitter account which you can find a link to on my channel, I'm quite new to twitter but feel free to add/school me if you have accounts! :)

Thanks,

OS X Adam
 
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