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Caitlin posted:You just missed one. Wonderful! Thank you so much!
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Caitlin posted:You just missed one. drat, if I had known about the one in KY sooner I would have arranged a trip out. Does anyone know of any around VA/MD/DC? I'm not opposed to traveling a bit farther, either.
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Agrias120 posted:drat, if I had known about the one in KY sooner I would have arranged a trip out. Does anyone know of any around VA/MD/DC? I'm not opposed to traveling a bit farther, either. Hey, if there's one nearby, hit me up. Perhaps a roadtrip?
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Peenmaster posted:
I dunoo, I think it looks fine. My only feedback would be to feature at least one (probably only one) death. Dying is a pretty big part of a lot of games. Think of how iconic the original Super Mario Bros death music is. Well, I guess just about everything about SMB is iconic at this point, but you get the picture.
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RadicalR posted:Hey, if there's one nearby, hit me up. Perhaps a roadtrip? SPEAKING OF ROADTRIPS. Looks like we have about 8 people involved in the Chicago goon type meet. We are hitting : http://gallopingghostarcade.com/ https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com
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Mar 6, 2014 23:43
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Peenmaster posted:
That's awesome. Is that a fan game or some sort of Castlevania clone? Also, that Klansman didn't put up much of a fight. Guess most bigots are wimps. On another note, I don't know how I avoided playing Gunstar Heroes for so long. I just blew through it in one sitting. I love the weapon combos. Dat wind-lightning gun 
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Mar 6, 2014 23:45
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Peenmaster posted:
That's the first game video I've watched through in forever. It didn't even seem like 3 minutes. It's almost my idea of perfect. I'd like explanations of the gameplay mechanics. Doesn't have to be anything fancy since you're going for no human interruption videos, but when KidDracula started flashing red I didn't know if he was hurt or invincible it took me a minute to realize it was a charge shot. Just a couple sentences in the description for people who have never seen the games(which I would assume are who would watch these videos).
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TheHoosier posted:That's awesome. Is that a fan game or some sort of Castlevania clone? Also, that Klansman didn't put up much of a fight. Guess most bigots are wimps. It is an actual game that Konami made for the Castlevania series that roughly translates to Kid Dracula (I believe). The final boss is Galamoth. Yes, that huge dude from SotN.
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Phantasium posted:It is an actual game that Konami made for the Castlevania series that roughly translates to Kid Dracula (I believe). The final boss is Galamoth. Yes, that huge dude from SotN. Wow, wild. Peen, I wouldn't mind just few sentences explaining the game and mechanics. You don't have to go all AVGN or anything; General info and maybe a bit of history makes for an enjoyable video experience my opinion.
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Mar 6, 2014 23:55
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Phantasium posted:It is an actual game that Konami made for the Castlevania series that roughly translates to Kid Dracula (I believe). The final boss is Galamoth. Yes, that huge dude from SotN. They named the Game Boy semisequel/remake Kid Dracula when it came out here, so yeah. I only heard about that game in Disney Adventures magazine. It's fairly pricey for a GB game now.
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TheHoosier posted:Wow, wild. I plan on writing an in depth description/blog post to go with the videos to fill the viewer in on mechanics/history/fun facts. Going with text for that because I want the video to be nothing but gameplay. Just wanted to focus on the video at first. Thanks for the feedback guys  Quiet Feet: Featuring a death is a good idea, and Galamoth knows I have more than enough footage of me dying in the 2 hours of raw footage. I think I'll shorten a few things and see if I can sneak it in there. If it messes with the flow too much I'll just keep it as a note for the next installment. I'm glad you guys seemed to like it! I'm gonna try and make one of these every 2 weeks or so. We'll see what the turnaround time is after I make a few and adjust the schedule. I plan on posting the videos and writeups here. Thanks for your help! (And more feedback is always welcome.)
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I haven't been able to watch the video, but if you want to be unobtrusive, the BEST long play I ever saw was TheRedEye's playthrough of Mr Gimmick with annotations. If you don't wanna talk, you can be smart with annotations like he was.
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Peenmaster posted:
This is actually really awesome and I love the idea, It's always nice to see people that get lots of people aren't interested in "personalities" and just want to see (and hear!) gameplay. I wonder what separates this from a longplay though? I'm not trying to knock something that I'd honestly like to see more of, just really wondering why I would watch this rather than finding a longplay for the same game and just skipping around (I don't know anybody who watches longplays or any game videos straight through).
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d0s posted:This is actually really awesome and I love the idea, It's always nice to see people that get lots of people aren't interested in "personalities" and just want to see (and hear!) gameplay. I wonder what separates this from a longplay though? I'm not trying to knock something that I'd honestly like to see more of, just really wondering why I would watch this rather than finding a longplay for the same game and just skipping around (I don't know anybody who watches longplays or any game videos straight through). This chick, right here. I will straight up watch longplays on cubex55. Depends on the game, though. Sometimes I just put them on to fall asleep to. I won't pretend that's the norm, though! 
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:I haven't been able to watch the video, but if you want to be unobtrusive, the BEST long play I ever saw was TheRedEye's playthrough of Mr Gimmick with annotations. If you don't wanna talk, you can be smart with annotations like he was. I'll keep that as a consideration, but I generally don't like annotations in videos very much. I'm trying to be really strict with my "only gameplay" rule because I feel like it's a slippery slope. That said I obviously don't want the games to seem inaccessible, but if anything I'd probably do subs since those are cleaner looking. d0s posted:This is actually really awesome and I love the idea, It's always nice to see people that get lots of people aren't interested in "personalities" and just want to see (and hear!) gameplay. I wonder what separates this from a longplay though? I'm not trying to knock something that I'd honestly like to see more of, just really wondering why I would watch this rather than finding a longplay for the same game and just skipping around (I don't know anybody who watches longplays or any game videos straight through). I guess the only real difference is that this does the skipping around for you? Also even if you plan on skipping around, a 3 hour video can seem pretty intimidating (I love longplays though <3) Edit: I guess basically it's an attempt to make a nice little bite sized chunk if vidya for people to enjoy. Thanks for the feedback! Null of Undefined fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Mar 7, 2014 |
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Peenmaster posted:Edit: I guess basically it's an attempt to make a nice little bite sized chunk if vidya for people to enjoy. Makes sense when you put it like that. Maybe try to show some artwork from the game box or concept art or something before the game to visually differentiate it in people's minds from a "short longplay". Look at that "best genesis music" video that was posted in here to see a good video that's all about gameplay footage and music but is kinda visually interesting enough to actually sit and watch and not just skip around looking for whatever turns you on or off to decide if you're gonna play a particular game. EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLNKUT2ZbDI d0s fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Mar 7, 2014 |
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Peenmaster posted:
That's a good concept to work with. I like the idea and obviously it isn't going to be hugely effort intensive for you. You had a good balance of stuff. I'd try to not make any game play segment longer than about ten to fifteen seconds. That mean that you would have to select fifteen "moments" that exemplify the game. That's the best thing I can offer you: what are the fifteen things in this game that people should know about it? Build from that. For example with Kid Dracula I'd say that you need: The start of the game. Some platforming. A few boss fights (both the start of them and the end) That level 1 boss because his appearance is so infamous The quiz Demonstrations of different powers Break down a game like that and then cut what you want together from it. When I watched your video I was thinking, "Where are the other distinctive powers? Why didn't he show the big ghost? Why is there so much footage of the bonus games?" Doing three minutes means a tight focus and I'd advise you work on that. d0s posted:I wonder what separates this from a longplay though? I'm not trying to knock something that I'd honestly like to see more of, just really wondering why I would watch this rather than finding a longplay for the same game and just skipping around (I don't know anybody who watches longplays or any game videos straight through). If you're randomly jumping around longplays then you're not getting video that highlights features or segments of the game. You're not getting a good view of the game. I've started a video project of my own last night which is going in a completely different direction. It'll be a video that I would be the only person in this thread remotely interested in the subject!
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Random Stranger posted:That's a good concept to work with. I like the idea and obviously it isn't going to be hugely effort intensive for you. You had a good balance of stuff. I'd try to not make any game play segment longer than about ten to fifteen seconds. That mean that you would have to select fifteen "moments" that exemplify the game. Bomb rear end advice! I'll take that all into consideration when I recut it
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Random Stranger posted:If you're randomly jumping around longplays then you're not getting video that highlights features or segments of the game. You're not getting a good view of the game. Yeah, that's kinda true but in most cases I personally use longplays to see if I'm gonna play something, and I don't really want so see a compilation of all the game's best moments, just a general idea of what a typical level is like, how smooth the scrolling is, how the game's aesthetic is, how the game mechanics look, etc. I specifically don't want to be spoiled on some awesome setpieces or boss fights. I think it's just a matter of "people who watch video game videos to vicariously experience entire games" vs. "people who watch video game videos for some general idea if a game appeals to them". Both are totally valid things to do, but I think there are certain types of videos that appeal more to one group or the other and you gotta figure out who you're targeting.
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d0s posted:Yeah, that's kinda true but in most cases I personally use longplays to see if I'm gonna play something, and I don't really want so see a compilation of all the game's best moments, just a general idea of what a typical level is like, how smooth the scrolling is, how the game's aesthetic is, how the game mechanics look, etc. I specifically don't want to be spoiled on some awesome setpieces or boss fights. It's a fair thing to say, but there is difference between "the best parts" (which really should be more than just the snapshots given in this kind of video) and "the most representative parts".
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d0s posted:Yeah, that's kinda true but in most cases I personally use longplays to see if I'm gonna play something, and I don't really want so see a compilation of all the game's best moments, just a general idea of what a typical level is like, how smooth the scrolling is, how the game's aesthetic is, how the game mechanics look, etc. I specifically don't want to be spoiled on some awesome setpieces or boss fights. You know, that whole not wanting to spoil stuff is the whole reason I mostly only have clips of the levels, and cut away before the clan member shows up. I think I'm going to implement your advice to shorten the clips to about 15 seconds, but I'm going to leave most of the bosses out other than the ones that I have already in there. The main idea was just for people to see if they wanted to play the game, not to feel like they already have. IT IS DECIDED.
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Quiet Feet posted:I dunoo, I think it looks fine. My only feedback would be to feature at least one (probably only one) death. Dying is a pretty big part of a lot of games. Think of how iconic the original Super Mario Bros death music is. The first second or two of each video should always be the title screen pressing start/beginning the game and the final moments should be dying or the game over screen. Boom, I'm copyrighting this patent pending all rights reserved.
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al-azad posted:The first second or two of each video should always be the title screen pressing start/beginning the game and the final moments should be dying or the game over screen. The opening sequence isn't gameplay 
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Peenmaster posted:The opening sequence isn't gameplay The title screen "attract" is just as important as the gameplay so double poo poo, that's an idea for a tumblr right there. gifs of title screens/attract modes. I'm sure someone has already done it.
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al-azad posted:The title screen "attract" is just as important as the gameplay so double Alright I'll work it in when I recut.
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al-azad posted:poo poo, that's an idea for a tumblr right there. gifs of title screens/attract modes. I'm sure someone has already done it. A few weeks ago I saw a video that was every single NES/Famicom title screen in alphabetical order. I think it was something like three hours long. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOvaSOFLtJU
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Peenmaster posted:Alright I'll work it in when I recut. That's just my suggestion, do whatever you feel comfortable with. I wouldn't do anything longer than the Contra jingle or maybe the Link to the Past tri-force thing.
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Guys I disabled the 10Nes chip in an Nintendo I just got. Are the cops gonna come get me?  And is there anything more stressful than doing this for the first time and asking yourself over and over again "am I really, really SURE I've got the right pin?"
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Peenmaster posted:You know, that whole not wanting to spoil stuff is the whole reason I mostly only have clips of the levels, and cut away before the clan member shows up. I think I'm going to implement your advice to shorten the clips to about 15 seconds, but I'm going to leave most of the bosses out other than the ones that I have already in there. The main idea was just for people to see if they wanted to play the game, not to feel like they already have. IT IS DECIDED. I'm down with this. I avoid most straight LPs because at that point I've seen the entire game and don't need to play it. Yours seems like a much better format.
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Caitlin posted:This chick, right here. I will straight up watch longplays on cubex55. Depends on the game, though. Sometimes I just put them on to fall asleep to. I do this all the time.  I like putting longplays/some of the longer TAS runs up on the projector when I just want some background noise while I clean or whatever. I have lost track of how many times I've fallen asleep to/watched bits and pieces of the "reverse boss order" Super Metroid run. e. Cubex's channel is the best, with DerSchmu for my C64 fix. Code Jockey fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Mar 7, 2014 |
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al-azad posted:The title screen "attract" is just as important as the gameplay so double I would love to stumble on something like this. If I wasn't already doing a candy cab blog and nuturing a retro gaming podcast with some friends, I'd be all over it. 
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Maybe have the box art and/or title screen in that first second with your "3 minutes of gameplay" logo at the beginning. I think you should show at least part of a boss fight in each video. That's a huge part of gameplay for me. Nothing too spoiler-y though. And deff end on a death. As for game notes you should just have a sentence or two of important bits, then have a longer write-up if you want. That way people get good info without having to click the read more. If you continue this after like a dozen videos do a spoof one of like Tetris or something.
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RodShaft posted:Maybe have the box art and/or title screen in that first second with your "3 minutes of gameplay" logo at the beginning. I think you should show at least part of a boss fight in each video. That's a huge part of gameplay for me. Nothing too spoiler-y though. And deff end on a death. As for game notes you should just have a sentence or two of important bits, then have a longer write-up if you want. That way people get good info without having to click the read more. If you continue this do a spoof one after like a dozen videos of like Tetris or something. Yeah I'll leave at least 1 boss fight in there. The egypt boss probably because he was the hardest and coolest. As for games like tetris, I figured at some point I would do a 3 in 1. 3 segments from separate games, 1 minute each. A lot of the more shallow NES/Atari games would pretty much have to be that way.
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:I haven't been able to watch the video, but if you want to be unobtrusive, the BEST long play I ever saw was TheRedEye's playthrough of Mr Gimmick with annotations. If you don't wanna talk, you can be smart with annotations like he was. Hey man, thank you. I'm really proud of this, it's my favorite video game thing I've ever done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYcf2yUgblc Unfortunately it also took me about a week to do, and that's an UNEMPLOYED week, so it's not as easy as it looks. I did this as a proof of concept of what I wanted "Let's Play" videos to be, and I think I proved that this is a better format, but the pipeline for actually doing it is rough.
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That's the best use of Youtube annotations I've ever seen. It's probably what the designers of the feature originally had in mind when they proposed it. Gimmick is a wonderful game to watch and admire, but is far too difficult for me to ever sit down and actually enjoy.
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Peenmaster posted:Yeah I'll leave at least 1 boss fight in there. The egypt boss probably because he was the hardest and coolest. Liking the video stuff so far man. I think the 3 in 1 thing is a good fairly original idea that could be pretty cool. You could do trios like Tetris/Dr Mario/Yoshi Cookie or something similar. Quiet Feet posted:Guys I disabled the 10Nes chip in an Nintendo I just got. Are the cops gonna come get me? Dude the first time I did it I must have checked/double checked about 10 times over before making the snip. Turning the NES on and seeing that solid light though, so much satisfaction. McCracAttack and I worked out a deal for a modded Saturn and it arrived today. No pictures or anything just yet but I'll eventually get some up. Stuff was packaged very nicely and securely, in amazing shape cosmetically, and here in a couple of hours or so I'll test it out to see just how much rear end this kicks. Thanks again so much dude. The last "new system" I got was a CD-i so it's been a while since I've had an enormous library opened up to me. Christmas time! -- Also whoever posted that link to the video with every Famicom/NES title screen thank you! That sucker is going to get so much background play time it's not even funny.
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I figure most of you already know, but Yumi's Odd Odyssey a.k.a Sayonara Umihara Kawase will be out on the NA 3DS eShop on March 20.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:I figure most of you already know, but Yumi's Odd Odyssey a.k.a Sayonara Umihara Kawase will be out on the NA 3DS eShop on March 20. Real bummer it's not getting a physical release but super hype about it. Now if only they'd bring out that 3DS Karous thing.
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I also prefer subtitles/annotations. I did it with Fox Hunt and Incredible Crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_wqG0OHBh8 Subtitles are super easy and can be done in notepad. The annotation interface is clunky but it has the added option of being turned off so there's ups and downs. The hardest part of a good LP is actually playing the game and doing so well. The editing is a fraction of the time.
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