Bruceski posted:

Youtube Red: please don't confuse us with Redtube. (NSFW, don't google that)

SelenicMartian posted:

The grinning crowd is a nice touch, but I think it needs more middle fingers.

SelenicMartian posted:

TaurusOxford posted:

You can put Canada in this list as well.

TheMcD posted:

I'd wager it's not rolled out anywhere but the States yet. It's not in Germany, but of course, you already knew that.

www.youtube.com/red posted:

When can I get YouTube Red?
It’s almost here. Check back to sign up for YouTube Red, launching in the U.S. on October 28, 2015.

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As an added bonus, your YouTube Red membership includes a free subscription to Google Play Music, with access to its extensive catalog of music. If you’re already a Google Play Music subscriber, you’ll receive a free YouTube Red membership. You can watch videos, get recommendations, and see your recent activity in both products.

Sillyman posted:

Also, for whatever reason they decided to make it exactly the same product as Google Play Music All Access:

Nidoking posted:

My understanding is that there's been some confusion/debate over what qualifies as music for the All Access thing and what doesn't, and having two subscription services that may or may not cover any given video seemed a bit complicated, so they decided that it'll be a single subscription that just covers absolutely every video on the site, no further questions.

Alexeythegreat posted:

Redt... Youtube Red

StoryTime posted:

I will make it my personal goal to ensure YouTube Red is confused with RedTube as often as possible.

How is it possible that in all the brand meetings that lead up that name, no-one went 'Uhm... I, well... a friend of mine informed me that there's this existing online service called redtube, and, err... the association might be harmful to our brand. Ahem. Look it up.'

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In a Q&A session with reporters Wednesday at YouTube Space Los Angeles, company executives were asked if they were concerned that consumers would confuse their new YouTube Red product with RedTube, an online porn platform.

“We did a lot of consumer testing, so we were comfortable with it,” Robert Kyncl, YouTube chief business officer, said of the name.

“A we talked to fans, as we talked to users, as we did our studies, the term ‘red’ was very associated with YouTube. It’s sort of core to what is the YouTube brand,” Matthew Glotzbach, vice president and product manager for YouTube, said. “It has a lot of meaning in terms of love, it has a lot of meaning in terms of premium exprerience — the red carpet, the red velvet rope. So we felt like it was a really good match. We’re not too worried about that other site.”

Idran posted:

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“A we talked to fans, as we talked to users, as we did our studies, the term ‘red’ was very associated with YouTube. It’s sort of core to what is the YouTube brand,”

CJacobs posted:

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Archiving and Preserving Video Games

The Librarian granted part of EFF’s new proposal for an exemption to preserve abandoned video games. The new exemption allows players to modify their copy of a game to eliminate the need for an authentication server after the original server is shut down. Museums, libraries, and archives can go a step further and jailbreak game consoles as needed to get the games working again. Disappointingly, the Librarian limited the exemption to games that can’t be played at all after a server shutdown, excluding games where only the online multiplayer features are lost. Still, this exemption will help keep many classic and beloved video games playable by future generations.

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Disappointingly, the Librarian limited the exemption to games that can’t be played at all after a server shutdown, excluding games where only the online multiplayer features are lost.

ElTipejoLoco posted:

... So, what, only Doritos Crash Course 2 from the Xbox Live Arcade? PlayStation Home?

I can't think of any other games that outright can't be played even in single-player due to their online servers, but I presume there's some MMOs out there that have been prematurely discontinued.

Suspicious Dish posted:

Valve said ten years ago or so that if Steam ever goes down, they'll figure out a way to give you the games DRM-free. I don't know if this still holds, especially with new features like Steamworks.

Onean posted:

They might be on the edge for recommending for Let's Play, but I've been watching way too much of Loading Ready Run's Twitch streams lately. They're pretty great and there's a metric fuckton of content on their backup YouTube channel. You should definitely check out at least the channel trailer if you look at nothing else in this post. Their backup is a couple months behind, but their VoDs aren't behind a subscribe wall in Twitch so there's not too much you're missing if you're worried about it. It'll be up on YouTube eventually if you come across a gap between the two places.

For a little background info on them, Loading Ready Run is a Canadian sketch comedy group that did weekly online comedy sketches for 11 years, every week, before retiring their weekly video series December last year. They're largely known for their individual Three PS3s, Halo: The Future of Gaming and Epic Nunchuck fail videos, their annual Desert Bus for Hope fundraiser for Child's Play, and their work for the Escapist in a few seasons of their weekly series, the Unskippable series, Graham and Paul Let's Play (which is continued on Wednesdays on their streams, currently they're playing through Far Cry 4) and the Daily Drop series. They also do contract work, most notably Magic: The Gathering's Friday Nights.

As for their streams, they usually stream every day of the week except Sundays. This weekend is light for them since they're attending PAX Prime with a booth, panel and multiple events. They have a whole bunch of people that stream, each with their own tastes and preferences so there's a good chance there's someone you'd enjoy watching. You can find the schedule on their website, which also has a little blurb on each show. They do use a facecam and overlays, but most of them have been doing video content for 12 years and are pretty good at keeping the game visible and themselves entertaining.

A few shows I'd recommend checking out if you're still reading: Watch + Play, where Alex is provided games of outstandingly terrible quality and plays them blind; Let's Nope, where Alex plays horror games of varying quality, sometimes completely; House of Stark, where Graham plays games, just a regular guy, no gimmicks; GPLP, where Graham and Paul Let's Play; LRRMtG, where (usually) Graham and James play Magic: The Gathering Online, I really only suggest this if you like Magic; Beej's Backlog, where Beej plays Nintendo games he usually never got a chance to as a kid; and Crossing the Streams, where at least two of the LRR crew play co-op games.

spronkles posted:

Does anyone know of any good video lps of newer Tales games(xilia and later)? Personal narration of dialogue kills me so im hoping theres at least one good one out there.

Jamesman posted:

Why are all the popular YouTubers bad at video games?

Andrast posted:

Being bad at video games is more marketable than being good at them.

Jamesman posted:

Why, though?

Onean posted:

and Hero Quest. The second Hero Quest session is just after they met their goal, so they picked up a better overhead camera and added a small webcam they could reposition around the board.