{"id":1469,"date":"2014-07-28T15:03:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T22:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2014-07-28T15:03:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T22:03:16","slug":"speaking-about-games-its-getting-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=1469","title":{"rendered":"Speaking About Games: It&#8217;s Getting Easier!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a couple of weeks now, I&#8217;ve been recording gameplay footage and providing running commentary for each of them. Although I really fumbled my way through the first couple videos &#8212; which took countless takes to finally get right &#8212; they&#8217;re becoming a lot less painful to do, which is a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>My first one, which is already kind of difficult to watch, can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LVdJ6OGtxtA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>. Just listening to it, I can tell I was very distracted by the sound of my own voice in the room, and I was also likely trying to be quiet since family was on the other side of my closed door. Focusing through distractions I surely wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>For my second attempt, I tried something a little different, opting to do a preview of the game I&#8217;m currently playing, <em>NES Remix 2<\/em> for the Wii U:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZoK9SJiql0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I wanted it to be slightly more formal, but still feel casual, and I think it turned out OK. There are, of course, a lot of things I would change, but instead of iterate endlessly on the same thing and risk it losing any sort of spontaneity (and me getting burnt out in the process), I decided to stop with what I had and publish it.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important bits of advice I ever heard was from one of my favorite YouTubers, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/boogie2988\" target=\"_blank\">boogie2988<\/a><\/strong>, who said to just keep creating content and get it all out there, no matter how you&#8217;re feeling, and eventually you&#8217;ll build up a base of fans, subscribers, and new friends. Check him out if you haven&#8217;t; he has a lot of great things to say. He also partially inspired me to start this whole GHG journey.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I like the overall flow of that video, and I&#8217;m glad I was able to squeeze in the parts about <em>Super Luigi Bros.<\/em> and Championship Mode, which I still haven&#8217;t really spent any time with as I continue through the main game. One thing I do regret is not getting the information about Championship Mode right. A little pre-recording research would have made me sound less like an ignoramus! Oh well, <em>c&#8217;est la vie<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>My third video was a singular set of <em>NES Remix 2<\/em> replays for <em>Zelda II: The Adventure of Link:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cGQ_ncuyFqE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What I wanted to do with this one was showcase a single, focused theme, going through all of the game&#8217;s challenges in order. I was also admittedly pretty proud of some of my times, so it&#8217;s a mildly selfish opportunity to show off a little bit, which is tough, since I don&#8217;t like bragging about much.<\/p>\n<p>My voice still sounds a bit hesitant, with odd pauses, mixed-up tenses, phrases that don&#8217;t go together, and the dreaded &#8220;speaking from the throat&#8221;, which is a clear sign of nervousness.<\/p>\n<p>This took me quite a few restarts to get going, and after about the tenth fail, I almost gave up. Good thing I didn&#8217;t, because about 95% of the audio here is from the final take that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I did my fourth video, which walks through all twenty of the first Remix I stages from the same game:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N0Si7zuNwY0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I feel like I&#8217;m starting to catch my stride here. Not only did I get this in just two takes, but I think I&#8217;m sounding more comfortable and relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>Much like my blog posts, I need to work on better word variety, stamping out fillers like &#8220;you know&#8221;, &#8220;uhh&#8221;, &#8220;yeah&#8221;, etc., and like the First Impressions video earlier in this post, doing more research and preparation prior to hitting the record button would really help. It&#8217;s a small detail, but it&#8217;d be nice to be able to call out the actual enemy names and such instead of falling back on generics like &#8220;that guy&#8221;, &#8220;those baddies&#8221;, and &#8220;the boss&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is also my longest video at just about 12 minutes. That&#8217;s a lot of talking from someone known for being a pretty quiet guy.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;m having a blast doing this, and apologies again for everything being so<em> NES Remix<\/em>-focused recently. It&#8217;s such a fun series that I hope we see more of in the future. 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I'm talking way too fast,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Progress Reports: Wii U&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Progress Reports: Wii U","link":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?cat=206"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1409,"url":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=1409","url_meta":{"origin":1469,"position":1},"title":"More Playing, Talking, and Drawing","author":"Mike","date":"July 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"When you're tired, it's tough to get in front of the microphone. 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A few of my friends later told me that they\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Progress Reports: Wii U&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Progress Reports: Wii U","link":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?cat=206"},"img":{"alt_text":"20140606_nes_remix0","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140606_nes_remix0-300x140.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1356,"url":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=1356","url_meta":{"origin":1469,"position":3},"title":"Progress Report: NES Remix 2 (Wii U)","author":"Mike","date":"July 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I cannot tell a lie: I'm all sorts of addicted to this game. Now, as much as I played the heck out of the first NES Remix, the sequel does just about everything better this time around, providing an experience that is more fun from the get-go. 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