The past few days, since the release of Mega Man Legacy Collection, I've been having a "Mega Marathon" on my Twitch channel. So far I've completed 1-5 and I'm about to start 6. I'm having a great time reliving my childhood as my viewers are having a great time watching me play through the games. If you haven't already checked out my stream head on over and watch my past broadcasts!
When I finish MM6 I'll be playing the new Challenge mode that they included in the game so stay tuned!
So lately I've been working on increasing my presence on Twitch and I feel like it's going well so far. I've been streaming the new "Gauntlet: Slayer Edition" and people seem to be enjoying it. I even got a few people to join me to play last night.
Make sure to check out my stream daily! Even if it isn't live you can still watch my past broadcasts here.
Just got my new gear for streaming/making videos. Now that I have this stuff I'm even more excited. From the reviews I read and watched this is some of the best stuff to get the job done. I was lucky enough to find them sold as a bundle on amazon for a good price.
The mic I decided to go with is the "Blue Yeti: Blackout edition". As you can see, it's a beautiful piece of equipment. Just feeling the weight of the mic while holding the box I could tell that it was a solid and good quality product. After unboxing, holding it in my hands and seeing it in person I am really happy with my purchase. From the audio tests I've done so far it sounds great. I also made sure I got a good pop filter so any words I say with the letter "P" in them don't sound terrible.
Next up is the Elgato Game Capture HD 60. This bad boy is going to record games in 1080p at 60fps so that they look incredible in my videos. It's really small and compact, about the size of a wallet and has a nice rubbery feeling matte finish. I'm definitely looking forward to recording some game play in a bit.
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When you're a kid people always ask what you want to be when you get older. I never really had a traditional answer to that question. Since I was never interested in anything school related I knew there was no way that I would get any job that required a college degree. All I ever really wanted was to play video games.
Growing up, most of my time was spent either playing video games or waiting for the tv to free up so that I could play video games. I loved everything about games and all I wanted to do was play them! When people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up I would tell them that I wanted to play video games for a living.
Now, back then, that was pretty much a joke to everyone because the only ones that really made money off of games at the time where the companies producing them... but these days people make money playing games in so many different ways! (Youtube, twitch, tournaments... you name it.)
I'm going to do my best to make this happen so stay tuned and follow me!
Before I start my rant I want to go on record stating that I am a bigger fan of Pac-Man than I am of Mayweather. *Start rant*
Everyone has been bitching about Mayweather vs Pacquiao since it ended and I'm tired of all the stupid complaints. "Most people don't know shit about boxing." or fighting in general for that matter, so everyone just needs to chill. This was a very technical fight and the fact that people are criticizing Mayweather by saying that all he did was "run away" or that he "employed a dirty strategy of running and holding", which I read on Cnet, is completely ridiculous and outlandish* and just goes to show that when it comes to the "sweet science" (or any kind of fighting) people are pretty damn ignorant. "Dirty strategy"? Really? It's called "OUT BOXING" or "stick and move" people, get a damn clue! The "hugging" as referred to by the layman is called a "clinch" and it is used to prevent your opponent from landing strong shots from inside. You wouldn't let someone trap you in a corner and just wail on you right? It's all just part of the fight. Out boxing - "Out boxing a.k.a. outside fighting or range fighting means to maintain the gap between oneself and the opponent, fighting with longer range punches. Outside fighters have to be fast, stepping in with a jab and stepping back out of range quickly to evade their opponent." Stick and move - "Stick and move is when a boxer jabs or uses long range punches then quickly moves away using elusive footwork to evade their opponent."
Clinch - "A clinch is a defensive technique. It's when one boxer holds onto the other to avoid being hit or muffle an opponent's attack."
Stick to your Game Plan & Win the Fight!
*( BTW yes! I did use the word outlandish so you better get out your dictionary because I just vocabularied all over you... and yes, I did just use the word vocabulary as a verb...)*
You wouldn't try to beat Emeril in a cook off right? So why would you go head to head with a fast hard punching in-fighter when your specialty is counter-punching/out boxing? Fights aren't all about being flashy and showboating, they're about months of hard training and preparation. Game plans and strategies are devised to help a fighter achieve his goal of winning the fight and Mayweather's strategy against Pacquiao was spot on and perfectly executed. It just goes to show you how dangerous "Pac-Man" is and how much Mayweather respected that. He knew this was how he had to fight him and he did exactly that completely neutralizing his opponents' style of fighting, which also goes to show you Mayweather's level of skill. Being able to stick to a game plan through a 12 round battle is no easy task, especially when you get caught a few times.
Firsthand Knowledge of The Art
Now I'm not just talking out of my ass here. I'm a martial artist that has been training for 16 years and have competed in many different venues including the "New York Daily News Golden Gloves". I saw the same fight that everyone else saw and I enjoyed watching these two warriors put on a display of their skills. I am a fan of both fighters and although it would have been great to see "Pac-Man" dethrone "Money" Mayweather and get the W it was still a good fight.
It's called Boxing not Brawling!
Of course having the knowledge that I have, I know exactly what's going on when I'm watching fights, unlike the type of crowd these kinds of "super fights" always draw. I'm talking about you "casual spectators"! Thinking that every boxing match is like a Mike Tyson fight or a brawl with crazy knockdowns/knockouts and when you don't see those kinds of flashy spectacles you aren't entertained because you have no concept of the technical aspects of the fight taking place in the ring. The art of Boxing, a.k.a. "The Sweet Science", is about hitting your opponent without getting hit and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a master of the art.
So in closing...
What you need to understand is that these guys are human just like you and I. Fighting is their job and they've been doing it at a professional level for a long time. Keeping themselves safe and healthy is part of that job. They aren't the young bucks they used to be, and in terms of fighting they're practically old men. This isn't the Colosseum in ancient Rome, they don't need to purposely put themselves in harms way to put on a show for you, they do that enough as it is.
"but i spent $100 on PPV to watch the fight! They shoulda dun more!" - General statement from random ignorant tool
The above generalized statement is something one of you tools out there with poor grammar and proof reading skills might say. My reply to this is: First, no one forced you to spend money on PPV to watch the fight, and it isn't like there weren't other fights to watch on that PPV card... and second, if you think it's so simple, why don't you step in the ring and square up with either of these guys for 12 rounds? I honestly can't believe crap like this gets posted on USAToday. Moral of the story. If you are a spectator with no working knowledge of combat sports and are just watching for shits n' gigs keep your mouth shut, take your fingers off the keyboard and back away... *End rant*
I am an old school gamer. I can honestly say I lived through the golden age of gaming. A time when developers didn't have fancy CGI and gigabytes of memory... they had to make due with what was in front of them (8-bit graphics and chiptunes) and even with so little they made works of art.A time when cartridges ruled and it took actual skill to get through just one screen of a game. A time when "hard mode" was the only mode!
Since memory was so limited back then games could not be super long the way they are now so they needed to be challenging, otherwise you could just run through them in an hour or two. Like I said before it took actual skill to get through even one screen of a stage! Coordination, timing, accuracy, and most of all patience. These four things were the key to being successful in any game that you played, especially that last one... patience was the key.
There were no "easy modes" or "save spots". There was however the occasional half way point, but even then you only had about three lives to spare (that is if you didn't lose any getting to that point) and once you got to the "GAME OVER" screen that was it... back to the beginning of the level. There were no "online tutorials" or "game faqs", you had to figure everything out for yourself. You had trial and error (and I'm not talking about Error from Zelda either!). Let's just say you would get very well acquainted with the "GAME OVER" screen. I always saw old school games as a metaphor for real life and the real world, where nothing is simple or easy.
These days kids don't even realize how easy they have it! Now you can choose your difficulty level, and even if you put it on the hardest setting it's nowhere near as difficult as older games. Now you can usually save the game wherever you want (you don't even have to find a save spot in most games anymore) and if you die you can continue pretty much right where you left off. You have strategy guides, video walkthroughs, and everything else right at your fingertips.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I don't enjoy newer games. I'm just saying that kids these days have no idea what "hard mode" is. I can go on and on about this until I'm blue in the face, but I'll get to the point. The reason I decided to write this was because of a video I saw on youtube of kids from this new generation of games playing the original Mega Man (Rockman) for the first time. Let me just say, it was glorious! They had no idea what they were getting themselves into. Their screams and cries of "It's not fair!" and "It's too hard!" not only made it all the more enjoyable but also very clear how forgiving most newer games are.
...and without further ado... you can watch the video below.
