T w e n t y S i d e d
We really need to stream more often. We do it so rarely that we all forget the pitfalls and have to re-learn the whole thing again. It doesn’t help that each game has its own unique way that it thwarts streaming. The resolution is messed up. The in-game framerate is garbage for no reason. The in-game framerate is fine but the stream shows it as terrible. There’s no audio from the game. It streams a blank screen. It only streams a portion of the screen. There are just too many ways that something can go wrong.
I suppose part of the problem is that every game is a special snowflake with its own ideas on how rendering should work. Welcome to PC gaming, where the rules are made up and the specs don’t matter.
Today’s mishap is that the audio levels are out of balance so that Jarenth and I are very quiet.
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It’s a shame. This was my favorite part of the stream. This is a really fun game to watch.
Juvenile and Proud
Yes, this game is loud, crude, childish, and stupid. But it it knows what it wants to be and nails it. And that's admirable.
The Death of Half-Life
Valve still hasn't admitted it, but the Half-Life franchise is dead. So what made these games so popular anyway?
Another PC Golden Age?
Is it real? Is PC gaming returning to its former glory? Sort of. It's complicated.
Crysis 2
Crysis 2 has basically the same plot as Half-Life 2. So why is one a classic and the other simply obnoxious and tiresome?
The Terrible New Thing
Fidget spinners are ruining education! We need to... oh, never mind the fad is over. This is not the first time we've had a dumb moral panic.
Yeah, too bad! I was excited to see some more of you guys mess around, but with only Josh really audible it’s not as much fun. Better luck next time! Hitman is a great streaming game as you said. I enjoyed the hour or so I watched of the Chris/Josh stream a while ago.
“This is a really fun game to watch.”
It really is, the whole series (bar… that one) actually, because it’s so open… it’s great seeing other peoples thought process compared to yours. It’s really good for speed runs to, not normally big on watching speed runs, but the games done quick Hitman Blood money stream was a fascinating watch, i thought i knew those levels inside out…. i did not.
In the video, you talked about how cool it would be to be able to kill two targets by pushing one onto another, so I’m glad to show that it’s possible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT-pnLKqmYA&t=3m10s
If anyone wants more, ICWXP–a (very) high-quality MST3K clone–did a couple levels of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXYrTYU7d_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2O0__4dAEg
Their treatment of Resident Evil is the funniest longform LP I’ve ever seen (but I’m a huge RE1 fan (and so are they)).
Just a note on streaming: I wish you guys had your volume up HIGHER on everything, when I watch everyone (Including the game) sounds like they’re in the other room through a thin wall, where I can kinda hear them, but I have to focus, even with my volume all the way up…
I really enjoyed Josh climbing around that manor though, that was quite entertaining.