Well, as of today my Sonic R commentary-less run has been completed, and now I'm sitting here wondering if I should start a new LP or a new ongoing series for YouTube. Speaking of LPs, the Genghis Khan II one I was supposed to be doing on Twitch ended up being a complete bust. Game is hard, boring and all around, just not very interesting or fun. There's no way I'd be able to stomach playing through the whole thing. On top of that, absolutely no one wanted to watch. Teth went so far as to tell me the game was boring after I was already struggling to continue to play it!
I have the basics down for a new game series as well as a new vlog(?) series. Don't worry, I'm not going to quit Unfair-Y Tales or anything like that any time soon. I'm actually considering making it weekly instead of every other week for the second season, which I'm going to be subtitling THE SCHOOL YEARS, and it will be all stories I've picked up via school. A couple high school stories, but mostly college stories, because there's a just a HUGE mass of them from those four years. The best four years of my life, seriously!
I'm getting off topic for this post though... As usual. Anyway, I'm thankful for having good friends that are always willing to help a brother out, so you can expect to see a lot of Okamigakure-centric videos and streams coming up in the near future! I know that I'm not in this alone, and I want to make that more apparent to the rest of you guys as well! Speaking of that, if you haven't had a chance yet, and you want to keep up with what we're doing as a whole, why not drop by our clan facebook page and leave a like? I swear there's a lot of good stuff coming from us in the near future, so stay tuned!
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Friday, July 31, 2015
New Month, New Plans
Long time no see, folks! Actually, it hasn't been that long, I've just been updating my older posts lately on the blog. Mostly the requests post, since I've been getting requests and completing old ones too!
Our visitors finally left, so I will be back into my regular groove of streams every other day and actually getting work done! Speaking of every other day streams, as far as that goes, now that I have some time to myself, I intend to start up a new Let's Play over on Twitch in the same vein as the one I did of Knights Contract not too long ago. I haven't actually decided what the next game is going to be, but I'm thinking of playing through Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf for the SNES as the next game. I think it's about time I did something Wolf-related, and also got to playing something on that huge list of games I've got going on my Twitch list of upcoming streams.
I may take breaks of whatever I film next for more Skylanders streams, obviously, and I intend to go through the remaining Galactic Conquests in Star Wars Battlefront II with afightingpenguin, CrazyBacon and Rebel_Monster23. I might end up streaming one versus conquest, because I think that would be a lot of fun, actually.
In addition to those, I've also got some more... secret plans in store for you guys! I know that we said that Liz and I were going to stream the entirety of the Kaos Doom Challenge, but that's kind of up in the air at this point. I bet her children miss her too, haha. No one plays S2 Chop Chop and Pumpkin Eye Brawl but her!
Our visitors finally left, so I will be back into my regular groove of streams every other day and actually getting work done! Speaking of every other day streams, as far as that goes, now that I have some time to myself, I intend to start up a new Let's Play over on Twitch in the same vein as the one I did of Knights Contract not too long ago. I haven't actually decided what the next game is going to be, but I'm thinking of playing through Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf for the SNES as the next game. I think it's about time I did something Wolf-related, and also got to playing something on that huge list of games I've got going on my Twitch list of upcoming streams.
I may take breaks of whatever I film next for more Skylanders streams, obviously, and I intend to go through the remaining Galactic Conquests in Star Wars Battlefront II with afightingpenguin, CrazyBacon and Rebel_Monster23. I might end up streaming one versus conquest, because I think that would be a lot of fun, actually.
In addition to those, I've also got some more... secret plans in store for you guys! I know that we said that Liz and I were going to stream the entirety of the Kaos Doom Challenge, but that's kind of up in the air at this point. I bet her children miss her too, haha. No one plays S2 Chop Chop and Pumpkin Eye Brawl but her!
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Next couple weeks
For those of you that have been keeping up with Unfair-Y Tales, this post is going to make a lot more sense than for those of you that haven't. The Favorite Child is coming up to visit with her family next week, and they're going to be staying in our house for at least a couple days. I suspect that for the entire duration of their stay I really won't be able to do anything. Thankfully I'm so far ahead on things at this point that nobody may notice that at all!
I'm actually super far ahead on uploads, so I'm trying to make sure that there's a steady stream of content flowing even when I'm unable to really work on anything. I hope to devote a little bit of time in the next couple of days to working on Skylander Path Guides, the next two episodes of which will be devoted to Legendary / Free Ranger, so you can expect that when the Sonic R videos stop flowing! About that though, sorry again for accidentally releasing what was supposed to be the final video first, but, what can I say? I've been a little stressed out lately!
The real issue in the coming weeks for me will be streaming, as I don't think I'll have any time/the ability to stream without being interrupted in some fashion. I intend to make up for that by starting a new game after The Favorite Child's visit has ended, so at least you guys and gals out there will have something to look forward to over on my twitch channel! I'm actually starting to enjoy myself when I stream, and I have all of you out there to thank for that!
Even though I may not be actively working on anything, I have a slate of requests coming up on Saturdays for the foreseeable future and I'm going to be working on more of those after I finish up the next set of Skylander Path Guides!
That about wraps up the updates. Hopefully I see you all sooner, rather than later!
I'm actually super far ahead on uploads, so I'm trying to make sure that there's a steady stream of content flowing even when I'm unable to really work on anything. I hope to devote a little bit of time in the next couple of days to working on Skylander Path Guides, the next two episodes of which will be devoted to Legendary / Free Ranger, so you can expect that when the Sonic R videos stop flowing! About that though, sorry again for accidentally releasing what was supposed to be the final video first, but, what can I say? I've been a little stressed out lately!
The real issue in the coming weeks for me will be streaming, as I don't think I'll have any time/the ability to stream without being interrupted in some fashion. I intend to make up for that by starting a new game after The Favorite Child's visit has ended, so at least you guys and gals out there will have something to look forward to over on my twitch channel! I'm actually starting to enjoy myself when I stream, and I have all of you out there to thank for that!
Even though I may not be actively working on anything, I have a slate of requests coming up on Saturdays for the foreseeable future and I'm going to be working on more of those after I finish up the next set of Skylander Path Guides!
That about wraps up the updates. Hopefully I see you all sooner, rather than later!
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Music in games
It's no surprise to anyone that I'm a huge fan of video game (inspired) music. I guess I don't have a preference for what kind of music it is, as long as it's somewhat video game related. What I'm getting at is that while not nearly as important as gameplay, the BGM in a game can really influence whether you feel at home in the game's world, whether or not you like the game.
There's lots of iconic video game soundtracks out there that even the slightest fan would recognize after just a five second sampling. There are tons of amazing video game composers out there in the mix, some well known and some... not so much. One of the games with a soundtrack that's stuck with me through the years that I almost NEVER play has been Sonic R.
It's a... 3D racing game where instead of you racing cars, or, as was popular at the time, karts, you actually just race with/against the characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. I never really understood why Sonic needed a car in Sega Superstars Racing. Let's face it, he can run at near-lightspeed, and he can even fly with chaos emeralds. What does he need a car for? When he goes super in that game he even ditches the car altogether. Unless he's afraid of getting tired, I don't really see a point in him driving the car at all.
The reason I'm writing this article is because I am gonna try something a little bit different in the near future. I've been looking at my notebook and trying to decide what I want to do for the next few weeks in regards to Tuesday uploads. I played Sonic R to completion sometime in high school, and I have never played it after that, but I am 100% sure that I know all of the music to it, and it has stuck with me to this day. I'm going to start a LP of the game without commentary on my channel once I get things figured out (As we all know Win8.1 can be rather finnicky when it comes to installing older programs). I want all of you guys out there to be able to enjoy the music to this game like I do, even after all these years.
I know that I have a lot of work to do getting to your requests and other things I've said I've done, but I'm actually really backed up on fighting game/beat-em-up videos at this point. I've got Saturday uploads scheduled ALLLL the way until September! I've got Tekken, Bloody Roar, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and MUGEN requests coming up, as well as some more Okamigakure-full videos!
There's lots of iconic video game soundtracks out there that even the slightest fan would recognize after just a five second sampling. There are tons of amazing video game composers out there in the mix, some well known and some... not so much. One of the games with a soundtrack that's stuck with me through the years that I almost NEVER play has been Sonic R.
It's a... 3D racing game where instead of you racing cars, or, as was popular at the time, karts, you actually just race with/against the characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe. I never really understood why Sonic needed a car in Sega Superstars Racing. Let's face it, he can run at near-lightspeed, and he can even fly with chaos emeralds. What does he need a car for? When he goes super in that game he even ditches the car altogether. Unless he's afraid of getting tired, I don't really see a point in him driving the car at all.
The reason I'm writing this article is because I am gonna try something a little bit different in the near future. I've been looking at my notebook and trying to decide what I want to do for the next few weeks in regards to Tuesday uploads. I played Sonic R to completion sometime in high school, and I have never played it after that, but I am 100% sure that I know all of the music to it, and it has stuck with me to this day. I'm going to start a LP of the game without commentary on my channel once I get things figured out (As we all know Win8.1 can be rather finnicky when it comes to installing older programs). I want all of you guys out there to be able to enjoy the music to this game like I do, even after all these years.
I know that I have a lot of work to do getting to your requests and other things I've said I've done, but I'm actually really backed up on fighting game/beat-em-up videos at this point. I've got Saturday uploads scheduled ALLLL the way until September! I've got Tekken, Bloody Roar, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and MUGEN requests coming up, as well as some more Okamigakure-full videos!
Stay tuned, the best is yet to come!
Friday, June 19, 2015
First giveaway went a-ok!
I actually did something people have been telling me to do for ages, and it kind of went a-ok! It didn't draw the kind of crowd I was hoping for, but I can't really complain, considering I decided to host it via Google+. Yeah yeah, I know, that was my first mistake.
In any case, I was giving away two Xbox One Smite Beta keys, but literally only one person entered the giveaway, so if you've got an Xbox One and you're reading this, I've got a beta key, just comment or message me and I'll send it on over.
Still, one person, one winner is definitely a good start, it could have been worse, right? I actually had someone half enter, and then remove their entry, which I thought was absolutely hilarious. I've never realized some people revoke their own entry to free things. I don't have anything else to giveaway at the moment that I'm willing to part with, so you guys will have to wait and see when I do this again! I think that I'll go for a different social media outlet than G+ next time too, ha.
Unrelated to the giveaway, but the new thing within Okamigakure's core group is Evolve on PS4, so if you want to come join in on the fun, I'll be streaming it every other night over on my Twitch. Hopefully I see you guys and gals there!
In any case, I was giving away two Xbox One Smite Beta keys, but literally only one person entered the giveaway, so if you've got an Xbox One and you're reading this, I've got a beta key, just comment or message me and I'll send it on over.
Still, one person, one winner is definitely a good start, it could have been worse, right? I actually had someone half enter, and then remove their entry, which I thought was absolutely hilarious. I've never realized some people revoke their own entry to free things. I don't have anything else to giveaway at the moment that I'm willing to part with, so you guys will have to wait and see when I do this again! I think that I'll go for a different social media outlet than G+ next time too, ha.
Unrelated to the giveaway, but the new thing within Okamigakure's core group is Evolve on PS4, so if you want to come join in on the fun, I'll be streaming it every other night over on my Twitch. Hopefully I see you guys and gals there!
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
(Slight) Schedule changes!
Hey there, guys and gals! As you may have discerned from the title, this here post is going to be about some changes to my upload schedule! Nothing is changing streaming wise (You can still find me streaming every other day, usually ~8-10 PM EDT on my Twitch Channel), so no need to worry about that! This is all about dem YouTube uploads.
The small changes are coming in two-fold, really. The first change is that I'm not going to keep a limit on uploads for the week anymore, so I won't just be stopping at four uploads per week, wherever applicable. I've got a lot of footage building up and I feel like it's time to let the floodgates go! Don't worry, it won't be like last year or so, when I just uploaded like 10 videos the last Saturday of every month, the upload days will continue to remain the same.
For those of you that don't know my existing YouTube upload schedule:
I'm going to try and make sure that I have something uploaded on all four upload days each week, or, at least all three of the gameplay days. I won't be doing unboxings every week when there's no Unfair-Y Tales, so no need to worry about that. Wanted to keep y'all up to date with the happenings of my YouTube channel, so here you go! Hopefully I'll see you all around soon!
The small changes are coming in two-fold, really. The first change is that I'm not going to keep a limit on uploads for the week anymore, so I won't just be stopping at four uploads per week, wherever applicable. I've got a lot of footage building up and I feel like it's time to let the floodgates go! Don't worry, it won't be like last year or so, when I just uploaded like 10 videos the last Saturday of every month, the upload days will continue to remain the same.
For those of you that don't know my existing YouTube upload schedule:
- Sunday: Vlogs/Unboxings
- Tuesday: General Gaming
- Wednesday: Twitch Highlights
- Saturday: Fighting games/beat-em-ups
I'm going to try and make sure that I have something uploaded on all four upload days each week, or, at least all three of the gameplay days. I won't be doing unboxings every week when there's no Unfair-Y Tales, so no need to worry about that. Wanted to keep y'all up to date with the happenings of my YouTube channel, so here you go! Hopefully I'll see you all around soon!
Monday, June 1, 2015
The Summer of Visits!
This summer is going to be extra strange for me, since it'll be the first summer I've basically got a never-ending slate of people visiting me! This means a couple things for you guys, as Kage_Okami's audience, besides what it means for me!
Since I'm so far ahead on uploads (at least as far as Saturday uploads are concerned at this point, anyway), I've had a lot of time to work on what I'm uploading next, as you all know. This extra time has gone a long way into planning exactly what will be coming next! I've got big streams planned in the near future, as well as more filming parties! Seems like now is just as good a time as any to start getting serious, RIGHT?!
In addition, I've been keeping the schedule up as much as possible, which has been kind of nice. I need to find my niche on Twitch, like I've got on YouTube at this point. I've been noticing lately that I could try to bring my old community back together through Twitch MUGEN streams, but the AI is so annoying! The coding, everything, just a hassle. If I'm going to be bringing back that kind of community, then I'm going to need friends to help me out! Come join me every other day on my Twitch channel and hang out! I've got big things planned, I swear!
I think that gives you an idea about what kind of big group streams are coming soon, but there will be more than you think! I'm going to attempt to get two new series off the ground in the near future, so, stay tuned to my YouTube channel, especially if you like Skylanders or Rogue Legacy.
Since I'm so far ahead on uploads (at least as far as Saturday uploads are concerned at this point, anyway), I've had a lot of time to work on what I'm uploading next, as you all know. This extra time has gone a long way into planning exactly what will be coming next! I've got big streams planned in the near future, as well as more filming parties! Seems like now is just as good a time as any to start getting serious, RIGHT?!
In addition, I've been keeping the schedule up as much as possible, which has been kind of nice. I need to find my niche on Twitch, like I've got on YouTube at this point. I've been noticing lately that I could try to bring my old community back together through Twitch MUGEN streams, but the AI is so annoying! The coding, everything, just a hassle. If I'm going to be bringing back that kind of community, then I'm going to need friends to help me out! Come join me every other day on my Twitch channel and hang out! I've got big things planned, I swear!
I think that gives you an idea about what kind of big group streams are coming soon, but there will be more than you think! I'm going to attempt to get two new series off the ground in the near future, so, stay tuned to my YouTube channel, especially if you like Skylanders or Rogue Legacy.