Category: Video Blogs

Viridian’s Video Blog – Populous

Oh, and I did a video blog this weekend. I was a busy beaver.

This video blog was inspired by Gamespot’s Game in Sixty Seconds feature, where people try to explain why a game is cool in sixty seconds or less.

Anyone who knows me will tell you that there’s no way I can just talk about a game for sixty seconds.

Limiting myself to ten minutes was hard (stupid YouTube).

But here’s the first in what I hope are a long line of videos that specifically take an older game, explain why it was awesome, show you how it was played, and then talk about how it influenced the development of later games.

Enjoy!

YouTube:

Google Video:

Direct Download Link


More Like Me

I am feeling much more like myself today. Should this trend continue much stuff could conceivably get done this week…possibly including a video podcast! If you guys want to suggest topics for me to talk about, feel free.


Video Blogs On Hiatus

Rather than just let them fade away, I’m going to officially put the video blogs on hiatus. There are a couple reasons for this.

First, since I got sick about two weeks ago my energy level has been kind of low and I’ve had this chronic cough…not good for talking.

Second, WonderMellon recently commented that when I started doing my video blogs it felt like my other projects were beginning to suffer. That’s true…it’s just amazing how much time it takes to do a video blog. It’ll take me three to four hours just to get fifteen minutes up on the web, and that’s time I could have spent much more effectively on a One-Page Game or Planitia.

Third…well, it’s getting kind of forced. The video blog I was planning to do this weekend was going to talk about high-level versus low-level story, which is something everybody is probably already familiar with…and I’m not really sure what my point was going to be.

The video blogs (or some other video feature) will return when I feel like I’ve got something to say and I’m well enough to say it (cough) without coughing (cough) all the way through (cough) it.

(cough)


Viridian’s Video Blog, October 22, 2006

Sorry about the lack of a video blog last week; I was travelling to a friend’s wedding. This week I’ve got a special interview with an actual GIRL! Who plays GAMES! D00D!

Gamespot:

Google Video:

If neither of those work, you can download the file directly from here.


Video Blog 4, 10-07-06

In this episode, I talk about how games don’t have to be so darn difficult and present some gameplay footage from Hit & Myth. And I actually kept the thing to under fifteen minutes this time!

Gamespot:

Google Video (quality still not as good; not sure how to fix it):

If neither of those work, you can download the file directly from here.


Video Blog 3, 10-01-06

Video Blog 3 successful!

In this blog I talk about how game development and game publishing work, tell two stories about game development, and even have a guest star at the end!

Edit: Google Video version is here. Gamespot’s player doesn’t seem to work well for non-Usanians. I’ll be uploading the Google Video version more promptly in the future.

Okay, let’s test something here…

Woohoo!

Well…

Except that the quality on the Google Video version is MUCH worse than the Gamespot one. Crud!

Edit: Direct download link for this video blog is here.


Video Blog 2, 09-24-06

And here it is.

If the above video doesn’t work well for you, here’s a Google Video version.

And if neither of those work, here’s the direct download link.


Video Blog 1, 09-16-06

Surprise!

I’d been meaning to do something like this for a while, and since Gamespot will kindly host them (since I’m a subscriber), why not? Enjoy!

Edit: Here’s an embedded Google video version:

And here’s a direct download link.