Hello everybody, long time no speak. It's been quiet on my channel for quite a while now, and to be honest, there's some very good reason for that -- I no longer reside with my parents. I am living the college life now, dorm and all. Just moved in a few weeks ago and I've loved it so far. I've got great professors, a lot of new friends, and I'm finally going to pursue my dream career in electrical engineering. It's all been so overwhelming that I've been kind of forgetting about one thing...I'm on the Internet. Shoot.
Things will be changing quite a bit from here on out, as a result. I will not have the time I once did to record stuff, and I don't know any place that's quiet enough where I can record LPs at my school yet (keep in mind I also live with a roommate at the moment, so recording in my room is not an option). I also have zero access to any of my old computers right now. The 486, the OmniBook, and the HP Pavilion with Windows XP are completely out of my reach and would be incredibly impractical to move to my dwelling space. I also did not bring my current Windows 8 desktop to school; all I've got is a laptop. It's an above average laptop, mind you. It doesn't have dedicated graphics, but it is a quad-core Intel Core i7. Unfortunately, it pales in comparison to my desktop, which has a nifty graphics card inside. I also did not bring my PS2 or Wii to school for the first semester, but that was intentional. I have much better and more important things I need to worry about than video games, after all! So, as a result of all of this, videos will probably be a bit more rare for the time being. I don't know if I'll ever go back on the binge of walkthroughs I once did, but that's why stuff from me will be less often now.
Things will be changing a whole lot. So far, I haven't told anyone about my YouTube account yet -- I'm saving that for a lot later when I feel I know people enough. It's not exactly a good first impression to tell people about your odd obsession with edutainment games. Maybe if the day comes though, you may end up seeing more collaborative stuff on my channel. Also, keep in mind I still have access to my game collection -- I made ISO images of all my games and stuck them on a portable hard drive, so I found an easy way to bring all those to school. There are a few I don't have access to due to them having copy protection (and so far I have no plans on working that out seeing how none of the CDs that have it are rare by any stretch), but I've got the vast majority including all the Humongous games. I will also still be going to thrift stores quite often to see what else is around.
That isn't to say I won't be around, period. I'm still on Twitter if you ever want to hear my small ramblings and/or chat with me. I also have a Steam account as well, and as much as it may surprise you, I play Team Fortress 2 a TON. As in, I've got above 200 hours logged on it so far. Bet that was something you weren't expecting, huh? Especially knowing how much I've derided FPS games in the past (TF2 gets a pass from me because it's so cartoony and over-the-top that it's just hard not to enjoy it). Feel free to friend me and join if you ever see me -- I do use mic! I haven't gotten into many other games yet, but time may change that.
In other news, there's been a lot more happening that I haven't quite covered yet. First off, Humongous Entertainment is now reformed! It's a bit late to talk about this seeing how if you didn't know at this point I'd be surprised, but after Atari's bankruptcy forced them to hand off their IPs, Tommo got a hold of the Junior Adventures and reformed Humongous. And yes, the long-defunct humongous.com is officially back up again. Even better, they got a deal with Night Dive Studios to put all the games out on Steam! I got a sweet deal on them too -- there was a Humble Bundle that allowed you to get the complete pack of 28 games for only $20, so I went ahead and grabbed that.
Unfortunately, it's not all happy-go-lucky here. At one point, YouTube user J2xp was uploading Humongous game music, but instead of doing what I do by separating the videos, he put the complete soundtracks in one video, resulting in hour long videos or more of nothing but music. I was perfectly fine with this, and even he said it was not intended to be a replacement for HumongousSoundtracks. Then, down the road, something tragic happened -- Tommo, the current owners of the Humongous IPs, filed copyright claims on a majority of his uploads, and they were all taken down. This has made me incredibly weary of doing anything further with HumongousSoundtracks, out of fear that the same will happen to me. That even goes so far as doing simple corrections or missed music. So far it hasn't seemed like they've pulled anything else like this, and it has been months since that passed by, but I still am at discomfort. Maybe if a little more time passes by I'll get comfortable again, but that's why HumongousSoundtracks has had little activity as of late (I've only uploaded Backyard Sports music because Tommo doesn't own that IP; Evergreen does and they haven't done anything with it as of yet. I heard they have plans to reboot the series, which I don't understand seeing how it's fallen into a rut for so many years now that it doesn't remotely feel worth it).
Finally, I've gotten back on the one thing I never thought I'd do again -- I'm reviewing games. No, I'm not going back to video reviews on YouTube -- you can bet on everything that I'm absolutely positively not doing that again, now matter how many times people beg. No, I'm actually reviewing games on MobyGames. They're all written and I'm doing them in series. So far I've done the Backyard Sports and the Lego Island games and I've had an in-progress series on the Junior Adventures, though it's been nearly a month since I wrote my last review. I'll get it done eventually, but for now, check them out here: http://www.mobygames.com/user/sheet/view/reviews_written/userSheetId,246035/
So, all in all, that's what's been going on lately. Even though I'm not on YouTube a lot, you can still find me on those other sites. I don't frequent a lot of forums (including my own, which is sort of sad), but feel free to check me out on those sites. I just want to say it's been amazing that I've been at this for almost six years now. I first began this channel when I started middle school, and I never thought I'd be at it through to college. I've had many highs and lows throughout all of this, but above all else it's been the time of my life. I want to thank each and every one of you who has ever supported me at any point in time, including those who may have long stopped following me or have just started. I wish you all the best, and God bless.
Where to find me:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/MrEightThreeOne
https://twitter.com/MrEightThreeOne
http://www.mobygames.com/user/sheet/userSheetId,246035/
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