Kid Icarus (NES) Game Review: Game Design - Frank Gamer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICPhRnu2Saw

My newest video is up!

It's about Kid Icarus, and approaches the retro game from a game design analysis.

I hope you enjoy it!

Audio Quality

Whenever I record audio, I do so with two devices: the video camera and a USB mic. The mic stretches far enough to cover whatever I need, and is a decent quality microphone. The video camera is extremely cheap and only records in 720p.

I really love how I can connect the video to the USB mic audio. I do a count or clap to sync them up, then record whatever I need to, not worrying about mistakes. I redo takes on the fly, and then fix everything in editing.

I think the audio quality has improved with this latest video, and as I work on it I am reminded of how bad the audio was in the first video.

Video Introductions

It is so interesting to see video introductions for video game review channels. Basically, they use a clip from the video game and some high tech looking thing to make you know how much like you they are.

I didn't want that. The Frank Gamer channel will be specifically designed to make you enjoy it, not as a fellow gamer, but as an analyst.

We will see how the experiment goes.

I did work on a new intro using more game vootage I shot myself. Also, it will have more of me in it, and be less than 30 seconds.

No YouTube intro should be longer than 30 seconds.

First Video Launch

With the release of my first YouTube video, I'm trying a lot of things to get it out there, and failing.

But I love the positive response I've gotten, with many people telling me they enjoyed it. I love that something I enjoy doing has brought some people enjoyment.

There are some real lessons in terms of editing and video production. I know now to always check the resolution of the video before producing it.

Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmJE-GYGDg

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