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The Gaming Historian

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    #32
    Tchoin
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭Tchoin


    Have you guys been watching? What do you think of what's coming for 2016? I'm looking forward to the different styles Norm will add to the show (interviews and such).


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    #33
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Tchoin wrote: »
    Have you guys been watching? What do you think of what's coming for 2016? I'm looking forward to the different styles Norm will add to the show (interviews and such).

    Been adding his vids to my watch later list, gonna binge watch over the summer when college is finished (same for SSFF)


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    #34
    AVFC.Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭AVFC.Stephen


    Bit late to the party on this one. Just found TGH on YouTube earlier. Reminds me of the guy that does the voice on the wonder years. Very interesting vids all the same


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    #35
    KevW24601
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 80 ✭✭KevW24601


    I really like his videos! Very well researched, academic and entertaining.

    My favourite episode of his is the one on the "Creation of the ESRB".



    He made it so interesting I even went and watched the entire '93 Senate Hearing. :O


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    #36
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,502 ✭✭✭Inviere


    One of my favorite YT'ers, always puts out top class material. Kim Justice and Norm kinda are out on their own imo when it comes to this type of stuff.

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    #37
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    I wish these videos were longer. it's the kind of channel that I find and binge through their uploads. I know he probably doesn't want long and boring dragged out videos but I feel like the topics are interesting enough :)


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    #38
    KevW24601
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 80 ✭✭KevW24601


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    I wish these videos were longer. it's the kind of channel that I find and binge through their uploads. I know he probably doesn't want long and boring dragged out videos but I feel like the topics are interesting enough :)

    I definitely think he could pull off the longer videos if he wanted to. I'd be all for it as well. :D


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    #39
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    It's more of a cost / time thing really. I don't think most people realise how much work is required in researching and editing videos like these.

    Research, writing script and footage acquisition is about 3 to 5 hours per minute of videos.
    For editing alone, count 1:30 to 3 hours of editing per minute of final video.

    So all in all, for a 10 min video you end up with 45 to 80 hours of work. that's between 6 and 10 full days 8 hours of work ... i'm actually being super conservative here because you need to add sound and color correction and final mastering. It's a TON of work, even for a simple videos.

    Since it's his full time job now, he needs to make minimum wage per video and on longer videos he simply wouldn't be able to reach that. I think he's also got a researcher and someone making the drawings for him that he needs to pay.

    LGR had the same issues a while back, that's why he's outputting a lot of shorter or far less researched videos nowadays. Same with Retromancave or the Nostalgia Nerd who slowly are moving away from those "history of " type of content to more casual, unscripted stuff. It's an inevitable consequence of going full time into youtube and realising you have to suddenly account for your minimum wage / hour salary


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    #40
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,865 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I'd much rather the well researched videos than the utter garbage quick fix videos like Did You Know Gaming. Latest one about the Saturn is out with lots of incorrect facts such as Sega adding a second processor to try and compete with the Playstation which has been confirmed as complete nonsense.
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    #41
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I'd much rather the well researched videos than the utter garbage quick fix videos like Did You Know Gaming. Latest one about the Saturn is out with lots of incorrect facts such as Sega adding a second processor to try and compete with the Playstation which has been confirmed as complete nonsense.

    You get what you pay for & youtube is free content. You should never take a single video at face value anyway.
    If you like specific creators, you should support their work actively.


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    #42
    Corholio
    Registered Users Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    His 'Tetris' video is the best one he's ever done, and all of his are very good anyway. Some amount of research went in to that one.


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    #43
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    it was amazing yeah. watched it a few times at this point.
    But I talked to him about it a while back and he essentially lost money making this one although he'd admit it brought and still is bringing a lot of subscribers to his channel


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    #44
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,502 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Corholio wrote: »
    His 'Tetris' video is the best one he's ever done, and all of his are very good anyway. Some amount of research went in to that one.

    I think I read before he's an actual historian, and loves research etc

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    #45
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,865 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Watched his Mario 2 one.

    Everyone knows about Mario 2 and what went on.

    Still managed to learn a thing or two about it and very impressed with how factually correct it was. The guy has talent.
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    #46
    KevW24601
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 80 ✭✭KevW24601


    Now with a video on the history of Spyro The Dragon.

    Amazing stuff as always!



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    #47
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,502 ✭✭✭Inviere


    ^^ watched it there, brilliant as always. Having never played any of the Spyro games, I kinda 'get' the hype around it now after the video put it in context for me

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