@R4gn4r0k: Hot DAG!!! Cossacks 3 looks amazing!

Quad Damage Ax to the Face... Quake baby!

Maybe Quake 4 (older game, but fun... might be too much story though and I can't remember but it might be too slow and grindy)

System Shock 2 is great (very retro) as well as Dead Space 3 (1 and 2 also good, though very retro as well)

However, I'm not sure I'm the best at giving suggestions because I love the story of games.

Hello all! I wanted to introduce myself... I am the owner of a channel dedicated to old DOS games... I have a bunch of videos of playing through old adventure games like Call of Cthulhu and EcoQuest... and now I am on a mission to play every DOS game from every year all the way through to when the last true DOS game was made.

If that sounds like an adventure you would like to join me on, then come on over!

www.youtube.com/c/SavedGameStudios

See you around the forum... I have a feeling I will like it here :)

Oh goodness yes... I don't know why I used to like it, but Merchant Colony for DOS used to consume my soul and I LOVED it... tried to play it the other day and wanted to stab my eyes out... lol... for some games, I just don't get why I liked them!

Hi there! So I took a gander at your content and had some thoughts for you:

1. I think you have the technical aspects of the videos somewhat nailed down. The audio is good, looks like you have a Blue Snowball in one video, which has nice sound quality and everything sounds pretty good. The videos where you explain technical stuff with pictures, well... there's no actual animation and while a picture is worth 1000 words, animations and videos are worth a lot more. Maybe work on some basic animations where you could show stuff like data moving through the processor, where it goes, etc...

2. I feel the content is disjointed and especially disjointed from the name of the channel. I'm expecting a channel with the name like yours to be focusing on new hardware that is coming out and why I should or shouldn't want to buy it. New processor coming out? Why should I want it, or why does it suck.

3. I also feel like the technical stuff you are putting out there isn't detailed enough while simultaneously using jargon that a novice wouldn't understand thus making it too hard for a novice to understand and too simple for someone with a decent computing background to enjoy. Try taking a concept like hyperthreading, and figure out how to explain it to the person you know that knows the LEAST about this kind of stuff. Actually go explain it to them, and when they say the don't understand something, research that, figure out how to explain what that bit is and keep doing this until you have explained the concept to a total noob and they understand. Boom. When you put that much explanation in I guarantee people will be more likely to tune in because they know you are really going to take the time to explain what each piece of the tech puzzle is and how it all fits together. When I say the term "system bus" I bet you know immediately what I am talking about, but I guarantee that my mom would have zero clue. Well if you just throw that term out there and don't explain it, then you've lost the interest of someone new because they don't know what you mean. Sorry if I beat that dead horse, but it's something that if you work on, you could definitely grow your audience better and faster.

4. Slow. Down. It's not a contest to see how fast you can talk about the topic if you want to teach (which it seems you want to do with your channel). So take it slow, unpack the technology piece by piece and I think you will have more success. Yes, shorter videos are good, but if your topic demands a longer video with more depth, then do that... your audience will thank you.

So just a little about me and my channel since you asked. I do retro DOS game content and my current series is focused on the history of gaming where I go into the technology at the time and why it limited games. I had to narrow my focus over and over and over during the beginning months of the channel because I just kept trying to do too much. I started as a duo channel with a friend, but he left to do more college classwork and is still doing that. So then I was a solo channel but I couldn't find a good time to play and record at the same time... I ended up with hours of footage with no commentary and that just sucked. Eventually I tried just summarizing old DOS adventure games and people started to respond to that... then I started the history series and people liked that even more... so growth is about tailoring your content to fit an audience, try new things and advertise in a targeted way. I use reddit alot to advertise since you can find just the right niche to submit your stuff. You have to be careful, and always remember to not take it personally if a moderator decides to remove your video. These days, with so many people vying for an audience, the links are just piling up and people simply get tired of seeing yet another youtube video posting.

So it's your channel, and you should do what you want, but my two cents really boils down to: Create a series where you truly take the time to explain how components work, and then maybe do some reviews of new tech (you don't have to buy it at first, you can just talk about it and about the data others have generated or that the company has released... if you get big and start making money with the channel you can use that to actually buy the tech and try it yourself.) OR, if you want to do something new with the channel, do that! Don't pigeonhole yourself into something you don't want to create. Also, advertise on reddit, facebook, and forums such as this one for more exposure :)

Hello GameSpot forum board peoples! I've come to introduce myself and definitely not spam you with youtube video links. ;) I have been youtubing for about a year now, and the channel has gone through a few phases, but is pretty much settled in now for a long series about PC MS-DOS video game history... I'm trying to focus on topics surrounding old DOS games like, hardware advances and limitations, competing products and effects of other market forces, and how lawsuits shaped a huge company and how it handled the creation of their first major PC release. I'm still having trouble tying it all together and ensuring that each video's tech or news topic relates back to the impact on PC gaming... but... I think I'm getting there (slowly)...

The one video I will link here for anyone interested is the latest episode. It is the first of a long multi-part series for DOS games of 1983. I'm actually kind of committed to playing every game from every year that I can find and get running and give a run-down of what it is and show footage. We'll see how that goes. I may be 50 before it's all over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0os_J9h61xI

Thanks for reading, hopefully this isn't too much rambling and is something allowed on this forum. I look forward to perusing the open discussions and hopefully providing something useful to the community. Have fun gaming!!