Hello all my Fellow Bloggers / Followers / & Gamers,

It’s been a while since I made one of these videos, and it was about time I made another one. It’s my Game On! series where I talk about Video Games, Nerd News, and whatever really catches my attention in the previous week or weeks. With all this controversy surrounding paid content, season passes, micro transactions inside games like the new Mortal Kombat X, then with the announcement of paid MODs on Steam. I decided I need to voice my opinion on the matter. Enjoy the video I hope you find it informative and spot on. Please subscribe to my YouTube Channel, leave a comment any feedback is greatly appreciated.

-Keith

Hello all my fellow bloggers / followers / & gamers,

I saw quite a few things trending this month, but the one thing I really liked was the #DearMe campaign. It was originally made for Woman’s Day and the message was positive. Give advice to your past self and hopefully someone will watch this video and identify with it and get some solace out of the video and apply its message to it. While I did not want to take away from the experience that it was mostly aimed for younger women who are going through rough times, however I really wanted to make one. My buddy TSpr0tege actually made one before I did and I figured why not I think I can spread some positive influence too. I am not trying to take away from the point that it is supposed to help empower younger women so I figured i was more then enough time to do it without being insensitive to the cause. So I hope that the video gets its message across that everything is gonna be alright to anyone who is in the situations that I was in and your afraid and depressed and angry at the world for giving you a bad hand. It gets better and that is what I was going for. I hope everyone gets something out of this video.

-Keith

Hello all my Fellow Bloggers / Followers / Gamers,

So this month is the month of something different, of lets throw stuff against the wall and lets see what sticks. First it was the Legend of Zelda Parody Commercial, then Evolve Review where I changed the format up.  So now its story time :

I recently had just came back in contact with a very old friend of mine, TSpr0tege. I found out that we shared a similar path and we were really trying to get into making YouTube videos and talk about gaming and lets plays and what not. So to really support the cause because anybody who shares the same passion as you whether its gaming, crafts, comics whatever they deserve support because it costs nothing to support and artist and the benefits may astound you. I digress though so I watched his channel and I saw his VLogs and I decided hey let me throw my hat into the arena and see what happens. I made my first Vlog and it really is just about me and my plan of action with this Blog with YouTube channel just with my hobby how am I going to learn and grow from everything.

I know some people are thinking I am trying to be something else but really I am just being me, I know I am not going to be PewDiePie , or Boogie2988 , or even TSpr0tege because their is only 1 of them kinda like the Highlander. I am just being me and you know what I am having a good run at it so far.

I hope everyone enjoys the video and the action plan I have in store. Please forward any ideas or your comments to thegamerkeith@gmail.com or even you can contact me on Twitter @TheGamerKeith .

Thank you all again for your support!

– Keith

I didn’t want to put this in the review for Sunset Overdrive because it would seem a little unprofessional, then again I am amateur at best. Anyway I felt I give you guys a little explanation, explain myself on my big move to doing video reviews. So I did the Extra-Life 2014 Game-A-Thon on the 25th and I had a lot of fun doing it and I had a lot of supporters and fans watching, and raised a little bit of money for the charity. During my stream I had viewers ask me if I have YouTube channel. I told them yes I do, I mostly just do Loot Crate un-boxings at this time. They said I should do more videos, because they like me so far and they like what I am doing, and I am a sucker for any input especially when it is constructive. So I decided after that I would do a Video Review for Sunset Overdrive which just released last week. So I got my stuff together and I did it. I gotta be a little honest the production values are not as high as I would have wanted them to be, but everyone has to have a starting point, I can only grow from this.  So I hope you enjoy the video review because it may be the first but it is not the last!

Alright now that I got that out of the way, we got a lot of releases coming up still. As of today this is the Last day of the Evolve Big Alpha, which I was very lucky to get into. I really like the game so far, I know its an Alpha build so it is a little glitchy at points, but being the monster is awesome and the 4 vs 1 concept is just amazing to me and a new step in gaming. I will be doing a Stream later on tonight for Evolve, so check out my Twitch @ twitch.tv/thegamerkeith . Call of Duty is launching tomorrow. I am not a huge CoD fan whatsoever I think it is a little over hyped, but I have a group of friends that I play Destiny with it and they conned me into getting it. So I will probably get something together for that and be doing a couple of streams over at Twitch also. So I will continue to stay busy and I think I have been getting decent at dishing out content.

Then finally this is non-video game related but it is nerd related and that is exactly what I am. My friend Chris Campana who is an amazing comic book artist. He has a new comic called the First World, (Check out the Website here ). He has released two issues so far of his work, he is working on releasing 2 more issues and he just needs the funds to get it up and running so if you can support an artist please support his work because like Kevin Smith said

“Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever.

So check out his website and fund his Kick Starter, He’s got some amazing incentives and I proud to say that I own some his works.

That about does it here, I love to here your feedback on anything so please feel free to get contact with me @ thegamerkeith@gmail.com, and thanks for your following guys!

-Keith

For all those who you don’t have their finger on the pulse of the YouTube gaming community, A little while back last year Nintendo ripped away all of these Videos of people playing there games or streaming there game content via the internet. They claimed it as copyright infringment and that it was diverting money away from Nintendo. So they made a lot of waves in the “Lets Play” community. Now this upset a lot of the Video Gaming Streaming community. So they banned a lot of content on YouTube. The Lets play people got pissed off and became very vocal about it.

Now, I am not super familiar with every aspect of the situation but to kinda ease the tension on the people of YouTube Lets Play community, and also with Mario Kart 8 being released ( P.S. Buy this game!!! If you have not bought this game go buy it now! If you don’t have a Wii U, buy the system and get this game.. You get the message…) Nintendo decided to release an Affiliate Program. Pretty much it would satisfy both Nintendo so they would get there cut of the millions of dollar of Ad Revenue generated by Ads on YouTube, but YouTube would get there respected cut and so on and so fourth. Now even more so the Lets Play community is still insulted and upset on the way they are being treated by Nintendo. They believe that since they are promoting there content that Nintendo should be thankful for the publicity and in fact should be paying them for playing there games on the respected YouTube gaming channels.

I would really like to be more active with the YouTube gaming community because its quite exciting. I mean I am playing the games anyway why not exhibit my skills. Some people like seeing people play games before they decide to make said purchase of games. I grew up when gaming was in its early years of gaming when it was really becoming into its own with the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo and so on. I would go to my local video store and you would look at the box you see it or quite possibly read something in Nintendo Power previously and you would rent the game for the weekend. 6 out of 10 times the game was absolute and utter shit. This was before Video Game Reviews and even the Fucking Internet itself. So I had no idea what game I was renting or investing a possible weekend in or that my parents would buy for a Christmas or Birthday present. So the idea of showcasing a game off is fantastic idea!

Not to choose sides (but I will make my arguments later this my damn blog), I can see where the YouTube community is coming from. A lot of people are making a living now doing something they love, and a lot of companies compensate these players to play and promote these games, and why not? The Video Game companies make money from free promotion YouTube makes money from Ads and so does the promoter. So it beneficial. But I can see Nintendo’s point of view also, is that video game companies on the whole spend A LOT of money to develop produce package and market there games. They want there product being marketed and promoted certain way. They are concerned that they want to make as much money off there product as possible and that they be shared in such appropriate ways they seek fit.

My opinion, Nintendo is doing there thing they always have and always will. I want Nintendo to make all the money it can from any source possible because I think Nintendo has brought so much innovation and games in not only the form of hardware but software. I think there affiliate program is a great step in the right direction. I think that Nintendo is no different then dare I say Apple. Granted me and Apple have a very strained relationship but they really do make great a decent product. Nobody and I mean nobody criticizes Apple now. Everybody just lays back and accepts the same stuff. They can come out with an iPhone 6 that only adjustment is a bigger screen and possibly a slightly better camera and people would flock to that shit in MASS drones as if it were the cure for cancer. I mean everything that Apple does they charge for! You want a developer kit, you gotta pay! You want to sell your product in the APP store, you gotta pay! I think Nintendo is taking the same approach. Why shouldn’t they make money in every possible venture.

I really hope that some Nintendo Exec will get around to reading my antics and know this. The gaming community is on your side! I have always been a Nintendo fan ever since the NES and will always be. No matter what decisions they make no matter if I agree or disagree I stand behind them because I know they will continue to keep making the best product. Nintendo I would love to be part of your Affiliate program, I would gladly promote your product knowing fully that I would have to promote within your parameters and we can both make money!

That being said my opinion don’t like it sorry. I maybe a Fanboy of Nintendo but everyone shows favoritism towards something whether it is a company or product. Some people like Samsung vs. LG. Some people Like Windows vs. Apple.

Also E3 is next week, I will first give my predictions of what I believe we will see this year, and much more!

– Gamer Keith