Many gamers felt the Games with Gold offerings in May 2016 were sub par. Even I felt they were rather hit and miss, but I never turn down a chance for free games, and I always look forward to what the next month will offer – you never know when a random game will become …
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Fox, Family Guy, Double Dribble, YouTube, and the DMCA
Proving yet again how absolutely broken the YouTube copyright system is, Fox has issued a DMCA takedown against a YouTube video of the NES game “Double Dribble.” The reason? The video clip, which was uploaded in 2009, was used in the most recent (at this time) episode of the animated comedy Family Guy. That’s right. …
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Lordi and their Eurovision 2006 Win, a Decade Later
Here in the United States, over the past 15 years, we have had varying television programs dedicated to music. American Idol, The X-Factor, The Voice, and other shows captivated the average American TV consumer. While that’s great for the average person, I never quite cared for them. Difference in music taste in conjunction with just …
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Cutting Back on YouTube Content Creation (Final)
So let’s cut to the chase with all this YouTube madness. What is the entire point I’m getting at in writing 3, now 4 articles about YouTube Content Creation? First of all, for those of you who may not have seen them, let me share the first 3 articles in this series: http://www.xadara.com/cutting-back-youtube-content-creation-part-1/ http://www.xadara.com/cutting-back-youtube-content-creation-part-2/ http://www.xadara.com/cutting-back-youtube-content-creation-part-3/ …
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YouTube is “Improving Content ID for Creators”
So, in the event you have been living under a rock and not been aware, there has been, over the past few months, a massive backlash against YouTube and its content ID system, known as “Where’s the Fair Use” ( #WTFU). Any search on that tag shows video after video, post after post, tweet after …
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May 2016 Xbox Live Games with Gold
Microsoft released the new Games With Gold video for the month of may, and sadly, I have to say this months Games With Gold listing is not as good as it could be. The titles present don’t look bad, but at the same rate, they don’t strike me as anything to leap for. Let’s look …
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Cutting Back on YouTube Content Creation (Part 3)
Getting feedback on YouTube videos you upload is a great thing. Seeing that your how-to video helped someone fix a broken device, or knowing someone smiled at that video of your cat playing is wonderful. It’s great to know someone watched and took the time to let you know what they thought. Even just a …
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Cutting Back on YouTube Content Creation (Part 2)
As touched on in my last article, one of the major elements of this YouTube burnout is the sheer time it takes to create a video. While an article could take all of 15 minutes to write, a video with the same content might take upwards of 2 to 3 hours to make, under less …
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Cutting Back on YouTube Content Creation (Part 1)
As some of my readers may know, and certainly virtually all of my close friends are aware, I produce content on my YouTube channel. YouTube Content Creation, or really, making videos of any kind, has been for the better part of a decade something I have always wanted to do, and in the past few …
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First Orbit
In 2011, for the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarins flight in Vostok 1, a film, titled First Orbit, was released which told the story of the flight in an incredibly unique way: from the perspective of Gagarin himself. The International Space Station, having a core of Russion components, orbits in the same inclination as Vostok …
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April 2016 Xbox Live Games with Gold
Another month, another set of free games with an Xbox Live Gold Subscription. As before, we are taking a look at 2 games for the Xbox 360, and 2 games for the Xbox One. These games can be redeemed even if you do not own the console, and the Xbox 360 titles are playable on …
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Is The New Ghostbusters Trailer Really That Bad?
Last week, Sony released the first trailer for the new Ghostbusters film, and it has been met with absolute hatred, garnering over 400,000 dislikes compared to 180,000 likes, out of nearly 24 million views. While I will admit I’m not a movie person, I do enjoy films from time to time, and I do have …
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A Rant on Downloadable Content
Downloadable Content. Intended as a way to expand the quality of a game after its initial release, many gamers see it as a bane of their gaming experience, often feeling it is nothing more than a way to milk more money out of the consumer who already spent $60 or more on their new game. …
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Google, Get It Together!
Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat – I absolutely hate Google. By that, I explicitly mean the corporation known as Google, it’s services, it’s general policies, up to an including the new “parent” company, Alphabet (which, let’s face it, is the absolute worst name for any company ever if you ask me.) …
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My Top 10 80’s pop songs that aren’t by Michael Jackson
Ah, the 80’s. An amazing time in entertainment. The era that brought us the rebirth of the video game industry also brought us some of the best music in history; at least, in my eyes. I’m a big fan of much of the music from the 1980’s, and I thought it would be nice to …
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