Why I left the Twitch Affiliate Program
In this blog post, I discuss the reasons why I chose to leave the Twitch affiliate program, and provide advice on how to do so.
Twenty Eighteen: A Year In Review
At the end of the year, I generally open my blog to write some sort of post reflecting on the previous twelve months. I get half-way through writing it and save it to continue later, for me to forget completely until after new year passes and the point of it becomes… well, pointless. We’re coming … Read more
An Idiots Guide to Writing Shock Gaming News Pieces
Want to know the age old secret to producing news pieces that create outrage without the blowback? I’ve got you covered.
How Call of Duty’s “Blackout” Battle-Royale mode may convince me to buy in
Call of Duty’s “Blackout” mode went into closed beta over the weekend. Is this a sign of what the full game will be?
Welcome to the new look of HYP3R.TV
But seriously, I need to start using my blog/website more given the costs of the domain. Dot TV top-level domains aren’t cheap to renew, but gotta keep that brand consistent, yo. Anyway, I’ve spent the last few days while at work going through and culling the shit from my WordPress installation. Old plugins, themes, and the … Read more
Part I: Getting Started
So you’ve not been deterred by the information vomit in the Introduction post. Excellent. This is where we get to the good bits. 1. Are you able to stream? More appropriately, will your Internet connection be able to handle your stream? As broadcasting/streaming involves the use of the Internet to transfer video information to viewers, … Read more
Introduction: Streaming 101
Welcome to Streaming 101. In this series of guides, I will share my knowledge and experience to help you get started in the world of live broadcasting (or more simply. streaming). I’ll be covering pretty much everything I know, from taking the first steps and getting started, to technical setups and best practices. Much of … Read more
My love, hate relationship with Elite: Dangerous
If you’ve been a follower of mine over the last few years, you’ll have heard me talk (read “rant”) about this before, but I’ll explain for those who haven’t anyway. I have a love, hate relationship with Frontier Developments’ open-universe space fightin’ sandbox, Elite: Dangerous. Back in 2015, a mate of mine who stayed at … Read more
Guess who’s now a @Humble Partner? This guy.
You might have seen my Tweet about it, which I then shared to Facebook, Discord, and your mum. As of today, I have been accepted into the Humble Bundle Partnership program. I’m very excited for this, as I’ve been buying things from Humble since way back in 2010 – everything from Android bundles, Steam game … Read more
Reflecting on 2017 and looking towards 2018
I’m not entirely sure what to make of 2017. It wasn’t exactly the worst year of my life, but at the same time it wasn’t the best year either. It was just meh on the scale of things. Hopefully by the end of this post I might feel better about it after putting all the … Read more