Foot Broken.

 I broke my foot today. It hurts, my pharmacy is closed on Sunday. That is all.

Home Depot Warranties are a SCAM!

 Since June 20th my washing machine has been broken. I bought it at Home Depot, and I bought an extended warranty. Home Depot has scheduled to come and repair my unit four times, and no showed each time and did not call to cancel. Call them results in all kind of "Oh, this shouldn't happen", "This is not how things usually go", but it never results in anything happening. 

 I have no choice but to go to a laundromat. The one closest to me is 7.75$ a load. At this point I think it would have been cheaper to pay for an independent repairman. To say nothing of the time wasted at the location.

I will never buy another product at Home Depot. I will do whatever I can to help people avoid buying at Home Depot. Currently considering contacting a lawyer.

Shaquille O'Neal the Modern Andre The Giant.

So Andre the Giant was a famed wrestler that was world famous in a time when professional wrestling was not a national or world wide phenomenon. He traveled the USA, Canada, and Japan wrestling for various regional wrestling promotions. He showed up on television, being a guest  more than once on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". He appeared on many other shows, and even in movies. Despite not being the greatest working in the ring, he was world famous. 

Shaquille O'Neal is a famed Basketball player. From my understanding, he is not, nor ever was a great player. Despite this, you can't turn on a television without without seeing him. He shows up on commercials constantly, is in many terrible movies, and not uncommon to see on shows. 

Neither of these men are/were great actors, or performers. Despite that they both have a weird kind of charm people respond to. Nothing against either of them, just think they have a lot in common.

More Ideas for Youtube Videos

1. Delisted. Videos of games that are no longer available anywhere. 

2.  Good idea, bad execution. Sometimes on paper an idea works, but then in practice it does not. 

3. Character I want more of. Self explanatory. 

4. "Hey, enough with _______". Things that need to go away. 

5. Facts games get wrong. 

6. Actually educational games. Not about "educational games", but rather games that can teach you something in addition to being a good game. EVO The Search for Eden comes to mind. 

7. It seems better now. Somethings are not appreciated when they first release, sometimes they look better a few years down the line. 

8. Gaming Controversies. What was controversial? Did it ever really need to be? 

9.  Thinly Veiled. When a game is about something, but really about something else.

It's Father's Day

 On this holiday do the right thing. Either call your father, wish him well and listen to all of his madness. Or go see him and kick him hard in the crotch. Whichever is more appropriate for the father you have. 

I personally can do neither, my father is dead.

Side Effects of Mmaking Reviews.

 So I have been releasing a game review every Saturday this year. I also started doing other ind of videos every Tuesday. This requires lots of game footage. Even if it isn't a review, you need something to go with the audio. This has lead to one unforeseen side effect. It is harder to just enjoy playing a game. 

 I can record on PC, Xbox 1, and PS4. So I find that if I am playing Switch, Wii U, PS3, or with a raspberry pi, that I think I am wasting time as I have no way to record any of this.  Same deal with playing any handheld system. I know this is an unhealthy attitude to have, as some of what I am playing isn't necessarily suited to being a review or other video, like the two modern Leisure Suit Larry games. However, it just feels like I am being inefficient, a feeling I hate. 

Its also lead me to think I shouldn't buy multiform games on Switch since if I do want to review it, I have no means of capturing the footage. This has already caused me some frustrations. As I bought "Chasm" on Switch before I started making reviews. I want to make a video about the problems of procedurally generated maps in the game, but can't as I can't record the small amount of footage I need to prove my point.

Ideas for Youtube Videos

1. Best Parts of Bad Games.  The opposite of  "Worst Part of Great Games".

2. Worst Character in a Game. Characters that don't need to exist. 

3. Most Pointless Game Mechanic. Something you need to do once for a mission, and the game tells you can do it more, but then you never do.

4. Video Game Foods I Would Eat.

5. Best/Worst Voice Actor in a Game. Sometimes they are phoning it in, sometimes they just like talent.

6. Best in a Series. There are many long running game series, but what are the highest highs?

7. Which is the Stronger Series. Two series that are similar in many way go head to head.

8. Surprising Cameos in Games. The kind of thing that makes you go "holy crap, it's ..."

9. Most Worthless Weapons.  The ones you just never want to use.