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New Computer!

Yay, a new computer, finally!  This is the first time I’ve ever had a computer that can run brand new games.  In the past, my computers have always been a few generations behind.

I have to thank everyone who donated.  It took me a while to actually build the machine (3 days in my spare time!), and I spent the whole last week testing it.

Before I go any further, let me give you the machine’s specs.

• Processor: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T (6 CPUs) 3.2 GHz 
• RAM: 8 GB (Upgradeable to 16 GB)
• Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 (~1 GB) 
• Storage: 1.75 TB (1x 1 TB HDD, 1x 750 GB laptop HDD)

Now, let’s talk about some of the things this rig is going to let me do.

Live Streaming

Here’s my stream’s URL: http://justin.tv/davidangel64

I usually start the stream whenever the whim hits me.  Sometimes I’ll post a YouTube video up about it, and sometimes I won’t. You can be better notified of when I’m streaming by following me on Justin TV when you get there and having it use one of its notification methods (like e-mailing you) when I start streaming. And you can follow me on twitter, where I am much more likely to make announcements about impromptu streams.

Right now I’m streaming a lot of Starcraft 2 and I’ll usually sneak a little Minecraft in there, too, but I’m keeping Minecraft minimal until the Halloween update comes out.

Half-Life 2

With my new computer, I can do much newer games, and I plan to.  But before I can do those newer games, I need to make room on my list of active series.  So this means I need to finish Half-Life 2, so I will be doing that soon.  Keep an eye out!

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Like with Half-Life 2, I need to finish up Castlevania so I can begin playing newer games.  In all likelihood, I will not be doing a 100% run of Aria of Sorrow anymore.  I don’t have the time to farm all those souls, and it’s for this reason I haven’t been able to continue Aria of Sorrow.  If I just cut all the soul farming out (which it pains me to do), I can actually make videos of this game again.  And that’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while now.

Minecraft Halloween Update

I will be releasing a new series of Minecraft videos when the Halloween update hits.  I may release this series on Machinima.  I’ve been talking with my contact over there but I don’t have anything set in stone yet.  I can’t say for sure where the series will air, but it will air.

One thing that is certain, though, is that the series will not be nearly as long as X’s Adventures in Minecraft, and I will continue to give focus to other games at the same time.

I’d like to give more details about this, but I don’t have everything worked out even in my own head yet.  Things may completely change or they may stay right on course.  I guess we’ll all have to stay tuned to find out (even me!).

Duke Nukem

Well, Duke 3D doesn’t work too well on newer computers, it seems.  I have sound problems with DN3D on my new machine.

The reason we haven’t seen any new Duke videos in the past week or so is that my old computer has been unplugged since my new machine took its place.

But I will continue and finish this series.  Duke Nukem Forever is a game I WILL be playing on my channel, and I feel it’s only right that I complete DN3D first.  So I’m going to fire up the old PC again and play me some Duke!

New Games: Fallout?  Fable?  Something else?

So the two main reasons I even built this new PC from the ground up is so I could do live streams and play new games.  But I’m not sure what new games to play yet.  I’ve spent most of the donation money on the PC, and I made sure to save some for games.  I’ve only got enough left for one or two games; they have to be PC games because I don’t own a PS3 or an Xbox; but I don’t know which games they should be.

Fallout: New Vegas seems like the most obvious choice, right?  Well, that’s the problem… it’s the obvious choice.  I’ve always liked doing the off-the-wall things that others aren’t doing, and New Vegas is heavily saturated on YouTube right now.  I’m not saying I won’t do a New Vegas Playthrough, but I am saying it’s not my top choice right now.

Fable 3?  That’s not being released until a few months from now.  I really want to do an LP of this, but it’ll have to wait.

Do you guys have any suggestions?  Do you want to see New Vegas anyway?  Is there another game you think would be worth watching me play?

Let me know, but keep in mind that I won’t be putting much priority on a new game until I’ve finished Half-Life 2 and Aria of Sorrow.

Half-Life 2: Episodes 1 and 2?  Another Castlevania Game?

The questions that arise about my new approach is whether or not I will continue the Half-Life 2 series with Episodes 1 and 2, and whether or not I’ll move on from Aria of Sorrow into something else, like Dawn of Sorrow or even Lords of Shadow.

The answer is that right now, while I do intend and want to do these things, I just don’t know.  I would love it if I could do every series I wanted to and all their sequels, but it takes a lot of time and I have to prioritize.  We shall see what the future holds for these.

Minecraft Live Streams

I’ll probably end up doing more of these when I get a new headset.  Right now, I can’t stream my microphone and the game audio at the same time without making it so I can’t hear any sound myself (clearly not an ideal setup).  To remedy this, I need to get a headset that doesn’t plug into USB, and instead plugs into 3.5mm jacks.  This will send sound through my PC’s Stereo Mix instead of through USB and I can stream it properly.

That’s it for now.

Alright guys, that’s for reading this far.  I hope I’ve done a good enough job in this blog entry of keeping you guys up to date.