Let's Play: The 7th Guest

A while back, Good Old Games (www.gog.com) had a really good sale and I picked up a few games cheap including The 7th Guest and its sequel The 11th Hour. I played these games a long time ago, probably in 1999 or 2000, and really enjoyed them. In fact, I still own the original copies of them, but they unfortunately do not play on modern versions of Windows. GOG's versions do.

The 7th Guest

As I was playing The 7th Guest, I decided to finally take the next step and start making videos for YouTube. Turns out, Windows 10 and the Xbox app have a built-in Game DVR which works really well and I was able to record my gameplay footage for this game. As time allowed over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I started recording footage of me playing through the game and uploaded them to YouTube.

Here's the playlist with all 6 episodes: View Playlist

I learned a whole lot about recording and uploading during the making of this short series and I've re-watched my own content and can see a difference myself from the first video to the last. While the voice audio is better in the later episodes, it still has some room for improvement. With this game, there is no volume controls on the audio, so I couldn't really turn the game volume down to balance the mic better.

I also learned that I shouldn't just wing the episodes and that I need to prepare a little better before I start recording. There's a few too many long, awkward pauses at times.

My next plan for recording is to do Minecraft videos, specifically give a video tour of my Hyrule project. Unfortunately, I can't get the Game DVR to record Minecraft at all, so I'm looking at alternatives that don't completely drain the resources on my laptop. I tried recording full-screen at 1080 resolution with another screen recording software, but it's extremely laggy. I'm playing around with lower resolutions to find one that works. Maybe at some point I can upgrade to a more powerful rig if I decide to pursue YouTube heavier than the occasional video.

Anyways, I hope you guys take the opportunity to view the initial videos and future videos and leave comments or feedback.

Thanks, and catch you next time,
 - Ebi