Does Content Creation Ruin Gaming? | Video Essay 

Your so right. I'm a game tester for Microsoft. And some Sony games too. I've been doing it for over 14 years. Trying to make a YT video for people on games is fun ,but the things I see in games most people don't care about or understand what happens behind the scene with devs. Finding a niche can be a challenge for sure. But my most viewed videos are all the ones I just wing it lmao. Thank God I don't do this for money just for the love of games. . Good video my man. Keep them coming.

Truer words have never been spoken. I started streaming when Starfield came out, thinking I'd get hundreds of live viewers because I got early access with the premium edition. I started making RU-vid videos at the end of last year, and it has completely changed the way I play games and my day-to-day life. I record a game on Saturday, spend the entire week editing the video, and then I upload it to RU-vid. Rinse and repeat. Some videos do well, some don't. When I record a stream for RU-vid, there's always pressure to do something that can be turned into a video. Exploring locations in Fallout 4 is fun, but nobody will watch me digging through dirt for 3 hours in Fallout. Now, on Sundays, I play Minecraft; I still stream it but I don't record it. I can truly just kick back and play a game without feeling the need to be entertaining. Haha, I guess in that case, people on Twitch do want to see me dig through dirt for 3 hours. Content creation is hard work. Anyone can download OBS and upload 4-hour VODs to RU-vid. But few take the time to edit their sessions, and even fewer do it so that the result is appealing to viewers. Most of my subscribers so far came from RU-vid Shorts. I cut up my videos into 15-30 second clips, and those do incredibly well sometimes. In total, I do the following things: • Prepare for a stream by setting up my soundboard and other equipment • Stream a game for 3 hours on Twitch • Meticulously edit the video • Make a thumbnail in Photoshop • Cut it up into clips • Advertise the video on social media • Interact with comments • Trim and upload the VODs to a separate channel • Look for the next game to play That is a lot of work, especially when one tries to keep up with a weekly schedule. But I think these steps are necessary to gain traction and have an actual channel that has actual content on it rather than a dumping ground for VODs.

One weird thing I’ve found since starting actually creating/ posting to my channel is that I have less motivation to game

Keep grinding bro.