How I Keep Sunlight Out of the Gameroom

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The sun may sustain life, but that's offset by the fact that it fades game systems and game packaging. In this shady video, I attempt to improve my methods of blocking out all the harmful rays coming from the burning ball of gas in the sky.
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@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

Next video: Tips for gamers who live around binary star systems.

@bluefates58 Год назад

Can't wait

@IrishGamerJG Год назад

What

@jdiluigi Год назад

Well technically😁..... Alpha Centari is "around"....With it being a triple Star system it must really cause havoc to collectors.

@ashutoshJMJK Год назад

Made in Abyss?

@chickenwings6172 Год назад

Isn't this self explanatory You block it with the moon.

@bluefates58 Год назад

Just got out of a college lecture, now it's time to watch one of my favorite youtubers

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

This is definitely higher education stuff going on in the video.

@cosmic_drew Год назад

You always seem to make the most mundane things enjoyable to watch.

@fuhq9695 Год назад

I think I'd just watch this dude go about his regular life! I do like gaming but I think it's the dude that's most interesting

@stzokev Год назад

UV reflective/protective glass for the windows seems like the most reasonable solution for a game store. For a gaming room - depends on your TV setup vs. the windows position. Anyway, this way irrelevant of the light, you would be sure that they do not get damaged.

@tethmaw Год назад

Thanks for addressing the everyday problems that plague everyday people just trying to enjoy life and our games. Appreciate the video!

@robbdiabloservices Год назад

I have 4 windows in my gaming room, and you are absolutely right about sunlight changing the viewable colors when gaming. I appreciate your work and your continued passion to share with others.

@brandonbufano1 Год назад

I love how interesting your videos are! So glad I found your channel.

@JonBon-bi7bh Год назад

Really enjoying the content, thank you sir. Keep up the great work.

@cheesehead3000 Год назад

That was pretty interesting, especially the game case getting faded. Never really thought about sun damage, will now have to consider it. Thank you!

@Retro-Lover Год назад

This is the tackiest thing I've ever seen...and I love it. I can't look away

@BitestheStuff Год назад

Also incidentally good advice for anyone with a vampire room mate.

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

I had one of those once. He always complained when I cooked things with garlic in it.

@retrorobbgaming Год назад

Single handedly help preserve Retro games for everyone.. I really appreciate this!!

@BaronStVon Год назад

"It's like virtual reality out there" 😆

@eol6632 Год назад

Tip...if you need cardboard boxes you can go to any liquor store and ask and 90% of the time they are happy to give you all you can carry.

@hosam7609 Год назад

Another great video Kevin, I would tint the windows with 02 or even better: stick dark wrapping directly on the glass. That way you wont need to make it a flat surface. For the tape it should be stuck on the window frame if that was metal, they will peel and fall off if stuck on painted surface like the wall

@rodneysundergroundlife6473 Год назад

i dont get light in my game room except when the rat chewed through the wall

@GoodTalkHQ Год назад

another great video buddy!

@NoahNCopeland Год назад

2:10 forget the sun, I find it hard to believe a local retro store has a Gamecube lineup that incredible!

@Name-se3lf Год назад

Next video: see what happens when you leave a gamer in a window for months

@kingforaday8725 Год назад

Did you look into UV window film? At best it could supplement your cardboard plus filter out UV light which is the main fading culprit. To hold the card board in you can buy thin strips of wood and tack them in with very small brads (nails). You would find these in the millwork and panel molding dept of a home improvement center. For one window you are look at maybe $35? depending on how dark you want the film to be.

@whiskeyvengeance Год назад

there used to be a local retro store that had original console boxes from all the 90s consoles--SNES, Genesis Sega CD, Saturn, etc.--right up front in the window. all were sun bleached to hell and back, to the point where a few more years probably would have rendered the front sides completely unrecognizable :(

@fuhq9695 Год назад

I use a big TV box! You're right...best size and thickness....that's what she said....

@fuhq9695 Год назад

(i typed that before I'd heard you say it 🤣)

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

Fun fact, I had other that's what she saids in the video, but I cut them down to one.

@TheMultiGunMan Год назад

The retro video game stores should invest in UV Glass for their stores. That would keep the games from becoming faded.

@TitaniumRobotSeacow Год назад

Love the game room man.

@Cody-Bear Год назад

I'm glad I'm not the only one worried about sun fading damage to games and other products

@JerryTerrifying Год назад

I used poster board and tin foil. Sprayed some spray glue, applied foil to the board and then gorilla taped it to the windows. Poster boards are the exact same size as my window panes. 100% effective. Oh another benefit to my method is while it's 100% effective blocking the light I can still open and close the windows.

@JerryTerrifying Год назад

@Figeenie Spottybag Negative.

@Bawkr Год назад

I see that too, literally every game store I've ever been to has tons of windows. It's like you're freeing the games from a even more severe sunburn by buying them. I tend to embrace the sunlight although I did delete a broken window with closet doors. Looks terrible but were going to build a mud room there anyways so it wont matter. One window in my living room I always leave the curtain on because it shines where my console & TV are but Vitamin D is good so I like to get sunlight into the house. If I had that many systems setup like that though I believe I would do the same.

@MrJDNJ Год назад

Hmmm. Just paint the windows with the wall paint. Then you'll have the flex of opening for ventilation and fire escape when necessary.

@TheUballe Год назад

Bro, your videos are very niche, but interesting as hell!

@jacobg6528 Год назад

Great video !!

@robertlawrence9000 Год назад

Yes great points!

@akfreed6949 Год назад

If where you're at gets heatwave hot in the summer , aluminum foil is the best way to keep sunlight out AND some heat . The foil can make the room a little cooler .

@Jinji11 Год назад

That’s a bad azz one eyed cat. Great vid bruv

@SilenceWillNotBeTolerated Год назад

I use black poster board. So instead of cutting for the entire window around the edge I cut for the window itself. I also use blinds and dark out curtains.

@Bawkr Год назад

More guaranteed to get wet if you do that directly on the window. Depends on the climate though I suppose whether the moisture would be enough to cause you to have to replace it frequently. Up here in the cascade mountains it would definitely become wavy in 3-5 years time doing that.

@madcat4563 Год назад

I have one faded game in my collection, FEAR for PS3. The spine is dull due to the game being located near the entrance of the store I bought if from. 9:35 Took the words right out of my mouth.

@benknight9714 Год назад

Having the same issue in my game room with trying to block the sun.

@GreenDragonPainting Год назад

Advance Auto now carries 2.5% window tint that would block the damages of the sun and also allow you to look out. That's what I used. I believe its $20.00 a roll and a roll would do those 4 window sashes.

@RyanKuebel Год назад

I use vinyl roller shades and black out curtains in combination and they don't let any sunlight in at all. To be fair you wont get that flat look, but it looks nice regardless.

@therandomshowthing8413 Год назад

Very good video, I hate how the sun fades stuff

@americanfreckles7511 Год назад

This is the most wholesome gaming video on the internet.

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

For some it's creepy. LOL.

@Blades729 Год назад

Love ure videos you have a great personality and seem like a nice person. I wish you success with ure channel.

@tonybaggett1984 Год назад

I'd say get some foam board. It'd help with insulation as well as block light.. You could paint the side facing the window and it'd look fine.

@SylphidUndine Год назад

this was very entertaining. even if it wasn't game related.

@Icirauss Год назад

This video makes me wanna cover all my windows with cardboard. and i don't even have a gameroom!

@SirDinielFortesque Год назад

My game room has one window in it and I've really never had an issue with anything fading not even my SNES has turned yellow like most.

@nharde466 Год назад

This is the kind of stuff I gotta do with my shelves and walls. Little fixes always help

@bryanobrien2726 Год назад

On a similar note , comic shops have been known to keep comics displayed in the sunlight fading covers badly . Growing up , my local comic shop had some of their valuable covers in a case near a window and they were super bleached out . I used to think "they're never going to sell those faded comics" and they probably never did . Part of the problem was that the comics were overpriced and never moved . I've also seen shops hang comics up on the walls where they'd be exposed . I also know that indirect sunlight will fade things as well . I keep my front room shades closed all the time because it gets really sunny and hot in there and even in that room I had some issues with sun damage . I always thought that the shades would block anything harmful . I've had to put dark curtains over that to try to help . I like the light , but sunlight is just too damaging .

@leeloodallasmultibox6172 Год назад

I want that "enjoy them all" shirt....

@Ben_09_ Год назад

Great video

@jiahilmi Год назад

I have 2 big windows in each of my 2 rooms and direct sunlight will come through it affecting everything and heating the rooms, I have blinds but it wont block it, so I installed Roller garage door panels outside, it's expensive but it'll do the work perfectly and keeps the room's temperature down, and It's electric powered I can roll it whenever I want.

@TheBrokenTech Год назад

I did something similar in a previous house, but it had casement windows which made the cardboard extremely obvious from the outside. My solution for that was to put white poster board in the window first and then the cardboard over that. I just used painter's tape to hold it all in place. From the outside, it just looked like a window with a shade drawn. Before I listed the house for sale, I just peeled the tape off and threw it all away. Also... I've heard people caution against putting dark colored backgrounds directly behind the window glass (particularly of double pane windows). The concern is that the dark color will cause the air between the panes to heat up, expand, and blow the seals out. I think cardboard is about as a dark as I'd personally risk.

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

Perhaps I should do the masking tape blinds to brighten the surface.

@TheBrokenTech Год назад

@@GamingTheSystems1 Or just let your freak flag fly and paper the windows with valueless sports games. 😆

@Totallyking Год назад

very practical.

@drmariojonathan Год назад

"It's like virtual reality out there" 🤣

@retrogamestudios6688 Год назад

I've seen those before, they were called curtains

@Torchim49 Год назад

i got black curtains and black posterboard taped to the bottom of my door lol. The Black Posterboard mightve worked really well in the windows

@Punisher6791 Год назад

you should get your cat a eye patch and call him Big Boss.

@LordCowboyCat Год назад

Neighbors: A vampire lives next door.

@elliottevans5583 Год назад

Thank you

@ryucheese Год назад

The 8-Bit Guy did a video a while back where he used a UV blocking film that he applied to his windows that he purchased from Home Depot or Lowes. Have you thought about a UV blocking film so you could have some sunlight in the room and also protect your games?

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

I would rather not have the reflections on the TV screens, nor the worry of whether or not the filtering was working.

@AgentSmith2K Год назад

@@GamingTheSystems1 it works. You just need to make sure it’s 99% UV filtering. Tested on one of my games like you did, no fading. Also you can buy ones that additional block specific percentages of light.

@ShinryuZensen Год назад

@@GamingTheSystems1 I would only worry about airflow.. the air on that room might get a little stagnant if you never open the windows..... I think that UV Filters and top curtains can help a lot in preservation and airflow.

@exodous02 Год назад

Huh, I never thought about it but there are a few game stores near my house where they completely block the windows and now I know why. I probably did realize it at some time but forgot.

@DrYohns Год назад

What track did you choose to use at the beginning of the video? It’s really catchy & makes me want to play the game it’s on lol

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

That's from Castlevania Symphony of the Night. It's a boss theme; it might be the final boss theme. Can't remember.

@saneman70 Год назад

You can buy clear UV blocking film that you can put over your window, that allows the light in but stops the damaging UV. I think they use it in museums, it isn't too expensive.

@gem1174 Год назад

On the wall where u have the nokia hendheld which is the other 2 hendhelds to the right of the nokia????? Thanks and great video

@PrinceMeowmers Год назад

1:50 I refer to this look as "the front shelf at Blockbuster" syndrome

@seoulting28 Год назад

7:25 Upset he didn't cut a piece with "DO NOT USE FORKS" showing outside. That would have really made the neighbors leave him alone.

@ryannoble5451 Год назад

That insulating tape will be difficult to remove if you ever need to. It'll leave residue and will break apart as you try removing it. Better to use painters tape or the UV film as others have suggested.

@VidiverseExplorer Год назад

I focus more on keeping sunlight off myself, but I can't avoid it at work sadly.

@griftgfx Год назад

If you don't care about how it looks, I remember people using aluminum foil to black their windows out in college. Seemed to work well.

@gregjarvis1232 Год назад

Kevin wants to keep the sunlight because he's a vampire 🧛‍♂️ LOL pasty white skin

@user-ps5ww4pe9x Год назад

maybe other people have already written to you it is better to stick foil (or something similar) on such a cardboard to better reflect the sunlight. with it, the cardboard will not absorb heat and the room will be cooler.

@Naruedyoh Год назад

In Spain we have something called Persianas

@sirtonymayo1468 Год назад

Looks like VR out there lol 😆 🤣

@andykerr9538 Год назад

Would it just be easier put blinds up and blackout curtains maybe

@HB-mj2jz Год назад

You can just buy uv blocking foil. Doesnt look getting. Keeps uv and warmth out of the room. Been using it for years on my attic windows of my gameroom.

@fuhq9695 Год назад

What a boring subject.......that you make very watchable! More please

@JRTreeService-Firewood Год назад

i live in the ghetto where we have marble window ledges hahaha

@skateboardmemories Год назад

Computer Lights! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@addisonfortier4594 Год назад

I put a blanket over my window in my room so the sun will not shine in and fade all my collectibles is that a good solution or is the sun still shining through the blanket it seems pretty good to me

@IllChannel Год назад

“Sorry ladies I’m taken” 💀

@freedtheflask Год назад

You could try plasti-dip. The window will be much easier to open if you just do the glass.

@redherring3110 Год назад

"I already live in a ghetto so it does not really matter to me" 😅👍

@Scanner_51 Год назад

I work nights.... cardboard use to be my best friend. But now none of my windows face west

@jeffreycharest9093 Год назад

8:29 and 9:50 That is also what she said.

@spanishginger Год назад

It always felt like I was the only one that questioned why gamestores exposed their games on the windows despite their obvious sun damages.

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

I always want to leave them a bad review for it, but can't bring myself to it.

@KoTM25681 Год назад

All you need is a blackout curtain and some velcro.

@plainlazy2097 Год назад

Wouldn’t it make more sense to have UV protective film on the windows? By doing that you get the best of both worlds. Have natural light and scenery from the window but no harmful UV rays fading the box-art.

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

I would rather have the light come from overhead, to reduce reflections on the TV screen. Also, the one window is behind a TV, so I'd be looking directly at a light source.

@jim1174 Год назад

I just put uv protection film on my windows and blinds.

@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube Год назад

Yeah, sunbleaching is horrid ✌️

@enriquefornasini9019 11 месяцев назад

You could paint the cardboards to make them look better.

@sawyerwonderlich6786 Год назад

Auto limo tint works great

@nixeldev Год назад

Consider the like well and truely whipped 😂

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

I felt it!

@PaulRockey Год назад

I hate sun fading.

@pickleeggs3340 Год назад

Dood say he from the geto😂

@Jerry4050 Год назад

If you closed your eyes you can hear Todd Howard from Bethesda studios

@RealHexJoker Год назад

just board em up

@captain3186 Год назад

I use Cell Shades. Lets light in the room but blocks UV

@thatssomegoodpie Год назад

I think it's kinda depressing to just block out all the light in a room and have it just be a dark nerdcave. Wouldn't there be someway to filter out the UV light so that the games don't fade anymore? Or doesn't it work like that?

@GamingTheSystems1 Год назад

One window is behind a TV, so letting sunlight through would interfere with being able to see the screen. The other window would show as a reflection in the CRT.