March 31st Entry: Spring Gaming
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Though the gaming videos featured in the batch of uploads I'm about discuss were filmed before "Spring day" I still feel that it's a fairly accurate title. 3 gaming videos, and one talk video about a game. 😲 Yes, that's right: a talk video. FINALLY! 🥳 Though they take some work to put together, the end results are highly satisfying. So now let us dive into each of these videos! 🌊🌸🏵🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷🥀☘🌱 Because there's a garden in the spring ocean. That's why. 😂🤣 Anyways, disregard that remark and read along! 😆
Lights out + Fidget spinners + vocals = the 19th episode of the musical madness. ⚡🎵🔥 Though that only lasted for a few minutes of the episode, it is certainly bound to have you intrigued, weirded out or indifferent? 😐 Various emotions, needless to say. Noticed the lack of tinny, scratchy audio distortions in this one? That's because I did not film this episode with the iPhone 6s Plus. 😆 Mind you, am I not trying to say that the iPhone 6s Plus has horrid video quality. I have already mentioned why I have that problem in numerous entries, so rather than bore you about what's causing it for me, I encourage you to read December 4th Entry: The Novemberian Crowd and scroll to "Lynde Creek Autumn 2018 iPhone 6s Plus 4K" Even better, comment on that video if you have a solution. I guess I don't have much else to say about the episode, other than for you to watch it! 🧨🎶🎵 Glowing fidget spinners are oh-so-much-fun to work with! 😄
Oh, Antonio Vivaldi! 🎻 How sweet and fine your music is! 🎵 As sweet as it is, putting together the soundtrack was not. 😬 Back in July 2017 when I uploaded "Asphalt 8 With Video Game Soundtracks" that video was 43 minutes. It seems as though I must have forgotten that putting together a soundtrack is not as quick as it seems. 😶 It's not painstakingly long either, but definitely not as easy as simply throwing a bunch of song together and calling it a day. This video is just shy of two hours, so definitely wasn't a quick task! 😅 As you can tell from their rare presence on my channel, these types of videos aren't a norm on GuuzakaTube. For the video back in 2017, I intentionally wanted to put music on it, for the fun of it. Such was not the case with this video. I only did it because I could not commentate on it at the time. Contrary to what I said in the call-to-action, the out of sync audio had nothing to do with why I did not include narration. Anyways! If you love the viola d'amore, Antonio Vivaldi, Asphalt 9, one of the three, or all of the mentioned, then you will enjoy this video. It's certainly unique from the usual Asphalt 9 videos on YouTube that typically feature pop, dance or electronic music.
iHerb Unboxing March 2019
So, is iHerb just another one of those random Health Food Websites, or are they actually good? 🤨 My experience with them has been good, thus far. Mind you, I have only bought from them once to date, but it was a good, fast experience. I placed an order on Monday, and had the parcel come all the way from California to Ontario by Friday that same week. 😎 Now before some of you say, "I've had goods from further places arrive sooner than that" Let me tell you that I did not use any sort of "express shipping" when I made the order. Perhaps it helped that I did place the order in the morning/early afternoon? Either way, they are clearly experienced with shipping to Canada.
So my goods! How are they holding up so far? The Weleda Face Balm is as good as the reviews said it was, so that's great. 😎 The Epic Dental Gum taste great. Between the Orange-Mango and Fresh Fruit flavours, I personally prefer the Fresh Fruit. As one of the reviewers noted, the flavour runs out very quickly. 😐 Like, really quickly. 👎🏾 Thankfully, they do have 50 in a pack. The package is a plastic cylinder at 7.6cm x 5.1cm x 5.1cm, and weighs 0.09 kg. It cost $7.21 CAD at the time I wrote this post. Random nitpick: I do not like how the gum does not melt on your tongue, after keeping it there for a while. A bit of a strange thing to point out, but just saying. The original Juicy Fruit for instance, does melt.
TunnelX: Direct Screen Recorded Gameplay
Top 10 Cars I Want Added To Asphalt 9 Legends
Before uploading this video, the last BlackBerry 10 gaming video I uploaded was on March 08, 2018! 😱🤯 That's right, more than 1 year ago...😶 Well, this month presents you with not one, but two BlackBerry 10 gaming videos. They may be of the same game, but with different setups. If you've watched my BlackBerry 10 gaming videos (hopefully not the ATA branded ones! 😳) you will notice that they have both external and internal sounds. Well, truth is, I had to capture the in-game audio with an external microphone. It was not too much of a big deal, because at least it allowed me to pair the captured audio with footage recorded internally from the BlackBerry Q10. For some reason with my BlackBerry Passport, I don't know why the internal audio stops playing whenever a screen recording application starts running in the background. 😬
I don't know if it's a problem with all BlackBerry Passports, just mine, or a perhaps a problem that is relevant to all BlackBerries running OS 10.3.3? 😣 Who knows... Do you? 🤨 It's great that the screen recorder saves the entire video and captures external audio, but narrations alone are not sufficient. Unless, of course, the game has no audio then that's a different story. Majority of games do. Audio issues aside, it was great to record and play TunnelX again! 🥳
The alternate setup. Certainly not anything new. I have done this before, with some of my iPhone 6s Plus gaming videos during the times when the internal audio was abysmal. As I've noted numerous times, the advantage of this setup is the powerful audio. It is not as desirable as watching screen recorded gameplay. Maybe for some people, they like watching your hands actually playing the game? 🤔 Who knows. To each their own. Most will agree that internally recorded videos are superior. All in all, I think this video turned out alright.
Top 10 Cars I Want Added To Asphalt 9 Legends
Finally. A talk video with slides. 😱 I have no idea if another one will come soon, but it was great to be able to get this one done. 🎉🎊 Yes! 🚗🎮🕹 So! What is the likelihood of Gameloft adding any of those cars in the video? Extremely slim if I must be honest. Most of the cars that people request are often high performance coupés. And even then, Gameloft still goes ahead and adds the most random cars that nobody asked for, so yeah. 😐 Not something to hold your hopes up high for. I originally intended to do two videos on the Asphalt series: The Top 10 video you see here, and a video about the atrocious changes of the Fast Lane Update in Asphalt 8. The latter did not happen, due to time constraints, so I decided mention some of it in the Asphalt 9 video. What you will not know, is the fact that the Fast Lane Update part was supposed to be longer. Here is what I was originally going to say after I mentioned the “Top 10 Cars I Want Added to Asphalt 8 Airborne”:
"As much of you will know, I quit that game back in 2018 when it became too horrible to play. Fast forward to 2019, and guess what? They have gone even lower than where I thought they go! Now I have to get this out of the way first, because if you have not seen the commentary videos that other YouTubers have done on Asphalt 8’s Fast Lane Update, it is atrocious. Yes, I said it, which seems counterintuitive to say in a “Top 10 Wishlist sort of video” but you know what? Let’s be real here: how can you feel good about the longterm future of Asphalt 9 Legends, based on their appalling treatment towards Asphalt 8 Airborne? Let’s just say that they should have terminated Asphalt 8 before the start of 2019, and allocate their resources towards making Asphalt 9 better. The game that they wanted us to play so badly. Mind you, Asphalt 9 is good so far, but purposefully making your predecessor as crappy as possible in order to coax people into upgrading, reminds of when Apple was slowing down their older iPhones to make people upgrade to the notches! Not cool Gameloft. Not cool at all!"
And here is what I ended up saying:
"My oh my! It has been forever since I have done a talk video with slides! Now if this title looks eerily familiar to a video you may have seen already, that’s because it should. That was “Top 10 Cars I Want Added to Asphalt 8 Airborne” which I have done all the way back in January 2018. And, um, yeah! Speaking of that game, it has now turned into a state of despair as of the January 2019 Fast Lane Update, but that’s a whole other subject on its own. Now let’s get down with this top 10 list!"
The highlighted part is the reason why I took it out. It is certainly not because I'm afraid of taking savage. Quite the opposite, actually. 😂🤣 But because I felt that it was far too distracting from the video's topic. I felt that I would be better off going full-in on it, or just keeping it brief. So this begs the question: will I be releasing a commentary video on the Fast Lane Update? Nah. I don't think I see the point anymore. I have already touched on it twice within the Asphalt 9 video, and because I don't play Asphalt 8 anymore, I honestly can't be bothered with it. Oh, and now that I typed out what I was originally going to say, it makes it even more of a waste of time and resources to consider doing now. So what do you think? Should I have kept the original line in, or was I right in not detracting from the original subject of a Top 10 list? Comment and let me know. 📝
If you are a reptile owner or admirer, chances are you watched a lot of snake videos. If you have seen the latest controversy going on, it's the spider royal python potentially getting banned from certain venues. I believe this applied to expos in Europe, so I'm not sure where else it may have happened. Several YouTubers expressed their opinions stating they should be banned because of their neurological wobbling. Others, particularly the "more experienced" people disagree with the move for a ban. What do I, GuuzakaTube, think about it? I posted the following comment on NERD's video:
"So after watching this video, I still believe that something should be done. No, I do not think they should be banned, because when bred and cared for properly, they're largely functional. What I think is that breeders should work towards phasing them out. 💡 Many different problem-free morphs and species of snakes exist out there, so why stick with a morph that can have mild to severe motor problems? Kevin himself even admitted that there's no way to tell how severe the offspring will come out, meaning that the morph is clearly dicey. He also admitted to breeding the "worse" wobbler he owns, after he just said that he believes in proper self-regulation. 🤨 Not exactly a good example of self-regulation right there... He clearly does care and know a lot about snakes, but just saying. 😐 Anyways! Spider business aside, I give him props for bringing in so many cool python morphs into the pet trade! 😎👍🏾⭐🐍"
Another thing I want to ramble about is the use of hole punch selfie cameras. 🙈 You have seen them most notably on the Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10, and S10+. Goodness gracious, is it really that bad to have slim bezels like on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9? An all-glass display does not offer any useful functionality. 😐 All it does is make the phone more fragile and prone to accidental touches. Are manufacturers going to stop this stupid race to the most bezelless display? Sadly, it does not look like it. 😑 One can hope they will miraculously go back to removable batteries, headphone jacks and microSD cards. Many devices still offer headphone jacks and microSD cards, but for how much longer?
Smartphones and wobbling pythons asides, you can expect to see gaming videos next month, a noise session, and I'm not sure about what else. Maybe a creek video or unboxing? 🌊 Time will tell.
