Excuses, excuses, excuses. Can I come up with more excuses?
Why yes, yes I can!
As you have noticed, I have really dropped the ball lately when it comes to updating my blog and posting new videos on my YouTube channel. I have still been streaming on Twitch but, seeing that Sony has not permitted the archiving of streams from the PS4 yet, that is only good for you if you happen to be on, and watch, while I am actually streaming.
This inability to record game play on the PS4 is starting to really get me crunchy. Yes, I know there are some work around solutions but they have some inherent flaws that I just can’t get past. First, the cost. I don’t cherish the idea of going out and spending a few hundred dollars on equipment that may become completely useless to me in a matter of days or weeks. If I knew a time frame of when Sony is going to release the patch that fixes the HDMI game capture issue with the PS4, I would feel better about the decision. Second, the gray area about legality. Stripping HDCP is technically illegal. That said however, I don’t think that there would be any issues thrown my way. Really, what case would a company (Sony or game devs) have if they did pursue someone for this? Sony built streaming and recording into the system with the intention of people sharing and streaming their game play. They simply lacked the forward thinking to address the HDCP issue.
So, that is excuse number one. I really want to play on my PS4, and as a result I haven’t created any new video content since November 13th. But wait, g33z3r, you also play Minecraft and such. Yeah, yeah, yeah! Excuse number two is that I have been busy with work. I spent the entire last week darting around North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with on of my regional sales managers having meetings with potential customers. Because I was spending each day in the car and in meetings, that left me little time to do my actual work. As a result, most of my actual work ended up happening in my hotel room in the evenings. This didn’t leave me a lot of time to do much anything else. On top of that, I also spent quite a bit of time working with my other engineers on a project they were working on. That said, I did find several periods where I was able to take advantage of the fact that my PS4 managed to follow me all the way from Minnesota! I played a little bit of Ghosts but the internet connection in the hotel was less than adequate because their NAT was closed and I could hardly ever get into a decent game. I also played some Minecraft but it was on the flight back home and really wasn’t that interesting.
Yeah, excuses…no more excuses!
So, this I promise going forward; I will post a blog entry every Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at the least. I will post a new video every Saturday at the VERY least. I will continue to live stream on Twitch whenever I have time (as you know, most often on Saturday/Sunday). I will be a good g33z3r, I promise 🙂
Cheers for now
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