Unbox and Play: Youtube

So I decided to make a new Youtube channel because I've been kind of wanting a let's play channel for a while, but I'm also kind of interested in unboxings. So this new channel is dedicated to those two things. Because my finances are limited, uploading is going to be speratic for a good while. Meaning there will be no upload schedule, and videos may only slowly be added. Uploading will be like this for possibly 6 to 12 months, but I really am hoping on uploading things to it slowly.

It's going to a while before I upload gaming videos, I'll need to buy video editing software and an actual screen recorder. But until then, I will upload every now and again, different things of possibly unboxings and small collections I have.

Below is my first video on the new channel, showing off my small but nice Nintendo DS and 3DS games. I hope you enjoy it. If you want to visit the channel and subscribe, click HERE. It's called SmiliePlays.

If you would like to help me get a proper PC screen recorder,

or video editing software, please click on the paypal button

on the upper right. Thanks!

Interesting happening with a fight for the title of Australian Prime Minister

So~! From what I hear, Tony Abbott my not the Prime Minister of Australia anymore. If that is really true, thank the heavens for the change. Tony Abbott is a sexist, racist biggot and he dose not deserve the title of PM. He should not have been in charge in the first place and I welcome this change, I really do hope that this new guy Malcolm Turnbull can start to turn things around. I don't think he'll be able to accomplish much but if he can start to undo some of Abbott's bullshit, he will automatically be a better PM.

I could use your help with school...

If you come to my blog every so often, you may have noticed a new button on the top right, under my banner. It goes to my BegsList fundraiser page. Putting it simply, I need about $500 (AUD) to pay my school fees. The goal is set to $360 because I'm assuming that all donations are in American (USD). The money that I need, when converted is about $358 USD, hence why I've set it where I have.

If you want to know more about what exactly is going on, I have written why I'm asking for this money in more detail on the fundraiser site. This ends on the 15th September, because that's when I need to pay by, if I don't pay by then, or if I can't get an extension, I'm going to have to drop out. I would really appreciate it if you could donate even just $5, any money that I can get would help so much. I can possibly pay up to $150 (AUD) if I stretch out my budget so much more. But again, I'd still need about $350 AUD to pay.

You can either click HERE or on the button, both will get you there. Thank you so much!

Shower Thoughts: 10:13 pm - 28/08/2015

Just out of the shower. I clicked on a video on YouTube to watch: By The Fire with Jay – Haunted UtahDiner uploaded by LadyLocksLife and I started to watch it, got about 44seconds in and I decided it was probably best for me to have a shower first. I left the video page open so the video could load a bit.

I started thinking in the shower 2 things. 1: One of the things that LadyLocksLife uploads and I enjoy is when her subscribers post paranormal experiences and she picks a few and reads them aloud in a video. I like those videos. I started to think about paranormal experience and what I think about them. To me, if someone thinks they’ve had a paranormal experience, then sure, I believe them. However, to me, my brain likes science. I think there is always a logical explanation to everything.  If the lights flicker, it’s because of a slight electricity thing, power goes out at a curtain point, pure coincidence. Hit a cold spot, again, I think there has to be a logical explanation to it. I’m not going to argue with someone about their paranormal experience, there is not point, but if I’m there and something happens, there is a logical explanation that isn’t a ghost, that’s the last thing on my list. I do like these stories, and shows like Ghost Whisper and movies about Ouija boards and ghost boxes and all, but to me they aren’t real.

Second, why do we always think of things we want to share or important things in the shower? Do I wish I could record a video or a voice memo or write this down IN the shower whilst I’m having the thought? Yes, yes I do want that, but I can’t. It’s kind of annoying and the paragraph above would have been better but I had to wait until I had finished and got to my laptop to type this out. I’m naked for Christ sake, come on. I want my thoughts out in the shower, whilst I’m having them so they are still fresh, but no… Time to get dressed.

GAME REVIEW - Drive Any Track

Drive Any Track is a game on Steam that I happen to come across yesterday and haven't been able to stop playing. I bought it on sale for $5.99UDS [$14.99USD original], I'm very glad that I bought it for the price I did. It overall is a great game and I love it.

It's currently still in Early Access but from what I've seen and played, again, I'm loving it so much. It looks beautiful and plays great. It's easy to pick up and really anyone can play.

I can only assume that most players may be playing with a controller, which I am. If you decide to as well, you really only need the control stick to drive, A to select and use a boost, and X to drift. It took me a while to figure out that pressing X will let you drift, I knew you could be again, it took me a bit to figure that out.

I've included some screen shots of a couple of the tracks that I've done on the right and as you can see, the game does look super amazing. You have a choice of cars and the tracks that you can race in, just wow.
But the main point of the game, if you want to say it like that, is to go into your own, personal music library and your music tracks, become your race tracks!

I've been the first person to 'create' race tracks, because I've been the first player to race with a certain song, for example, I picked the song Werewolves by Short Stack [WATCH IT HERE] and I was the first player to select and race that song, so I was marked the 'creator' of the track and was rewarded 100 coins for creating a new track.

You may wonder, "But MySmilie, how mayny race tracks in the game are there?" Well kind reader, how many songs on file are there that we can access? That's how many race tracks there are!

Is there anything I would change or add. Yeah, of course! I wouldn't mind the ramps  being a bit more different from the barriers, just to make it easier to tell they are ramps. That is the only thing I would change, but I would like it if there were stats with the different vehicles, to make them more different from each other, other then just they way they look. I wouldn't mind if different cars were different weights (light, medium or heavy), different handling and drifting stats and maybe acceleration? That could just be me but I think that would be an interesting option, again, just to make the cars more different from each other. I also think the $15 price tag is a bit high, I did buy it on special, yes, but do think the creaters should consider lowering the price a bit, possibly to $9.99. But no lower then that, unless it's on special! :P

But again, overall, the game in amazing and I'm loving it so far. I can't wait to see what else they add and to see what else they do with it. I highly do recommend buying it when you get the chance.
I'll be uploading a few tracks I've recorded myself racing, onto YouTube over the next couple of days so if you want to watch that, head on over to my YouTube Channel!