Why watch people play video games on the internet?

I've been wanting to write this since the Jimmy Kimmel thing happened earlier this year. Please remember that this post is purely my opinion and my thinking, if you think something I have said is wrong, or you disagree, please post your thoughts in the comment section below!

But it's a good question, why do some many people watch other play video games online? Why do millions of people subscribe to Markiplier, Pewdiepie, Chuggaaconroy and Yogscast?
Well, I'm going say there would be a few different reasons to watch. Let me quickly list them, and briefly explain.

• Entertainment!

Yes. This is a simple one, you could watch some one play a video game, just for entertainment. Like watching one person interview another, for entertainment, because you like the host. Or even just watching movies, or just TV shows, it's for entertainment, some times you don't know what you like to watch until you say, "Fuck it!" and watch it. Simple.

• Reviews!

I feel a lot of us out there like to look at review and see other people's opinions before er decide to go out and buy a new product, like the new iPhone or a curved TV. We want to know that it will work, it's easy to set up, and we really want to know if there is a high chance we would like the product once we bought it. This also applies to videos games. Some, many, video games these days retail for $60+ each. Which may be a lot of money when you're young or you're just limited of spending money for the week. Also, if you only aford one game that week, you want to know you're making the right choice, even when there are 3 or 4 triple A titles coming out at once in a similar time frame. So you decide to hold onto your money for a little extra time, you go on YouTube and you find that someone has uploaded the first hour of the game. But not only one person, but many, You can watch these videos, see what the game truly is like, and you also get opinions from people, right as they are playing. Easy.

• Help!

Third reason is help. "But, what do you mean by help? That doesn't make sense!" I hear you ask, well, it's easy, Let's say you're playing the new Pokemon game, and you're stuck. You don't know where you're meant to go or what you're meant to do. Or you're stuck in a gym and you don't know how to get to the gym leader (still in Pokemon here). Well, again, you can easily just go onto YouTube and search something like, "Pokemon Snowbelle City Gym" or "Pokemon Omega Ruby help" and you'll find videos of people playing the game you are, and you can see how they got through your situation.
Also, if you're having a bad time with a game because you arn't sure what you're meant to be doing and you want to give up on it, (trust me I've been there), you can go online, again, find your game get get help. There may be a chance you'll run into a video of someone having the same problem as you, but then they get though it. Trust me, if you see that, you instantly feel a bit better for having trouble, because someone else did as well. But they they got though it, and you think, "If they did it, them I can too!" Then you go back to your game, give it another go, and you're thought that though part. It does really feel nice!


But there are just some reasons on why watching people play video games on the internet can both be helpful, but also fun!

EXTRA POINTS:

• I'll also quickly add here, but there are times when you really want a video game, Fallout 4, but you can't afford it. The only real way to then experience it would be a place like YouTube.
• Also, there is a marketing / advertisement aspect to it as well. If you can get a big name like Pewdiepie to play your game, any of his subscriber may go out it buy it for them selves. 

The Poor Stay Poor

Gosh darn, life has been a pain recently. I've had to declare financial hardship with my school because I couldn't pay my fees, even though I could, and now I'm not allowed to attend class until my fees have been paid off. I'm not allowed my course results either. It won't be paid off until a few days before Christmas but that's after the year has finished so I won't be sure if I actually finished all my assignments to a passing grade until it's too late, which really is a pain in the ass. I know I have to finish this course in term 1 next year, but still, I don't want this happening again.

I also need a job, but with where I am, in a small mid-country town, there really isn't much work for me to try and get. It's either be qualified or work in a supermarket or possibly Target. The problem with that option is that I'd have to compete with more qualified people, and high school students, two groups of people employers would take over me; because A) They are qualified to work in retail, or B) They are teens so the company don't have to pay them as much as me. Wow, a who $1-$4 per hour difference. I could apply to any of the small business around but with that, they already have the staff they need and I doubt they'd be firing any employees soon. Not to mention, I like to think that about half the small business here close after a couple years because they aren't making enough income to pay rent AND make a profit. Meaning they have to quit whilst they are ahead.

This is all a pain in the ass. I can't move back to Adelaide because I don't have the money to. I also can't study in Adelaide because I don't have the money to. I can't stay here because there is nothing for me to study after this and there is next to no job opportunities for me. All I can really think of is seeing if I can do some work experience at maybe the library and a couple of small businesses around the place for a week or so each.

It's been a while

Oops, silly me~!

I'm very sorry that I haven't been here to write, it's been at the back of my mind. However I have been wanting to come over and say hello. But I didn't expect that to take almost a month.

Currently, I'm on school brake until around the 13 October, then it's back to school for me. Annoyingly, I haven't done any school work during my time off but again, at the back of my mind with my blog. I've wanted to but I just haven't, hopefully I will make some progress soon.

I've been playing a lot of Skyrim lately, made a good amount of progress in that, I've also applied for a couple of jobs but I know that no one is ever hiring here so it's hard to make some extra money. (There is a Paypal button to the top right if you'd like to donate a bit to help me pay for school, that'd would help me so much!)

The YouTube thing is going really slowly, which is to be expected with a new channel. I've been uploading every Friday since I started, but right now, I'm not sure on how long I can keep it up. I may be able to keep that up until the end of October but I'm really not sure on what to do after that.

I upload un-boxing videos every Friday at 4:00PM AEST, and for the past week, I've also been uploading a video daily for Super Smash Brother for the 3DS.

If you want to visit my Youtube channel, it's called SmiliePlays and you can you visit it if you CLICK HERE.

Below, I will put a few of my videos so you don't have to venture too far to see some.

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.