Spookin' With Scoops: Penumbra 'n Scratches

@patrickklepek said:

Hey guys, I want to make a few things clear before the comments dig in.

1. I’m sorry for the quality of the video. Despite my technical test last week, I clearly wasn’t prepared for hosting a livestream, and hadn’t taken into account everything necessary. You guys are paying subscribers, some of you paid up in order to watch this feature, many of you were up very late, and it’s my fault for not being better prepared. Your patience is super appreciated. Thanks to the chat, we did figure out most of the issues, which should make next week’s show much better. For example?

2. I didn’t take bitrate into account. It was set at an astoundingly low 300, despite my 4MB+ upload connection at home capable of spitting out much more. That’s why the video suddenly becomes pretty watchable towards the very end, even if the video is slightly out of alignment at that point.

3. I should have lowered the resolution, rather than maintaining the native resolution of my laptop.

4. I didn’t have my laptop connected over Ethernet, it was over wi-fi. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

5. I didn’t save a local version of the capture, which means the version on Twitch is all we have.

6. I'm going to build a PC eventually! This year probably!

A bunch of excuses? Totally! But I wanted to make sure people knew I’d taken note of everything that now seems perfectly obvious, and to underscore the learning process. Part of the reason I just went ahead and pulled the trigger was to make sure that Spookin’ With Scoops actually happened. Even if I crashed and burned, at least there was progress, right? And you got to watch me flame out!

Again, thanks for your patience, we should have something much better next week, and if you have suggestions for future games, leave ‘em here or send me a PM on the site. Thanks for your support.

Class act, right here.

I cant really make out whats going on but it's scary = O

Hey guys, I want to make a few things clear before the comments dig in.

1. I’m sorry for the quality of the video. Despite my technical test last week, I clearly wasn’t prepared for hosting a livestream, and hadn’t taken into account everything necessary. You guys are paying subscribers, some of you paid up in order to watch this feature, many of you were up very late, and it’s my fault for not being better prepared. Your patience is super appreciated. Thanks to the chat, we did figure out most of the issues, which should make next week’s show much better. For example?

2. I didn’t take bitrate into account. It was set at an astoundingly low 300, despite my 4MB+ upload connection at home capable of spitting out much more. That’s why the video suddenly becomes pretty watchable towards the very end, even if the video is slightly out of alignment at that point.

3. I should have lowered the resolution, rather than maintaining the native resolution of my laptop.

4. I didn’t have my laptop connected over Ethernet, it was over wi-fi. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

5. I didn’t save a local version of the capture, which means the version on Twitch is all we have.

6. I'm going to build a PC eventually! This year probably!

A bunch of excuses? Totally! But I wanted to make sure people knew I’d taken note of everything that now seems perfectly obvious, and to underscore the learning process. Part of the reason I just went ahead and pulled the trigger was to make sure that Spookin’ With Scoops actually happened. Even if I crashed and burned, at least there was progress, right? And you got to watch me flame out!

Again, thanks for your patience, we should have something much better next week, and if you have suggestions for future games, leave ‘em here or send me a PM on the site. Thanks for your support.

I just finished Scratches a couple of days ago. Great atmosphere, and music. Terribly obtuse puzzle design though, it really breaks the immersion when you're going through a room for the 20th time pixel hunting and trying every item on every other item. I'd suggest reading through a walk-through before booting up the game so you can be completely immersed by it.

@patrickklepek Just out of curiosity, what was your capture set up life? I know you said the Macbook Air on Wifi, but what was your choice of software for streaming to Twitch?

oh man.. better luck next time scoops.

Really looking forward to this feature when some of the kinks are worked out.

A bad quality Let's Play with a scare-cam? Wow, finally the worst parts of youtube came to Giantbomb!

No biggy Patrick. It reminds me of the days Ye Olde Giant Bomb. Nostalgia and such. Plus I think this is going to be a good segment.

@Shtinky said:

@AcidBrandon18 said:

Nothing stops the Fear Gauntlet!........Oh......nevermind. :(

Sadly, I don't think many GB users watched TheRealGiantBomb's YouTube content. A lot of it was arguably better than the main site's content.

Yeah, Matt and Steve were an awesome team.

@AcidBrandon18 said:

Nothing stops the Fear Gauntlet!........Oh......nevermind. :(

Sadly, I don't think many GB users watched TheRealGiantBomb's YouTube content. A lot of it was arguably better than the main site's content.

@AcidBrandon18 said:

Nothing stops the Fear Gauntlet!........Oh......nevermind. :(

@patrickklepek: I applaud you for just doing something new. I think creating new ideas for content is the toughest thing you guys face. Spookin is a fantastic idea and working out the kinks is just part of the process. Also Worth Reading is by far my favorite content on the site. Keep it up Scoops!

@patrickklepek: it's all a part of a learning experience. no one excepts stuff to be perfect at first times;)

IT'S PIXEL TOWN! :D Haha, kidding scoops!

Hoofin' it with Snoop

Cant watch this but good on you for trying and im sure you will get better at it.

Don't worry about the technical fumbles Patrick, it's not uncommon for something new to get out of the starting blocks a bit bumbling. Just like that one amusement park that opened and all the rides defected. I think it was called Jurassic Park.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to more!

That bumper logo is worth the subscription alone :-D

Braaaap

@mrfluke said:

@BD_Mr_Bubbles said:

@Phatmac said:

@patrickklepek said:

Hey guys, I want to make a few things clear before the comments dig in.

1. I’m sorry for the quality of the video. Despite my technical test last week, I clearly wasn’t prepared for hosting a livestream, and hadn’t taken into account everything necessary. You guys are paying subscribers, some of you paid up in order to watch this feature, many of you were up very late, and it’s my fault for not being better prepared. Your patience is super appreciated. Thanks to the chat, we did figure out most of the issues, which should make next week’s show much better. For example?

2. I didn’t take bitrate into account. It was set at an astoundingly low 300, despite my 4MB+ upload connection at home capable of spitting out much more. That’s why the video suddenly becomes pretty watchable towards the very end, even if the video is slightly out of alignment at that point.

3. I should have lowered the resolution, rather than maintaining the native resolution of my laptop.

4. I didn’t have my laptop connected over Ethernet, it was over wi-fi. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

5. I didn’t save a local version of the capture, which means the version on Twitch is all we have.

6. I'm going to build a PC eventually! This year probably!

A bunch of excuses? Totally! But I wanted to make sure people knew I’d taken note of everything that now seems perfectly obvious, and to underscore the learning process. Part of the reason I just went ahead and pulled the trigger was to make sure that Spookin’ With Scoops actually happened. Even if I crashed and burned, at least there was progress, right? And you got to watch me flame out!

Again, thanks for your patience, we should have something much better next week, and if you have suggestions for future games, leave ‘em here or send me a PM on the site. Thanks for your support.

I'll still watch this! Good luck with next week's show!

This was still pretty dope, even if it was pretty wonky quality. I wouldn't worry about disappointing subscribers though, it seems like there is like 5 and a half hours of premium content this week

@JZ said:

This is sadly unwatchible

Great feature. The video quality reminded me of old times when i used to watch stuff on super low res.

Yep this is "premium" content.

This is great, as I just don't get time to enjoy the atmosphere of these games anymore. I can have it on in the background whilst I do other things.

@Narosp said:

This feature has great potential. I can't wait until the technical aspects have been sorted out.

This.

@BD_Mr_Bubbles said:

@Phatmac said:

@patrickklepek said:

Hey guys, I want to make a few things clear before the comments dig in.

1. I’m sorry for the quality of the video. Despite my technical test last week, I clearly wasn’t prepared for hosting a livestream, and hadn’t taken into account everything necessary. You guys are paying subscribers, some of you paid up in order to watch this feature, many of you were up very late, and it’s my fault for not being better prepared. Your patience is super appreciated. Thanks to the chat, we did figure out most of the issues, which should make next week’s show much better. For example?

2. I didn’t take bitrate into account. It was set at an astoundingly low 300, despite my 4MB+ upload connection at home capable of spitting out much more. That’s why the video suddenly becomes pretty watchable towards the very end, even if the video is slightly out of alignment at that point.

3. I should have lowered the resolution, rather than maintaining the native resolution of my laptop.

4. I didn’t have my laptop connected over Ethernet, it was over wi-fi. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

5. I didn’t save a local version of the capture, which means the version on Twitch is all we have.

6. I'm going to build a PC eventually! This year probably!

A bunch of excuses? Totally! But I wanted to make sure people knew I’d taken note of everything that now seems perfectly obvious, and to underscore the learning process. Part of the reason I just went ahead and pulled the trigger was to make sure that Spookin’ With Scoops actually happened. Even if I crashed and burned, at least there was progress, right? And you got to watch me flame out!

Again, thanks for your patience, we should have something much better next week, and if you have suggestions for future games, leave ‘em here or send me a PM on the site. Thanks for your support.

I'll still watch this! Good luck with next week's show!

Regardless of the poor video quality, I still enjoyed watching and listening.

I can't wait to see your reaction to what it's like to game on a new, high end PC.

@patrickklepek: No worries. It's just cool that you did this.

Been said many times, but looks like a great feature once the technical difficulties are sorted.

Nothing stops the Fear Gauntlet!........Oh......nevermind. :(

Kessler and Steve would have went ape shit over the working vending machine at the beginning. I miss those guys.

you can say what you want about the quality of spookin with scoops, I'm gonna watch it anyway!

Holy cow, it looks like he's playing a Sega CD game!

This feature has great potential. I can't wait until the technical aspects have been sorted out.

Hey, it's all good Tricky Scoops. I'll just pretend it's a podcast or something and just listen to it in the background. Can't wait for an actual working video next time; I think this series has potential.

Cool idea for a premium feature! Looking forward to more. :D

@Bourbon_Warrior said:

Build a PC Patrick, it must be a write off at this point

Steal parts from Gamespot. They won't mind.

@Phatmac said:

@patrickklepek said:

Hey guys, I want to make a few things clear before the comments dig in.

1. I’m sorry for the quality of the video. Despite my technical test last week, I clearly wasn’t prepared for hosting a livestream, and hadn’t taken into account everything necessary. You guys are paying subscribers, some of you paid up in order to watch this feature, many of you were up very late, and it’s my fault for not being better prepared. Your patience is super appreciated. Thanks to the chat, we did figure out most of the issues, which should make next week’s show much better. For example?

2. I didn’t take bitrate into account. It was set at an astoundingly low 300, despite my 4MB+ upload connection at home capable of spitting out much more. That’s why the video suddenly becomes pretty watchable towards the very end, even if the video is slightly out of alignment at that point.

3. I should have lowered the resolution, rather than maintaining the native resolution of my laptop.

4. I didn’t have my laptop connected over Ethernet, it was over wi-fi. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.

5. I didn’t save a local version of the capture, which means the version on Twitch is all we have.

6. I'm going to build a PC eventually! This year probably!

A bunch of excuses? Totally! But I wanted to make sure people knew I’d taken note of everything that now seems perfectly obvious, and to underscore the learning process. Part of the reason I just went ahead and pulled the trigger was to make sure that Spookin’ With Scoops actually happened. Even if I crashed and burned, at least there was progress, right? And you got to watch me flame out!

Again, thanks for your patience, we should have something much better next week, and if you have suggestions for future games, leave ‘em here or send me a PM on the site. Thanks for your support.

I'll still watch this! Good luck with next week's show!

@patrickklepek Yeah, it didn't go off quite as planned. Mistakes happen. You obviously know what went wrong and have plans in place to fix it for next time. Yeah, I didn't make it through this one, as it's kinda unwatchable. But the next one, though? Can't. Fucking. Wait!

@patrickklepek:

Thanks for the video.

Ghosts don't care.

@Maginnovision said:

This never should have been uploaded. Maybe a link to the stream archive or something but my god. Unwatchable.

I agree, but you are being too mean. It really is unwatchable at times :/.

@D_W said:

I think the low quality kind of makes it a bit more scary. Its really hard to know what's going on and that's actually makes things pretty freaky. hah

I don't know, to me it just makes it harder to get into the spooky mood. I mean I really tried hard to figure out what the hell was going on with Penumbra, but couldn't make out any details.

It was a ton of fun being there, experiencing it live. Thanks, Trick.

@Korwin said:

Time to build yourself a tax deductable work expense gaming PC there Scoops.

I wish my PC was a tax deductible work expense! Would be a great excuse to go all bananas with it.

@Maginnovision said:

This never should have been uploaded. Maybe a link to the stream archive or something but my god. Unwatchable.

Pffffffffffff, humbug! This is the greatest video in 2012! I loved every second of it.

Time to build yourself a tax deductable work expense gaming PC there Scoops.

The quality of the Penumbra bits are spOOooOooOooOky!

Really really enjoyed this last night Patrick, looking forward to the next one. Like I said before, now is the best time of any to figure out the whole streaming thing, and I think once you started playing Scratches it was going really well.

Bring on more spooks! I watched the Slender test and jumped multiple times throughout. Stupid tall, detail lacking, sneaky, beast of a man-thing.

@patrickklepek: Steaming issues I can handle. PBR?

Now that I can't abide. :D

I think the low quality kind of makes it a bit more scary. Its really hard to know what's going on and that's actually makes things pretty freaky. hah

This is unironically the greatest video on GB. Voted 5, thumbs up, liked, fav'd, 10/10. Keep them coming Patrick.

Great stuff Patrick. I'm a big fan of the segment.

Quality sort of gave it a cool feel (aside from the blur).