There are certainly a fair amount of retro gaming YouTube channels out there on YouTube. I’m thinking about adding my own. Why would I do such a thing, do you ask? In part for my own enjoyment remembering some of the games I have enjoyed playing, but also for my grandkids.
Grandkids!?
Yes, for my grandkids. I know, many people like to start a YouTube channel with the intent of maybe making some money. Not me. Well, yeah, that would be cool, but I am realistic and know that it wouldn’t likely happen. I am not personable enough to get routine followers.
It’s for me and the grandkids.
Retro Gaming & Grandkids
I’m 46 as I write this. My wife is nine years older (cougar!). We’ve been together now for eleven years. When we met she was the mother of 4 grown daughters. Over the years there have been grandkids born and I got to benefit from being a grandpa. I love it.
A couple of those kids, one in particular as I write this, who we will call EV, is a HUGE gamer girl at the age of nine.
Starting a YouTube channel focused on gaming, retro gaming in particular, will allow me to remember fun days as a kid playing games on the Commodore computers I owned, but also allow me to share some of my gaming hobby with the grandkids who are coming into it on their own.
Hopefully Sooner Than Later
I have already started an Upstairs Room Software YouTube channel a while ago and put up a couple short videos of a game I had been trying to make. Those couple videos will stay up on the channel, but moving forward any new content added to that channel will be game play focused.
I am going to start messing around with video editors and ReLive and see what I can come up with for a video.
Hmmm… What should be the first game I create a video on…? Have to think about that.