Volnus

DuckDuckGo is great as a search engine, but not so much as a browser. I personally prefer Brave as an alternative. The other apps seem kind of cool though, especially Adobe Lightroom for quick touch-ups on photos.

Looks like the days of RPGs is over. In my opinion, there aren’t really that many sandbox games to justify it being a “top genre” especially when compared with the hundreds of thousands of RPGs out there.

Social gaming events in my opinion are the best place, especially gaming clubs, because you can get an actual interaction and it’s less anonymous. Discord is also kind of a popular place.

I think Blizzard will just go downhill since they really haven’t had a good time with any of the events happening. Their last major success was Overwatch. But then there was Diablo Immortal which was heavily criticized, the Blitzchung eSports controvery in 2019, and then workplace scandal where some of their employees are quitting and working for other game companies. They’ve really had it rough.

Seems interesting, both the video games inspired by the sport and the sport itself. Kind of interesting that such a sport dates back to the 13th century.

I’m not really into the whole NFT trend. It’s definitely popular, but I haven’t really seen much benefit in it.

Definitely practice since that encompasses all sorts of online games, but don’t just practice. Practicing the wrong technique can become a habit that’s hard to change and adapt to, so it’s important to practice with the right technique and keep improving.

Pretty good advances in gaming technology, some going as far back as a decade or even two decades ago. I think Nintendo’s created the eCard reader to scan the barcode of an eCard which was kind of the earliest form of “DLC” which unlocked bonus content in some Game Boy Advance games. And there’s also the Amiibo which I think actually uses NFC instead of RFID, but it’s still a similar concept, just for an entirely different purpose than evaluating player’s habits in real-time.

When thinking about companies that have created interesting and innovative peripherals, I’d say Nintendo is the biggest video game publisher to come to mind.

Not just desktop computers and mobile devices, but esports’ popularity even extends to consoles. Super Smash Bros. comes to mind, when I think of esports for any video game console.

Having good equipment definitely does help build a better audience, because the audience can see that you’ve put effort to making the stream presentable. However, I’ve seen streamers that started out their streaming career with decent equipment, and grew over time and improving their stream quality, so it’s not impossible to be a successful streamer starting out decently.

I think the biggest thing an audience looks for is personality since that’s what makes a streamer stand out from everyone else. If not personality, then it would be how skillfully you play games.