My New Camera - Kodak Zi8

Gone of the days where I have to make my Youtube nerdery with a crappy, out of date, point and shoot camera. I've upgraded to something more modern, although still very affordable. The Kodak Zi8 blogger style camcorder is perfect for the casual Youtuber like myself. It can film in full HD 1080p, 720p 60fps for action video, 720p, standard def, and can also take photos as you can see (but not that well.) The main drawback is the lack of internal memory on board. You can virtually do nothing without picking up an SD card for the cam. I spent 30$ on an 8GB SDHD card specifically made for HD video. Add that to the 107$ I spent for the camera and I like to think I got great value for my money. New models of these blogger cameras have flip screens that allow you to see what you are filming if the lens is pointed toward you. This camera doesn't have this, it is a little limiting. No big deal though, it is light years ahead of what I was using before. Look forward to full hd videos on my Youtube channel soon, actually they are up now. Thanks for reading.

My poor, poor, neglected blog...

The CDNGAMER Video Game Blog is the latchkey kid of the blogggg o' sphere. It comes home from school to find an empty house. It grabs a can of coke from the fridge and makes a P&J sandwich to make up for the crappy lunch its parents gave it to bring to school. It then sits down and plays an unhealthy amount of CoD until Mommy and Daddy come home a few hours later. It then gets yelled at because its homework isn't done and room not cleaned. Daddy then yells at Mommy for not getting dinner on the table fast enough. Mommy cries. Daddy swears. The little Blog says fuck it and plays more CoD. Life as a latchkey blog is rough.

Quick video here for my blog viewers. I picked up some bootleg GBa games along with a couple cheapo DS games. Enjoy and check out my Youtube channel for more video gamer videos. Thanks.

By the Numbers - YouTube Subs, Twitter Followers and Blog Hits

This is a little bit of a self-serving blog post, maybe even a pat on the back for a job well done...or maybe just done.

A few days ago I hit the magical 100 sub mark on YouTube. Yes, thank you thank you, please sit down, no need to shout. Now this is by no means a huge accomplishment given that there are far worse YouTubers than I sitting at 1000+subs. Great videos definitely play a large role in your sub count, but luck and timing are also important. Neither of those two characteristics are currently in my arsenal of tricks. Still, I'm happy about it. Someone out there actually likes what I'm doing. The fact that I only started my channel mid December, 2010 and that almost like clockwork three months afterward I hit 100 subs is encouraging. Also the fact that my camera is garbage, I have no reliable way to capture both video and audio at the same time, and I'm virtually broke at the moment tells me that once those issues get solved, I'll be well on my way to Youtube stardom, or maybe just nerdom.

The major bonus of being in the 100 sub club is that I can now upload videos longer than 15 minutes. Something tells me that 100 subs and being 100% copyright compliant means you get the right to upload vids longer than 15 minutes. The thing is, there are still more than a few larger channels that I follow that haven't be granted that privilege. Who knows why I can do it now and others can't. I'm not complaining. Now if I could only take videos longer than 11 minutes on my camera :-(

As far a video hits, the vast majority of my videos get about 50-60 hits in the first week they are up. The more popular ones keep up the same pace and continue to gain hits. The others still get views, just not as often. I'm OK with those numbers. Up to now, I haven't exactly put up anything Oscar worthy. Once the tech catches up to my artistic *laff* vision, the views will follow.

Not now I'm on the Twitter. I have almost 500 followers on Twitter. That means nothing. I got lot of those followers by following simply going on the Playstation Twitter account and following the first 2000 people on their list. About 400 followed back. Like I said, it doesn't mean anything. It is simply a tool to promote these blog posts, which in turn promotes my Youtube channel.

On to this blog. I'm not overly concerned by the numbers associated with this blog. It has been up for a month now and I have 252 hits on it as I type this. Good to see people checking out these posts. At the end of the day, this blog is just a fun and easy way to get my ideas out of my head and out there for mass consumption and then mass regurgitation. If people like these posts, great. If not, I'm not overly worried. They are fast and easy to do and eventually will be an great added feature to my Youtube channel once I get up past the 500 sub mark.

So, thanks to all my Youtube subbers, Twitter Shitters, and Blog readers. Numbers are ultimatly meaningless, but I am happy some of you are getting some information and enjoyment out of my art *laffagain*

Why I'm waiting to buy the Nintendo 3DS

Let's forget the fact that I'm broke for a little while. Let's just put that aside for a bit.

Although I'm not a huge fan of Nintendo or handheld systems, I do plan on eventually buying the new 3DS. I'm not waiting to pick up a used one, when I do spring for a 3DS it will be brand new out of the box. I've never really had any luck with used handheld systems. The only original Game Boy I owned had dead pixels. I only paid 5$ for it so I got what I paid for. The only Game Boy colour I owned was a $3.99 Value Village find. The speaker was crap. I got rid of it pretty quick. I currently own a crappy white GBA that I bought off eBay. Check out my YouTube videos, I did a cleaning up of that very system. It was rotten and to make matters worse, the left bumper doesn't work. I owned a pre used PSP briefly. The sound wasn't the best and it had been dropped more than once. That lasted a month before I got rid of it. So you see, me and used handhelds don't work well together.

I will own a 3DS, but not yet. I've heard too many people complain about vision problems and headaches after playing it. I'm sure that after a break from playing it, those negative effects will go away...but what if the added strain on my eyes permanently downgrades my vision? Probably nothing to worry about, but in my line of work poor eyesight is career suicide. I were a full face shield when I play ice hockey and even put up with people laughing at my expense when I play ball hockey with a pair of squash glasses on. Laugh at me if you like, I need to know more about these headaches and vision problems before I start playing a 3DS for hours at a time.

Beyond that, the selection of games for the North America release date is piss poor. I'd buy the Street Fighter game and that's about it. Japan had far better releases. I know eventually there will be more and better games for the system, which means waiting to pick it up won't kill me.

The price point for the system is perfectly fine for me. Many people complained about it but c'mon, this is 2011, 250$ for a video game system is nothing. I am however counting on some sort of price drop or sale around the time that the new PSP gets rolled out. At the very least, I'm looking for a game or two to be bundled up with it.

Colours. Yes, I used a U in colours. Why are black and blue the only colours available at launch? Nintendo is famous for the rainbow of colours that they release their systems in. Look at the GBA and N64 for Tom's sake. Although the blue is nice, I'd love something different. Green? Candy Pink? Something that pops. Mono black doesn't cut it anymore. I love black, but I need to feed my mind with colours (and u's!!)

Good on everyone who scored one at launch. I've enjoyed all the Youtube videos so far. You can expect my 3DS unboxing to happen in five-six months or so! 2000 and late!!!

Nintendo DS - cAN'T sTOP tILL yOU gET eNOUGH

The Nintendo DS is like a little piece of chicken that you get stuck in your teeth. You tongue at it for an hour, think you get it out, then notice it's still there later that night. Mmmmmmm chicken. Here is a brief and poorly constructed history of the Nintendo DS.


First came the clunky Nintendo DS. The design looked OK, but there were obvious flaws. It just didn't look right to me and was slightly heavier than it should of been for a handheld. A great little system, but unfinished in my opinion.


Next in line was the DS Lite, which should of been the first version of this system. Although it still looked like a little jewelry box, many of the design flaws that were found in the original DS were corrected. The system wasn't as heavy, the top and bottom actually looked like they belonged together and the overall build quality seemed to be better than the standard DS.


Never a company to sit around and wait for shit to happen, Nintendo again revolutionized the handheld console world by then releasing the DSi. This monster of a handheld had a camera! Exactly what you want in a handheld. You can play games, and take sneaky pictures of people at the same time. Perfect! Of course, you could no longer play GBA games in the DSi, but the pictures! Oh, the pictures you could take! In the end, this version was just another rehashed released from Nintendo. Pretty much a way to get parents to drop 200$ again on a system their snot nosed brat already owned. But hey, at least if you preorder the system you got one of these moderately attractive Japanese women with it. Something for Dad too!


You would think Nintendo would quit while they were ahead. I mean, they already had 3versions of the Nintendo DS that were pretty much the same machine other than a few upgrades (and downgrades.) Well, why stop there right?

"Just for shits and giggles, let's try to sell the DS to people again. Let's just make it bigger and include Brain Age with it. That'll get em in the stores!"

It happened, just like that. The DSi got supersized and hardcore Nintendo fans and dumb parents plopped down another 175$ or so for the fat DSi. Same system, but bigger, and with a few games preloaded that no one will play.. and that's it for the Nintendo DS. The lads at Nintendo will sit back for a couple of years and cook up a new handheld system. Something different, something fresh.



Whuh? 3D? C'mon.

El Cheap'o XBOX Pickups - The Youtube Video

Over the past couple of months I've been picking up drit cheap xbox games like they were going out of style. I actually don''t understand that saying; "like they were going out of style." If they were going out of style, why would anyone want them? Anyway, lots of games in this video. Some will never be played and were picked up just for the cases. Others will be loved and played with. Enjoy.