Watch me completely fail at unboxing my Oculus Rift development kit using my new GoPro HERO3: White Edition while sitting in my filthy office. I'll do better next time - I promise!
Unboxing My Oculus Rift
Happy Independence Day
On this fateful day 17 years ago, Randy Quaid flew his jet into the alien destroyer, sacrificing himself to save countless American lives. May he be remembered not as a drunken crop-duster, but as a hero.
Ask Me Anything
I've created a new page titled "Ask Me Anything" where anyone can easily submit questions for me to answer. The questions can be about anything, and once I get enough I'll make a video answering them. I already have 10+ questions regarding my trip to Japan with which I'll make a video for later in the year, but feel free to send questions about it anyway. No names or email addresses required!
Relaunch
Back in April I mentioned I was redesigning my site. It's now far enough along that I feel comfortable releasing it to the public. It's a total conversion from Squarespace 5 to Squarespace 6, and I moved over everything individually as opposed to using the import feature to make sure everything is as optimized as possible. There are many changes, but very few people will know what they are as I didn't advertise my site previously. Here are the big ones you should know about:
1. Responsive Design - The site will automatically adjust its look based on what resolution and device you're using. It can look a little wonky if you're using a smaller resolution, and it's not possible to account for every possible size and device out there, but overall it works pretty well. I designed it mainly around 1920x1080 as that's what I use on my primary monitor.
2. The Front Page - I now have a proper front page. Before, my site took you straight to the blog page where all the content was displayed at once and you had to scroll down to see it all. With the front page, I can more easily feature specific pieces of content without worrying about it being drowned out by smaller, less significant posts (which means I can post more stupid stuff). The old way is still there if you're into that, however.
The first section of the front page is the most important and is used to highlight whatever I want people to see first. This can be the latest video I've uploaded or post I've written, though it will often be an embedded livestream from Twitch when I'm playing a game.
The second section will often be where I showcase the latest posts, though I will also feature more important content from time to time. I will also have an ad in this section. I know. If you use an ad blocker and like my content, please consider whitelisting my site. My ads will never have audio or be obnoxious.
I may have more sections, as well. Whatever section is at the very bottom is where I will share content from elsewhere. These will be things I think you should check out from other sites and may also be used to promote content from people I know.
3. The Header - The tagline in this section will act as a real-time status update for whatever I am doing. "Charles is livestreaming The Last of Us" could be one example of something you'd see there.
And those are the most important updates. Feel free to look around, and if you find any issues with the site or have suggestions on how to improve it, please let me know! I may not get around to any issues right away, however; today's my 25th birthday.
Thank you.
E3 2013 Press Conference Food
I switched to a vegan diet earlier this year, but I wasn't about to let that stop my now annual tradition of eating terrible/delicious food to celebrate E3. Whereas last year I only got butter popcorn from Food Lion and got the rest of my food from the China Star next door, this year I went full Food Lion, getting BBQ boneless wings, potato wedges, macaroni and cheese, banana pudding, and, once again, butter popcorn. No regrets.
Giant Bomb: Patrick Chicago Sendoff - "This Woman's Work" Edition
User Typographenia of Giant Bomb made a sendoff video for Patrick Klepek's move to Chicago, using Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" as the song. User TruthTellah then took the original video footage and changed the song to Russell Watson's "Where My Heart Will Take Me".
This gave me the inspiration to make my own version of the video. I changed the song and added some stuff at the end. Patrick Klepek will be missed.
Also, I just realized this video is my first action as a 25-year-old. Happy Birthday to me!
Here is the original video by Typographenia.
One of the Many Reasons You May Want to Avoid Squarespace 6
Update: This video is now out-of-date.
You would think adding something as simple as a line break would be easy. Not with Squarespace 6!
Halo 4: First Game of Grifball
This is my first game of Grifball in Halo 4. I was playing with my friend Jarvis and testing my Elgato Game Capture HD. I was caught off guard by the new sound effects and the round not ending when someone scores!
I still got mad Grifball skillz.
Halo 4: Spartan Ops - Chapter 6, Episode 1
Further testing my Elgato Game Capture HD, I played Halo 4: Spartan Ops with my friend Jarvis. This is Chapter 6: Scattered, Episode 1: Escape Plan.
I've become incredibly bored by Halo 4 for some reason. I'm not interested in continuing Spartan Ops at all, and my general apathy results in a lot of sloppiness and death. Maybe I should put it on Easy and just rush through it all, as I am interested in seeing how the story plays out.
Halo 4: First Match of 2013
Testing out my Elgato Game Capture HD some more, I played a multiplayer match of Halo 4 for the first time since 2012. I was playing with my friend Jarvis on Big Team Infinity Slayer on Ragnarok. I have to say, for someone who hadn't played in so long, I didn't do too bad!