Update for December 2016 (Patreon)

Hey guys!  It's been a while since I posted anything.  I hope everyone enjoyed the Floppy Disk Camera episode.  I've been working on that for the last 3 weeks.  There was a lot of criticism in the comments about everything from audio quality, editing quality, and even my opinions. But, overall I think most people liked it.

A lot of people have been complaining that I should do 1080p.  Technically, my equipment can do it, but my computer is so old that it really bogs down.  So I'm thinking about upgrading soon so that I can do it.

I also recently bought a 360 degree camera, The Nikon KeyMission 360.  But the quality was horrible so I returned it the next day.  It's too bad.  I really wanted to do a tour of my museum in 360 degree that people could watch on their VR headsets as I walk around and show things.  But I'll have to find a different camera.

As for an update on going full-time.  I can definitely say 2017 will be the year. Probably in the next 6 months.  Patreon now accounts for about 25% of the total revenue for my channels, and is the most stable source.  Sure, every month I lose a few people, but I usually gain a few as well.   I've already sort of let it be known at work that 2017 will be my last year (I've worked at the same place 11 years already)  I wouldn't be able to even be planning for this without everyone's support, so you have my thanks.  And I will obviously try to repay you with more great content, as you have come to expect.

I certainly haven't ru out of ideas.  In fact, I have a running list with enough episode ideas to keep me busy for at least a year as it is.  

I've been thinking about making a quick "8-Bit Guy F.A.Q." episode.  I did one before but it was not done very well.   I'm not terribly proud of that one.  So this one would just be me in my usual style of recording where I show some snippets of the most common questions people send me and then answer them.  And since some of the questions are really annoying, I suppose it would be an entertaining episode.  But it might piss some people off.  (I would blank out their names on screen) so I haven't decided if that would be a good idea or not.  But I see other channels doing it.  So what do you guys think?

I've probably said this before, but I always welcome visitors if you are passing through the DF/W area (or live here) and want to come by and tour the studio and my computer museum.  Doesn't matter if you are a patreon supporter or not.  I've had at least a dozen people come by so far.  We can hang out, play some vintage video games, just chat, have lunch, whatever.