MSN Bot loves me

[prog]

Woo woo, total views of my collection of original Google videos (Gameshelfs and Jmac's Arcades) surpassed 1,000 not long ago. I only have about 30 RSS subscriptions between the two shows, though, according to Feedburner. Most of those are for the Gameshelf; I bet I could get a lot more for the Arcade if I just promoted it.

For some reason the Scramble video makes up about half of the views, spread over time. Does it have an obsessive fan somewhere? Or just a broken video-scraping bot?

There is a half-constructed new episode of each on the stove but they'll simmer for a while yet coz I'm workin on other stuff.

Someone gave 5 stars to the YouTube instance of the Missile Command one. That was nice. I don't think any of the shows on either site have attracted comments from strangers, except for the "Space Games" Gameshelf which got praise from a Star Control 2 fan and a request that we plug Toys for Bob's efforts to mobilize their fan base and get Activision to fund a true sequel. (Star Control 3 was the Highlander 2 of Star Control.)

Comments

Gameshelf is cool.

[(Anonymous)]

Gameshelf is a great webcast; I like learning about the different games, and different ways of board and rule design. I know you're busy, and I understand the work it takes to make a half-hour episode of strange games for happy people.

As for Star Control, they really do need to make a new one; it's an amazing game concept that will do well with the gamers of today. Star Control rules!

Jmac's arcade has an amazing format. I like how you describe different parts of your life, and how the games were intertwined within your daily life. It's really informative, and shows that you truly love and respect video games.

Re: Gameshelf is cool.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, anonymous person!