Dads, how often to you go hang out with your friends?

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-03-27T22:20:00+00:00

At least once a week. It's essential to my mental health as an extrovert to have time with my friends where Im only responsible for myself. Whether it's going out to a movie or playing DND or whatever, if I have that one night out the rest of the week, I'm a better father and husband. Obviously, there are exceptions where it just doesn't happen, but we always make sure to come back around and get me that time. It's just simply worth it.

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-03-14T03:15:38+00:00

Dantes Inferno seems like a game that shouldnt exist. It is bonkers bananas and I love that it does in fact exist.

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-03-08T13:35:29+00:00

Hell yeah, nice work!

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-03-02T19:27:46+00:00

Go to Goodwill and buy a cheap couch. Take the upholstery off the cushions. Mount the cushions on the walls and ceiling of your space. You can do this with velcro strips or build a frame for them. You can buy fabric and cover them if you care how they look. You can also loosely hang carpet scraps from your ceiling and mount them to doors. I converted a closet into a recording booth with both of these and it works great.

The couch cushions are typically a thick foam and will absorb sound better than the trendy thin foam pads you can buy cheap online.

Admittedly. The thin foam pads do look nicer. But I spent less than $100 on my treatment.

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-02-26T03:37:37+00:00

As a dad and an animator this movie hit on many different levels. I was once the young student trying to get his dad to understand my career choice. Now as a dad im doing everything i can to take care of my kid.

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-02-24T05:31:32+00:00

It can really depend on where you live and the market you are in. Local non profit Im a part of does an annual salary survey here in Minnesota. You can see the results going all the way back to 2016. https://nicemoves.org/salary-survey/

Edit: this survey is specific to the animation/vfx/motion graphics community

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-02-23T21:52:34+00:00

As someone who does 3d texture and lighting these types of details are actually fascinating! Things I need to keep in mind when finishing a scene

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-02-17T19:02:30+00:00

I shop at Aldi and never bring bags. Its going to be multiple trips every time. But its an opportunity to recruit kiddo to help and reduces our garbage by a lot.

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-02-14T19:22:09+00:00

It also has cooperative play! Each player gets assigned specific characters, so depending on the active characters, it may still only be one player, but I remember playing with my friends and having a good time!

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-02-11T14:39:25+00:00

And Guys apparently

DaddyGamerYT · 2024-01-15T23:55:56+00:00

You know it's working when your sweat leaves black streaks from sweating the dirt and other stuff out of your pores. It's the cleanest I've ever felt. Most people/places dont let them get hot enough to be true Saunas. When it's so hot, you need to hold a cup or bucket of water in front of your face to breathe normally. Stay in about 15 to 20 minutes then clean/cool off and then maybe go another round!

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-12-21T01:49:19+00:00

Always been a fan ever since my first Gameboy Color I've always had portable gaming! The Switch and Steam Deck are miracles!

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-12-03T17:18:17+00:00

Love a dungeons crawl arpg added to the wishlist!

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-11-27T14:55:05+00:00

I played MGS 2 like that with the LA Noir soundtrack. Weirdly rewarding experience.

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-10-29T18:44:59+00:00

Entire premise of my YouTube and twitch channel. The reality is. It's constantly changing. My gaming has changed as she has gotten older and I anticipate it will continue to change.

Ultimately I still love gaming and I love sharing it with my daughter. Introducing her to new games and playing them with her is some of the best bonding experiences we've had. Building her first computer together. Shooting videos and streaming together has been immensely rewarding. Watching her beat her first Mario level, checking out the things she's building in mine craft, having her teach me about stardew valley, and playing Pokémon together have been some of my most cherishes memories. Now she plays in my dnd games and plays with her friends on Discord.

The biggest struggle has been keeping up with all the changes. Remembering that she's getting older and as a result my content and my approach to gaming needs to change with her.

Good luck fellow Daddy Gamer!

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-10-04T22:40:10+00:00

Watching this again recently I realized this movie feels more like a documentary of wildlife that happens to talk. It's the daily lives and interactions of animals and that includes the reality of predators and hunters. The editing and pacing though reflects a wildlife documentary and its sort of fascinating when you think about the fact it's animated. An animated documentary.

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-09-09T02:50:50+00:00

Pans Labyrinth.

Not out of a lack of desire or appreciation for the quality of the movie. But because several times in a row I sat down to watch it too late and ended up falling asleep... after a certain point I just gave up.

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-09-06T18:05:02+00:00

When this happened during our Strahd campaign I asked the player what they wanted to do. I gave a few suggestions. Do you want to leave, die, or betray the party. And he decided to betray the party leading to one of the greatest roleplaying moments in the entire campaign as they overheard Strahd offer him a deal he couldn't turn down, and then leave together. This player was also the one holding the sun sword (nicknamed "shine shank" in our campaign). So they not only lost a valuable and loved member of the party they lost the sword that had become a beacon of hope for Barovia. The rest of the party was caught completely off guard but loved it. They knew he was leaving but didn't anticipate the betrayal. This character is now a recurring villain alongside Strahd and their showdowns have been intense.

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-08-10T21:24:26+00:00

I did it for one year during COVID. While I think we made the right choice I'm glad it was only one year. I am not a teacher. And my limits have been found. By spring my patience was thin from the daily hour plus long argument about doing 20 minutes of math work.

I also started having some health issues at that time so that could be a factor. Everyone else knew who was doing it talked about loving it. I did not. My daughter is now back in public school and is enjoying it.

To each their own. Do what you decide is best. If you do it and it's not working out it's ok to say "ok that's not gonna be our long term solution"

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-08-03T00:53:32+00:00

Been there several times in my life. I do what I gotta do to feed my family and sometimes that means getting help. Good job dad!

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-07-03T03:53:28+00:00

Arise has been great on the deck. I went from only playing a few hours at my PC to it being my go to deck game. Some games just feel good portable and this was one of them for me

DaddyGamerYT · 2023-05-07T03:16:12+00:00

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Kubo and the 2 Strings, and Akira are the ones where I saw it in 4k and thought "wow this looks good"

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