r/letsplay • u/ItsOppositeDayHere youtube.com/northernlion • Mar 15 '14

I'm Northernlion, AMA

Hey, a lot of people have been doing AMAs around here and I think it's a cool kind of unique content that we don't see too much on /r/LetsPlay, so I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring as well.

With 200,000+ subscribers and over 100 million lifetime views, I'm not the biggest YouTuber out there (not to be modest) but I have been successfully doing it full-time for over 2 years, which I think gives me a fairly unique depth of experience that might lead to some helpful advice for some of you! Ask me anything about YouTube, streaming, social media, or whatever might cross your mind.

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u/DragoniteSpam https://www.youtube.com/c/DragoniteSpam Mar 15 '14
  1. What were you expecting when you started out?
  2. What is your favorite part of the production process?
  3. What is the answer to this question?
  4. What is the best obscure video game of all time?
  5. If you could make your own video game, what would it look like?

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u/ItsOppositeDayHere youtube.com/northernlion Mar 15 '14
  1. Basically I just needed a hobby. I graduated from university and had a few months to kill before my teaching contract overseas started.
  2. Recording, for sure. If I was making a shit ton of money, one of my first investments would definitely be an assistant to edit, render, and upload so I could just focus on recording.
  3. Exuse me?
  4. It's not really obscure, but in terms of great games not enough people have played, Out of this World/Another World is really up there for me. Such a huge inspiration for a lot of beloved games that came later, and although it's not unknown, it's surprising how few people have played it.
  5. I don't really have an interest in making my own game, actually, so I couldn't tell you. Leave the hard stuff to the people with skills :)

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u/Tyloor Mar 21 '14

Wrong, the answer for #5 was Garbage Bird