#oneaday Day 936: Simmin' and Chillin'

I ended up putting together a "Simmin' and Chillin'" video earlier than I initially expected, but I'm glad I did; I'm pleased with how it came out and several people have commented on how much they liked the sort of structureless, "comfy" formula — so I'll definitely do more of these in the future.

There will doubtless be some more BeamNG drive because I'm absolutely in love with that game, but over the long term expect some varied fare including PowerWash Simulator, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Euro Truck Simulator 2 and more. Actually, I think those are all the "current" sims that I own — though of course there's nothing to say I can't delve back into the mists of time and play some older stuff. That might be more a Retro Select sort of thing though.

When I first started making videos, I was concerned I wouldn't be able to "fill the gaps" with talking, and you can probably see that in some of my earlier stuff. A lot of this stems from my own social anxiety and the difficulty I have in holding down a conversation that involves "small talk" in the real world. But I've been pleased that over time I've developed the ability to keep things rolling and flowing on a video — and I think the recent BeamNG drive video is a good example of how far I've come.

By not constraining myself to just talking about the game and instead just using it as a backdrop for conversation and anecdotes, I feel quite free to ramble on about whatever I want to. Sometimes the things I talk about might be interesting, other times they might not be — but either way, this format feels like it empowers me to talk about things that I might not otherwise have a chance to chat about in a reasonably informal manner.

I still think it would work well in a stream format, so I'll give some serious consideration to timings. A couple of you have already indicated what might work well for you, and since I suspect if you're reading this you're one of the most likely people to show up to any livestreams I might do, keep your suggestions and preferences rolling in, as of course you lovely people will have "priority"!

Anyway. As tempting as it is to drive a crap car around the streets of BeamNG drive for a few hours… hmm. I think I might actually drive a crap car around for at least a little bit before going to bed, but probably not hours. But then bed, definitely totally positively absolutely…!