I started Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End on stream yesterday, and I am pumped. I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while. This is one of those games I’ve told people for years is my favorite of all time. Not “one of.” The one. And now I’m jumping back in years later with a completely different perspective and a completely different setup. The Stream Didn’t Go Smooth… At All Let’s not pretend this was some clean, polished kickoff.
When I first started posting gameplay and writing about it, I didn’t really know what would happen. I just knew I enjoyed gaming, writing, and documenting the process of learning things in real time. There wasn’t some big strategy at the beginning. No huge audience waiting. Just a camera, a few streams, and the idea that maybe people would enjoy watching the journey unfold. And slowly… they have. @channlerg Picking Up The Pieces Quest. Worth it? #arcraiders #arcraidersquest #justquestin #arcraidersgameplay
I’m Level 1 again. No stash. No safe pocket. No illusion that I’m tougher than I actually am. And it feels better than the first time. When I skipped the first Expedition, it wasn’t because I didn’t care. It was the opposite. I felt like I had too much to learn. Systems on top of systems. Crafting. Skill trees. Workbenches. Materials that looked important but made no sense yet. I didn’t want to jump in halfway and pretend I understood
I get asked this a lot. “What’s your favorite game of all time?” And every time, I say it without hesitation: Uncharted 4. Not because it has the best mechanics. Not because it reinvented gaming. Not because I did some deep analytical breakdown of narrative structure like I’m writing a thesis. It’s my favorite because of how it made me feel the first time I played it. And I didn’t even see it coming. It Came With My PS4… That’s
There’s a moment during some streams where I suddenly think, I hope no one I know sees this. Not in a dramatic way.Not in a spiral.Just a quick, quiet thought that passes through and sits there for a second longer than I’d like. Because on paper, this doesn’t look impressive yet.The audience is small.The progress is slow.The vibe is very much “still figuring it out.” And somehow, that hasn’t stopped me from showing up again the next day. Heads up!
I went into 2025 thinking I already knew what kind of games were “for me.” That confidence was misplaced. Not in a dramatic way.In a quiet, annoying way, where you realize mid-week, mid-session that you’re still playing something you fully expected to uninstall. That happened to me three times this year. And every time, it started with me being sure I wouldn’t care. Heads up! Some of these links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at
I didn’t set out to “play through the year.”I just kept opening games out of curiosity, boredom, and the quiet hope something would click. Some of them did.Some of them absolutely did not.All of them, somehow, told me something about how I spend my time now. Not in a motivational-poster way.More like a “huh… that explains a lot” way. Heads up! Some of these links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to
I didn’t wake up one morning and decide to beef with an algorithm. It just kind of happened. You post something you care about. You stream longer than you planned. You actually show up. And then… nothing happens. Or at least nothing visible happens. And that’s when your brain fills in the blanks with the worst possible explanations. The algorithm hates me. I missed the window. Everyone else figured it out except me. Hear me out, though. I don’t think the
I go live and the same names show up.Not hundreds. Not thousands. Just… the room. Same jokes. Same energy. Same unspoken agreement that nobody’s here to impress anyone. And honestly?That’s when streaming stopped feeling like “content” and started feeling like hanging out. Heads up! Some of these links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools I use or trust. Big Audiences Look Cool. Small Ones Feel Real.
Here’s the thing people get wrong about how I play games. It’s not that I can’t be competitive.It’s that I’m not trying to turn every match into a TED Talk about my skill level. If you drop into my stream expecting elite mechanics, perfect rotations, and a masterclass in “how to dominate,” you’re going to be disappointed pretty fast. If you drop in expecting conversation, chaos, side comments, random questions, and people steering the vibe more than I do, you’re