Gary M. Gadsdon's Blog

"You don't need a reason to help people "
- Zidane Tribal, Final Fantasy IX

This page will give an overview of my recording setups. I feature two PCs that are both capable of recording depending on what game I'm playing and depend on if I want to sit in a chair or lay down on my bed.

Laptop 5

Laptop 5 is for laying in my bed. It's the fifth Laptop I've owned (duh) and was custom built in a Computer Boutique. Laptop 5 is used for regular day-to-day activity such as watching YouTube or browsing.

Processor: Intel Pentium B980 (2.4GHz)
Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics
RAM: 2x 4GB DDR3 SODIMM (1600MHz)
HDD: 250GB
OS: Windows 10 Pro
Recording Software: Camtasia Studio 7 or FRAPS
Editing Software: Camtasia Studio 7 or Adobe Premiere CS6

Bahamut

Bahamut is a desktop PC and is capable of much more than Laptop 5 is. Bahamut serves as a remote server for the connected HDDs which Laptop 5 has access to at all times. Bahamut is a Custom Built PC that I built myself. It is still a work in progress.

Processor: Intel Core i3 4160 Dual Core (3.6GHz)
Graphics: Intel Integrated 4400
RAM: 1x 8GB DDR3 DIMM (1600MHz)
OS: Windows 7 Pro and Windows 10 Pro Dual Boot
Optical Drive: 16x Blu-Ray Rewriter
Storage: 2x160GB (F,J), 200GB (C), 3TB (G), 2x 8GB (K,U), 16GB (I), 64GB (H)
- C: Contain the OS data. C is the active OS, and B is the other OS inactive OS. Windows 10 is default.
- F is my Localhost for developing Websites
- G contains all my videos, including Lets Plays
- H contains my personal files including Grabpics and Music
- I are all my installers for quick reference when I reinstall an OS
- J are all my games.
- K are various comic books
- U contains my old university data including my Dissertation
Recording Software: Camtasia Studio 7 or FRAPS
Editing Software: Camtasia Studio 7 or Adobe Premiere CS6
Controller: DualShock 3
Capture Device: Hauppauge HD PVR 2

Consoles

I primarily game on consoles, so here's the consoles I have. I'm not going to post their specs because they're standard and can be found on Wikipedia.

Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PlayStation Portable
Sony PlayStation 3
Sony PlayStation 4

Other stuff

This is for other equipment I have connected to Bahamut above, and is available to me. They may or may not be used to record content.

VCR (PAL)
Turntable (Vinyl)
iPhone 4
iPad Mini

Promotion Guidelines and Requirements

I'm open to being contacted to playing some games that are of interesting genres to promote them.

A Fee is charged to bring promoted games to the front of the game upload queue. This is £150 GBP. Games not promoted this way will be placed at the end of the queue after the first game currently being uploaded is complete. This timeframe can vary.
Promoted games will be labelled as such with an overlay at the start of the video.
Games need to be playable on either of my PCs. You're liable for upgrades if you want me to play it. (eg, your game requires a quad core processor while I only have a dual core.)
PC games should preferably have no DRM. Steam Keys are okay but know that I don't use Steam too often.
Controller input is prefered for most part. I use a PlayStation 3 controller even on PC, but the onscreen prompts can be for Xbox.
Console games are fine, but for PlayStation only (except Vita). Xbox games will be ignored.