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Press Play on Positivity: How BluSatire Is Changing the Game

• Jermaine Pulliam • Season 1 • Episode 92

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What does it take to build a thriving content creation community from scratch? BluSatire, leader of the Blu-A-Academy, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable journey from streaming on a 2012 MacBook with a desk lamp to fostering one of gaming's most positive and collaborative communities.

Blu's origin story is both humbling and inspiring – starting with PlayStation screen shares for friends before officially launching on Twitch, upgrading piece by piece from the most basic setup imaginable. "I had my 32-inch TV as a monitor, the MacBook running OBS, and a random desk lamp from college," he laughs. "And somehow it worked!" This resourcefulness demonstrates that equipment limitations need never stop passionate creators from beginning their journey.

You can follow Blu's journey here:
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Speaker 1:

Welcome. Welcome back to another episode of uploaded and unfiltered, the podcast in which I, your host, remain views another content creator in regards to their journey thus far. Tonight, as always, I have a special guest, and before I get him on a line and have this conversation, I'm going to read his bio so we can get a bit of information on him, and we're going to have an awesome time. Meet Blue Satire, the passionate leader of the Blue A Academy, a vibrant community built around connection, creativity and fun. By day, he's a dedicated social worker, but 24-7,. He's a dynamic content creator and variety streamer who brings people together through a shared love of Nintendo, rpgs, indie gems, retro classics, anime, food and so much more. Whether he's streaming or building community, blue Satire is all about good vibes, good games and unforgettable moments. And with that, I'd like to introduce my guest for the evening. Blue Satire. Welcome to the podcast. How you doing tonight? Well, it's good, man. Okay, now don't gas me up like that. You got me over here. Hi, I'm doing good. After that, how you feeling? Hey, I'm good. I'm glad and excited to get to have this conversation with you. And I told I don't remember who I told this, but I make all my guests write their bios because I want to see what they think about themselves and like hearing it. I'm not going to brag, yeah, I'm going to brag a little bit, but hearing it from my voice and like putting some little oomph into it, like it sounds good. You know, I sound great, you know, yo, I appreciate it. Well, welcome man, I'm glad you're here. But I'm going to, i'm'm gonna start where I start with everybody. Actually, I got a twofer I need. I forgot to mention this at the beginning. But while you tell me your origin story and how you guys started in content, I would love to know where the name blue satire came from. And if you can tell that story, I appreciate. If not, I get it. Well, blue satire is kind of funny because I had that name way before content creation. Uh-huh, it was. It's because, uh, so I'm a, I'm in a fraternity, a five-bedder sigma fraternity incorporated. Yep, you know, they used to give us names and things like that. At the time I was known for being a writer, but also, like on social media, calling out making fun of stuff, making fun of folks. Yeah, for doing dumb stuff, okay, okay. And so I would always just be silly or just be real sarcastic or like I didn't just sub to you. I would mention you and be like, but didn't you do this or what about that? You know like, damn, all right. So it was a blue satire because, like, I'm gonna poke fun at stuff while trying to tell the truth, so it was a lot to speak on it. That's kind of where the name came from. That is dope. Also, shout out to the homie at Bomber Tank. That's right. Yeah, all right, that's what I thought. Man. That's dope World small. Exactly, it is man, especially in content creation.

Speaker 1:

You start hanging out in different circles. It's like, oh, you know so-and-so, oh shit, you know it. All right, it's crazy, all right, what's your origin story? Blue Origin story? You know that's funny. I know you talked to Cole before, so it really started around the time. So we was in GroupMe and I know people probably don't even use it no more, right.

Speaker 1:

But um, it was in this gamer group, me and I just found twitch, uh, like 2015, solely because, whenever overwatch came out, because I wanted to watch you know overwatch players get better at it, but, right, the more I started playing games, I was looking into the concentration, stuff like that. I was in the group meeting with the homies like Colbert, some more people I think it would even be nice to wear it Damn All right, like being out loud, damn. And I was like, hey, y'all, if I stream, would y'all pull up? Because, I mean, it started from me playing games in a PlayStation party with some folks and they didn't know what it was. So they were like, what's that? I just share my screen, you know cause, back then, when you share your screen, they automatically make you go to Twitch or go to YouTube. Yeah, that's right, so low key.

Speaker 1:

I started streaming before I started streaming, right, and uh, so it went from me like, oh, yeah, let me just share this gameplay so they can see what I'm playing. And then I was like, well, I'm sharing it, I might as well try to do something with it. So I hit up Cole in the group and I just asked everybody so, hey, if I started streaming, would I watch it? Should I just do it? And they was like, yeah, let me go get this computer real quick.

Speaker 1:

And the wild part is I started streaming off of a 2012 MacBook I got from college in, like 2019. Ugh, I know, that was horrible and I had to get that thing booted so like to even use OBS or anything like that, because you know Mac didn't have OBS, exactly, or Streamlines OBS, so you were booting into Windows. Yes, I ain't had no room on that thing, bro. Hell, nah, damn, I ain't had no 500. Bro, my stream was bare minimum. Bro, you did it though Bare minimum. That's what I'm talking about.

Speaker 1:

How long were you in that situation for? I want to try to remember, because I want to say maybe until like December 2019 or maybe early 2020. So it was the first couple of months August, september. I told November that I went ahead and went on that iBuyPower brand Got me a PC Prebuilt, because I didn't know nothing about none of that, but I knew I wanted to be cool with it.

Speaker 1:

I wanted to do more than what I was doing because I had a camera. Look, I had my 32-inch TV as a monitor. No, what hold on? Huh, how did you do that? That's what I'm like. That's where I played the game. I played the game, yeah, and the macbook had the obs running. A streamer has obs running and I had my ipad for chat and stuff like that as well as me as an extra view, because you know when you're trying to get that affiliate. Yeah for sure you ain't going to pull myself up two, three times. You know what I'm saying. Like I got to do what I got to do, we're one-on-one.

Speaker 1:

So I just slowly started upgrading. I got a USB port to put into the MacBook so I could add more like a microphone. Yeah, and this is base level. I had that Logitech C9 220. It's still over here. It ain't plugged up, no more, but it's here. I'm about to plug mine in and do something with it.

Speaker 1:

I had that and a random desk lamp bro from college and that shit worked. I had that in a random desk lamp bro from college and you made that shit work. I hyper X, mike, and I go back and look at my clips like, right, y'all listen to me because this sounds bad bro. I hope I sound good right now the way. No, you straight now. Like everything is good, bro, I'm sitting here like this is what I sounded like, and y'all still kind of got me where I need to go, because I'm going to tell you it was me, cole, and somebody that we want to name that ain't around, no more. Got you In the chat all the time.

Speaker 1:

I'm telling you, bro, I'm telling you, equipment does not matter if you got that sauce, if people like you, you got to do what you can with what you got so you can get what you want and what you need Exactly. And like everybody goes through it, like my first setup was garbage. I mean it was a little better because I worked in IT and I can like cite for some parts from work, yeah, but it was still not where I am today. It wasn't where I wanted to be. But like I was having fun, like putting pieces together, getting stuff to work, tweaking OBS, like I don't like tweaking OBS Now, putting pieces together, getting stuff to work, tweaking OBS, like I don't like tweaking OBS.

Speaker 1:

No, don't get me wrong, but in the early days I was like let me see what I can do to like lighten the load on this thing. And man, I miss those days. There was some good times. I'm not enough to go back. I'm not trying to go back, but nah, nah, nowadays, sir, you can't go back to that quality unless you just have to go back to it Exactly. I mean it's fine, because back then I don't think I had a stream. I don't remember stream deck being that big either? No, they weren't.

Speaker 1:

I remember wanting one so badly and it was like the cost of it Like I was nowhere near like thinking I should be, but like now, it's like that's almost an essential thing to have as a I feel. So you want to have an easy production. You can go around and click that mouse and do all that, but it's so much easier to have your button set up exactly. Yeah, that's that's pretty much how my journey started. Just, it's honestly and I kind of forgot to, forgot something like a low key. You.

Speaker 1:

I was first doing stuff on youtube really 20 like 2017, when I, because I had lostkey. You, I was first doing stuff on youtube really like 2017, when I because I had lost my job. I was in grad school, gotcha, and it was like man and I. Twitch was not the first thing I thought about. Let me be a youtuber, which is funny, because now I am a youtube exactly I'm about to say look how the times have turned. But it's like it was a different thing. I was trying let me do the funny videos and let's get blah, blah, blah. Right, and I had, you know, bumbling cameras, like let me do that. And then I stopped doing that for a while. When I started back working and that's how I found I asked that question should I stream? And that's how I got here. That is dope. I like that.

Speaker 1:

So now that we have like dialed into to your origin story, what's your current landscape looking like? What are you up to as far as content goes? Yeah, I know, you know my motto, man you gonna get whatever I put on this stream. That's what I'm talking about. Like, really, I'm trying to, and even just recently, like I'm trying to figure out what more do I need to do to get to where I need to be? But I've been getting like opportunities do I need to do to get to where I need to be? But I've been getting opportunities and things, good things just by networking and being in these spaces, going to these conventions.

Speaker 1:

But really right now, this year for sure, I said I was going to have fun first. I'm going to play what I want to play and see what it does, but also work hard on this YouTube as far as making quality content, focus a little bit more on making shorts and things like that, because now that I have a YouTube partner and I'm fully monetized, I can kind of I don't have to worry about. I ain't got enough. I need more people and I need these hours. I need to get this within 300. I got everything I need for that. Now it's time to attract more people to the YouTube in order to attract them to everything else.

Speaker 1:

But honestly, it's just I'm trying to just play games and have fun. Look the sponsors. I've been blessed with getting a lot of games early, yes, sir. So I'm definitely trying to get better reviews because I want to be in that space where, like they hitting me up to get the game two, three weeks early, to beat it and let everybody know, yes, but really I'm kind of in the same mind space of playing games, previewing stuff, throwing events Like we just I mean even right now currently we're doing a Mouth Appreciation Week in collab with Colbert yeah, throwing like these events to get people together to celebrate them and maybe move people towards meeting somebody new and supporting communities. Sure Things like Retro Appreciation Week Me Move people towards meeting somebody new and supporting communities. Sure, things like Retro Appreciation Week Me and Felix Wynn do some things like the Blue Wind Week, celebrating the games of the year, letting people get together and express what they like, because really that's where I'm at right now Trying to have fun in this space and navigate away from all that negativity and people being mad all the time and trying to make stuff fail.

Speaker 1:

That's where I'm at as far as content is time, and trying to make stuff feel. That's where I'm at as far as content is having fun, growing, trying to figure out how I can get more, more, more opportunities so I can get more opportunities to other people as well. Yeah, that's dope, and I was telling talking to boss earlier and like week I could tell that. And Joshie, actually the group over at mouth, like the community that has cultivated, like y'all got each other's back, like it seems like a deep-knit group and like y'all have fun and like the content that's coming out of that is ridiculous. People are flexing their story muscles. You see it. Creativity, oh my God. That's been my favorite thing about it is like seeing people come together to put their minds together, cause that's like even with like, what Twitch wants is people to collab more. They push that collab and you see it full fledged within the mouth community and just in the main Academy, blueway Academy, main rush, all everybody around us essentially meeting new people getting people to act, voice, act, learning how to edit.

Speaker 1:

There's people out there like I don't know how to edit, I don't know how to do that, and they're some of the best editors I know. Now, that's what I'm talking about Time to learn Better than me. That's awesome. I don't know how to edit you better than me. That's crazy. I just messed it up Damn, that's crazy. Right, I just messed it up. Damn, that's amazing. But yeah, it's good to see. And, like you know, when you've been around Twitch so long, you see what people go through and you know making friends and having trust sometimes can be hard for folks, so we know how it is. Me personally, it's like I'm going to charge it to the game personnel. Like it's been so much that's happened. And if you good people, I'm happy you're here, please, like, keep being good. I want to be around you, I want to kick it with you, but if you bad folks, you gotta go. Exactly, I'm not dealing with it, it is what it is exactly. Yes, that's been my model for a few years.

Speaker 1:

Like I, I can't do the negativity, like not in the social space, not in my personal life, like I have squashed a lot of people out of my life, some family members, because I can't do it. Like I don't see any benefit of me splitting up with your bullshit. Look, family, there ain't nothing to cut them off either. Like I can love you from a distance, mm-hmm, but sometimes it's just for your mental sake and your growth. Certain people you can't be around. That's how you're acting different Exactly. You're like this is not me acting normal. I feel like I'm in fight or flight mode when I'm around you, so I'm going to not be around you. That's the thing that can't happen in content creation. That can absolutely happen in content creation.

Speaker 1:

Yes, you can be mad at folks for a minute because of how they did you, or how they're doing, or how they're moving, or just finding out things about them. That's something, unfortunately, that a lot of me and a lot of people around me have had to witness, and it's how we move. But the goal is still to climb and bring as we climb so we can line together exactly exactly. Uh, it's funny you mentioned that not to, I'm not gonna name any names but like me and boss and chris I don't know if you know about that situation but like we've seen some shit together and like, okay, and you've seen some shit with your crew, and like because, like, we have that bridge of boss, like it's almost like for me it was almost automatic okay, I know they ain't on, no bullshit, because boss is rocking with them and like I love that shit. Some people are like that's just how it is, like hey, I know they don't play around with that, so if he's cool with him, he must be a good person. That's like Exactly, I will say.

Speaker 1:

Sometimes, though, they slip through, they slip through the cracks. Sometimes There'll be people you never know, but it'll be cool for two, three years, bro, they disappear and then everybody telling their secrets because they, because, yes, that's one thing that really, that really get to me that really hurt. Like like not knowing how people are doing behind closed doors, but because y'all are so close or they think you so close to someone, right, if they don't talk about it, they don't say anything, and that's that's another thing that definitely wanted that I'm glad to get away from, cause like, well, I don't care who it is, it could be cold, like if they, if they, if it could be me, if I'm messing up yeah, that's somebody I know exactly up, please, quickness, and we can't do it no more. Like growing up, like finding like even in life for me like I wasn't tight with a bunch of people growing up I'm 40 something, 42 like right, those connections, like the connections I have now, like I always bring a boss because like I know that that dude got my back and I got his, and like I don't even have to question it, like that's like a family bond for me and like exactly, and like that didn't. It was hard to find that shit growing like in growing up as an adult, like in that real world, and so like finding a group of creatives that like think similar to how I think or move similarly how I move through the world, was like fascinating me and it's encouraging to hear that that is just, it's just growing. Like the community is getting bigger, more awareness is getting through and like people know how y'all rock and I love it. Gotta be that way, man. Yeah, nowadays for sure, I'm still in that space though, trying to like I like meeting new people at the same time as the exhausted bro I'm on a high on the exhausted piece me like I want it, but I don't like exactly. I want to be cool with so many people. It's like but is it gonna work? Yes, you know what? Am I asking too much with so many people is like is this going to work? Yes, am I. You know what this? You know right? Am I asking too much? I want to kick it with y'all too, but at the same time I want to body y'all, because everybody ain't for everybody Exactly At the same time. Like, look, we might be cool, we might cool friendship.

Speaker 1:

I've been pushing myself like outside my comfort zone this year, like I'm doing more collabs, like I put together a repo stream last Saturday with some homies cause A, I really want to play that game like I love it. I've been hearing you talking about it. I'm trying to get boss to play it. I'm trying to get boss to play. He's like nah. And I hear you on the nod train too. I'm on the super nod. I ain't on super nod. It's like. I hear you. It's like a 75% chance that I'm going to say I'm going to figure something out, I'm going to figure something out, but I just play it like I love. Like for me, when it's me just streaming, it's a vibe that I'm like, I'm locked in. I'm talking about what I want to there vibe, that I'm like I'm locked in. I'm talking about what I want to. There ain't nothing in my ear and I'm locked in.

Speaker 1:

But I started this whole streaming thing like streaming with people, and I did miss that shit and like the community that comes with that, the comedy that comes with that, like that shit's fun. It really. That's really one of the best things, in my opinion, about twitch is when you can collab. Collabs be fun because you're getting that energy. You're seeing people have fun with other people. Exactly, I mean, I know, early on when I started streaming, I definitely used to have homies in the Discord with me because it was like, hey, come, when it was only like two, three of us in the chat. Yeah, hey, come, give me some company, we'll be about to play. Exactly, collabs really are something that moves communities and moves people that wants. They want to see you laugh and have fun in hopes that they can do it too, or they just enjoy your presence and your friends bring some sound.

Speaker 1:

You gotta watch folks, though, because it'd be some folks that'd be saying some stuff's gonna get you packed up. Yeah, I know, but I mean that's essentially. I think those are some of the best streams, that you definitely got to know how to hold your own, but yes, but in space, collaboration is how you grow. I want to admit that I know, and it's one of those things, you got to get off your comfort zone and it's hard but collapse or how you grow, even if it's just being there or just playing and you ain't got to be on the stream, you can be playing with them. Essentially it's that networking piece of it. A lot of people don't like the word networking hey, get over it. But honestly that means because it can't happen organically. Some people believe that can't happen. But you can be in a chat and like dang, they cool, you just vibe and you play, for sure, and that comes into place when you finally meet them at a convention or in person. It's like dang family, exactly. I just see it all the time. I see people all the time having fun with other folks collabing and I know they met because of putting themselves out there or events. Yeah, so that's one thing Folks be scared to collab, but that's one of those things you got to get comfortable with being uncomfortable with. Exactly. You got to do it, bro.

Speaker 1:

I was just talking to my oldest kid about. She makes her own bookmarks and she sells these things. She's making money and I was like just blow my goddamn mind. But she doesn't want to market, she doesn't want to do any marketing. And there's a fair coming up that all you got to do. You get a booth, you sit down, people come up and chill, right. She is like terrified. I'm like listen, I promise you. I know it seems scary because you don't want to talk to people, but I promise you, after that fair, you're going to be. It was just that's it. And you're going to. It was just that's it, and you're gonna get into it and it's gonna be natural.

Speaker 1:

And she and like she's finally like coming around to it because, like for me, like that fear comes at any situation, like there's always some fear if you've never done something or you're nervous, but too much right here. You know that. You know I'm saying my man about hey, shit, oh, my god, oh my god. You know what next topic? You know what next topic? I agree, though it's always gonna be something there, like you gotta and everything you do, even in streaming. Hell, yeah, like, but I do. I do hope that that works out well, cause that's cool, like, and even going to the fair, you're gonna meet different people and see different people. That just exactly. You never know who gonna pull up to your booth like, hey, yeah, I run this bookstore, you want to put some of these here. Exactly, I got that book coming out like, bro, that's what it's about. Just like, be creative in a positive sense, like think of all the cool shit that might happen. Um, but, yeah, she's coming around, so I'm glad. Yes, uh, all right, let's, let's switch gears here.

Speaker 1:

I'm interested to know and you kind of dropped some gems already, but there's never enough what is a lesson that you have learned because you started creating content? Look like, let's see A lot, but I'm trying to figure out what's the best you know, like I mean, whatever you want to say, it's up to you. Man, the floor is yours, because one thing is they always tell you like do something that you love, like you're gonna work hard at it, and I know I learned that I must really like streaming because I put so much into it. Yes, and I'll be tired, but I'm not tired, like it's been a while since I felt even burnout. I might get discouraged every now and then, but I know that I like what I'm doing. I feel like I'm making some type of impact.

Speaker 1:

Exactly, I learned like if you really like it, you're going to give it your all, regardless of what you're getting back. And a lot of times with streaming, you're going to work hard. Don't necessarily mean you're going to get it all back or get anything yeah, that's true, but you got to have fun with it. I think having fun with things I really learned that having fun and enjoying things in a positive way will go a long way for your mental life. Even with life with music, conversations, a lot of negativity out there but I think you attract more people. That's going to like what you like, or just that, even if they don't like it, you're gonna have more fun with the conversations and things like that. When you focus on what you love to do, it's gonna make things easier. Even when it feels hard, when it feels time, when you're working hard, I learned you're still gonna do what you need to do because you actually like it.

Speaker 1:

Right, hell, yeah, I've been on that mindset for a while now. Like it just all makes sense. Like the more that I like something, the more that I'm positive about something, the only more good shit comes from it, even if it ain't what you think, it is something coming. You know whether it's exactly what's the word I'm looking for clarification, though. That word is clarity. Clarity, yes, clarity, yes, here we go. Clarity, it's a journey.

Speaker 1:

And also, don't put nothing past nobody. I already learned that, but I learned that some more with content creation. Don't put nothing past nobody Ever. Don't put nothing past nobody Ever. My motto is I give you the benefit of the doubt, but after that, it's on you that I give you the benefit of the doubt, but after that it's on you, that's a wrap. I'm not going to distrust you because of what everybody else did in the past, but you got one shot. Yes, sir, you're good, but don't mess up, because I can't no more. I'm going to charge it to the game. What the heck Damn. I hate to see you go. Like seeing it happen so much through life, like giving people multiple chances and seeing what they do with it still fucking up. It's like all right, man, what's the point? One shot, that's how you get. Yes, sir, that is hilarious. Where's the advice?

Speaker 1:

If you had to give a piece of advice to, uh, either somebody who started creating content or wants to do it, or maybe somebody just like yo. I'm done, I don't want to do this shit anymore. Who do you want to talk to? What would you say to him? This for both this. If you're starting, all okay.

Speaker 1:

If you're in here, you're feeling burnt out. What I learned? When, like the best thing you can do, you gotta have fun with it. Do what you want to do. There's some there, you know everybody. See, I play this certain game. You can't be niche, but whatever you do, have fun with it.

Speaker 1:

If it's not fun and you're miserable with doing it, then why are you doing it? You know, because people are like you. Talk about this all the time. People will. They can feel your energy through that screen, regardless if you think they can or not.

Speaker 1:

And if you're worried about success, if you're worried about gaining an audience, you can't be on the screen looking bored. You can't be on the screen looking mad. You can't be on the screen not giving your all and having fun. If you're miserable, ain't nobody want to sit in there with you Right Now. If you're transparent and honest, like that's not to say that. If you're feeling bad, because a lot of people are different Like me, sometimes I still stream because I might feel better when I'm with community.

Speaker 1:

But some folks, like you, ain't feeling it, don't get on. But some folks, if you're able to be transparent with how you're feeling and then channel that into using this space as something for you to be a getaway, go for it. Have fun, make this your space. This is your space, regardless of who's coming to it. So it's like somebody coming to your house, right? You want to be comfortable in your home. You want to be able to enjoy being in your space, whether you've started streaming or you've already been streaming and you're burnt out.

Speaker 1:

Have fun with it. Do what you want to do. Most of the time you got to do what you got to do. You might see a game opportunity, like, let me play this game so I can be seen. Exactly, you're going to go so much further when you have fun and enjoy what you're doing. That's why my motto is you're going to get whatever I put on this stream. Exactly, that is dope and plus, like, especially with your stream, you're opening, like people's eyes to games they probably would never seen before. Right, I mean, that's what I think a lot of people I think I've I don't know if I saw a tweet or somebody talking about it on a timeline, or they were telling people you shouldn't play niche games.

Speaker 1:

You need to play what's popular. I seen it in the comments. They're like no, that's how you meet people that like what you like. Exactly, you're playing the stuff that's popular because everybody else is doing it. You might not even like it, but you over here playing Trails in the Sky of missouri or xeno blade, or rent a random game nobody know about. It's gonna be that that day that one, two, three people was looking for somebody playing that game and you just met somebody who's gonna be there because you played that.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, or you just gotta do what you gotta do, gotta do what you want to do, have fun, don't chase, don't chase, don't chase what everybody else is doing. Make your own lane. It might take a while to drive to your destination, but stay in your lane, yeah, and have fun doing it. Then it won't matter how long it take. Right, it's, it's the journey. The journey is what you got to appreciate, exactly because that's why the fun stuff happened. Yeah, right, like all of the stories come from the journey. The journey, because once you get there, wasn't it? Yeah, you're like, oh, all right, hey, new journey time, baby, no, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta take the time to appreciate everything you meet along the way on that journey. Exactly, that's crazy.

Speaker 1:

You mentioned finding people do indie games. Firewatch there's not many people played firewatch and firewatch classic bro. That game was so good and I'm one of my closest homies through that game. He came through like, uh, let me just say now I probably, I don't think that many black people played that game and so I was like I was worried of what. Let's make real, a lot of black people don't play any games except for now. Okay, okay, you're right, I will say this. A couple years ago maybe not, yeah, but I think low-key, right now, I feel like a lot of black people are champions to indie games. Oh, yeah, I agree with that. A couple days ago, the typical casual gamer that's not on Twitch, that's not in the know, For sure, especially in the older days, sure, I don't even know if I know what that is, especially in the older days, but, like now, recent years, indie games have been doing their thing.

Speaker 1:

I can't say black folks really have been championing behind indie games. Yes, I know so many. It's been dope to watch because I'm like I like Bastion, like back in the'm, like I like Bastion, like I like Bastion a lot and like nobody was really talking about it, and like now I feel like Bastion is one of those games that would go crazy in our community, like just talking about all the hidden messages and the story. Oh my God, that's so good. But, yeah, I agree with you, that shit is. It's been awesome to see, because I agree with you, that shit is. It's been awesome to see Cause a lot of I'm fine there are a lot of black devs making video games, a lot of a lot of people of color making video games, indie games, and they've been some of the best games that put our stories.

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In them you learn culture. Yes, I think that's why you see us. You see other other cultures. You see other other coaches, you see other uh races, like participating and showing love to any games, because they're seeing games. That's true in there, in there. You know that gives background to who they are and it gives them the back.

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Then when we discovered a game that we really connected with. Now we got people. We're making those games now, yes, and it's like we can see us in it now, like that's the. Oh, my god, you know, we see us, de us, deis. Now you know what I'm saying. You know what I'm saying we in it. I mean, I gotta go hit up some devs. I just you just sparked an idea in my head.

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I was like, oh shit, I'm about to. Yep, I already written it down. It's written down on this pad. We're Got one for you. What? Who? Graham Legend. I don't know if you ever heard of Graham Legend. I cannot think of the game right now, but let me play one of his debut inning games. He has some good music, he's always in the space and I definitely think he would talk with you. Hell yeah, all right. Well, we'll have to get that info when we get out of here, because I'm'm like there's so many questions happening. Alright, bet, even better, let's talk about Twitter or Blue Sky. Blue Sky probably going to help people.

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Yeah, I can't do Twitter anymore. I opened it yesterday and I was like, nah, I'm only on it for the opportunities, bro, that's what I was like Let me check my DMs. Didn't get it. Alright Moving, I said a little bit on there, but every time I open Twitter, I get mad. Right, I'm like get out of here before I fight somebody. It's crazy. It's crazy how much I was into Twitter like when I first got into it. It's so much. Yeah, that is true 100%.

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Once they started letting you get paid to tweet, it ain't been the same, because half the things they tweet they don't believe it, they just rage baiting. Exactly, damn. Being paid to tweet was the worst thing to ever happen to social media. Exactly, and it didn't even help in that matter. I think he's about to lose that thing. Red dude, they're going to say the most outlandish stuff. They don't even believe it. Right, this game, this game, this game, trash game, ass. The whole time they at the house playing that game, loving it exactly, getting all the trophies in that motherfucker whole time. You know what? I don't know what's gonna happen. My hope in life is just like we all just collectively figure out how to ignore these motherfuckers so that, look, I've been ignoring the little culture war that's been happening in gaming. Please.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows came out. They just knew. They just knew people was gonna hate it, it was gonna feel it was gonna be bad, and now they're moving the goalposts cause it's actually had some success, right, it's like when South of Midnight come out. I cannot wait. I hope I get that.

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We need to be there full force supporting, because you know that's the best game on their list to try to mess over, because they can't do it with Assassin's Creed, but I don't care. We're going to have, like I said, we're going to have fun and enjoy the games we enjoy. We're going to play games, we're going to listen to music, we're going to watch movies, we're going to watch TV, we're going to watch anime that we like, while you're over here whining on the internet. Bye, exactly Bye. Bye, man. Blue Blue. I appreciate you, man. Thank you for this conversation. It has been exciting for me because you know I love talking about this stuff. I appreciate you. Yeah, man, no problem.

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Before we get out of here, I need you to brag about all of your different socials and where people can find your content at. So look, I'm on everything like Hot Sauce at Blue Satire, my TikToks. You need little gaming clips or little video game stuff or music or things like that. Blue Satire on TikTok YouTube. I also make mashups of Blue Satire music on YouTube as well. Blue Satire on TikTok YouTube. I also make mashups of blue satire music on YouTube as well, blue satire on Twitch and, yeah, we here at Twitter, instagram, all that stuff, b-l-u-s-a-t-i-r-e no E in the blue and you can find me. Well, yeah, we out here, we doing work, we doing work, hell yeah, and all of his links will be in the show notes of this episode.

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And, as always, if you haven't shared the podcast with your creative friends, why have you not uploaded and unfiltered? I've talked to a creator. We're going to be switching it up a little bit. I might do like two guests, like two episodes with a guest and then two episodes with just like knowledge, just stuff that's been on my mind as far as content creation and just like we've been talking about today, like being more positive and what that does to our mindset and all that fun stuff. So look out for that. It's gonna be fun, other than that blue.

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We, we bodied it. It's in there. We did it. Hey, it was a good time and I appreciate you for inviting your boy over. Talk to me, yeah, hey, well, I got an opportunity for you because I already told Boss I want to do this. So if you and Boss and Code want to come through and MP2 or whoever you want to. You know what I'm saying. I'm here for that Because I got I'm going to end the podcast here. Y'all are just gonna end on that cliff note, but I gotta talk to this man a little bit after this preach y'all, thank y'all for listening and, as always, protect your mental, keep creating content and I'll talk to you in the next one. Peace.