I’ve had a public youtube channel since at least 2009. It hasn’t been used much, however I have published a handful of videos over the years; mostly youtube poop to share with friends and lots of school projects. I’ve been meaning to get into “content creation” so I’ve been hoping to clean up the channel a bit and clear out some of the older videos before I get started in earnest.

I decided to unlist the videos rather than delete them outright so that I can share them here. Having been online since I was a child I’ve noticed that my digital footprint has faded over time and I’ve been surprised to find myself dissapointed with the loss of certain artifacts. Call it nostalgia, but it seems like more people could get value from seeing what a (more or less) healthy relationship with the internet as a kid looked like.

That being said these videos are still pretty shitty, but I do still want to keep them somewhere for display. They do need a bit of context though. Hopefully this extra data about me doesn’t bite me in the ass in the future :|

Noby Noby Boy Videos — May 2009 - Feb 2010

Noby Noby Boy was a game by Keita Takahashi for PS3’s PSN and man it was so sick. It had this feature that let you upload clips straight to youtube which I made great use of. I hear the only way to play this is with a hacked PS3 or an emulator nowadays, and I suppose the online features (meant to track how long all users have collectively stretched their Noby Noby Boy) would also be down. Dang.

See also (yes these are inside jokes):

• Noby Noby is Fatter Than Stitch’s Tail
• Noby Noby Boy is Closer Than Oberlie

Youtube Poops — June 2009 - July 2010

A favourite pastime of my friends and I was to whip together dumb videos to make eachother laugh. We were always making these things; whether it was taking something innocent we said out of context, trolling, or simply just learning how to use some video-editing program or another.

“You Tube”, the video highlighted above, is specifically referencing a video that Paula’s younger brother’s made. I like how you also get a little taste of what 2009s Youtube looked like in this one.

See also:

• Bodyless Snake Speaks
• MAow
• This one is a long story…

CyberCarRally HD Menu Screen — May 25th 2011

In high school I was enrolled in a specialized digital media and fine art program. In our tech class we had a number of dedicated assignments for learning stuff like Flash, Illustrator, Photoshop, web design etc (I plan on sharing that stuff here eventually too) but the highlight of each semester was definitely the independent study unit (ISU). Each time we did the assignment we had a chance to pick a medium and create essentially whatever we wanted. We also had to document the process and when finished present the project to the entire class. A bunch of my old videos on youtube are a result of that program.

In 2011 I opted to leverage my elite gamer knowledge and experience making maps for games like Counter-Strike and Garry’s Mod to submit a legitimate source mod for my ISU. I had no idea how to code, so the best thing I could do was create a self-enclosed map that handled all of the logic for the game. I opted to make a “racing” game and dropped in some music that my friend Paula had recently produced.

I’m excited to say that I managed to keep the files for CyberCarRallyHD preserved after all this time and you can find and play it for yourself here.

See also (other ISU videos):

• [ISU 2012] Cyber Crunch - Motion Tracking in After Effects
• [ISU 2013] NoReplyTV - 3D Motion Graphics
• [ISU 2013] Cinema 4D Test 2