I know today I usually make a post about actual gaming news or thoughts on topics. But it’s been a slower game week and let’s face it, you don’t need another post about Fallout 76 and the failure that the game is. With NaNoWriMo finishing up, that’s my priority. So today, a quick chat about my stream.

A lot of other gamers I play with have a dual monitor setup. I thought that was excessive. I had my Surface up next to my computer, helping me to complete work assignments/other projects up while I played. If I needed to use something like WoWHead, I would just pull it up on my tablet and call it a day.

With Black Friday, I saw a deal to upgrade my streaming software (XSplit) for a lifetime license for pretty much what I’ve already spent on it. This caused me to switch from XSplit Gamecaster to XSplit Broadcaster, which is apparently more complicated to setup but after a simple video, I got it to how I want it to look in just about 10 minutes. It seemed pretty simple, but the problem was.. I couldn’t figure out how to get my Twitch chat to appear on the screen. My husband, the IT god that he is, suggested that since we had a second monitor we could just plug it in and do a dual monitor set up like the pros. So we did.

Today will be my first stream with this new setup, so I’m hoping for the best. Don’t forget that you can click the link to my Twitch channel on the sidebar. If I can get this to work on other live broadcast sites at the same time, I will also post those links as well.

I don’t stream because I want to be a professional gamer. I stream for brand awareness for my blog, writings, and other works. (I write a lot about brand awareness for my ghostwriting gig, and they say every little bit helps.) I stream to build up authority so a place will discover me and ask me to write about games for their website. If I say, get a sponsor offer from say Dunkin’ I won’t say no. As more viewers tune in, I may consider expanding it. But my focus is my writing. I’m playing the games anyways, so why not?

Next week, back to our regularly scheduled gaming blog where I hope to be discussing the newly announced Winter Overwatch event. (Here’s to hoping.)