While I have not yet decided whether or not HPAW will go HD I have started my testing now that I have the new HD capture card in my possession.

Over the course of the next week I will be uploading a series of public video tests to both the HPAW server and to YouTube. Any and all feedback would be appreciated.

Audio is now working with direct game capture. Getting this all to work with the HPAW microphone is next on the list.

Check out the flip at 4:07

The bitrate on HD Test 3 is higher than required resulting in a larger file size. Future tests will hopefully be smaller with little to no quality loss.

UPDATE: You guys really don’t want HD HPAW?

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UPDATE: Part 2 is now available.

Some of you may have guessed that this was coming from the previous HD test and the talk in the Fallout Marathon. Well here it is the Dead Space episode with hopefully improved (though not HD) quality. Capture was done with the PC version of the game and capture from PC which has proven problematic in the past. (Seems great this time)

I have also started a Twitter account for HPAW which I will try to update at least once per day.

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Part 2:
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Some of you may have noticed that I have uploaded two high definition test videos to YouTube in order to test the new “fmt=22” format (aka 720P). These tests do not mean that HPAW will be presented in high definition. In fact they pretty much mean the opposite. I have found that processing time is over 4x longer for HD content and the files sizes will be in the multiples of gigabytes. It would likely take over 24 hours to get a video from filming to online if we filmed in HD as opposed to the current 3-5 hours.

HPAW in HD:

In other news the Gears of War Marathon is now back on the server and downloadable in its original WMV format.

Well no matter how busy I get I always love to add new features or make improvments to HPAW and now if your chance to make a difference.

Please leave a comment with what you think would make the HPAW site or videos themselves better. From something new to fixing something that does not work quite right.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT FOR GAME REQUESTS!!! (Bans will be given out Dattebayo style)

UPDATE: Full marathon downloadable via Bittorrent

Well this concludes our Fallout 3 Marathon but we have only scratched the surface into this huge game so pick it up if you liked what you saw.

In this bonus video we have some fun and give our impressions of the game.

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Yesterday we completed the filming of our Fallout 3 Marathon. We now have over 12 hours of game footage.

We have taken some the the suggestions and comments given to us in this past week (even World) and I have increased the video bitrate, raising the quality level but making the files a little larger. What does this mean to people you watch on Youtube, most likely nothing, download the high quality ones. Just right-click and and select save as or save target as depending on your browser.

UPDATE: Filming of Part 8 and onwards will begin shortly, in the mean time Part 7 is now online.

Today I begin the presentation of the Fallout 3 Marathon. Join Mempf, WorldGone Awry, Nw Striker, Teclis and Biske in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout 3.

Overall length of this marathon has yet to be decided but currently we have over 7 hours of game footage.

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UPDATE: Some video blogging was done from my iPhone. Check out my Live Video Stream page for the videos.

Today October 29th the entire HPAW cast will be attending the Vancouver Video Games Live show.

It is taking place a the Orpheum theater in Vancouver. We will not be taking HCAM (our video camera) partly due to the fact we will not be allowed to film inside and the fact that we have a marathon this weekend so I don’t have the time to edit any additional videos.

If you are in Vancouver and are attending Video Games Live event keep a lookout for HPAW.

We have seats in the 7th row. More information can be found of the Video Games Live website

Well as many of you know the HPAW cast has been busy with real life activities such as jobs or in Teclis and my case Simon Frasier University. As I mention in a previous post I have been working on a 3000 word research paper. Well that has now reached draft status and I would like to share it. The topic is the dangers of artificial intelligence.

To read my paper and for more information head over to Mempf’s Blog

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