I successfully connected my twitch account to my Xbox and streamed a game of NCAA 2025 (I won 35-14) in front of a person, my wife, and maybe a kid. I am viewing this experience as preparation for a new NCAA game this summer and want to stream regularly. Last year at this time I was excited to be part of the Goonhammer coverage of a game I love, Age of Sigmar. This year I don’t even play that game and don’t want to paint models for it. Next year I could be dating two dudes at the same time because everything can change.

In many ways I’ve been streaming towards an audience of one since the game was released. My wife did not believe that I really wanted the college football game for my birthday (and new Xbox that it required) and I’ve played at least 200 games since then. That’s a small number for some but I’ve done well in increasing the difficulty level from varsity to Hiesman. I’ve loved talking with my chat of one and I think she looks forward to spending time with me and learning about stretch runs, screen passes, and why Oregon is a bitch team that might steal a 5* recruit but won’t beat Temple twice.

I also want to start streaming my hobby painting and might almost be ready with my basement setup. I have a space dwarf army that is ready to go and another half dozen projects that will take me into 2027 without buying new models. I’m LOVING my space dwarves and exploring new techniques has been a lot of fun. I’ve always painted for events and this is a new experience for me.

Under the influence of my own ignorance I think that making a dual streaming channel is gonna be easy and fun. What makes me so happy is that I don’t have anything or anyone to do this for other than me, myself, and I. My therapist/enabler who thinks I’m NOT having a midlife crisis is very excited when I do things I want to do.

I want to stream myself learning new painting techniques and FUMING over how shit like glazing or painting heads on paperclips works. I want to rebuild Temple in NCAA 2026 to a 5* program and win natty after natty after natty. What I don’t want is to be bound by a release schedule that will never stop.