Thread by @KitaruTC

@ChunandRice YMMV (and even when it applies, it can come with its own unhealthy habits), but one experience that helped me feel vindicated after a long period offline was an "unhoard" video project where I edited together previously recorded runs and premiered them on Twitch. 1/

@ChunandRice As background info: I was already in the habit of recording everything for score/speed games in case I got any new personal bests. My schedule was also kind of wack at the time; I didn't want to stream at 1am, 2am, etc., but I could still record some runs to wind down. 2/

@ChunandRice (This is where the applicability probably varies; this made me feel better about offline play of score/speed games, but I don't know how well it would work for narrative games and other interactive experiences.) 3/

@ChunandRice I had an offline run that was set aside to be part of a video project someone else was organizing but unfortunately stalled out. When I got the go-ahead to release it separately, I decided to try to get some more interesting content to make it a solo project. 4/

@ChunandRice (This is the part where it got kind of unhealthy; I didn't know where exactly to call it a stopping point, so I sat on a lot of the content for a _long_ time after it was initially recorded. Having a better plan or deadline going in might help this strategy succeed.) 5/

@ChunandRice All trade-offs and considerations aside, my experience was that it worked well in this case; I felt I was able to play offline without feeling "off" about it, and then share it in some form on Twitch. 6/

@ChunandRice I recognize that its applicability may vary, and it's definitely a trade or a different kind of content production to go for the debut / watch-party route. Even in writing down this experience, I have to grapple with _my own_ lingering sense that it wasn't "the same" as live. 7/

@ChunandRice Maybe it could work as a supplement? It also still has similar "strings attached" that "games = content = work," but, still, sometimes having more strategies to reshape the mindset can be helpful (or at least an improvement in how one feels about these things).
8/8, i think