Hello NeoGAF,
I wanted to make a thread and alert you to a fellow member of this forum, a member going by the name DrewM1788 (real name :Andrew Meduri), who has a weekly gaming talk show called The Level Up Show on Twitch. He started this show at the launch of the PS4 when everyone was streaming shows via the PlayStation Camera (they have since upgraded their equipment, at their own expense, to give the fans the best show, and put out, the best quality product possible because of their commitment to the show). Think the Spartan Show (remember them?) if the Spartan Show survived 2+ years and if the hosts of that show were actually knowledgeable about the gaming industry. Andrew started this show from his apartment as seen here in one of his very first broadcasts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khenV9tMgJ8 and grew the show to having a whole basement in his new home dedicated to the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drY...x=124&list=PLe8RPlQ4dhsdPYzvs3wSN-DG7sAMMXaSI . Andrew not only writes every weekly show himself, he creates the visuals for the segments, as well as researching the news stories and preparing the videos to go along with the news stories himself all the while not letting the work get to him and letting his passion for this industry and his viewing audience shine through. And since Andrew is from Neogaf this is basically Neogaf: the show (which I know a lot of you wanted for awhile here) so if you ever wondered what a fellow member thinks of all the news coming from this forum this is the place for you. If you even give the show one second of your time I’m sure you will be as enthralled as I am with this show and all the love and heart put behind it.
Along with Andrew the show has a cohost Mike McLaughlin, "the classy douchebag", below is a description of them and what you can expect from them while enjoying the show :
Mike- Hosts a show called SamckTalk Sundays for the show where he, well, trash talks games and vents his frustration. If you laugh over people raging over games, this guys for you. The games he plays are usually of the Destiny/ The Division vein but he also streams Overwatch quite a bit as of recent. He also loves Diablo and has recently played Rocket League and Alienation with viewers and did a hilarious stream of the awful recent sequel to Homefront: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O6xoqVKWWo He will most likely be getting Destiny 2 so if you want to see good coverage of that game or want someone to play with he's a good bet for that.
Andrew: host of the show but has a great knowledge of videogames. He loves everything Final Fantasy and the emotional journey a game can take us on. I was very touched by a story he shared about his family’s reactions to watching him play the game Journey as well as the experience he had himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntGkFx2hBi8. He also livestreamed on the channel his reactions to both the FF7 remake fake out that was just a port of the original game to PS4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdteVHiq4To) as well as his reactions to the remake when it was officially announced ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIHyxexLJek). He is truly a gamer, he is a part of this great community and “one of us” on GAF, and I believe you should give his show a shot.
But most importantly, the show just likes to let loose and have fun as seen in these hilarious lipsync battles they put on for their fans (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqGaQ_gJ860, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Hnx8Zbi3k, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYhaW7kWGRE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6xV0G1_0iA) The show also gives back to the community by being a part of Extra Life, which gives money to hospitals to support sick children.
The Level Up Show's schedule is as follows:
*Weekly*
Variety Gaming w/ Andrew - Monday, Wednesday, Friday (9 PM PT/12 AM ET)
The Level Up Show - Tuesday (9 PM ET)
Smacktalk Sunday with Mike - Sunday (10 PM ET)
*Monthly*
The Netflix Club - First Monday of every month (9 PM ET)
The Level Up Show airs at 10pm ET/7pm PT every Sunday. You can find them on Twitch.Tv at https://www.twitch.tv/thelevelupshow, on twitter at https://twitter.com/thelvlupnetwork, and on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2yXLHSnga3wxyLEhdRwgaw and if you want to support the show if you like it so it can grow and become even better you can at their patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/thelevelupnetwork?ty=h. They are doing a special 12 hour stream on Monday starting at 11:30 AM ET/8:30 PT covering all the major E3 conferences and they would love to have you join them. I look forward to seeing you there.