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Daniel Heiser

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Daniel Heiser has had the blood of a gamer since he could hold a controller. When he isn’t spending time studying for his Game Design Degree from Full Sail University he is gaming, writing, or streaming.

Steep Review
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Steep Review

With the release of Steep, we have seen some funny internet videos of people failing miserably, or achieving really amazing and impossible stunts. This is the life of a professional snow extremist, I would say snowboarder, but this game goes beyond snowboarding and skiing. With this game, you ski, snowboard, “squirrel fly” with a wing

Daniel Heiser · January 13, 2017 · 3 Mins Read

How To Live Stream Games: Tips from a Twitch Streamer
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How To Live Stream Games: Tips from a Twitch Streamer

So, you have visited Twitch, Hitbox, and many of the other video game streaming websites. You’ve watched what others do, from the big-name streamers, to the small, and you think you can do it too. Here is what I say: you can do it, with the right equipment and the correct attitude, but most importantly,

Daniel Heiser · January 7, 2017 · 4 Mins Read

A Look Back at 2016
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A Look Back at 2016

Looking back at 2016, a lot of hits and misses happened in the Gaming Industry. Many games were released, many memorable others were forgotten. The beginning of the first quarter didn’t have too many new and exciting games except for Uncharted 4 for the PS4. E3 was a smashing success, and Twitch exploded throughout the

Daniel Heiser · December 31, 2016 · 3 Mins Read

Video Games Meet the Cinema
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Video Games Meet the Cinema

Through the years, Hollywood has been trying to reach out to gaming community. Although in the past they have not succeeded too well when converting video games into movies, most of the time they had been flops. Recently this past summer Warcraft was released and came out with mixed reviews from the gaming community and

Daniel Heiser · December 21, 2016 · 2 Mins Read

Game Designers: The Glue of the Game Industry
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Game Designers: The Glue of the Game Industry

A game designer is the glue that holds the game industry together. This is a big statement but a very true statement. Within the game industry there are many branches, those that develop the games, those that finance the games, those that artistically design the game, and then there are those that speak to all

Daniel Heiser · December 20, 2016 · 3 Mins Read

Get In The Christmas Spirit With The Overwatch Update
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Get In The Christmas Spirit With The Overwatch Update

With the December update in Overwatch comes a verity of new features, special skins, and special sprays. The noticeable things are those such as Symmetra getting a slight overhaul and the new skins that come with holiday season. The minor fixes were a great addition, however there are some ideas and character, one in particular,

Daniel Heiser · December 16, 2016 · 3 Mins Read

Gaming 2017: Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch
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Gaming 2017: Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch

With the bumps, hills, and even successes of 2016 coming to an end, we look to next year to see what the gaming community has to offer. From what we can see, 2017 entails two new systems and a plethora of new games. Three of the most anticipated games are coming out in the first

Daniel Heiser · December 16, 2016 · 3 Mins Read

The Risks You’re Taking as a Gaming Content Creator
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The Risks You’re Taking as a Gaming Content Creator

This article is not meant to scare you from ever streaming or making “Let’s Plays” on YouTube. If you are strong and will hearted, then take this article as a precaution to what your life will entail when stepping onto the field of streaming and gaming content creations. Of course, being on the Internet is

Daniel Heiser · December 4, 2016 · 3 Mins Read

Does There Really Need to be a Console War?
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Does There Really Need to be a Console War?

Console wars have been going on since the beginning of the introduction of the console home system. Everyone has there own preferences and rightly so. When I think of the video game industry today we have the predominant systems such as the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U, and although it is not a console

Daniel Heiser · December 1, 2016 · 3 Mins Read

First-Person-Shooters: You Are an Important Piece to Your Squad
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First-Person-Shooters: You Are an Important Piece to Your Squad

So, here’s the scenario, you’re playing Battlefield 1 you don’t have any friends to play and you’ve selected your class you’ve been playing as since you got the game. The game starts and you run off to do the objective running from place to place shooting, killing, dying. You respawn on a squad mate and

Daniel Heiser · November 26, 2016 · 3 Mins Read

Scorpio: Expanding The Xbox Family
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Scorpio: Expanding The Xbox Family

Project Scorpio may be a year away but we do know some things about this system. Scorpio will not be replacing the Xbox One; in reality those that are working on this project have promised the consumer that they will continue to work on Xbox One next to the Scorpio. Scorpio is an upgrade indeed,

Daniel Heiser · November 23, 2016 · 3 Mins Read

Massive Battlefield 1 Update, How it Helps You!
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Massive Battlefield 1 Update, How it Helps You!

Battlefield 1 has been out on the market for twenty-seven days now and already we are seeing a massive update to both the online multiplayer and single player campaign modes. This article will be a watered down version of the update considering how massive this update is, and I highly recommend reading the update notes

Daniel Heiser · November 18, 2016 · 2 Mins Read