This post is about the fact I am taking commissions! yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah! The details of this and more are below. The link to my terrible Deviantart page is here

I am not even sure if this is a good idea or not, but I am trying everything that I can think of trying because, quite simply, I am in a bind and the subject of poor choices in life . . . apparently.

When my dog needed an operation I created a Go Fund Me page for her eye because I did not have the $3000.00 USD for her operation at the time. I was able to raise a nice sum of money for her. (about $700.00 USD) I am eternally grateful to everyone who donated to her. All of you seriously rock! As I said in my previous video, the only reason I did it was because I would do anything for that dog short of shooting black tar heroin into my veins.  This means I charged both of her eye surgeries and have almost $6000.00 USD  just in her cataract surgeries on some credit cards (insert smallest violin here)

While I do not have any issues with generosity from those who want to help and are in a position to help; I do not want to run to the internet and scream “help me” every time things get rough. I can’t do it. What I mean by that is I have had a “donate” button on my website for years. If people want to “tip” me for the kinds of videos and content I can create, then I am thankful because every drop allows me to be one step closer to making more videos more often. Having said that I do not want to be like some other more well-known creators who take advantage of their subscriber bases by asking for money and free things all the time.

If you recall in my Lily Fund Video I mentioned my landlord was selling our place. Shortly after that video, he said he was holding off and not selling for a while. I think I hoped he would change his mind and not sell and just continue the lease. Oh, I should have not hoped. I recently received my “get the hell out” letter, which he is in his legal rights to do.

To top it all off, the six million dollar dog, Lily, seems to be urinating blood and as of today has another appointment with the vet which will probably result in some nice x-rays to see if she has bladder stones that need to be surgically removed.

I am selling almost everything I have that is worth something. I would sell my hair if you would buy it.

Where I am at right now is that I need to come up with a lot of money by the end of April and I maxed out my credit on her surgery. I am fully aware and accept it is my fault and I am lying in the bed I made. I am not blaming anyone else for this but me. Yep, I did it.

This is why I have decided to sell some of my things locally. The only thing I can think of to do online to raise money (other than spamming let’s plays . . .which wouldn’t even work because I wouldn’t get paid in time) is to sell commissions. Everything there is explained in my Deviant Art Journal.

I know some may consider this much the same as begging. I suppose one cannot please everyone. I am not trying to pull on everyone’s heart strings too tightly really. Pity and pathos are over rated and I doubt they work much in the harsh world of net critics. Plus, I have seen far worse artists than I am sell commissions.

Shortly after that, I was laid off of my job. Our  timing was perfect on that one!  I have been working ever since but I do not earn anything close to what I used to earn. I charged Lily’s last surgery and my cards are fairly maxed out. Then I lost my platinum wedding band – then my iPad got stolen, then our dogs had to go to the hospital for some doggie flu or something and that was around $1000.00 USD.

Basically, I have had a small string of poo poo luck. I have never thought of turning to the net for help. Yes, I will be selling some games and crap I have, but honestly I do not pay a lot for old school games. I think the most I ever paid was $30.00. I just do not see a point in paying a lot for games. I do have other things to sell too.

I suppose  I feel funny about it, but when my landlord told me he was selling our place, that kind of put me in panic mode. I have no idea yet how I am going to afford it all. Luckily, the housing market still sucks so I hope it does not sell right away so that I can save some cash for our move – whenever that will be.

I guess this means more uploads by me on you tube lol  Bah I always wanted to do so anyway.

This is not the only avenue I am pursuing. I just do not want anything to happen to her eye that could complicate her surgery or her vision. She is only 3 years old and her left eye already was fixed.

Had circumstances in my life been different I would not be posting this at all. Unfortunately, I do not want to leave any stone unturned and were it not for Lily, I would not be doing this.

Please you can do to the Go Fund Me Page here http://www.gofundme.com/tduas

I also have a regular Donation link on my website.http://www.thegaminggoose.com/

Basically, I was pretty much acting like a douche bag on Twitter in many ways. I would say some things that would confused or offend people . . . sometimes both, and they would naturally lash out at me. I would snark back and it escalated from there.

I am not cut out for Twitter. It was not made or designed for me. I know this is shocking to you right?

While most people do not care and will not read this, I am writing it anyway in order to try to explain. I will link updates here and posts on Twitter, but I am not reading the timeline. So people will assume I have not quit. I have quit. And no, I am not “raging” or “butthurt.” I do not like the terms like “butthurt” or “ragequit”  because people tend to throw them over people like a blanket. Sometimes, people just make choices because it is easier than talking to deficient people. If you prefer to think I am those things, then go ahead. It matters little to me.

Ever since I started Twitter I have had a number of people have said that I have offended them or that I am simply acting like an “asshole.”  I put that in quotes because I am not certain what being an asshole means. Does it mean being snarky to their dumb tweets or disagreeing with what they tweet? Since when is not agreeing with someone being an asshole? *shrugs*

I never quite understood it and I still do not. I might be a great many things, but an asshole is not one of them. At least not intentionally. I am not out to make people pissed at me. It is usually too much work to make amends. At some point you also might meet some of the people face to face.  I do not hide behind a screen name. People know who I am. I put my name on it.

After everyone talks to me I am usually able to explain my point of view and come to an understanding. Maybe I am simply a poor communicator in 140 characters. I will take that as a possible answer. I tend to be verbose; my logical connections are not like others’ connections, and I usually have to connect the dots for people because . . . well, not everyone can be blessed with a mind this broken and awesome.

I cannot deny the fact I must be doing more than being slightly snarky or disagreeing with people. I come off whiny, bitchy, and annoyingly malcontent. That is not how I am if you know me personally.

Not always. Maybe it is. Fuck you.

But how do I end up offending the hell out of everyone on Twitter?

Well, there is a lot of grandstanding on Twitter. And grandstanding is a huuuge pet peeve of mine. I don’t really think I need to say more than that. No one needs constant reminders out there how great you and your life is. Yes, I have a lot of great things in my life. I am blessed with a lot of awesome things. I just think it’s more dickish to constantly tweet about it, than it is for me to call you out for doing it.

It really annoys me when I see people patting themselves on the back or just stating too much of the obvious.

Seriously, people are way too self-aggrandizing or just plain dumb on Twitter.

During the E3 Press conference there were a number of people I follow Tweeting EXACTLY what the conference was saying. No more, no less.

“Next up Watch_Dogs” #E3

WTF? Anyone who gives a rat’s fuck asshole is already watching the conference. I know what is up they just said it!!! Those who are not watching who care are not watching because they are working or have obligations. So what in the fuck are you tweeting what MOST of your followers are probably already watching?!?! I don’t give a shit if you are in the audience. Whoopie for you. Have a Coke and smile. Shut the fuck up and say something I am not hearing and seeing. Did I seriously fucking follow you to parrot other websites?

Why are you that stupid?

The kicker is that I do not mind if people call me out for being stupid or even being a jerk. Just tell me what that is and when it happened. It is amazing to me how thin skinned people are when I say something to them. Who am I and why would you give a minnow’s fart what I think or say? I am no one.

Unfortunately, the only way I chat with some people I am friends with is Twitter DM. So now I get sucked into the timeline if I check a DM. It takes a lot of restraint for me not to reply – like really. Are people that stupid?

The last one I got sucked into was  @SoMindBlowing ”If a fat person has more skin, does that make them skinnier?#mindblown”

No!!!! Ugh. Just because some comparatives take -er does not mean all do. The tweet makes no sense. This idiot is comparing skinny as the adjective to skin the noun and then trying to change it into an adjective to describe possessing more skin. Someone would have more skin  if they had more skin. Ugh. This is why I just need to quit.

So, if you see me tweeting things like this blog post, I basically am telling you I am tweeting them so I do not want to hear your shit.

Love you all.

Except you. You suck.

Seriously, if you just tweet what you see or hear followed by “I am excite” then I implore you to kill yourself or at the very least put a rabid ferret down your pants and roll on the ground shouting “Listen to me!!! Listen to meee!!!”

Oh the joy of everyone thinking their stupid opinion matters!

I have never been impressed with E3. The companies get up on stage and wag their wieners at each other in the hopes of impressing gamers and investors. I do not like business jargon I, like much of you, let it blow passed my ears while my brain screams, “Get on with it.” Blah blah blah . . . I say, let the the products speak for themselves and forgo the lengthy opening speeches. If they are going to have speeches, then please hire people who can speak to a group and entertain them. None of these people can speak, act, or read a teleprompter. It bothers me. You do this once a year. Practice your speech once or twice would ya? This is your superbowl after all.

2012 christens the first year I actually am offering my worthless two bits. Right or wrong, here is my take on the E3 panels.

Microsoft

Most people seem to agree that it was boring without any real appeal.  I just do not care about Halo 4. Has there ever been a 4 of anything that blew people away? I guess Ocarina of Time was a technical ”4″ right? Bah, I am splitting hairs. I know there is a market for this game. I am not sure why. I think Halo Reach’s campaign was boring. Some people might want to really play this game, but it has no real appeal for me. This is for Halo fans, but no one outside of what is left cares. Looks just like another Halo game. Have fun with it.

The new Gears of War: Judgement is a mistake. Gears 3 ended the franchise. Going back in time makes no sense to me and I really do not have any interest in playing a intermediate game that takes place between 2 and 3 or before 1 or in some alternate timeline or in Baird’s own demented head. If you are going back, then new weapons make little sense and I have no idea how you would go forward. The war is over.

I am fairly certain Tomb Raider and Resident Evil 6 will be cross platform so I this really has very little to do with Microsoft. Sure, they might get some content first, but whoopie freakin’ do. I am all for RE6 and the they should have seen the obvious Uncharted comparisons with Tomb Raider. You know what was great about TR1? The Tombs and puzzles. You know what they stopped making after that? Tombs and Raiding. I don’t want to be a City Raider or a stupid Area 51 Raider. All of the action and fighting are not what I am personally looking for from this franchise. I loved the first Tomb Raider for its sense of isolation, the platforming, the exploration, and the puzzles. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen. So instead of oversexualizing Lara and making her a badass, we make her an unlikely whiny heroine who gets the shit kicked out of her in cutscenes and sexual assault . . . and a Ben Kenobi “Use the Force Lara” voice from her father. Having Lara Croft say “I hate Tombs” completely changes the way we view her. Is she going to take a turn and love tomb raiding by the end? Is this analogous to a young woman’s first sexual experience where it hurts the first time but she grows to like it? Ugh. Sorry, I am not feeling this game or this Lara. Sexual assault is something women actually have to deal with in normal, everyday life. I don’t think women want to take control of a character who gets abused by men. In fact, all the women in the trailer get abused by men. Good. Just alienate all of the female gamers out there. If you want to make her grittier, great. But there are actual women who can kick ass like Miesha Tate, Gina Carano, and Ronda Rousey. Why not use them as your template? There is nothing likable about it.

I have this feeling I am supposed to care about Microsoft Glass, but I don’t. Maybe I can control my games with my iPad2. Great. So while I have my controller in my hand my other apps will update as they normally do blinging and reminding me of things I have set over my gameplay. I will have to always make sure my tablet and phone are fully charged to play my games as well as my controller. I never play games for hours on end where it would drain my batteries for when I leave in the morning or the next day. nooooo. No gamer plays for hours. I am certain syncing them to my console will also not draw on my battery life at all. When I grow four more arms this will come in handy, excuse the pun.  The idea is “brilliant” because it does not require any additional investment from the user. Yes, because everyone owns a high end smartphone and tablet. Suppose you do not – that makes this feature one of the more expensive ones out there. Good luck with the Coby Kryos and that feature. I see the potential in areas, but if I still have to use a controller, then it is something else I have to manage and fumble while playing. Exactly what good is that? I cannot wait until I get a call when I am using my phone or need to text someone. Guess I will need to pause if I want to tweet something because I am not ending the game to go back to the dashboard to do it. Durr hurr hurr. You know, people something like this already – their PCs.

Sony

Thank you for cheering and applauding the gamers at your opening. YAY for us. That and 500 points and I can almost buy a decent game of off PSN. They applaud us while they made a system that was $499 USD at launch. That feels like a parent who beats the shit out of you when drunk and then comes into your room to say hr or she is sorry.  Okay, I am being a harsh smartass. I like the message, but I personally do not need pandered to.

Okay so you love us again. Good. Now what?

God of War . . .yep. That is Kratos doing what he does.  It looks just like God of War 3. Smash Brothers Brawl Sony? I waited a year to find out what that fucking viral video was about? Beyond? Graphics look amazing. I have no interest in playing a movie. The Last of Us? Take every penny I have for it Naughty Dog. The game looks interesting and amazing. I loved it when it was I am Alive. Let’s just hope it is not too much like it as I have a lot to say about that game.  Far Cry 3 can bite it. Looks like every other FPS again and more of the same boring meh. Four player co-op is nothing new, so I do not get the hype for that.

They talked at length about Wonderbook. This is where children spend time in a virtual world on their screen inspired by books, but are nothing like books because, well, let’s face it, your child is probably not all that intelligent and doesn’t like to read. If he or she were, then he or she would think Wonderbook is stupid. I am a fan of anything that gets people reading. Twilight? Love it. Shut up, I do. If you are a grown ass person complaining about a book aimed at tween girls you really need to grow up. It’s not like Myers changed the vampire stories you like! At least it gets young girls reading. Harry Potter? I love them as it got a whole generation reading. Teddy Ruxpin? Didn’t do shit but creep people out.  Since this barely involves reading, calling it a book is a misnomer. I could care less how it works. I am sure people will buy it, but it will not do anything to expand a child’s mind.

They discussed the syncing feature they are trying out with the Vita. Would have loved to have that with my PSP. Now if they can make some games I want to actually play on the Vita and a price point that makes it worth the expense then I can get a bit more excited. The Vita seems okay, I just have never been a person who loves handheld game systems.

Nintendo

I have to admire Miyamoto. He has given me some of the greatest games of my childhood. I love the man and he seems rather pleasant and humble, as many in the Japanese culture are. But there has to be a time where people need to admit that not all of your ideas are gold. I know many people love Pikmin. I am not one of them. I do not hate the series, but I am not overwhelmed by it. Sorry, but I don’t want to waggle my arm to swing Link’s sword.

Of course, Nintendo showed the Wii U. They took considerable time to explain the revolutionary nature of this controller and how it will change the way we search for entertainment and how families interact. That is bold. Can it make my morning coffee too? I am glad they gave a tutorial on what the buttons do. No one could have figured that out without the explanation. It is hard for gamers to get excited about an alternate Arkham City: Armored Edition. We played Metal Gear Asylum and Batman GTA. Another version of that with similar weapons is not going to blow our minds. Yes, the functionality of the Wii U controller with detective vision looks interesting. I could have used that three years ago. Having my friends “Tweet” bullshit in my Mario Game is not something I am dying to see. What, now anyone can leave messages for people? I sense some great Wii U moments for Fat, Ugly or Slutty coming up in 2012. Do you really need your dickhead friends spoiling games for you? I have enough trouble with things getting spoiled let alone it coming into the actual game I bought. Plus, it really looks like the New Mario Wii, which was a bore fest to me. Really, a return to Dreamland where we can play the characters again or be in four player co-op with all the various powers is what I need. Hell. Isn’t the obviousness of Wart and Bowser teaming up and recruiting Wario and Waluigi overdue? Hellloooo. No one likes Waluigi, but still, why leave him out. We need a first boss. I would like to see Doki Doki Panic 2 mixed with Super Mario World.

Where the fuck was Zelda?

Nintendo showed other things, but I really hardly care about them. Some Just Dance or Sing game. Again, some people like them and there is a market for them, but I am not that market. They also unveiled Wii U Fit, which might sell a bunch to people who gained all the five pounds they lost from the terrible working out from Wii Fit. Seriously, if you find that a work out then you need to seek counseling. At least you do not have to buy a new Wii Fit board.

They have something called NintendoLand, but really it took more time to explain what the fuck we were watching on the screen than it would be to actually play it. I get it, but I don’t have three other people I like enough to want to play NintendoLand with, plus that happens on such rare occasions we can just play Mario Party 1-9. I am sure they will make a 10.

I know Ubisoft and EA had large conferences that got a lot of attention. They are not synonymous with high end AAA titles in my humble, yet accurate, opinion. Sure, they put out a lot of games that sell gangbusters, but I find the vast majority of what both companies publish to be rather yawn dropping.  I commend Ubisoft for putting a woman of color as the main character for the Vita in Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation. I have had about enough of this franchise and they are milking it to death right now. Those udders are shooting air. This Assassin’s Creed on the PS3 where you control a ship that looks like a Shoop or Corvette is not very interesting to me. It did not appear to me as if the user controlled anything but where the cannons where shooting. Even if you do control the ship, this seems to have little to do with what I want out of a stealth game.  Either way, they will have a lot of things for you to climb and collect to add to that total “playtime.”  People seem to be excited for Watch_Dogs.  I watched the same thing everyone else did and I do not get the appeal. The concept is interesting, but I liked it much better as Sneakers, Eagle Eye, and Enemy of the State – and Eagle Eye was stupid. From what I watched I am not sensing a better written story here. I spent over 10 years analyzing some of the best stories from the world’s greatest writers, not a damn one is in video game format. Most games do it wrong. Hire me and I will prove it. ha!

EA . . .Dead Space 3 or Gears of Space ummm and Battlefield Elite aka “we want more of your monies.” Medal of Honor: Warfighter or we are not considering real people actually die in these hotspots and don’t care if we piss on their sacrifice – you get gamer points for it! SimCity 5 . . . 5 years too late.

The one thing looming on the horizon that gamers need to consider is that if Nintendo put out a console, then the other two companies are sure to have their new versions out very soon. If not 2013, then it will be the next year.  So, you are witnessing the last legs of this generation. What will not end with this generation is the constant push to make consoles an “entertainment hub” for the “family” room. You know, most teenagers have consoles in their room because mom and dad would like to watch CSI and The Voice sometime this millennium. I think most adults are not really all that interested in an entertainment hub. Sony, I have a Blu-ray player, and it is much cheaper than your Playstation 3. Sony, your Blu-ray player I have does everything the system does from Hulu to Netflix and You Tube. (Granted, I had to shell out $75 USD for the WiFi adapter.) Why would I power up my system when I can power up the player in less time? Why would I ever watch You Tube on something where I cannot leave a comment? Most of my music I use is on my iPod, so I do not need music or movies on my systems, Microsoft. I could give two shits about sports, so you can shove ESPN; IE on the Xbox makes about as much sense as using IE on any PC.

Yes, adults use the hub features like Netflix, but I am gathering that as technology gets better TVs are going to have their own menus as well. Why wouldn’t Netlix make it to the TV sets as well? Maybe Sony TVs will not have this feature, but why wouldn’t a Magnavox? I am not sure what all this entertainment features are moving towards, but it can only mean a complete integration of TV set with console in the future. You could play an Xbox TV which is sold as an all in one unit and costs $3,000. Good luck with the RROD on that one.

I had a quandary so I thought I would put it out there to all of you since I decided to combine like Voltron.

But first I need to explain:

As some of you know, I created a second channel thegaminggoosetwo on You Tube and asked all of you to subscribe. I even held a contest giving any free Xbox, PSN, Steam or Wii points to a random subscriber. I have not told you the reason I created this extra channel as of yet.

When I created it I was in discussion with the folks at Machinima to be added into their network. At the time I did not want to create the channel and say, “Subscribe to me so I can be with Machinima and win the Internets!!”  The gentleman I was in contact with at Machinima suggested that I create the extra channel so I could be added into the network. He said if I reached 1000 subscribers, he would bring me in on that channel.  We talked on the phone about my You Tube partnership and copyright in terms of being on Machinima’s network. This is when he suggested I make a new channel that he would bring into the network.

This representative has since moved on and been promoted and my new contact is telling me something different.

Other than being confused, I am fine with the terms changing. Companies, particularly internet based ones, change rapidly and it is probably the case that they changed the way in which they bring channels into their brand. I want to make it clear that I am not trying to say anything against them at all. They are great at what they do and business just changes rapidly on the internet.

I ask a lot of questions and I do not immediately jump on board with anything without reading and understanding the ramifications of what I am signing. Had I just signed I would be with Machinima right now. In the long run, it does not really matter though.

The reality is I created many channels a bit too prematurely. I am not Ray William Johnson or Shane Dawson . . .thankfully . . .and there really was not a need to do so when I started it. Maybe I will change down the line, but for now I guess I will stay with the one You Tube Channel, Blip, and Springboard.

This brings me to another question. I have heard Blip has terrible pay outs recently. I am not one to care about money, but I was wondering if anyone has any insight in this.  Why is Blip so low and are they in danger of closing like Revver?

Lastly, I am behind in reviews and there are a lot of games that passed us by already that I have footage for but never formally reviewed. Should I bother with reviewing games a couple years old like Dante’s Inferno or even Contra Hard Corps Uprising? Just curious.

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